spatialite-sys 0.2.0

/*

 gg_xml.c -- XML Document implementation
    
 version 4.3, 2015 June 29

 Author: Sandro Furieri a.furieri@lqt.it

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Alessandro Furieri
 
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*/

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>

#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
#include "config-msvc.h"
#else
#include "config.h"
#endif

#ifdef ENABLE_LIBXML2		/* LIBXML2 enabled: supporting XML documents */

#include <zlib.h>
#include <libxml/parser.h>
#include <libxml/xmlschemas.h>
#include <libxml/xpath.h>
#include <libxml/xpathInternals.h>

#include <spatialite_private.h>
#include <spatialite/sqlite.h>
#include <spatialite/debug.h>
#include <spatialite/gaiageo.h>
#include <spatialite/gaiaaux.h>


struct gaiaxml_namespace
{
/* a Namespace declaration */
    int type;
    xmlChar *prefix;
    xmlChar *href;
    struct gaiaxml_namespace *next;
};

struct gaiaxml_ns_list
{
/* a Namespaces list */
    struct gaiaxml_namespace *first;
    struct gaiaxml_namespace *last;
};

static int
is_valid_cache (struct splite_internal_cache *cache)
{
/* testing if the passed cache is a valid one */
    if (cache == NULL)
	return 0;
    if (cache->magic1 != SPATIALITE_CACHE_MAGIC1
	|| cache->magic2 != SPATIALITE_CACHE_MAGIC2)
	return 0;
    return 1;
}

static struct gaiaxml_namespace *
splite_create_namespace (int type, const xmlChar * prefix, const xmlChar * href)
{
/* allocating and initializing a Namespace declaration */
    int len;
    struct gaiaxml_namespace *ptr = malloc (sizeof (struct gaiaxml_namespace));
    ptr->type = type;
    if (prefix == NULL)
	ptr->prefix = NULL;
    else
      {
	  len = strlen ((const char *) prefix);
	  ptr->prefix = malloc (len + 1);
	  memcpy (ptr->prefix, prefix, len + 1);
      }
    if (href == NULL)
	ptr->href = NULL;
    else
      {
	  len = strlen ((const char *) href);
	  ptr->href = malloc (len + 1);
	  memcpy (ptr->href, href, len + 1);
      }
    ptr->next = NULL;
    return ptr;
}

static void
splite_free_namespace (struct gaiaxml_namespace *ptr)
{
/* memory cleanup - destroying a Namespace declaration */
    if (ptr == NULL)
	return;
    if (ptr->prefix != NULL)
	free (ptr->prefix);
    if (ptr->href != NULL)
	free (ptr->href);
    free (ptr);
}

static struct gaiaxml_ns_list *
splite_create_ns_list (void)
{
/* allocating and initializing a Namespaces list */
    struct gaiaxml_ns_list *ptr = malloc (sizeof (struct gaiaxml_ns_list));
    ptr->first = NULL;
    ptr->last = NULL;
    return ptr;
}

static void
splite_free_ns_list (struct gaiaxml_ns_list *ptr)
{
/* memory cleanup - destroying a Namespaces list */
    struct gaiaxml_namespace *p;
    struct gaiaxml_namespace *p_n;
    if (ptr == NULL)
	return;
    p = ptr->first;
    while (p != NULL)
      {
	  p_n = p->next;
	  splite_free_namespace (p);
	  p = p_n;
      }
    free (ptr);
}

static void
splite_add_namespace (struct gaiaxml_ns_list *list, int type,
		      const xmlChar * prefix, const xmlChar * href)
{
/* inserting a new Namespace into the list */
    struct gaiaxml_namespace *ns;
    if (list == NULL)
	return;
    ns = list->first;
    while (ns != NULL)
      {
	  /* checking if already defined */
	  int ok_type = 0;
	  int ok_prefix = 0;
	  int ok_href = 0;
	  if (ns->type == type)
	      ok_type = 1;
	  if (ns->prefix == NULL && prefix == NULL)
	      ok_prefix = 1;
	  if (ns->prefix != NULL && prefix != NULL)
	    {
		if (strcmp ((const char *) (ns->prefix), (const char *) prefix)
		    == 0)
		    ok_prefix = 1;
	    }
	  if (ns->href == NULL && href == NULL)
	      ok_href = 1;
	  if (ns->href != NULL && href != NULL)
	    {
		if (strcmp ((const char *) (ns->href), (const char *) href) ==
		    0)
		    ok_href = 1;
	    }
	  if (ok_type && ok_prefix && ok_href)
	      return;
	  ns = ns->next;
      }
/* inserting a new Namespace */
    ns = splite_create_namespace (type, prefix, href);
    if (list->first == NULL)
	list->first = ns;
    if (list->last != NULL)
	list->last->next = ns;
    list->last = ns;
}

static void
spliteSilentError (void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
{
/* shutting up XML Errors */
    if (ctx != NULL)
	ctx = NULL;		/* suppressing stupid compiler warnings (unused args) */
    if (msg != NULL)
	ctx = NULL;		/* suppressing stupid compiler warnings (unused args) */
}

static void
spliteParsingError (void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
{
/* appending to the current Parsing Error buffer */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache = (struct splite_internal_cache *) ctx;
    gaiaOutBufferPtr buf;
    char out[65536];
    va_list args;

    if (ctx != NULL)
	ctx = NULL;		/* suppressing stupid compiler warnings (unused args) */
    if (!is_valid_cache (cache))
	return;
    buf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlParsingErrors);

    va_start (args, msg);
    vsnprintf (out, 65536, msg, args);
    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, out);
    va_end (args);
}

static void
spliteSchemaValidationError (void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
{
/* appending to the current SchemaValidation Error buffer */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache = (struct splite_internal_cache *) ctx;
    gaiaOutBufferPtr buf;
    char out[65536];
    va_list args;

    if (ctx != NULL)
	ctx = NULL;		/* suppressing stupid compiler warnings (unused args) */
    if (!is_valid_cache (cache))
	return;
    buf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlSchemaValidationErrors);

    va_start (args, msg);
    vsnprintf (out, 65536, msg, args);
    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, out);
    va_end (args);
}

static void
spliteResetXmlErrors (struct splite_internal_cache *cache)
{
/* resetting the XML Error buffers */
    gaiaOutBufferPtr buf;
    if (!is_valid_cache (cache))
	return;
    buf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlParsingErrors);
    gaiaOutBufferReset (buf);
    buf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlSchemaValidationErrors);
    gaiaOutBufferReset (buf);
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetLastParseError (const void *ptr)
{
/* get the most recent XML Parse error/warning message */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache = (struct splite_internal_cache *) ptr;
    gaiaOutBufferPtr buf;
    if (!is_valid_cache (cache))
	return NULL;
    buf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlParsingErrors);
    return buf->Buffer;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetLastValidateError (const void *ptr)
{
/* get the most recent XML Validate error/warning message */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache = (struct splite_internal_cache *) ptr;
    gaiaOutBufferPtr buf;
    if (!is_valid_cache (cache))
	return NULL;
    buf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlSchemaValidationErrors);
    return buf->Buffer;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetLastXPathError (const void *ptr)
{
/* get the most recent XML Validate error/warning message */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache = (struct splite_internal_cache *) ptr;
    gaiaOutBufferPtr buf;
    if (!is_valid_cache (cache))
	return NULL;
    buf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlXPathErrors);
    return buf->Buffer;
}

