valid: The DTD validation

## valid

valid - The DTD validation

API for the DTD handling and the validity checking

Author(s): Daniel Veillard

## Synopsis

    typedef struct _xmlHashTable xmlAttributeTable;
    typedef xmlAttributeTable * xmlAttributeTablePtr;
    typedef struct _xmlHashTable xmlElementTable;
    typedef xmlElementTable * xmlElementTablePtr;
    typedef struct _xmlHashTable xmlIDTable;
    typedef xmlIDTable * xmlIDTablePtr;
    typedef struct _xmlHashTable xmlNotationTable;
    typedef xmlNotationTable * xmlNotationTablePtr;
    typedef struct _xmlHashTable xmlRefTable;
    typedef xmlRefTable * xmlRefTablePtr;
    typedef struct _xmlValidCtxt xmlValidCtxt;
    typedef xmlValidCtxt * xmlValidCtxtPtr;
    typedef struct _xmlValidState xmlValidState;
    typedef xmlValidState * xmlValidStatePtr;
    xmlAttributePtr	xmlAddAttributeDecl	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * elem,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 const xmlChar * ns,
    					 xmlAttributeType type,
    					 xmlAttributeDefault def,
    					 const xmlChar * defaultValue,
    					 xmlEnumerationPtr tree);
    xmlElementPtr	xmlAddElementDecl	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 xmlElementTypeVal type,
    					 xmlElementContentPtr content);
    xmlIDPtr	xmlAddID		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * value,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr);
    int	xmlAddIDSafe			(xmlAttrPtr attr,
    					 const xmlChar * value);
    xmlNotationPtr	xmlAddNotationDecl	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 const xmlChar * PublicID,
    					 const xmlChar * SystemID);
    xmlRefPtr	xmlAddRef		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * value,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr);
    xmlAttributeTablePtr	xmlCopyAttributeTable	(xmlAttributeTablePtr table);
    xmlElementContentPtr	xmlCopyDocElementContent	(xmlDocPtr doc,
    							 xmlElementContentPtr cur);
    xmlElementContentPtr	xmlCopyElementContent	(xmlElementContentPtr cur);
    xmlElementTablePtr	xmlCopyElementTable	(xmlElementTablePtr table);
    xmlEnumerationPtr	xmlCopyEnumeration	(xmlEnumerationPtr cur);
    xmlNotationTablePtr	xmlCopyNotationTable	(xmlNotationTablePtr table);
    xmlEnumerationPtr	xmlCreateEnumeration	(const xmlChar * name);
    void	xmlDumpAttributeDecl		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlAttributePtr attr);
    void	xmlDumpAttributeTable		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlAttributeTablePtr table);
    void	xmlDumpElementDecl		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlElementPtr elem);
    void	xmlDumpElementTable		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlElementTablePtr table);
    void	xmlDumpNotationDecl		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlNotationPtr nota);
    void	xmlDumpNotationTable		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlNotationTablePtr table);
    void	xmlFreeAttributeTable		(xmlAttributeTablePtr table);
    void	xmlFreeDocElementContent	(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlElementContentPtr cur);
    void	xmlFreeElementContent		(xmlElementContentPtr cur);
    void	xmlFreeElementTable		(xmlElementTablePtr table);
    void	xmlFreeEnumeration		(xmlEnumerationPtr cur);
    void	xmlFreeIDTable			(xmlIDTablePtr table);
    void	xmlFreeNotationTable		(xmlNotationTablePtr table);
    void	xmlFreeRefTable			(xmlRefTablePtr table);
    void	xmlFreeValidCtxt		(xmlValidCtxtPtr cur);
    xmlAttributePtr	xmlGetDtdAttrDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * elem,
    					 const xmlChar * name);
    xmlElementPtr	xmlGetDtdElementDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name);
    xmlNotationPtr	xmlGetDtdNotationDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name);
    xmlAttributePtr	xmlGetDtdQAttrDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * elem,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 const xmlChar * prefix);
    xmlElementPtr	xmlGetDtdQElementDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 const xmlChar * prefix);
    xmlAttrPtr	xmlGetID		(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * ID);
    xmlListPtr	xmlGetRefs		(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * ID);
    int	xmlIsID			(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr);
    int	xmlIsMixedElement		(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * name);
    int	xmlIsRef			(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr);
    xmlElementContentPtr	xmlNewDocElementContent	(xmlDocPtr doc,
    						 const xmlChar * name,
    						 xmlElementContentType type);
    xmlElementContentPtr	xmlNewElementContent	(const xmlChar * name,
    						 xmlElementContentType type);
    xmlValidCtxtPtr	xmlNewValidCtxt		(void);
    int	xmlRemoveID			(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr);
    int	xmlRemoveRef			(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr);
    void	xmlSnprintfElementContent	(char * buf,
    					 int size,
    					 xmlElementContentPtr content,
    					 int englob);
    void	xmlSprintfElementContent	(char * buf,
    					 xmlElementContentPtr content,
    					 int englob);
    int	xmlValidBuildContentModel	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlElementPtr elem);
    xmlChar *	xmlValidCtxtNormalizeAttributeValue	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    							 xmlDocPtr doc,
    							 xmlNodePtr elem,
    							 const xmlChar * name,
    							 const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidGetPotentialChildren	(xmlElementContent * ctree,
    					 const xmlChar ** names,
    					 int * len,
    					 int max);
    int	xmlValidGetValidElements	(xmlNode * prev,
    					 xmlNode * next,
    					 const xmlChar ** names,
    					 int max);
    xmlChar *	xmlValidNormalizeAttributeValue	(xmlDocPtr doc,
    						 xmlNodePtr elem,
    						 const xmlChar * name,
    						 const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidateAttributeDecl	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlAttributePtr attr);
    int	xmlValidateAttributeValue	(xmlAttributeType type,
    					 const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidateDocument		(xmlValidCtxtPtr vctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc);
    int	xmlValidateDocumentFinal	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc);
    int	xmlValidateDtd			(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlDtdPtr dtd);
    int	xmlValidateDtdFinal		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc);
    int	xmlValidateElement		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr root);
    int	xmlValidateElementDecl		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlElementPtr elem);
    int	xmlValidateNameValue		(const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidateNamesValue		(const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidateNmtokenValue		(const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidateNmtokensValue	(const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidateNotationDecl		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNotationPtr nota);
    int	xmlValidateNotationUse		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * notationName);
    int	xmlValidateOneAttribute		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr,
    					 const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidateOneElement		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem);
    int	xmlValidateOneNamespace		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 const xmlChar * prefix,
    					 xmlNsPtr ns,
    					 const xmlChar * value);
    int	xmlValidatePopElement		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 const xmlChar * qname);
    int	xmlValidatePushCData		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 const xmlChar * data,
    					 int len);
    int	xmlValidatePushElement		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 const xmlChar * qname);
    int	xmlValidateRoot			(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc);
    typedef void xmlValidityErrorFunc		(void * ctx,
    					 const char * msg,
    					 ... ...);
    typedef void xmlValidityWarningFunc		(void * ctx,
    					 const char * msg,
    					 ... ...);

