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the catalog module implements the support for XML Catalogs and SGML catalogs

## Table of Contents

    #define XML_CATALOGS_NAMESPACE

    #define XML_CATALOG_PI

    Structure xmlCatalog
    struct _xmlCatalog
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.

    Enum xmlCatalogAllow

    Enum xmlCatalogPrefer

    Typedef xmlCatalog * xmlCatalogPtr

    int	xmlACatalogAdd			(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 const xmlChar * type,
    					 const xmlChar * orig,
    					 const xmlChar * replace)

    void	xmlACatalogDump			(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 FILE * out)

    int	xmlACatalogRemove		(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 const xmlChar * value)

    xmlChar *	xmlACatalogResolve	(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 const xmlChar * pubID,
    					 const xmlChar * sysID)

    xmlChar *	xmlACatalogResolvePublic	(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    						 const xmlChar * pubID)

    xmlChar *	xmlACatalogResolveSystem	(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    						 const xmlChar * sysID)

    xmlChar *	xmlACatalogResolveURI	(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 const xmlChar * URI)

    int	xmlCatalogAdd			(const xmlChar * type,
    					 const xmlChar * orig,
    					 const xmlChar * replace)

    void *	xmlCatalogAddLocal		(void * catalogs,
    					 const xmlChar * URL)

    void	xmlCatalogCleanup		(void)

    int	xmlCatalogConvert		(void)

    void	xmlCatalogDump			(FILE * out)

    void	xmlCatalogFreeLocal		(void * catalogs)

    xmlCatalogAllow	xmlCatalogGetDefaults	(void)

    const xmlChar *	xmlCatalogGetPublic	(const xmlChar * pubID)

    const xmlChar *	xmlCatalogGetSystem	(const xmlChar * sysID)

    int	xmlCatalogIsEmpty		(xmlCatalogPtr catal)

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogLocalResolve	(void * catalogs,
    					 const xmlChar * pubID,
    					 const xmlChar * sysID)

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogLocalResolveURI	(void * catalogs,
    						 const xmlChar * URI)

    int	xmlCatalogRemove		(const xmlChar * value)

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogResolve	(const xmlChar * pubID,
    					 const xmlChar * sysID)

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogResolvePublic	(const xmlChar * pubID)

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogResolveSystem	(const xmlChar * sysID)

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogResolveURI	(const xmlChar * URI)

    int	xmlCatalogSetDebug		(int level)

    xmlCatalogPrefer	xmlCatalogSetDefaultPrefer	(xmlCatalogPrefer prefer)

    void	xmlCatalogSetDefaults		(xmlCatalogAllow allow)

    int	xmlConvertSGMLCatalog		(xmlCatalogPtr catal)

    void	xmlFreeCatalog			(xmlCatalogPtr catal)

    void	xmlInitializeCatalog		(void)

    xmlCatalogPtr	xmlLoadACatalog		(const char * filename)

    int	xmlLoadCatalog			(const char * filename)

    void	xmlLoadCatalogs			(const char * pathss)

    xmlCatalogPtr	xmlLoadSGMLSuperCatalog	(const char * filename)

    xmlCatalogPtr	xmlNewCatalog		(int sgml)

    xmlDocPtr	xmlParseCatalogFile	(const char * filename)

## Description

### Macro: XML_CATALOGS_NAMESPACE

    #define XML_CATALOGS_NAMESPACE

The namespace for the XML Catalogs elements.

### Macro: XML_CATALOG_PI

    #define XML_CATALOG_PI

The specific XML Catalog Processing Instruction name.

### Structure xmlCatalog

    Structure xmlCatalog
    struct _xmlCatalog {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    }

### Enum xmlCatalogAllow

    Enum xmlCatalogAllow {
        XML_CATA_ALLOW_NONE = 0
        XML_CATA_ALLOW_GLOBAL = 1
        XML_CATA_ALLOW_DOCUMENT = 2
        XML_CATA_ALLOW_ALL = 3
    }

### Enum xmlCatalogPrefer

    Enum xmlCatalogPrefer {
        XML_CATA_PREFER_NONE = 0
        XML_CATA_PREFER_PUBLIC = 1
        XML_CATA_PREFER_SYSTEM = 2
    }

### Function: xmlACatalogAdd

    int	xmlACatalogAdd			(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 const xmlChar * type,
    					 const xmlChar * orig,
    					 const xmlChar * replace)

Add an entry in the catalog, it may overwrite existing but different entries.

`catal`: | a Catalog
`type`: | the type of record to add to the catalog
`orig`: | the system, public or prefix to match
`replace`: | the replacement value for the match
`Returns`: | 0 if successful, -1 otherwise

### Function: xmlACatalogDump

    void	xmlACatalogDump			(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 FILE * out)

Dump the given catalog to the given file.

`catal`: | a Catalog
`out`: | the file.