SPATIALITE_PRIVATE void
splite_free_xml_schema_cache_item (struct splite_xmlSchema_cache_item *p)
{
/* freeing an XmlSchema Cache Item */
    if (p->schemaURI)
	free (p->schemaURI);
    if (p->parserCtxt)
	xmlSchemaFreeParserCtxt (p->parserCtxt);
    if (p->schema)
	xmlSchemaFree (p->schema);
    if (p->schemaDoc)
	xmlFreeDoc (p->schemaDoc);
    p->schemaURI = NULL;
    p->parserCtxt = NULL;
    p->schemaDoc = NULL;
    p->schema = NULL;
}

static int
splite_xmlSchemaCacheFind (struct splite_internal_cache *cache,
			   const char *schemaURI, xmlDocPtr * schema_doc,
			   xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr * parser_ctxt,
			   xmlSchemaPtr * schema)
{
/* attempting to retrive some XmlSchema from within the Cache */
    int i;
    time_t now;
    struct splite_xmlSchema_cache_item *p;
    if (!is_valid_cache (cache))
	return 0;
    for (i = 0; i < MAX_XMLSCHEMA_CACHE; i++)
      {
	  p = &(cache->xmlSchemaCache[i]);
	  if (p->schemaURI)
	    {
		if (strcmp (schemaURI, p->schemaURI) == 0)
		  {
		      /* found a matching cache-item */
		      *schema_doc = p->schemaDoc;
		      *parser_ctxt = p->parserCtxt;
		      *schema = p->schema;
		      /* updating the timestamp */ time (&now);
		      p->timestamp = now;
		      return 1;
		  }
	    }
      }
    return 0;
}

static void
splite_xmlSchemaCacheInsert (struct splite_internal_cache *cache,
			     const char *schemaURI, xmlDocPtr schema_doc,
			     xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr parser_ctxt,
			     xmlSchemaPtr schema)
{
/* inserting a new XmlSchema item into the Cache */
    int i;
    int len = strlen (schemaURI);
    time_t now;
    time_t oldest;
    struct splite_xmlSchema_cache_item *pSlot = NULL;
    struct splite_xmlSchema_cache_item *p;
    if (!is_valid_cache (cache))
	return;
    time (&now);
    oldest = now;
    for (i = 0; i < MAX_XMLSCHEMA_CACHE; i++)
      {
	  p = &(cache->xmlSchemaCache[i]);
	  if (p->schemaURI == NULL)
	    {
		/* found an empty slot */
		pSlot = p;
		break;
	    }
	  if (p->timestamp < oldest)
	    {
		/* saving the oldest slot */
		pSlot = p;
		oldest = p->timestamp;
	    }
      }
/* inserting into the Cache Slot */
    splite_free_xml_schema_cache_item (pSlot);
    pSlot->timestamp = now;
    pSlot->schemaURI = malloc (len + 1);
    strcpy (pSlot->schemaURI, schemaURI);
    pSlot->schemaDoc = schema_doc;
    pSlot->parserCtxt = parser_ctxt;
    pSlot->schema = schema;
}

static void
sniff_sld_payload (xmlNodePtr node, int *layers, int *point, int *line,
		   int *polygon, int *raster)
{
/* recursively sniffing a generic SLD payload type */

    while (node)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *name = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (name, "FeatureTypeStyle") == 0)
		    *layers += 1;
		if (strcmp (name, "CoverageStyle") == 0)
		    *layers += 1;
		if (strcmp (name, "PointSymbolizer") == 0)
		    *point += 1;
		if (strcmp (name, "LineSymbolizer") == 0)
		    *line += 1;
		if (strcmp (name, "PolygonSymbolizer") == 0)
		    *polygon += 1;
		if (strcmp (name, "RasterSymbolizer") == 0)
		    *raster += 1;
	    }
	  sniff_sld_payload (node->children, layers, point, line, polygon,
			     raster);
	  node = node->next;
      }
}

static void
sniff_payload (xmlDocPtr xml_doc, int *is_iso_metadata,
	       int *is_sld_se_vector_style, int *is_sld_se_raster_style,
	       int *is_sld_style, int *is_svg)
{
/* sniffing the payload type */
    xmlNodePtr root = xmlDocGetRootElement (xml_doc);
    *is_iso_metadata = 0;
    *is_sld_se_vector_style = 0;
    *is_sld_se_raster_style = 0;
    *is_svg = 0;
    if (root->name != NULL)
      {
	  const char *name = (const char *) (root->name);
	  if (strcmp (name, "MD_Metadata") == 0)
	      *is_iso_metadata = 1;
	  if (strcmp (name, "FeatureTypeStyle") == 0
	      || strcmp (name, "PointSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (name, "LineSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (name, "PolygonSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (name, "TextSymbolizer") == 0)
	      *is_sld_se_vector_style = 1;
	  if (strcmp (name, "RasterSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (name, "CoverageStyle") == 0)
	      *is_sld_se_raster_style = 1;
	  if (strcmp (name, "StyledLayerDescriptor") == 0)
	    {
		/* sniffing an SLD (1.0.0 ??) payload */
		int layers = 0;
		int point = 0;
		int line = 0;
		int polygon = 0;
		int raster = 0;
		xmlNodePtr node = xmlDocGetRootElement (xml_doc);
		sniff_sld_payload (node, &layers, &point, &line, &polygon,
				   &raster);
		if (layers == 1 && point == 0 && line == 0 && polygon == 0
		    && raster == 1)
		  {
		      /* raster style */
		      *is_sld_se_raster_style = 1;
		  }
		if (layers == 1 && (point > 0 || line > 0 || polygon > 0)
		    && raster == 0)
		  {
		      /* vector style */
		      *is_sld_se_vector_style = 1;
		  }
		*is_sld_style = 1;
	    }
	  if (strcmp (name, "svg") == 0)
	      *is_svg = 1;
      }
}

static void
find_iso_ids (xmlNodePtr node, const char *name, char **string, int *open_tag,
	      int *char_string, int *count)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [fileIdentifier or parentIdentifier] */
    xmlNode *cur_node = NULL;
    int open = 0;
    int cs = 0;

    for (cur_node = node; cur_node; cur_node = cur_node->next)
      {
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *xname = (const char *) (cur_node->name);
		if (*open_tag == 1)
		  {
		      if (strcmp (xname, "CharacterString") == 0)
			{
			    cs = 1;
			    *char_string = 1;
			}
		  }
		if (strcmp (xname, name) == 0)
		  {
		      if (cur_node->parent != NULL)
			{
			    if (cur_node->parent->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
			      {
				  if (strcmp
				      ((const char *) (cur_node->parent->name),
				       "MD_Metadata") == 0)
				    {
					/* 
					   / only if <MD_Metadata>
					   /           <fileIdentifier>
					   /             <CharacterString> 
					 */
					open = 1;
					*open_tag = 1;
				    }
			      }
			}
		  }
	    }
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_TEXT_NODE && *open_tag == 1
	      && *char_string == 1)
	    {
		if (cur_node->content != NULL)
		  {
		      int len = strlen ((const char *) cur_node->content);
		      char *buf = malloc (len + 1);
		      strcpy (buf, (const char *) cur_node->content);
		      if (*string)
			  free (*string);
		      *string = buf;
		      *count += 1;
		  }
	    }

	  find_iso_ids (cur_node->children, name, string, open_tag, char_string,
			count);
	  if (open)
	      *open_tag = 0;
	  if (cs)
	      *char_string = 0;
      }
}

static void
find_iso_title (xmlNodePtr node, char **string, int *open_tag, int *char_string,
		int *count)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [title] */
    xmlNode *cur_node = NULL;
    xmlNode *parent;
    int open = 0;
    int cs = 0;
    int ok_parent;

    for (cur_node = node; cur_node; cur_node = cur_node->next)
      {
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		if (*open_tag == 1)
		  {
		      if (strcmp
			  ((const char *) (cur_node->name),
			   "CharacterString") == 0)
			{
			    cs = 1;
			    *char_string = 1;
			}
		  }
		if (strcmp ((const char *) (cur_node->name), "title") == 0)
		  {
		      ok_parent = 0;
		      parent = cur_node->parent;
		      if (parent)
			{
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "CI_Citation") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 1)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "citation") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 2)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "MD_DataIdentification") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 3)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "identificationInfo") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 4)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "MD_Metadata") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 5)
			{
			    /* 
			       / only if <MD_Metadata>
			       /           <identificationInfo>
			       /             <MD_DataIdentification>
			       /               <citation>
			       /                 <CI_Citation>
			       /                   <title> 
			     */
			    open = 1;
			    *open_tag = 1;
			}
		  }
	    }
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_TEXT_NODE && *open_tag == 1
	      && *char_string == 1)
	    {
		if (cur_node->content != NULL)
		  {
		      int len = strlen ((const char *) cur_node->content);
		      char *buf = malloc (len + 1);
		      strcpy (buf, (const char *) cur_node->content);
		      if (*string)
			  free (*string);
		      *string = buf;
		      *count += 1;
		  }
	    }