## Description

## Details

### Structure xmlAttributeTable

    struct _xmlHashTable {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    } xmlAttributeTable;

### Typedef xmlAttributeTablePtr

    xmlAttributeTable * xmlAttributeTablePtr;

### Structure xmlElementTable

    struct _xmlHashTable {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    } xmlElementTable;

### Typedef xmlElementTablePtr

    xmlElementTable * xmlElementTablePtr;

### Structure xmlIDTable

    struct _xmlHashTable {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    } xmlIDTable;

### Typedef xmlIDTablePtr

    xmlIDTable * xmlIDTablePtr;

### Structure xmlNotationTable

    struct _xmlHashTable {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    } xmlNotationTable;

### Typedef xmlNotationTablePtr

    xmlNotationTable * xmlNotationTablePtr;

### Structure xmlRefTable

    struct _xmlHashTable {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    } xmlRefTable;

### Typedef xmlRefTablePtr

    xmlRefTable * xmlRefTablePtr;

### Structure xmlValidCtxt

    struct _xmlValidCtxt {
        void *	userData
        xmlValidityErrorFunc	error
        xmlValidityWarningFunc	warning
        xmlNodePtr	node
        int	nodeNr
        int	nodeMax
        xmlNodePtr *	nodeTab
        unsigned int	flags
        xmlDocPtr	doc
        int	valid
        xmlValidState *	vstate
        int	vstateNr
        int	vstateMax
        xmlValidState *	vstateTab
        xmlAutomataPtr	am
        xmlAutomataStatePtr	state
        void *	am
        void *	state
    } xmlValidCtxt;

