load raw xml data

[atcdevil]

I love the XML reader. However I would like to be able to load xml files that are just stored in character arrays, not only in files. I guess adding a constructor like this:

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CXMLReader::CXMLReader(wchar_t* rawdata) 
: Reader(0), P(0), TextBegin(0), TextSize(0), CurrentNodeType(EXN_NONE)
{
	if(t) {
		P = t;
		TextBegin = P;
		TextSize = wstrlen(t);
	}
}

and then some getter method like this:

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//! Creates a XML Reader from a file.
IXMLReader* CSomething::createXMLReader(wchar_t* rawdata)
{
	if (!rawdata)
		return 0;

	IXMLReader* reader = createXMLReader(rawdata);
	return reader;
}

I don't know what CSomething would be....

But anyway this is directed at niko, if it would be a possible addition to the engine. Personally, I would find something like this incredibly useful.

[niko]

That's already possible. The xml reader simply needs a IReadFile pointer, and no one says that IReadFile has to be really a file. It also could be an interface to read from memory. There is already an implementation of IReadfile to read from memory, but I think it is not available from the public interfaces.

[atcdevil]

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//! Internal function, please do not use.
IReadFile* createMemoryReadFile(void* memory, s32 size, const c8* fileName, bool deleteMemoryWhenDropped);

That's in IReadFile.h, publicly available in irr::io .. You politely asked for us not to use it, but is it dangereous if I were to anyway?

[niko]

You can try, it won't work
But you could add the IRRLICHT_API define before this like in createDevice() then it should work.