	  find_iso_title (cur_node->children, string, open_tag, char_string,
			  count);
	  if (open)
	      *open_tag = 0;
	  if (cs)
	      *char_string = 0;
      }
}

static void
find_iso_abstract (xmlNodePtr node, char **string, int *open_tag,
		   int *char_string, int *count)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM abstract [title] */
    xmlNode *cur_node = NULL;
    xmlNode *parent;
    int open = 0;
    int cs = 0;
    int ok_parent;

    for (cur_node = node; cur_node; cur_node = cur_node->next)
      {
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		if (*open_tag == 1)
		  {
		      if (strcmp
			  ((const char *) (cur_node->name),
			   "CharacterString") == 0)
			{
			    cs = 1;
			    *char_string = 1;
			}
		  }
		if (strcmp ((const char *) (cur_node->name), "abstract") == 0)
		  {
		      ok_parent = 0;
		      parent = cur_node->parent;
		      if (parent)
			{
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "MD_DataIdentification") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 1)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "identificationInfo") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 2)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "MD_Metadata") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 3)
			{
			    /* only if <MD_Metadata>
			       /            <identificationInfo>
			       /              <MD_DataIdentification>
			       /                <abstract> 
			     */
			    open = 1;
			    *open_tag = 1;
			}
		  }
	    }
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_TEXT_NODE && *open_tag == 1
	      && *char_string == 1)
	    {
		if (cur_node->content != NULL)
		  {
		      int len = strlen ((const char *) cur_node->content);
		      char *buf = malloc (len + 1);
		      strcpy (buf, (const char *) cur_node->content);
		      if (*string)
			  free (*string);
		      *string = buf;
		      *count += 1;
		  }
	    }

	  find_iso_abstract (cur_node->children, string, open_tag, char_string,
			     count);
	  if (open)
	      *open_tag = 0;
	  if (cs)
	      *char_string = 0;
      }
}

static void
find_bbox_coord (xmlNodePtr node, const char *name, double *coord,
		 int *open_tag, int *decimal, int *count)
{
/* recursively scanning an EX_GeographicBoundingBox sub-tree */
    xmlNode *cur_node = NULL;
    int open = 0;
    int dec = 0;

    for (cur_node = node; cur_node; cur_node = cur_node->next)
      {
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		if (*open_tag == 1)
		  {
		      if (strcmp ((const char *) (cur_node->name), "Decimal") ==
			  0)
			{
			    dec = 1;
			    *decimal = 1;
			}
		  }
		if (strcmp ((const char *) (cur_node->name), name) == 0)
		  {
		      open = 1;
		      *open_tag = 1;
		  }
	    }
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_TEXT_NODE && *open_tag == 1
	      && *decimal == 1)
	    {
		if (cur_node->content != NULL)
		  {
		      /* found a coord value */
		      double value = atof ((const char *) cur_node->content);
		      *coord = value;
		      *count += 1;
		  }
	    }

	  find_bbox_coord (cur_node->children, name, coord, open_tag, decimal,
			   count);
	  if (open)
	      *open_tag = 0;
	  if (dec)
	      *decimal = 0;
      }
}

static int
parse_bounding_box (xmlNodePtr node, double *minx, double *miny, double *maxx,
		    double *maxy)
{
/* attempting to parse an EX_GeographicBoundingBox sub-tree */
    int ok_minx = 0;
    int ok_miny = 0;
    int ok_maxx = 0;
    int ok_maxy = 0;
    int open_tag;
    int decimal;
    int count;
    double coord;

/* retrieving minx - West */
    open_tag = 0;
    decimal = 0;
    count = 0;
    find_bbox_coord (node, "westBoundLongitude", &coord, &open_tag, &decimal,
		     &count);
    if (count == 1)
      {
	  *minx = coord;
	  ok_minx = 1;
      }

/* retrieving maxx - East */
    open_tag = 0;
    decimal = 0;
    count = 0;
    find_bbox_coord (node, "eastBoundLongitude", &coord, &open_tag, &decimal,
		     &count);
    if (count == 1)
      {
	  *maxx = coord;
	  ok_maxx = 1;
      }

/* retrieving miny - South */
    open_tag = 0;
    decimal = 0;
    count = 0;
    find_bbox_coord (node, "southBoundLatitude", &coord, &open_tag, &decimal,
		     &count);
    if (count == 1)
      {
	  *miny = coord;
	  ok_miny = 1;
      }

/* retrieving maxy - North */
    open_tag = 0;
    decimal = 0;
    count = 0;
    find_bbox_coord (node, "northBoundLatitude", &coord, &open_tag, &decimal,
		     &count);
    if (count == 1)
      {
	  *maxy = coord;
	  ok_maxy = 1;
      }

    if (ok_minx && ok_miny && ok_maxx && ok_maxy)
      {
	  /* ok, valid BBOX */
	  return 1;
      }
    return 0;
}

static void
find_iso_geometry (xmlNodePtr node, gaiaGeomCollPtr * geom)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [geometry] */
    xmlNode *cur_node = NULL;
    xmlNode *parent;
    int ok_parent;

    for (cur_node = node; cur_node; cur_node = cur_node->next)
      {
	  if (cur_node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		if (strcmp
		    ((const char *) (cur_node->name),
		     "EX_GeographicBoundingBox") == 0)
		  {
		      ok_parent = 0;
		      parent = cur_node->parent;
		      if (parent)
			{
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "geographicElement") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 1)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "EX_Extent") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 2)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp ((const char *) (parent->name), "extent")
				== 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 3)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "MD_DataIdentification") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 4)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "identificationInfo") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 5)
			{
			    parent = parent->parent;
			    if (strcmp
				((const char *) (parent->name),
				 "MD_Metadata") == 0)
				ok_parent++;
			}
		      if (ok_parent == 6)
			{
			    /* only if <MD_Metadata>
			       /            <identificationInfo>
			       /              <MD_DataIdentification>
			       /                <extent>
			       /                  <EX_Extent>
			       /                    <geographicElement>
			       /                      <EX_GeographicBoundingBox> 
			     */
			    double minx = 0.0;
			    double maxx = 0.0;
			    double miny = 0.0;
			    double maxy = 0.0;
			    if (parse_bounding_box
				(cur_node, &minx, &miny, &maxx, &maxy))
			      {
				  gaiaPolygonPtr pg;
				  gaiaRingPtr rng;
				  gaiaGeomCollPtr g = *geom;
				  if (g == NULL)
				    {
					g = gaiaAllocGeomColl ();
					g->Srid = 4326;
					g->DeclaredType = GAIA_MULTIPOLYGON;
				    }
				  pg = gaiaAddPolygonToGeomColl (g, 5, 0);
				  rng = pg->Exterior;
				  gaiaSetPoint (rng->Coords, 0, minx, miny);
				  gaiaSetPoint (rng->Coords, 1, maxx, miny);
				  gaiaSetPoint (rng->Coords, 2, maxx, maxy);
				  gaiaSetPoint (rng->Coords, 3, minx, maxy);
				  gaiaSetPoint (rng->Coords, 4, minx, miny);
				  *geom = g;
			      }
			}
		  }
	    }
	  find_iso_geometry (cur_node->children, geom);
      }
}

static void
retrieve_iso_identifiers (xmlDocPtr xml_doc, char **fileIdentifier,
			  char **parentIdentifier, char **title,
			  char **abstract, unsigned char **geometry,
			  short *geometry_len)
{
/*
/ attempting to retrieve the FileIdentifier, ParentIdentifier,
/ Title, Abstract and Geometry items from an ISO Metadata document
*/
    xmlNodePtr root = xmlDocGetRootElement (xml_doc);
    int open_tag;
    int char_string;
    int count;
    char *string;
    gaiaGeomCollPtr geom = NULL;

    *fileIdentifier = NULL;
    *parentIdentifier = NULL;
    *title = NULL;
    *abstract = NULL;
    *geometry = NULL;

