added macros to utilize XML parsing

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set(HEADER_FILES
     enterpassworddialog/enterpassworddialog.h
     misc/dialogutils.h
     misc/desktoputils.h
+    misc/xmlparsermacros.h
     models/checklistmodel.h
     resources/qtconfigarguments.h
     resources/resources.h

misc/xmlparsermacros.h

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <QXmlStreamReader>
+
+/*!
+ * \file xmlparsermacros.h
+ * \brief Macros to utilize XML parsing using QXmlStreamReader.
+ * \sa For an example, see dbquery.cpp of the tageditor project.
+ */
+
+#ifndef xmlReader
+# error "xmlReader must be defined to use these macros."
+#endif
+
+#ifdef iftag
+# undef iftag
+#endif
+#define iftag(tagName) if(xmlReader.name() == QLatin1String(tagName))
+
+#ifdef eliftag
+# undef eliftag
+#endif
+#define eliftag(tagName) else if(xmlReader.name() == QLatin1String(tagName))
+
+#ifdef else_skip
+# undef else_skip
+#endif
+#define else_skip else { xmlReader.skipCurrentElement(); }
+
+#ifdef children
+# undef children
+#endif
+#define children while(xmlReader.readNextStartElement())
+
+#ifdef text
+# undef text
+#endif
+#define text xmlReader.readElementText(QXmlStreamReader::ErrorOnUnexpectedElement)
+
+#ifdef attribute
+# undef attribute
+#endif
+#define attribute(attributeName) xmlReader.attributes().value(QLatin1String(attributeName))

qtutilities.pro

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ HEADERS += \
     models/checklistmodel.h \
     resources/qtconfigarguments.h \
     misc/dialogutils.h \
-    misc/desktoputils.h
+    misc/desktoputils.h \
+    misc/xmlparsermacros.h
 
 SOURCES += resources/resources.cpp \
     models/checklistmodel.cpp \