### Typedef xmlValidCtxtPtr

    xmlValidCtxt * xmlValidCtxtPtr;

### Structure xmlValidState

    struct _xmlValidState {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    } xmlValidState;

### Typedef xmlValidStatePtr

    xmlValidState * xmlValidStatePtr;

### Function type xmlValidityErrorFunc

    void	xmlValidityErrorFunc		(void * ctx,
    					 const char * msg,
    					 ... ...)

Callback called when a validity error is found. This is a message oriented function similar to an *printf function.

`ctx`: | usually an xmlValidCtxtPtr to a validity error context, but comes from ctxt->userData (which normally contains such a pointer); ctxt->userData can be changed by the user.
`msg`: | the string to format *printf like vararg
`...`: | remaining arguments to the format

### Function type xmlValidityWarningFunc

    void	xmlValidityWarningFunc		(void * ctx,
    					 const char * msg,
    					 ... ...)

Callback called when a validity warning is found. This is a message oriented function similar to an *printf function.

`ctx`: | usually an xmlValidCtxtPtr to a validity error context, but comes from ctxt->userData (which normally contains such a pointer); ctxt->userData can be changed by the user.
`msg`: | the string to format *printf like vararg
`...`: | remaining arguments to the format

### xmlAddAttributeDecl ()

    xmlAttributePtr	xmlAddAttributeDecl	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * elem,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 const xmlChar * ns,
    					 xmlAttributeType type,
    					 xmlAttributeDefault def,
    					 const xmlChar * defaultValue,
    					 xmlEnumerationPtr tree)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Register a new attribute declaration Note that @tree becomes the ownership of the DTD

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`dtd`: | pointer to the DTD
`elem`: | the element name
`name`: | the attribute name
`ns`: | the attribute namespace prefix
`type`: | the attribute type
`def`: | the attribute default type
`defaultValue`: | the attribute default value
`tree`: | if it's an enumeration, the associated list
`Returns`: | NULL if not new, otherwise the attribute decl

### xmlAddElementDecl ()

    xmlElementPtr	xmlAddElementDecl	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 xmlElementTypeVal type,
    					 xmlElementContentPtr content)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Register a new element declaration

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`dtd`: | pointer to the DTD
`name`: | the entity name
`type`: | the element type
`content`: | the element content tree or NULL
`Returns`: | NULL if not, otherwise the entity

### xmlAddID ()

    xmlIDPtr	xmlAddID		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * value,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr)

Register a new id declaration

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | pointer to the document
`value`: | the value name
`attr`: | the attribute holding the ID
`Returns`: | NULL if not, otherwise the new xmlIDPtr

### xmlAddIDSafe ()

    int	xmlAddIDSafe			(xmlAttrPtr attr,
    					 const xmlChar * value)

Register a new id declaration Available since 2.13.0.

`attr`: | the attribute holding the ID
`value`: | the attribute (ID) value
`Returns`: | 1 on success, 0 if the ID already exists, -1 if a memory allocation fails.

### xmlAddNotationDecl ()

    xmlNotationPtr	xmlAddNotationDecl	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 const xmlChar * PublicID,
    					 const xmlChar * SystemID)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Register a new notation declaration

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`dtd`: | pointer to the DTD
`name`: | the entity name
`PublicID`: | the public identifier or NULL
`SystemID`: | the system identifier or NULL
`Returns`: | NULL if not, otherwise the entity

### xmlAddRef ()

    xmlRefPtr	xmlAddRef		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * value,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr)

DEPRECATED, do not use. This function will be removed from the public API. Register a new ref declaration

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | pointer to the document
`value`: | the value name
`attr`: | the attribute holding the Ref
`Returns`: | NULL if not, otherwise the new xmlRefPtr

### xmlCopyAttributeTable ()

    xmlAttributeTablePtr	xmlCopyAttributeTable	(xmlAttributeTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Build a copy of an attribute table.

`table`: | An attribute table
`Returns`: | the new xmlAttributeTablePtr or NULL in case of error.