/* attempting to retrieve the FileIdentifier item */
    open_tag = 0;
    char_string = 0;
    count = 0;
    string = NULL;
    find_iso_ids (root, "fileIdentifier", &string, &open_tag, &char_string,
		  &count);
    if (string)
      {
	  if (count == 1)
	      *fileIdentifier = string;
	  else
	      free (string);
      }

/* attempting to retrieve the ParentIdentifier item */
    open_tag = 0;
    char_string = 0;
    count = 0;
    string = NULL;
    find_iso_ids (root, "parentIdentifier", &string, &open_tag, &char_string,
		  &count);
    if (string)
      {
	  if (count == 1)
	      *parentIdentifier = string;
	  else
	      free (string);
      }

/* attempting to retrieve the Title item */
    open_tag = 0;
    char_string = 0;
    count = 0;
    string = NULL;
    find_iso_title (root, &string, &open_tag, &char_string, &count);
    if (string)
      {
	  if (count == 1)
	      *title = string;
	  else
	      free (string);
      }

/* attempting to retrieve the Abstract item */
    open_tag = 0;
    char_string = 0;
    count = 0;
    string = NULL;
    find_iso_abstract (root, &string, &open_tag, &char_string, &count);
    if (string)
      {
	  if (count == 1)
	      *abstract = string;
	  else
	      free (string);
      }

/* attempting to retrieve the Geometry item */
    open_tag = 0;
    char_string = 0;
    count = 0;
    string = NULL;
    find_iso_geometry (root, &geom);
    if (geom)
      {
	  int blob_len;
	  unsigned char *blob = NULL;
	  gaiaMbrGeometry (geom);
	  gaiaToSpatiaLiteBlobWkb (geom, &blob, &blob_len);
	  gaiaFreeGeomColl (geom);
	  *geometry = blob;
	  *geometry_len = (short) blob_len;
      }
}

static void
find_sld_name (xmlNodePtr node, char **string)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [name] */
    while (node)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *name = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (name, "Name") == 0)
		  {
		      xmlNodePtr child = node->children;
		      if (child)
			{
			    if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
			      {
				  int len;
				  const char *value =
				      (const char *) (child->content);
				  len = strlen (value);
				  if (*string != NULL)
				      free (*string);
				  *string = malloc (len + 1);
				  strcpy (*string, value);
			      }
			}
		  }
	    }
	  node = node->next;
      }
}

static void
find_sld_title (xmlNodePtr node, char **string)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [title] */
    while (node)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *name = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (name, "Title") == 0)
		  {
		      xmlNodePtr child = node->children;
		      if (child)
			{
			    if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
			      {
				  int len;
				  const char *value =
				      (const char *) (child->content);
				  len = strlen (value);
				  if (*string != NULL)
				      free (*string);
				  *string = malloc (len + 1);
				  strcpy (*string, value);
			      }
			}
		  }
		if (strcmp (name, "Description") == 0)
		    find_sld_title (node->children, string);
	    }
	  node = node->next;
      }
}

static void
find_sld_abstract (xmlNodePtr node, char **string)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [abstract] */
    while (node)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *name = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (name, "Abstract") == 0)
		  {
		      xmlNodePtr child = node->children;
		      if (child)
			{
			    if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
			      {
				  int len;
				  const char *value =
				      (const char *) (child->content);
				  len = strlen (value);
				  if (*string != NULL)
				      free (*string);
				  *string = malloc (len + 1);
				  strcpy (*string, value);
			      }
			}
		  }
		if (strcmp (name, "Description") == 0)
		    find_sld_abstract (node->children, string);
	    }
	  node = node->next;
      }
}

static void
retrieve_sld_identifiers (xmlDocPtr xml_doc, char **name, char **title,
			  char **abstract)
{
/*
/ attempting to retrieve the Name, Title and Abstract items 
/ from an SLD Style document
*/
    xmlNodePtr root = xmlDocGetRootElement (xml_doc);
    char *string;
    const char *xname = (const char *) (root->name);

    *name = NULL;
    *title = NULL;
    *abstract = NULL;

    if (xname != NULL)
      {
	  if (strcmp (xname, "StyledLayerDescriptor") != 0)
	      return;
      }

/* attempting to retrieve the Name item */
    string = NULL;
    find_sld_name (root->children, &string);
    if (string)
	*name = string;

/* attempting to retrieve the Title item */
    string = NULL;
    find_sld_title (root->children, &string);
    if (string)
	*title = string;

/* attempting to retrieve the Abstract item */
    string = NULL;
    find_sld_abstract (root->children, &string);
    if (string)
	*abstract = string;
}

static void
find_sld_se_name (xmlNodePtr node, char **string, int *style, int *rule)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [name] */
    int is_style = 0;
    int is_rule = 0;
    while (node)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *name = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (name, "FeatureTypeStyle") == 0
		    || strcmp (name, "CoverageStyle") == 0)
		  {
		      is_style = 1;
		      *style = 1;
		  }
		if (strcmp (name, "Rule") == 0)
		  {
		      is_rule = 1;
		      *rule = 1;
		  }
		if (strcmp (name, "Name") == 0)
		  {
		      if (*style == 1 && *rule == 0)
			{
			    xmlNodePtr child = node->children;
			    if (child)
			      {
				  if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
				    {
					int len;
					const char *value =
					    (const char *) (child->content);
					len = strlen (value);
					if (*string != NULL)
					    free (*string);
					*string = malloc (len + 1);
					strcpy (*string, value);
				    }
			      }
			}
		  }
	    }

	  find_sld_se_name (node->children, string, style, rule);
	  if (is_style)
	      *style = 0;
	  if (is_rule)
	      *rule = 0;
	  node = node->next;
      }
}

static void
find_sld_se_title (xmlNodePtr node, char **string, int *style, int *rule)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [title] */
    int is_style = 0;
    int is_rule = 0;
    while (node)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *name = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (name, "FeatureTypeStyle") == 0
		    || strcmp (name, "CoverageStyle") == 0)
		  {
		      is_style = 1;
		      *style = 1;
		  }
		if (strcmp (name, "Rule") == 0)
		  {
		      is_rule = 1;
		      *rule = 1;
		  }
		if (strcmp (name, "Title") == 0)
		  {
		      if (*style == 1 && *rule == 0)
			{
			    xmlNodePtr child = node->children;
			    if (child)
			      {
				  if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
				    {
					int len;
					const char *value =
					    (const char *) (child->content);
					len = strlen (value);
					if (*string != NULL)
					    free (*string);
					*string = malloc (len + 1);
					strcpy (*string, value);
				    }
			      }
			}
		  }
	    }

	  find_sld_se_title (node->children, string, style, rule);
	  if (is_style)
	      *style = 0;
	  if (is_rule)
	      *rule = 0;
	  node = node->next;
      }
}

static void
find_sld_se_abstract (xmlNodePtr node, char **string, int *style, int *rule)
{
/* recursively scanning the DOM tree [abstract] */
    int is_style = 0;
    int is_rule = 0;
    while (node)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *name = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (name, "FeatureTypeStyle") == 0
		    || strcmp (name, "CoverageStyle") == 0)
		  {
		      is_style = 1;
		      *style = 1;
		  }
		if (strcmp (name, "Rule") == 0)
		  {
		      is_rule = 1;
		      *rule = 1;
		  }
		if (strcmp (name, "Abstract") == 0)
		  {
		      if (*style == 1 && *rule == 0)
			{
			    xmlNodePtr child = node->children;
			    if (child)
			      {
				  if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
				    {
					int len;
					const char *value =
					    (const char *) (child->content);
					len = strlen (value);
					if (*string != NULL)
					    free (*string);
					*string = malloc (len + 1);
					strcpy (*string, value);
				    }
			      }
			}
		  }
	    }

	  find_sld_se_abstract (node->children, string, style, rule);
	  if (is_style)
	      *style = 0;
	  if (is_rule)
	      *rule = 0;
	  node = node->next;
      }
}

static void
retrieve_sld_se_identifiers (xmlDocPtr xml_doc, char **name, char **title,
			     char **abstract)
{
/*
/ attempting to retrieve the Name, Title and Abstract items 
/ from an SLD/SE Style document
*/
    xmlNodePtr root = xmlDocGetRootElement (xml_doc);
    int style;
    int rule;
    char *string;
    const char *xname = (const char *) (root->name);

