Function: xml-parse-attlist

xml-parse-attlist is a byte-compiled function defined in xml.el.gz.

Signature

(xml-parse-attlist &optional XML-NS)

Documentation

Return the attribute-list after point.

Leave point at the first non-blank character after the tag.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/xml.el.gz
(defun xml-parse-attlist (&optional xml-ns)
  "Return the attribute-list after point.
Leave point at the first non-blank character after the tag."
  (let ((attlist ())
        end-pos name)
    (skip-syntax-forward " ")
    (while (looking-at (eval-when-compile
			 (concat "\\(" xml-name-re "\\)\\s-*=\\s-*")))
      (setq end-pos (match-end 0))
      (setq name (xml-maybe-do-ns (match-string-no-properties 1) nil xml-ns))
      (goto-char end-pos)

      ;; See also: https://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006#AVNormalize

      ;; Do we have a string between quotes (or double-quotes),
      ;;  or a simple word ?
      (if (looking-at "\"\\([^\"]*\\)\"")
	  (setq end-pos (match-end 0))
	(if (looking-at "'\\([^']*\\)'")
	    (setq end-pos (match-end 0))
	  (error "XML: (Not Well-Formed) Attribute values must be given between quotes")))

      ;; Each attribute must be unique within a given element
      (if (assoc name attlist)
	  (error "XML: (Not Well-Formed) Each attribute must be unique within an element"))

      (let ((string (match-string-no-properties 1)))
	(let ((expansion (xml-substitute-special string)))
	  (unless (stringp expansion)
	    ;; We say this is the constraint.  It is actually that
	    ;; neither external entities nor "<" can be in an
	    ;; attribute value.
	    (error "XML: (Not Well-Formed) Entities in attributes cannot expand into elements"))
	  (push (cons name expansion) attlist)))

      (goto-char end-pos)
      (skip-syntax-forward " "))
    (nreverse attlist)))