### xmlCopyDocElementContent ()

    xmlElementContentPtr	xmlCopyDocElementContent	(xmlDocPtr doc,
    							 xmlElementContentPtr cur)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Build a copy of an element content description.

`doc`: | the document owning the element declaration
`cur`: | An element content pointer.
`Returns`: | the new xmlElementContentPtr or NULL in case of error.

### xmlCopyElementContent ()

    xmlElementContentPtr	xmlCopyElementContent	(xmlElementContentPtr cur)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Build a copy of an element content description. Deprecated, use xmlCopyDocElementContent instead

`cur`: | An element content pointer.
`Returns`: | the new xmlElementContentPtr or NULL in case of error.

### xmlCopyElementTable ()

    xmlElementTablePtr	xmlCopyElementTable	(xmlElementTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Build a copy of an element table.

`table`: | An element table
`Returns`: | the new xmlElementTablePtr or NULL in case of error.

### xmlCopyEnumeration ()

    xmlEnumerationPtr	xmlCopyEnumeration	(xmlEnumerationPtr cur)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Copy an enumeration attribute node (recursive).

`cur`: | the tree to copy.
`Returns`: | the xmlEnumerationPtr just created or NULL in case of error.

### xmlCopyNotationTable ()

    xmlNotationTablePtr	xmlCopyNotationTable	(xmlNotationTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Build a copy of a notation table.

`table`: | A notation table
`Returns`: | the new xmlNotationTablePtr or NULL in case of error.

### xmlCreateEnumeration ()

    xmlEnumerationPtr	xmlCreateEnumeration	(const xmlChar * name)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. create and initialize an enumeration attribute node.

`name`: | the enumeration name or NULL
`Returns`: | the xmlEnumerationPtr just created or NULL in case of error.

### xmlDumpAttributeDecl ()

    void	xmlDumpAttributeDecl		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlAttributePtr attr)

DEPRECATED: Use xmlSaveTree. This will dump the content of the attribute declaration as an XML DTD definition

`buf`: | the XML buffer output
`attr`: | An attribute declaration

### xmlDumpAttributeTable ()

    void	xmlDumpAttributeTable		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlAttributeTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Don't use. This will dump the content of the attribute table as an XML DTD definition

`buf`: | the XML buffer output
`table`: | An attribute table

### xmlDumpElementDecl ()

    void	xmlDumpElementDecl		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlElementPtr elem)

DEPRECATED: Use xmlSaveTree. This will dump the content of the element declaration as an XML DTD definition

`buf`: | the XML buffer output
`elem`: | An element table

### xmlDumpElementTable ()

    void	xmlDumpElementTable		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlElementTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Don't use. This will dump the content of the element table as an XML DTD definition

`buf`: | the XML buffer output
`table`: | An element table

### xmlDumpNotationDecl ()

    void	xmlDumpNotationDecl		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlNotationPtr nota)

DEPRECATED: Don't use. This will dump the content the notation declaration as an XML DTD definition

`buf`: | the XML buffer output
`nota`: | A notation declaration

### xmlDumpNotationTable ()

    void	xmlDumpNotationTable		(xmlBufferPtr buf,
    					 xmlNotationTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Don't use. This will dump the content of the notation table as an XML DTD definition

`buf`: | the XML buffer output
`table`: | A notation table

### xmlFreeAttributeTable ()

    void	xmlFreeAttributeTable		(xmlAttributeTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Deallocate the memory used by an entities hash table.

`table`: | An attribute table

### xmlFreeDocElementContent ()

    void	xmlFreeDocElementContent	(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlElementContentPtr cur)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Free an element content structure. The whole subtree is removed.

`doc`: | the document owning the element declaration
`cur`: | the element content tree to free

### xmlFreeElementContent ()

    void	xmlFreeElementContent		(xmlElementContentPtr cur)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Free an element content structure. The whole subtree is removed. Deprecated, use xmlFreeDocElementContent instead

`cur`: | the element content tree to free

### xmlFreeElementTable ()

    void	xmlFreeElementTable		(xmlElementTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Deallocate the memory used by an element hash table.

`table`: | An element table

### xmlFreeEnumeration ()

    void	xmlFreeEnumeration		(xmlEnumerationPtr cur)

free an enumeration attribute node (recursive).