### Function: xmlACatalogRemove

    int	xmlACatalogRemove		(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 const xmlChar * value)

Remove an entry from the catalog

`catal`: | a Catalog
`value`: | the value to remove
`Returns`: | the number of entries removed if successful, -1 otherwise

### Function: xmlACatalogResolve

    xmlChar *	xmlACatalogResolve	(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 const xmlChar * pubID,
    					 const xmlChar * sysID)

Do a complete resolution lookup of an External Identifier

`catal`: | a Catalog
`pubID`: | the public ID string
`sysID`: | the system ID string
`Returns`: | the URI of the resource or NULL if not found, it must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlACatalogResolvePublic

    xmlChar *	xmlACatalogResolvePublic	(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    						 const xmlChar * pubID)

Try to lookup the catalog local reference associated to a public ID in that catalog

`catal`: | a Catalog
`pubID`: | the public ID string
`Returns`: | the local resource if found or NULL otherwise, the value returned must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlACatalogResolveSystem

    xmlChar *	xmlACatalogResolveSystem	(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    						 const xmlChar * sysID)

Try to lookup the catalog resource for a system ID

`catal`: | a Catalog
`sysID`: | the system ID string
`Returns`: | the resource if found or NULL otherwise, the value returned must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlACatalogResolveURI

    xmlChar *	xmlACatalogResolveURI	(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
    					 const xmlChar * URI)

Do a complete resolution lookup of an URI

`catal`: | a Catalog
`URI`: | the URI
`Returns`: | the URI of the resource or NULL if not found, it must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlCatalogAdd

    int	xmlCatalogAdd			(const xmlChar * type,
    					 const xmlChar * orig,
    					 const xmlChar * replace)

Add an entry in the catalog, it may overwrite existing but different entries. If called before any other catalog routine, allows to override the default shared catalog put in place by xmlInitializeCatalog();

`type`: | the type of record to add to the catalog
`orig`: | the system, public or prefix to match
`replace`: | the replacement value for the match
`Returns`: | 0 if successful, -1 otherwise

### Function: xmlCatalogAddLocal

    void *	xmlCatalogAddLocal		(void * catalogs,
    					 const xmlChar * URL)

Add the new entry to the catalog list

`catalogs`: | a document's list of catalogs
`URL`: | the URL to a new local catalog
`Returns`: | the updated list

### Function: xmlCatalogCleanup

    void	xmlCatalogCleanup		(void)

Free up all the memory associated with catalogs

### Function: xmlCatalogConvert

    int	xmlCatalogConvert		(void)

Convert all the SGML catalog entries as XML ones

`Returns`: | the number of entries converted if successful, -1 otherwise

### Function: xmlCatalogDump

    void	xmlCatalogDump			(FILE * out)

Dump all the global catalog content to the given file.

`out`: | the file.

### Function: xmlCatalogFreeLocal

    void	xmlCatalogFreeLocal		(void * catalogs)

Free up the memory associated to the catalog list

`catalogs`: | a document's list of catalogs

### Function: xmlCatalogGetDefaults

    xmlCatalogAllow	xmlCatalogGetDefaults	(void)

Used to get the user preference w.r.t. to what catalogs should be accepted

`Returns`: | the current xmlCatalogAllow value

### Function: xmlCatalogGetPublic

    const xmlChar *	xmlCatalogGetPublic	(const xmlChar * pubID)

Try to lookup the catalog reference associated to a public ID DEPRECATED, use xmlCatalogResolvePublic()

`pubID`: | the public ID string
`Returns`: | the resource if found or NULL otherwise.

### Function: xmlCatalogGetSystem

    const xmlChar *	xmlCatalogGetSystem	(const xmlChar * sysID)

Try to lookup the catalog reference associated to a system ID DEPRECATED, use xmlCatalogResolveSystem()

`sysID`: | the system ID string
`Returns`: | the resource if found or NULL otherwise.

### Function: xmlCatalogIsEmpty

    int	xmlCatalogIsEmpty		(xmlCatalogPtr catal)

Check is a catalog is empty

`catal`: | should this create an SGML catalog
`Returns`: | 1 if the catalog is empty, 0 if not, amd -1 in case of error.

