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mtext_serialize(3m17n) The m17n Library mtext_serialize(3m17n)

mtext_serialize - Serialize text properties in an M-text.

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

Serialize text properties in an M-text. The mtext_serialize() function serializes the text between from and to in M-text mt. The serialized result is an M-text in a form of XML. property_list limits the text properties to be serialized. Only those text properties whose key

  • appears as the value of an element in property_list, and
  • 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.

If the operation was successful, mtext_serialize() returns an M-text in the form of XML. Otherwise it returns NULL and assigns an error code to the external variable merror_code.

mtext_deserialize(), Mtext_prop_serializer

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12 Jan 2011 Version 1.6.2