`cur`: | the tree to free.

### xmlFreeIDTable ()

    void	xmlFreeIDTable			(xmlIDTablePtr table)

Deallocate the memory used by an ID hash table.

`table`: | An id table

### xmlFreeNotationTable ()

    void	xmlFreeNotationTable		(xmlNotationTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Deallocate the memory used by an entities hash table.

`table`: | An notation table

### xmlFreeRefTable ()

    void	xmlFreeRefTable			(xmlRefTablePtr table)

DEPRECATED, do not use. This function will be removed from the public API. Deallocate the memory used by an Ref hash table.

`table`: | An ref table

### xmlFreeValidCtxt ()

    void	xmlFreeValidCtxt		(xmlValidCtxtPtr cur)

Free a validation context structure.

`cur`: | the validation context to free

### xmlGetDtdAttrDesc ()

    xmlAttributePtr	xmlGetDtdAttrDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * elem,
    					 const xmlChar * name)

Search the DTD for the description of this attribute on this element.

`dtd`: | a pointer to the DtD to search
`elem`: | the element name
`name`: | the attribute name
`Returns`: | the xmlAttributePtr if found or NULL

### xmlGetDtdElementDesc ()

    xmlElementPtr	xmlGetDtdElementDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name)

Search the DTD for the description of this element NOTE: A NULL return value can also mean that a memory allocation failed.

`dtd`: | a pointer to the DtD to search
`name`: | the element name
`Returns`: | the xmlElementPtr if found or NULL

### xmlGetDtdNotationDesc ()

    xmlNotationPtr	xmlGetDtdNotationDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name)

Search the DTD for the description of this notation

`dtd`: | a pointer to the DtD to search
`name`: | the notation name
`Returns`: | the xmlNotationPtr if found or NULL

### xmlGetDtdQAttrDesc ()

    xmlAttributePtr	xmlGetDtdQAttrDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * elem,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 const xmlChar * prefix)

Search the DTD for the description of this qualified attribute on this element.

`dtd`: | a pointer to the DtD to search
`elem`: | the element name
`name`: | the attribute name
`prefix`: | the attribute namespace prefix
`Returns`: | the xmlAttributePtr if found or NULL

### xmlGetDtdQElementDesc ()

    xmlElementPtr	xmlGetDtdQElementDesc	(xmlDtdPtr dtd,
    					 const xmlChar * name,
    					 const xmlChar * prefix)

Search the DTD for the description of this element

`dtd`: | a pointer to the DtD to search
`name`: | the element name
`prefix`: | the element namespace prefix
`Returns`: | the xmlElementPtr if found or NULL

### xmlGetID ()

    xmlAttrPtr	xmlGetID		(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * ID)

Search the attribute declaring the given ID

`doc`: | pointer to the document
`ID`: | the ID value
`Returns`: | NULL if not found, otherwise the xmlAttrPtr defining the ID

### xmlGetRefs ()

    xmlListPtr	xmlGetRefs		(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * ID)

DEPRECATED, do not use. This function will be removed from the public API. Find the set of references for the supplied ID.

`doc`: | pointer to the document
`ID`: | the ID value
`Returns`: | NULL if not found, otherwise node set for the ID.

### xmlIsID ()

    int	xmlIsID			(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr)

Determine whether an attribute is of type ID. In case we have DTD(s) then this is done if DTD loading has been requested. In the case of HTML documents parsed with the HTML parser, then ID detection is done systematically.

`doc`: | the document
`elem`: | the element carrying the attribute
`attr`: | the attribute
`Returns`: | 0 or 1 depending on the lookup result or -1 if a memory allocation failed.

### xmlIsMixedElement ()

    int	xmlIsMixedElement		(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * name)

Search in the DtDs whether an element accept Mixed content (or ANY) basically if it is supposed to accept text childs

`doc`: | the document
`name`: | the element name
`Returns`: | 0 if no, 1 if yes, and -1 if no element description is available

### xmlIsRef ()

    int	xmlIsRef			(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr)

DEPRECATED, do not use. This function will be removed from the public API. Determine whether an attribute is of type Ref. In case we have DTD(s) then this is simple, otherwise we use an heuristic: name Ref (upper or lowercase).