    *name = NULL;
    *title = NULL;
    *abstract = NULL;

/* attempting to retrieve the Name item */
    style = 0;
    rule = 0;
    string = NULL;
    if (xname != NULL)
      {
	  if (strcmp (xname, "PointSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "LineSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "PolygonSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "TextSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "RasterSymbolizer") == 0)
	      style = 1;
      }
    find_sld_se_name (root, &string, &style, &rule);
    if (string)
	*name = string;

/* attempting to retrieve the Title item */
    style = 0;
    rule = 0;
    string = NULL;
    if (xname != NULL)
      {
	  if (strcmp (xname, "PointSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "LineSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "PolygonSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "TextSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "RasterSymbolizer") == 0)
	      style = 1;
      }
    find_sld_se_title (root, &string, &style, &rule);
    if (string)
	*title = string;

/* attempting to retrieve the Abstract item */
    style = 0;
    rule = 0;
    string = NULL;
    if (xname != NULL)
      {
	  if (strcmp (xname, "PointSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "LineSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "PolygonSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "TextSymbolizer") == 0
	      || strcmp (xname, "RasterSymbolizer") == 0)
	      style = 1;
      }
    find_sld_se_abstract (root, &string, &style, &rule);
    if (string)
	*abstract = string;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void
gaiaXmlToBlob (const void *p_cache, const unsigned char *xml, int xml_len,
	       int compressed, const char *schemaURI, unsigned char **result,
	       int *size, char **parsing_errors,
	       char **schema_validation_errors)
{
/* attempting to build an XmlBLOB buffer */
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    xmlDocPtr schema_doc;
    xmlSchemaPtr schema = NULL;
    xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr parser_ctxt;
    xmlSchemaValidCtxtPtr valid_ctxt;
    int is_iso_metadata = 0;
    int is_sld_se_vector_style = 0;
    int is_sld_se_raster_style = 0;
    int is_sld_style = 0;
    int is_svg = 0;
    int len;
    int zip_len;
    short uri_len = 0;
    short fileid_len = 0;
    short parentid_len = 0;
    short name_len = 0;
    short title_len = 0;
    short abstract_len = 0;
    short geometry_len = 0;
    char *fileIdentifier = NULL;
    char *parentIdentifier = NULL;
    char *name = NULL;
    char *title = NULL;
    char *abstract = NULL;
    unsigned char *geometry = NULL;
    uLong crc;
    Bytef *zip_buf;
    unsigned char *buf;
    unsigned char *ptr;
    unsigned char flags = 0x00;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache =
	(struct splite_internal_cache *) p_cache;
    gaiaOutBufferPtr parsingBuf = NULL;
    gaiaOutBufferPtr schemaValidationBuf = NULL;
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = NULL;
    xmlGenericErrorFunc parsingError = NULL;
    xmlGenericErrorFunc schemaError = NULL;
    if (is_valid_cache (cache))
      {
	  parsingBuf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlParsingErrors);
	  schemaValidationBuf =
	      (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlSchemaValidationErrors);
	  parsingError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteParsingError;
	  schemaError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSchemaValidationError;
	  spliteResetXmlErrors (cache);
      }

    *result = NULL;
    *size = 0;
    if (parsing_errors)
	*parsing_errors = NULL;
    if (schema_validation_errors)
	*schema_validation_errors = NULL;
    if (xml == NULL)
	return;

    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);

    if (schemaURI != NULL)
      {
	  if (splite_xmlSchemaCacheFind
	      (cache, schemaURI, &schema_doc, &parser_ctxt, &schema))
	      ;
	  else
	    {
		/* preparing the Schema */
		xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (cache, schemaError);
		schema_doc = xmlReadFile ((const char *) schemaURI, NULL, 0);
		if (schema_doc == NULL)
		  {
		      spatialite_e ("unable to load the Schema\n");
		      if (schema_validation_errors)
			  *schema_validation_errors =
			      schemaValidationBuf->Buffer;
		      xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
		      return;
		  }
		parser_ctxt = xmlSchemaNewDocParserCtxt (schema_doc);
		if (parser_ctxt == NULL)
		  {
		      spatialite_e ("unable to prepare the Schema Context\n");
		      xmlFreeDoc (schema_doc);
		      if (schema_validation_errors)
			  *schema_validation_errors =
			      schemaValidationBuf->Buffer;
		      xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
		      return;
		  }
		schema = xmlSchemaParse (parser_ctxt);
		if (schema == NULL)
		  {
		      spatialite_e ("invalid Schema\n");
		      xmlFreeDoc (schema_doc);
		      if (schema_validation_errors)
			  *schema_validation_errors =
			      schemaValidationBuf->Buffer;
		      xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
		      return;
		  }
		splite_xmlSchemaCacheInsert (cache, schemaURI, schema_doc,
					     parser_ctxt, schema);
	    }
      }

/* testing if the XMLDocument is well-formed */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (cache, parsingError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  spatialite_e ("XML parsing error\n");
	  if (parsing_errors && parsingBuf)
	      *parsing_errors = parsingBuf->Buffer;
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return;
      }
    if (parsing_errors && parsingBuf)
	*parsing_errors = parsingBuf->Buffer;

    if (schemaURI != NULL)
      {
	  /* Schema validation */
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (cache, schemaError);
	  valid_ctxt = xmlSchemaNewValidCtxt (schema);
	  if (valid_ctxt == NULL)
	    {
		spatialite_e ("unable to prepare a validation context\n");
		xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
		if (schema_validation_errors && schemaValidationBuf)
		    *schema_validation_errors = schemaValidationBuf->Buffer;
		xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
		return;
	    }
	  if (xmlSchemaValidateDoc (valid_ctxt, xml_doc) != 0)
	    {
		spatialite_e ("Schema validation failed\n");
		xmlSchemaFreeValidCtxt (valid_ctxt);
		xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
		if (schema_validation_errors && schemaValidationBuf)
		    *schema_validation_errors = schemaValidationBuf->Buffer;
		xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
		return;
	    }
	  xmlSchemaFreeValidCtxt (valid_ctxt);
      }

/* testing for special cases: ISO Metadata, SLD/SE Styles and SVG */
    sniff_payload (xml_doc, &is_iso_metadata, &is_sld_se_vector_style,
		   &is_sld_se_raster_style, &is_sld_style, &is_svg);
    if (is_iso_metadata)
	retrieve_iso_identifiers (xml_doc, &fileIdentifier,
				  &parentIdentifier, &title, &abstract,
				  &geometry, &geometry_len);
    if (is_sld_style)
	retrieve_sld_identifiers (xml_doc, &name, &title, &abstract);
    else if (is_sld_se_vector_style || is_sld_se_raster_style)
	retrieve_sld_se_identifiers (xml_doc, &name, &title, &abstract);
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);

    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* compressing the XML payload */
	  uLong zLen = compressBound (xml_len);
	  zip_buf = malloc (zLen);
	  if (compress (zip_buf, &zLen, (const Bytef *) xml, (uLong) xml_len) !=
	      Z_OK)
	    {
		/* compression error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE compress error\n");
		free (zip_buf);
		xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
		return;
	    }
	  zip_len = (int) zLen;
      }
    else
	zip_len = xml_len;

/* reporting errors */
    if (parsing_errors && parsingBuf)
	*parsing_errors = parsingBuf->Buffer;
    if (schema_validation_errors && schemaValidationBuf)
	*schema_validation_errors = schemaValidationBuf->Buffer;

