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+/**
+ * Phoebe DOM Implementation.
+ *
+ * This is a C++ approximation of the W3C DOM model, which follows
+ * fairly closely the specifications in the various .idl files, copies of
+ * which are provided for reference. Most important is this one:
+ *
+ * http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/idl-definitions.html
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Bob Jamison
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Bob Jamison
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+
+
+#include "svgreader.h"
+#include "lsimpl.h"
+
+using namespace org::w3c::dom;
+
+
+bool doTest(char *fileName)
+{
+
+ printf("######## PARSE ######################################\n");
+ svg::SVGReader parser;
+ svg::SVGDocumentPtr doc = parser.parseFile(fileName);
+
+ if (!doc)
+ {
+ printf("parsing failed\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ //### OUTPUT
+ printf("######## SERIALIZE ##################################\n");
+ ls::DOMImplementationLSImpl domImpl;
+ ls::LSSerializer &serializer = domImpl.createLSSerializer();
+ ls::LSOutput output = domImpl.createLSOutput();
+ io::StdWriter writer;
+ output.setCharacterStream(&writer);
+ serializer.write(doc, output);
+
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ if (argc!=2)
+ {
+ printf("usage: %s xmlfile\n", argv[0]);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ doTest(argv[1]);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+