### Function: xmlCatalogLocalResolve

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogLocalResolve	(void * catalogs,
    					 const xmlChar * pubID,
    					 const xmlChar * sysID)

Do a complete resolution lookup of an External Identifier using a document's private catalog list

`catalogs`: | a document's list of catalogs
`pubID`: | the public ID string
`sysID`: | the system ID string
`Returns`: | the URI of the resource or NULL if not found, it must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlCatalogLocalResolveURI

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogLocalResolveURI	(void * catalogs,
    						 const xmlChar * URI)

Do a complete resolution lookup of an URI using a document's private catalog list

`catalogs`: | a document's list of catalogs
`URI`: | the URI
`Returns`: | the URI of the resource or NULL if not found, it must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlCatalogRemove

    int	xmlCatalogRemove		(const xmlChar * value)

Remove an entry from the catalog

`value`: | the value to remove
`Returns`: | the number of entries removed if successful, -1 otherwise

### Function: xmlCatalogResolve

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogResolve	(const xmlChar * pubID,
    					 const xmlChar * sysID)

Do a complete resolution lookup of an External Identifier

`pubID`: | the public ID string
`sysID`: | the system ID string
`Returns`: | the URI of the resource or NULL if not found, it must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlCatalogResolvePublic

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogResolvePublic	(const xmlChar * pubID)

Try to lookup the catalog reference associated to a public ID

`pubID`: | the public ID string
`Returns`: | the resource if found or NULL otherwise, the value returned must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlCatalogResolveSystem

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogResolveSystem	(const xmlChar * sysID)

Try to lookup the catalog resource for a system ID

`sysID`: | the system ID string
`Returns`: | the resource if found or NULL otherwise, the value returned must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlCatalogResolveURI

    xmlChar *	xmlCatalogResolveURI	(const xmlChar * URI)

Do a complete resolution lookup of an URI

`URI`: | the URI
`Returns`: | the URI of the resource or NULL if not found, it must be freed by the caller.

### Function: xmlCatalogSetDebug

    int	xmlCatalogSetDebug		(int level)

Used to set the debug level for catalog operation, 0 disable debugging, 1 enable it

`level`: | the debug level of catalogs required
`Returns`: | the previous value of the catalog debugging level

### Function: xmlCatalogSetDefaultPrefer

    xmlCatalogPrefer	xmlCatalogSetDefaultPrefer	(xmlCatalogPrefer prefer)

Allows to set the preference between public and system for deletion in XML Catalog resolution. C.f. section 4.1.1 of the spec Values accepted are XML_CATA_PREFER_PUBLIC or XML_CATA_PREFER_SYSTEM

`prefer`: | the default preference for delegation
`Returns`: | the previous value of the default preference for delegation

### Function: xmlCatalogSetDefaults

    void	xmlCatalogSetDefaults		(xmlCatalogAllow allow)

Used to set the user preference w.r.t. to what catalogs should be accepted

`allow`: | what catalogs should be accepted

### Function: xmlConvertSGMLCatalog

    int	xmlConvertSGMLCatalog		(xmlCatalogPtr catal)

Convert all the SGML catalog entries as XML ones

`catal`: | the catalog
`Returns`: | the number of entries converted if successful, -1 otherwise

### Function: xmlFreeCatalog

    void	xmlFreeCatalog			(xmlCatalogPtr catal)

Free the memory allocated to a Catalog

`catal`: | a Catalog

### Function: xmlInitializeCatalog

    void	xmlInitializeCatalog		(void)

Do the catalog initialization. this function is not thread safe, catalog initialization should preferably be done once at startup

### Function: xmlLoadACatalog

    xmlCatalogPtr	xmlLoadACatalog		(const char * filename)

Load the catalog and build the associated data structures. This can be either an XML Catalog or an SGML Catalog It will recurse in SGML CATALOG entries. On the other hand XML Catalogs are not handled recursively.

`filename`: | a file path
`Returns`: | the catalog parsed or NULL in case of error

### Function: xmlLoadCatalog

    int	xmlLoadCatalog			(const char * filename)

Load the catalog and makes its definitions effective for the default external entity loader. It will recurse in SGML CATALOG entries. this function is not thread safe, catalog initialization should preferably be done once at startup

`filename`: | a file path
`Returns`: | 0 in case of success -1 in case of error

### Function: xmlLoadCatalogs

    void	xmlLoadCatalogs			(const char * pathss)

Load the catalogs and makes their definitions effective for the default external entity loader. this function is not thread safe, catalog initialization should preferably be done once at startup

`pathss`: | a list of directories separated by a colon or a space.

### Function: xmlLoadSGMLSuperCatalog

    xmlCatalogPtr	xmlLoadSGMLSuperCatalog	(const char * filename)

Load an SGML super catalog. It won't expand CATALOG or DELEGATE references. This is only needed for manipulating SGML Super Catalogs like adding and removing CATALOG or DELEGATE entries.

`filename`: | a file path
`Returns`: | the catalog parsed or NULL in case of error

### Function: xmlNewCatalog

    xmlCatalogPtr	xmlNewCatalog		(int sgml)

create a new Catalog.

`sgml`: | should this create an SGML catalog
`Returns`: | the xmlCatalogPtr or NULL in case of error

### Function: xmlParseCatalogFile

    xmlDocPtr	xmlParseCatalogFile	(const char * filename)

parse an XML file and build a tree. It's like xmlParseFile() except it bypass all catalog lookups.

`filename`: | the filename
`Returns`: | the resulting document tree or NULL in case of error

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