/* computing the XmlBLOB size */
    len = 39;			/* fixed header-footer size */
    if (schemaURI)
	uri_len = strlen ((const char *) schemaURI);
    if (fileIdentifier)
	fileid_len = strlen ((const char *) fileIdentifier);
    if (parentIdentifier)
	parentid_len = strlen ((const char *) parentIdentifier);
    if (name)
	name_len = strlen ((const char *) name);
    if (title)
	title_len = strlen ((const char *) title);
    if (abstract)
	abstract_len = strlen ((const char *) abstract);
    len += zip_len;
    len += uri_len;
    len += fileid_len;
    len += parentid_len;
    len += name_len;
    len += title_len;
    len += abstract_len;
    len += geometry_len;
    buf = malloc (len);
    *buf = GAIA_XML_START;	/* START signature */
    flags |= GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN;
    if (compressed)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED;
    if (schemaURI != NULL)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_VALIDATED;
    if (is_iso_metadata)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA;
    if (is_sld_se_vector_style)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_VECTOR_STYLE;
    if (is_sld_se_raster_style)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_RASTER_STYLE;
    if (is_sld_style)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_SLD_STYLE;
    if (is_svg)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_SVG;
    *(buf + 1) = flags;		/* XmlBLOB flags */
    *(buf + 2) = GAIA_XML_HEADER;	/* HEADER signature */
    gaiaExport32 (buf + 3, xml_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the uncompressed XMLDocument size */
    gaiaExport32 (buf + 7, zip_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the compressed XMLDocument size */
    gaiaExport16 (buf + 11, uri_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the SchemaURI length in bytes */
    *(buf + 13) = GAIA_XML_SCHEMA;	/* SCHEMA signature */
    ptr = buf + 14;
    if (schemaURI)
      {
	  /* the SchemaURI */
	  memcpy (ptr, schemaURI, uri_len);
	  ptr += uri_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, fileid_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the FileIdentifier length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_FILEID;	/* FileIdentifier signature */
    ptr++;
    if (fileIdentifier)
      {
	  /* the FileIdentifier */
	  memcpy (ptr, fileIdentifier, fileid_len);
	  free (fileIdentifier);
	  ptr += fileid_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, parentid_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the ParentIdentifier length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_PARENTID;	/* ParentIdentifier signature */
    ptr++;
    if (parentIdentifier)
      {
	  /* the ParentIdentifier */
	  memcpy (ptr, parentIdentifier, parentid_len);
	  free (parentIdentifier);
	  ptr += parentid_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, name_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the Name length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_NAME;	/* Title signature */
    ptr++;
    if (name)
      {
	  /* the Name */
	  memcpy (ptr, name, name_len);
	  free (name);
	  ptr += name_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, title_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the Title length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_TITLE;	/* Title signature */
    ptr++;
    if (title)
      {
	  /* the Title */
	  memcpy (ptr, title, title_len);
	  free (title);
	  ptr += title_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, abstract_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the Abstract length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_ABSTRACT;	/* Abstract signature */
    ptr++;
    if (abstract)
      {
	  /* the Abstract */
	  memcpy (ptr, abstract, abstract_len);
	  free (abstract);
	  ptr += abstract_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, geometry_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the Geometry length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_GEOMETRY;	/* Geometry signature */
    ptr++;
    if (geometry)
      {
	  /* the Geometry */
	  memcpy (ptr, geometry, geometry_len);
	  free (geometry);
	  ptr += geometry_len;
      }
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_PAYLOAD;	/* PAYLOAD signature */
    ptr++;
    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* the compressed XML payload */
	  memcpy (ptr, zip_buf, zip_len);
	  free (zip_buf);
	  ptr += zip_len;
      }
    else
      {
	  /* the uncompressed XML payload */
	  memcpy (ptr, xml, xml_len);
	  ptr += xml_len;
      }
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_CRC32;	/* CRC32 signature */
    ptr++;
/* computing the CRC32 */
    crc = crc32 (0L, buf, ptr - buf);
    gaiaExportU32 (ptr, crc, 1, endian_arch);	/* the CRC32 */
    ptr += 4;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_END;	/* END signature */

    *result = buf;
    *size = len;
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void
gaiaXmlBlobCompression (const unsigned char *blob,
			int in_size, int compressed,
			unsigned char **result, int *out_size)
{
/* Return another XmlBLOB buffer compressed / uncompressed */
    int in_compressed = 0;
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    int in_xml_len;
    int in_zip_len;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    int out_xml_len;
    int out_zip_len;
    uLong crc;
    Bytef *zip_buf;
    int len;
    char *schemaURI;
    char *fileIdentifier;
    char *parentIdentifier;
    char *name;
    char *title;
    char *abstract;
    unsigned char *geometry;
    int is_iso_metadata = 0;
    int is_sld_se_vector_style = 0;
    int is_sld_se_raster_style = 0;
    int is_sld_style = 0;
    int is_svg = 0;
    unsigned char *xml;
    unsigned char *buf;
    unsigned char *ptr;
    unsigned char flags;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

    *result = NULL;
    *out_size = 0;
/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, in_size))
	return;			/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	in_compressed = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA) == GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA)
	is_iso_metadata = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_VECTOR_STYLE) == GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_VECTOR_STYLE)
	is_sld_se_vector_style = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_RASTER_STYLE) == GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_RASTER_STYLE)
	is_sld_se_raster_style = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_SLD_STYLE) == GAIA_XML_SLD_STYLE)
	is_sld_style = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_SVG) == GAIA_XML_SVG)
	is_svg = 1;
    in_xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    in_zip_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 7, little_endian, endian_arch);
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (blob + 11, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr = (unsigned char *) blob + 14;
    if (uri_len)
      {
	  schemaURI = (char *) ptr;
	  ptr += uri_len;
      }
    else
      {
	  schemaURI = NULL;
      }
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3;
    if (fileid_len)
      {
	  fileIdentifier = (char *) ptr;
	  ptr += fileid_len;
      }
    else
      {
	  fileIdentifier = NULL;
      }
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3;
    if (parentid_len)
      {
	  parentIdentifier = (char *) ptr;
	  ptr += parentid_len;
      }
    else
      {
	  parentIdentifier = NULL;
      }
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3;
	  if (name_len)
	    {
		name = (char *) ptr;
		ptr += name_len;
	    }
	  else
	    {
		name = NULL;
	    }
      }
    else
      {
	  name_len = 0;
	  name = NULL;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3;
    if (title_len)
      {
	  title = (char *) ptr;
	  ptr += title_len;
      }
    else
      {
	  title = NULL;
      }
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3;
    if (abstract_len)
      {
	  abstract = (char *) ptr;
	  ptr += abstract_len;
      }
    else
      {
	  abstract = NULL;
      }
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3;
    if (geometry_len)
      {
	  geometry = (unsigned char *) ptr;
	  ptr += geometry_len;
      }
    else
      {
	  geometry = NULL;
      }
    ptr++;

    if (in_compressed == compressed)
      {
	  /* unchanged compression */
	  out_xml_len = in_xml_len;
	  out_zip_len = in_zip_len;
	  zip_buf = (unsigned char *) ptr;
      }
    else if (compressed)
      {
	  /* compressing the XML payload */
	  uLong zLen;
	  out_xml_len = in_xml_len;
	  zLen = compressBound (out_xml_len);
	  xml = (unsigned char *) ptr;
	  zip_buf = malloc (zLen);
	  if (compress
	      (zip_buf, &zLen, (const Bytef *) xml,
	       (uLong) out_xml_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* compression error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE compress error\n");
		free (zip_buf);
		return;
	    }
	  out_zip_len = (int) zLen;
      }
    else
      {
	  /* unzipping the XML payload */
	  uLong refLen = in_xml_len;
	  const Bytef *in = ptr;
	  xml = malloc (in_xml_len + 1);
	  if (uncompress (xml, &refLen, in, in_zip_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* uncompress error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE uncompress error\n");
		free (xml);
		return;
	    }
	  *(xml + in_xml_len) = '\0';
	  out_xml_len = in_xml_len;
	  out_zip_len = out_xml_len;
      }