`doc`: | the document
`elem`: | the element carrying the attribute
`attr`: | the attribute
`Returns`: | 0 or 1 depending on the lookup result

### xmlNewDocElementContent ()

    xmlElementContentPtr	xmlNewDocElementContent	(xmlDocPtr doc,
    						 const xmlChar * name,
    						 xmlElementContentType type)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Allocate an element content structure for the document.

`doc`: | the document
`name`: | the subelement name or NULL
`type`: | the type of element content decl
`Returns`: | NULL if not, otherwise the new element content structure

### xmlNewElementContent ()

    xmlElementContentPtr	xmlNewElementContent	(const xmlChar * name,
    						 xmlElementContentType type)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Allocate an element content structure. Deprecated in favor of xmlNewDocElementContent

`name`: | the subelement name or NULL
`type`: | the type of element content decl
`Returns`: | NULL if not, otherwise the new element content structure

### xmlNewValidCtxt ()

    xmlValidCtxtPtr	xmlNewValidCtxt		(void)

Allocate a validation context structure.

`Returns`: | NULL if not, otherwise the new validation context structure

### xmlRemoveID ()

    int	xmlRemoveID			(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr)

Remove the given attribute from the ID table maintained internally.

`doc`: | the document
`attr`: | the attribute
`Returns`: | -1 if the lookup failed and 0 otherwise

### xmlRemoveRef ()

    int	xmlRemoveRef			(xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr)

DEPRECATED, do not use. This function will be removed from the public API. Remove the given attribute from the Ref table maintained internally.

`doc`: | the document
`attr`: | the attribute
`Returns`: | -1 if the lookup failed and 0 otherwise

### xmlSnprintfElementContent ()

    void	xmlSnprintfElementContent	(char * buf,
    					 int size,
    					 xmlElementContentPtr content,
    					 int englob)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. This will dump the content of the element content definition Intended just for the debug routine

`buf`: | an output buffer
`size`: | the buffer size
`content`: | An element table
`englob`: | 1 if one must print the englobing parenthesis, 0 otherwise

### xmlSprintfElementContent ()

    void	xmlSprintfElementContent	(char * buf,
    					 xmlElementContentPtr content,
    					 int englob)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Deprecated, unsafe, use xmlSnprintfElementContent

`buf`: | an output buffer
`content`: | An element table
`englob`: | 1 if one must print the englobing parenthesis, 0 otherwise

### xmlValidBuildContentModel ()

    int	xmlValidBuildContentModel	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlElementPtr elem)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. (Re)Build the automata associated to the content model of this element

`ctxt`: | a validation context
`elem`: | an element declaration node
`Returns`: | 1 in case of success, 0 in case of error

### xmlValidCtxtNormalizeAttributeValue ()

    xmlChar *	xmlValidCtxtNormalizeAttributeValue	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    							 xmlDocPtr doc,
    							 xmlNodePtr elem,
    							 const xmlChar * name,
    							 const xmlChar * value)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Does the validation related extra step of the normalization of attribute values: If the declared value is not CDATA, then the XML processor must further process the normalized attribute value by discarding any leading and trailing space (#x20) characters, and by replacing sequences of space (#x20) characters by single space (#x20) character. Also check VC: Standalone Document Declaration in P32, and update ctxt->valid accordingly

`ctxt`: | the validation context or NULL
`doc`: | the document
`elem`: | the parent
`name`: | the attribute name
`value`: | the attribute value
`Returns`: | a new normalized string if normalization is needed, NULL otherwise the caller must free the returned value.

### xmlValidGetPotentialChildren ()

    int	xmlValidGetPotentialChildren	(xmlElementContent * ctree,
    					 const xmlChar ** names,
    					 int * len,
    					 int max)

Build/extend a list of potential children allowed by the content tree

`ctree`: | an element content tree
`names`: | an array to store the list of child names
`len`: | a pointer to the number of element in the list
`max`: | the size of the array
`Returns`: | the number of element in the list, or -1 in case of error.

