NAME

mtext_serialize -

SYNOPSIS

MText* mtext_serialize (MText * mt, int from, int to, MPlist * property_list)

DESCRIPTION

@brief Serialize text properties in an M-text.
The mtext_serialize() function serializes the text between @b from
and @b to in M-text @b mt.  The serialized result is an M-text in a
form of XML.  @b property_list limits the text properties to be
serialized. Only those text properties whose key 
@li appears as the value of an element in @b property_list, and
@li has the symbol property #Mtext_prop_serializer
are serialized as a "property" element in the resulting XML
representation.
The DTD of the generated XML is as follows:

<!DOCTYPE mtext [
  <!ELEMENT mtext (property*,body+)>
  <!ELEMENT property EMPTY>
  <!ELEMENT body (#PCDATA)>
  <!ATTLIST property key CDATA #REQUIRED>
  <!ATTLIST property value CDATA #REQUIRED>
  <!ATTLIST property from CDATA #REQUIRED>
  <!ATTLIST property to CDATA #REQUIRED>
  <!ATTLIST property control CDATA #REQUIRED>
 ]>

This function depends on the libxml2 library.  If the m17n library
is configured without libxml2, this function always fails.
@par Return value:
If the operation was successful, mtext_serialize() returns an
M-text in the form of XML.  Otherwise it returns @c NULL and assigns an
error code to the external variable #merror_code.
@par See Also:
mtext_deserialize(), #Mtext_prop_serializer   

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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