/* computing the XmlBLOB size */
    len = 39;			/* fixed header-footer size */
    len += out_zip_len;
    len += uri_len;
    len += fileid_len;
    len += parentid_len;
    len += name_len;
    len += title_len;
    len += abstract_len;
    len += geometry_len;
    buf = malloc (len);
    *buf = GAIA_XML_START;	/* START signature */
    flags = 0x00;
    flags |= GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN;
    if (compressed)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED;
    if (schemaURI != NULL)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_VALIDATED;
    if (is_iso_metadata)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA;
    if (is_sld_se_vector_style)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_VECTOR_STYLE;
    if (is_sld_se_raster_style)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_RASTER_STYLE;
    if (is_sld_style)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_SLD_STYLE;
    if (is_svg)
	flags |= GAIA_XML_SVG;
    *(buf + 1) = flags;		/* XmlBLOB flags */
    *(buf + 2) = GAIA_XML_HEADER;	/* HEADER signature */
    gaiaExport32 (buf + 3, out_xml_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the uncompressed XMLDocument size */
    gaiaExport32 (buf + 7, out_zip_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the compressed XMLDocument size */
    gaiaExport16 (buf + 11, uri_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the SchemaURI length in bytes */
    *(buf + 13) = GAIA_XML_SCHEMA;	/* SCHEMA signature */
    ptr = buf + 14;
    if (schemaURI)
      {
	  /* the SchemaURI */
	  memcpy (ptr, schemaURI, uri_len);
	  ptr += uri_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, fileid_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the FileIdentifier length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_FILEID;	/* FileIdentifier signature */
    ptr++;
    if (fileIdentifier)
      {
	  /* the FileIdentifier */
	  memcpy (ptr, fileIdentifier, fileid_len);
	  ptr += fileid_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, parentid_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the ParentIdentifier length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_PARENTID;	/* ParentIdentifier signature */
    ptr++;
    if (parentIdentifier)
      {
	  /* the ParentIdentifier */
	  memcpy (ptr, parentIdentifier, parentid_len);
	  ptr += parentid_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, name_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the Name length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_NAME;	/* Name signature */
    ptr++;
    if (name)
      {
	  /* the Name */
	  memcpy (ptr, name, name_len);
	  ptr += name_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, title_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the Title length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_TITLE;	/* Title signature */
    ptr++;
    if (title)
      {
	  /* the Title */
	  memcpy (ptr, title, title_len);
	  ptr += title_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, abstract_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the Abstract length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_ABSTRACT;	/* Abstract signature */
    ptr++;
    if (abstract)
      {
	  /* the Abstract */
	  memcpy (ptr, abstract, abstract_len);
	  ptr += abstract_len;
      }
    gaiaExport16 (ptr, geometry_len, 1, endian_arch);	/* the Geometry length in bytes */
    ptr += 2;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_GEOMETRY;	/* Geometry signature */
    ptr++;
    if (geometry)
      {
	  /* the Geometry */
	  memcpy (ptr, geometry, geometry_len);
	  ptr += geometry_len;
      }

    *ptr = GAIA_XML_PAYLOAD;	/* PAYLOAD signature */
    ptr++;
    if (in_compressed == compressed)
      {
	  /* the unchanged XML payload */
	  memcpy (ptr, zip_buf, out_zip_len);
	  ptr += out_zip_len;
      }
    else if (compressed)
      {
	  /* the compressed XML payload */
	  memcpy (ptr, zip_buf, out_zip_len);
	  free (zip_buf);
	  ptr += out_zip_len;
      }
    else
      {
	  /* the uncompressed XML payload */
	  memcpy (ptr, xml, out_xml_len);
	  free (xml);
	  ptr += out_xml_len;
      }
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_CRC32;	/* CRC32 signature */
    ptr++;
/* computing the CRC32 */
    crc = crc32 (0L, buf, ptr - buf);
    gaiaExportU32 (ptr, crc, 1, endian_arch);	/* the CRC32 */
    ptr += 4;
    *ptr = GAIA_XML_END;	/* END signature */

    *result = buf;
    *out_size = len;
}

static int
is_valid_legacy_xml_blob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a BLOB actually is a valid LEGACY XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    uLong crc;
    uLong refCrc;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

/* validity check */
    if (blob_size < 36)
	return 0;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*blob != GAIA_XML_START)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize START signature */
    if (*(blob + (blob_size - 1)) != GAIA_XML_END)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize END signature */
    if (*(blob + (blob_size - 6)) != GAIA_XML_CRC32)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize CRC32 signature */
    if (*(blob + 2) != GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize HEADER signature */
    if (*(blob + 13) != GAIA_XML_SCHEMA)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize SCHEMA signature */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_SCHEMA)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_FILEID)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_PARENTID)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += parentid_len;
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_TITLE)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_ABSTRACT)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_GEOMETRY)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += geometry_len;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_PAYLOAD)
	return 0;

/* verifying the CRC32 */
    crc = crc32 (0L, blob, blob_size - 5);
    refCrc = gaiaImportU32 (blob + blob_size - 5, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (crc != refCrc)
	return 0;

    return 1;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a BLOB actually is a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    uLong crc;
    uLong refCrc;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

    if (blob_size > 3)
      {
	  /* legacy format */
	  if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	      return is_valid_legacy_xml_blob (blob, blob_size);
      }

/* validity check */
    if (blob_size < 39)
	return 0;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*blob != GAIA_XML_START)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize START signature */
    if (*(blob + (blob_size - 1)) != GAIA_XML_END)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize END signature */
    if (*(blob + (blob_size - 6)) != GAIA_XML_CRC32)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize CRC32 signature */
    if (*(blob + 2) != GAIA_XML_HEADER)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize HEADER signature */
    if (*(blob + 13) != GAIA_XML_SCHEMA)
	return 0;		/* failed to recognize SCHEMA signature */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_SCHEMA)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_FILEID)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_PARENTID)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += parentid_len;
    name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_NAME)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += name_len;
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_TITLE)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_ABSTRACT)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 2;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_GEOMETRY)
	return 0;
    ptr++;
    ptr += geometry_len;
    if (*ptr != GAIA_XML_PAYLOAD)
	return 0;

/* verifying the CRC32 */
    crc = crc32 (0L, blob, blob_size - 5);
    refCrc = gaiaImportU32 (blob + blob_size - 5, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (crc != refCrc)
	return 0;

    return 1;
}

static void
find_xml_namespaces (xmlNode * node, struct gaiaxml_ns_list *list)
{
/* recursively identifying all XML Namespaces from DOM-nodes */
    struct _xmlAttr *attr;
    while (node)
      {
	  xmlNs *ns = node->ns;
	  if (ns != NULL)
	      splite_add_namespace (list, ns->type, ns->prefix, ns->href);
	  attr = node->properties;
	  while (attr != NULL)
	    {
		ns = attr->ns;
		if (ns != NULL)
		    splite_add_namespace (list, ns->type, ns->prefix, ns->href);
		attr = attr->next;
	    }
	  find_xml_namespaces (node->children, list);
	  node = node->next;
      }
}

static void
xml_out (gaiaOutBufferPtr buf, const xmlChar * str)
{
/* clean XML output */
    const xmlChar *p = str;
    while (*p != '\0')
      {
	  if (*p == '>')
	      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "&gt;");
	  else if (*p == '<')
	      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "&lt;");
	  else if (*p == '&')
	      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "&amp;");
	  else if (*p == '"')
	      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "&quot;");
	  else if (*p == '\'')
	      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "&apos;");
	  else
	    {
		char xx[2];
		xx[0] = *p;
		xx[1] = '\0';
		gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, xx);
	    }
	  p++;
      }
}

static void
format_xml (xmlNode * root, xmlNode * node, struct gaiaxml_ns_list *list,
	    gaiaOutBufferPtr buf, int indent, int *level)
{
/* recursively printing the XML-DOM nodes */
    struct _xmlAttr *attr;
    xmlNode *child;
    xmlNs *ns;
    const xmlChar *namespace;
    char *indenting = NULL;
    const char no = '\0';
    const char *pre;
    int tab;
    int width;
    int has_children;
    int has_text;
    if (!indent)
	pre = &no;
    else
      {
	  if (indent <= 8)
	      tab = indent;
	  else
	      tab = 8;
	  width = tab * *level;
	  indenting = malloc (width + 2);
	  *indenting = '\n';
	  memset (indenting + 1, ' ', width);
	  *(indenting + width + 1) = '\0';
	  pre = indenting;
      }