### xmlValidGetValidElements ()

    int	xmlValidGetValidElements	(xmlNode * prev,
    					 xmlNode * next,
    					 const xmlChar ** names,
    					 int max)

This function returns the list of authorized children to insert within an existing tree while respecting the validity constraints forced by the Dtd. The insertion point is defined using @prev and @next in the following ways: to insert before 'node': xmlValidGetValidElements(node->prev, node, ... to insert next 'node': xmlValidGetValidElements(node, node->next, ... to replace 'node': xmlValidGetValidElements(node->prev, node->next, ... to prepend a child to 'node': xmlValidGetValidElements(NULL, node->childs, to append a child to 'node': xmlValidGetValidElements(node->last, NULL, ... pointers to the element names are inserted at the beginning of the array and do not need to be freed.

`prev`: | an element to insert after
`next`: | an element to insert next
`names`: | an array to store the list of child names
`max`: | the size of the array
`Returns`: | the number of element in the list, or -1 in case of error. If the function returns the value @max the caller is invited to grow the receiving array and retry.

### xmlValidNormalizeAttributeValue ()

    xmlChar *	xmlValidNormalizeAttributeValue	(xmlDocPtr doc,
    						 xmlNodePtr elem,
    						 const xmlChar * name,
    						 const xmlChar * value)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Does the validation related extra step of the normalization of attribute values: If the declared value is not CDATA, then the XML processor must further process the normalized attribute value by discarding any leading and trailing space (#x20) characters, and by replacing sequences of space (#x20) characters by single space (#x20) character.

`doc`: | the document
`elem`: | the parent
`name`: | the attribute name
`value`: | the attribute value
`Returns`: | a new normalized string if normalization is needed, NULL otherwise the caller must free the returned value.

### xmlValidateAttributeDecl ()

    int	xmlValidateAttributeDecl	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlAttributePtr attr)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Try to validate a single attribute definition basically it does the following checks as described by the XML-1.0 recommendation: - [ VC: Attribute Default Legal ] - [ VC: Enumeration ] - [ VC: ID Attribute Default ] The ID/IDREF uniqueness and matching are done separately

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`attr`: | an attribute definition
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateAttributeValue ()

    int	xmlValidateAttributeValue	(xmlAttributeType type,
    					 const xmlChar * value)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Validate that the given attribute value match the proper production [ VC: ID ] Values of type ID must match the Name production.... [ VC: IDREF ] Values of type IDREF must match the Name production, and values of type IDREFS must match Names ... [ VC: Entity Name ] Values of type ENTITY must match the Name production, values of type ENTITIES must match Names ... [ VC: Name Token ] Values of type NMTOKEN must match the Nmtoken production; values of type NMTOKENS must match Nmtokens.

`type`: | an attribute type
`value`: | an attribute value
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateDocument ()

    int	xmlValidateDocument		(xmlValidCtxtPtr vctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc)

DEPRECATED: This function can't report malloc or other failures. Use xmlCtxtValidateDocument. Try to validate the document instance basically it does the all the checks described by the XML Rec i.e. validates the internal and external subset (if present) and validate the document tree.

`vctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateDocumentFinal ()

    int	xmlValidateDocumentFinal	(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Does the final step for the document validation once all the incremental validation steps have been completed basically it does the following checks described by the XML Rec Check all the IDREF/IDREFS attributes definition for validity

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateDtd ()

    int	xmlValidateDtd			(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlDtdPtr dtd)

Try to validate the document against the dtd instance Basically it does check all the definitions in the DtD. Note the the internal subset (if present) is de-coupled (i.e. not used), which could give problems if ID or IDREF is present.

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`dtd`: | a dtd instance
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateDtdFinal ()

    int	xmlValidateDtdFinal		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Does the final step for the dtds validation once all the subsets have been parsed basically it does the following checks described by the XML Rec - check that ENTITY and ENTITIES type attributes default or possible values matches one of the defined entities. - check that NOTATION type attributes default or possible values matches one of the defined notations.

