deep copy and clone

tinyxml2.cpp

@@ -771,6 +771,18 @@ void XMLNode::SetValue( const char* str, bool staticMem )
     }
 }
 
+XMLNode* XMLNode::DeepClone(XMLDocument* document) const
+{
+	XMLNode* clone = this->ShallowClone(document);
+	if (!clone) return 0;
+
+	for (const XMLNode* child = this->FirstChild(); child; child = child->NextSibling()) {
+		XMLNode* childClone = child->DeepClone(document);
+		TIXMLASSERT(childClone);
+		clone->InsertEndChild(childClone);
+	}
+	return clone;
+}
 
 void XMLNode::DeleteChildren()
 {
@@ -2006,6 +2018,17 @@ void XMLDocument::Clear()
 }
 
 
+void XMLDocument::DeepCopy(XMLDocument* target)
+{
+	TIXMLASSERT(target);
+	TIXMLASSERT(target != this);
+
+	target->Clear();
+	for (const XMLNode* node = this->FirstChild(); node; node = node->NextSibling()) {
+		target->InsertEndChild(node->DeepClone(target));
+	}
+}
+
 XMLElement* XMLDocument::NewElement( const char* name )
 {
     TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( XMLElement ) == _elementPool.ItemSize() );

tinyxml2.h

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ distribution.
         AStyle.exe --style=1tbs --indent-switches --break-closing-brackets --indent-preprocessor tinyxml2.cpp tinyxml2.h
 */
 
-#if defined( _DEBUG ) || defined( DEBUG ) || defined (__DEBUG__)
+#if defined( _DEBUG ) || defined (__DEBUG__)
 #   ifndef DEBUG
 #       define DEBUG
 #   endif
@@ -846,6 +846,20 @@ public:
     */
     virtual XMLNode* ShallowClone( XMLDocument* document ) const = 0;
 
+	/**
+		Make a copy of this node and all of the children
+		of this node.
+
+		If the 'document' is null, then the nodes will
+		be allocated in the current document. If specified,
+		memory will e allocated is the specified document.
+
+		NOTE: This is probably not the correct tool to 
+		copy a document, since XMLDocuments can have multiple
+		top level XMLNodes. You probably want XMLDocument::DeepCopy()
+	*/
+	XMLNode* DeepClone( XMLDocument* document ) const;
+
     /**
     	Test if 2 nodes are the same, but don't test children.
     	The 2 nodes do not need to be in the same Document.
@@ -1787,6 +1801,16 @@ public:
     /// Clear the document, resetting it to the initial state.
     void Clear();
 
+	/**
+		Copies this document to a target.
+		The target will be completely cleared before the copy.
+		If you want to copy a sub-tree, see DeepClone.
+
+		NOTE: that the 'target' must be non-null and not
+		the source document.
+	*/
+	void DeepCopy(XMLDocument* target);
+
 	// internal
     char* Identify( char* p, XMLNode** node );
 

xmltest.cpp

@@ -1130,6 +1130,86 @@ int main( int argc, const char ** argv )
 		XMLTest( "Clone and Equal", 4, count );
 	}
 
+	{
+		// Deep Cloning of root element.
+		XMLDocument doc2;
+		XMLPrinter printer1;
+		{
+			// Make sure doc1 is deleted before we test doc2
+			const char* xml =
+				"<root>"
+				"    <child1 foo='bar'/>"
+				"    <!-- comment thing -->"
+				"    <child2 val='1'>Text</child2>"
+				"</root>";
+			XMLDocument doc;
+			doc.Parse(xml);
+
+			doc.Print(&printer1);
+			XMLNode* root = doc.RootElement()->DeepClone(&doc2);
+			doc2.InsertFirstChild(root);
+		}
+		XMLPrinter printer2;
+		doc2.Print(&printer2);
+
+		XMLTest("Deep clone of element.", printer1.CStr(), printer2.CStr(), true);
+	}
+
+	{
+		// Deep Cloning of sub element.
+		XMLDocument doc2;
+		XMLPrinter printer1;
+		{
+			// Make sure doc1 is deleted before we test doc2
+			const char* xml =
+				"<?xml version ='1.0'?>"
+				"<root>"
+				"    <child1 foo='bar'/>"
+				"    <!-- comment thing -->"
+				"    <child2 val='1'>Text</child2>"
+				"</root>";
+			XMLDocument doc;
+			doc.Parse(xml);
+
+			const XMLElement* subElement = doc.FirstChildElement("root")->FirstChildElement("child2");
+			subElement->Accept(&printer1);
+
+			XMLNode* clonedSubElement = subElement->DeepClone(&doc2);
+			doc2.InsertFirstChild(clonedSubElement);
+		}
+		XMLPrinter printer2;
+		doc2.Print(&printer2);
+
+		XMLTest("Deep clone of sub-element.", printer1.CStr(), printer2.CStr(), true);
+	}
+
+	{
+		// Deep cloning of document.
+		XMLDocument doc2;
+		XMLPrinter printer1;
+		{
+			// Make sure doc1 is deleted before we test doc2
+			const char* xml =
+				"<?xml version ='1.0'?>"
+				"<!-- Top level comment. -->"
+				"<root>"
+				"    <child1 foo='bar'/>"
+				"    <!-- comment thing -->"
+				"    <child2 val='1'>Text</child2>"
+				"</root>";
+			XMLDocument doc;
+			doc.Parse(xml);
+			doc.Print(&printer1);
+
+			doc.DeepCopy(&doc2);
+		}
+		XMLPrinter printer2;
+		doc2.Print(&printer2);
+
+		XMLTest("DeepCopy of document.", printer1.CStr(), printer2.CStr(), true);
+	}
+
+
  	{
 		// This shouldn't crash.
 		XMLDocument doc;