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 if invalid and -1 if not well-formed

### xmlValidateElement ()

    int	xmlValidateElement		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr root)

Try to validate the subtree under an element

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`root`: | an element instance
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateElementDecl ()

    int	xmlValidateElementDecl		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlElementPtr elem)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Try to validate a single element definition basically it does the following checks as described by the XML-1.0 recommendation: - [ VC: One ID per Element Type ] - [ VC: No Duplicate Types ] - [ VC: Unique Element Type Declaration ]

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`elem`: | an element definition
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateNameValue ()

    int	xmlValidateNameValue		(const xmlChar * value)

Validate that the given value match Name production

`value`: | an Name value
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateNamesValue ()

    int	xmlValidateNamesValue		(const xmlChar * value)

Validate that the given value match Names production

`value`: | an Names value
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateNmtokenValue ()

    int	xmlValidateNmtokenValue		(const xmlChar * value)

Validate that the given value match Nmtoken production [ VC: Name Token ]

`value`: | an Nmtoken value
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateNmtokensValue ()

    int	xmlValidateNmtokensValue	(const xmlChar * value)

Validate that the given value match Nmtokens production [ VC: Name Token ]

`value`: | an Nmtokens value
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateNotationDecl ()

    int	xmlValidateNotationDecl		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNotationPtr nota)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Try to validate a single notation definition basically it does the following checks as described by the XML-1.0 recommendation: - it seems that no validity constraint exists on notation declarations But this function get called anyway ...

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`nota`: | a notation definition
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateNotationUse ()

    int	xmlValidateNotationUse		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 const xmlChar * notationName)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Validate that the given name match a notation declaration. - [ VC: Notation Declared ]

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | the document
`notationName`: | the notation name to check
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateOneAttribute ()

    int	xmlValidateOneAttribute		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 xmlAttrPtr attr,
    					 const xmlChar * value)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Try to validate a single attribute for an element basically it does the following checks as described by the XML-1.0 recommendation: - [ VC: Attribute Value Type ] - [ VC: Fixed Attribute Default ] - [ VC: Entity Name ] - [ VC: Name Token ] - [ VC: ID ] - [ VC: IDREF ] - [ VC: Entity Name ] - [ VC: Notation Attributes ] The ID/IDREF uniqueness and matching are done separately

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`elem`: | an element instance
`attr`: | an attribute instance
`value`: | the attribute value (without entities processing)
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateOneElement ()

    int	xmlValidateOneElement		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Try to validate a single element and it's attributes, basically it does the following checks as described by the XML-1.0 recommendation: - [ VC: Element Valid ] - [ VC: Required Attribute ] Then call xmlValidateOneAttribute() for each attribute present. The ID/IDREF checkings are done separately

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`elem`: | an element instance
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateOneNamespace ()

    int	xmlValidateOneNamespace		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 const xmlChar * prefix,
    					 xmlNsPtr ns,
    					 const xmlChar * value)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Try to validate a single namespace declaration for an element basically it does the following checks as described by the XML-1.0 recommendation: - [ VC: Attribute Value Type ] - [ VC: Fixed Attribute Default ] - [ VC: Entity Name ] - [ VC: Name Token ] - [ VC: ID ] - [ VC: IDREF ] - [ VC: Entity Name ] - [ VC: Notation Attributes ] The ID/IDREF uniqueness and matching are done separately

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`elem`: | an element instance
`prefix`: | the namespace prefix
`ns`: | an namespace declaration instance
`value`: | the attribute value (without entities processing)
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidatePopElement ()

    int	xmlValidatePopElement		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 const xmlChar * qname)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Pop the element end from the validation stack.

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`elem`: | an element instance
`qname`: | the qualified name as appearing in the serialization
`Returns`: | 1 if no validation problem was found or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidatePushCData ()

    int	xmlValidatePushCData		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 const xmlChar * data,
    					 int len)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. check the CData parsed for validation in the current stack

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`data`: | some character data read
`len`: | the length of the data
`Returns`: | 1 if no validation problem was found or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidatePushElement ()

    int	xmlValidatePushElement		(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc,
    					 xmlNodePtr elem,
    					 const xmlChar * qname)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Push a new element start on the validation stack.

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`elem`: | an element instance
`qname`: | the qualified name as appearing in the serialization
`Returns`: | 1 if no validation problem was found or 0 otherwise

### xmlValidateRoot ()

    int	xmlValidateRoot			(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
    					 xmlDocPtr doc)

DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use. Try to validate a the root element basically it does the following check as described by the XML-1.0 recommendation: - [ VC: Root Element Type ] it doesn't try to recurse or apply other check to the element

`ctxt`: | the validation context
`doc`: | a document instance
`Returns`: | 1 if valid or 0 otherwise