    while (node)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_COMMENT_NODE)
	    {
		/* comment node */
		if (*pre != '\0')
		    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "<!--");
		else
		    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "\n<!--");
		xml_out (buf, node->content);
		gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "-->");
	    }
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		if (*pre != '\0')
		    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, pre);
		gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "<");
		ns = node->ns;
		namespace = NULL;
		if (ns != NULL)
		    namespace = ns->prefix;
		if (namespace)
		  {
		      xml_out (buf, namespace);
		      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, ":");
		  }
		xml_out (buf, node->name);
		if (node == root)
		  {
		      /* Namespaces */
		      struct gaiaxml_namespace *p_ns = list->first;
		      while (p_ns != NULL)
			{
			    if (p_ns->prefix == NULL)
				gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, " xmlns=\"");
			    else
			      {
				  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, " xmlns:");
				  xml_out (buf, p_ns->prefix);
				  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "=\"");
			      }
			    xml_out (buf, p_ns->href);
			    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "\"");
			    p_ns = p_ns->next;
			}
		  }
		attr = node->properties;
		while (attr != NULL)
		  {
		      /* attributes */
		      if (attr->type == XML_ATTRIBUTE_NODE)
			{
			    xmlNode *text = attr->children;
			    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, " ");
			    ns = attr->ns;
			    namespace = NULL;
			    if (ns != NULL)
				namespace = ns->prefix;
			    if (namespace)
			      {
				  xml_out (buf, namespace);
				  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, ":");
			      }
			    xml_out (buf, attr->name);
			    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "=\"");
			    if (text != NULL)
			      {
				  if (text->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
				      xml_out (buf, text->content);
			      }
			    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "\"");
			}
		      attr = attr->next;
		  }
		has_children = 0;
		has_text = 0;
		child = node->children;
		while (child)
		  {
		      if (child->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE
			  || child->type == XML_COMMENT_NODE)
			  has_children = 1;
		      if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
			  has_text++;
		      child = child->next;
		  }
		if (has_children)
		    has_text = 0;

		if (!has_text && !has_children)
		    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, " />");

		if (has_text)
		  {
		      child = node->children;
		      if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE)
			{
			    /* text node */
			    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, ">");
			    xml_out (buf, child->content);
			    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "</");
			    ns = node->ns;
			    namespace = NULL;
			    if (ns != NULL)
				namespace = ns->prefix;
			    if (namespace)
			      {
				  xml_out (buf, namespace);
				  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, ":");
			      }
			    xml_out (buf, node->name);
			    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, ">");
			}
		  }
		if (has_children)
		  {
		      /* recursively expanding all children */
		      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, ">");
		      *level += 1;
		      format_xml (root, node->children, list, buf, indent,
				  level);
		      *level -= 1;
		      if (*pre != '\0')
			  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, pre);
		      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, "</");
		      ns = node->ns;
		      namespace = NULL;
		      if (ns != NULL)
			  namespace = ns->prefix;
		      if (namespace)
			{
			    xml_out (buf, namespace);
			    gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, ":");
			}
		      xml_out (buf, node->name);
		      gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (buf, ">");
		  }
	    }
	  node = node->next;
      }
    if (indenting)
	free (indenting);
}

static int
gaiaXmlFormat (xmlDocPtr xml_doc, xmlChar ** out, int *out_len,
	       const xmlChar * encoding, int indent)
{
/* reformatting an XML Document - properly indenting */
    int level = 0;
    int ret;
    gaiaOutBuffer buf;
    const xmlChar *version = xml_doc->version;
    xmlNode *root = xmlDocGetRootElement (xml_doc);
    struct gaiaxml_ns_list *list = splite_create_ns_list ();

    gaiaOutBufferInitialize (&buf);
    if (encoding != NULL)
      {
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, "<?xml version=\"");
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, (const char *) version);
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, "\" encoding=\"");
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, (const char *) encoding);
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, "\"?>");
      }
    else
      {
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, "<?xml version=\"");
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, (const char *) version);
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, "\"?>");
      }

    find_xml_namespaces (root, list);
    format_xml (root, root, list, &buf, indent, &level);
    splite_free_ns_list (list);

    if (buf.Error == 0 && buf.Buffer != NULL)
      {
	  xmlChar *output;
	  /* terminating the last line */
	  gaiaAppendToOutBuffer (&buf, "\n");
	  output = malloc (buf.WriteOffset + 1);
	  memcpy (output, buf.Buffer, buf.WriteOffset);
	  /* NULL-terminated string */
	  *(output + buf.WriteOffset) = '\0';
	  *out = output;
	  *out_len = buf.WriteOffset + 1;
	  ret = 1;
      }
    else
      {
	  *out = NULL;
	  *out_len = 0;
	  ret = 0;
      }
    gaiaOutBufferReset (&buf);
    return ret;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlTextFromBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size, int indent)
{
/* attempting to extract an XMLDocument from within an XmlBLOB buffer */
    int compressed = 0;
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    int xml_len;
    int zip_len;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len = 0;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    unsigned char *xml;
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    xmlChar *out;
    int out_len;
    xmlChar *encoding = NULL;
    void *cvt;
    char *utf8;
    int err;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSilentError;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return NULL;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	compressed = 1;
    xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    zip_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 7, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + geometry_len;
    ptr++;

    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* unzipping the XML payload */
	  uLong refLen = xml_len;
	  const Bytef *in = ptr;
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  if (uncompress (xml, &refLen, in, zip_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* uncompress error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE uncompress error\n");
		free (xml);
		return NULL;
	    }
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
    else
      {
	  /* just copying the uncompressed XML payload */
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  memcpy (xml, ptr, xml_len);
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
/* retrieving the XMLDocument encoding */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return NULL;
      }
    if (xml_doc->encoding)
      {
	  /* using the internal character enconding */
	  int enclen = (int) strlen ((const char *) xml_doc->encoding);
	  encoding = malloc (enclen + 1);
	  strcpy ((char *) encoding, (const char *) (xml_doc->encoding));
      }
    else
      {
	  /* no declared encoding: defaulting to UTF-8 */
	  encoding = malloc (6);
	  strcpy ((char *) encoding, "UTF-8");
      }

    if (indent < 0)
      {
	  /* just returning the XMLDocument "as is" */
	  xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
	  cvt = gaiaCreateUTF8Converter ((const char *) encoding);
	  free (encoding);
	  if (cvt == NULL)
	    {
		xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
		return NULL;
	    }
	  utf8 = gaiaConvertToUTF8 (cvt, (const char *) xml, xml_len, &err);
	  free (xml);
	  gaiaFreeUTF8Converter (cvt);
	  if (utf8 && !err)
	    {
		xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
		return utf8;
	    }
	  if (utf8)
	      free (utf8);
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return NULL;
      }

/* properly indenting the XMLDocument */
    gaiaXmlFormat (xml_doc, &out, &out_len, encoding, indent);
    free (xml);
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    free (encoding);
    if (out)
      {
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return (char *) out;
      }
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
    return NULL;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void
gaiaXmlFromBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size, int indent,
		 unsigned char **result, int *res_size)
{
/* attempting to extract an XMLDocument from within an XmlBLOB buffer */
    int compressed = 0;
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    int xml_len;
    int zip_len;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    unsigned char *xml;
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    xmlChar *out;
    int out_len;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSilentError;
    *result = NULL;
    *res_size = 0;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return;			/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	compressed = 1;
    xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    zip_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 7, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + geometry_len;
    ptr++;

    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* unzipping the XML payload */
	  uLong refLen = xml_len;
	  const Bytef *in = ptr;
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  if (uncompress (xml, &refLen, in, zip_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* uncompress error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE uncompress error\n");
		free (xml);
		return;
	    }
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
    else
      {
	  /* just copying the uncompressed XML payload */
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  memcpy (xml, ptr, xml_len);
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
    if (indent < 0)
      {
	  /* just returning the XMLDocument "as is" */
	  *result = xml;
	  *res_size = xml_len;
	  return;
      }

/* properly indenting the XMLDocument */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  *result = xml;
	  *res_size = xml_len;
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return;
      }
    gaiaXmlFormat (xml_doc, &out, &out_len, xml_doc->encoding, indent);
    free (xml);
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    *result = out;
    *res_size = out_len;
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaXmlLoad (const void *p_cache, const char *path_or_url,
	     unsigned char **result, int *size, char **parsing_errors)
{
/* attempting to load an external XML Document into a BLOB buffer */
    unsigned char *out;
    int len;
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache =
	(struct splite_internal_cache *) p_cache;
    gaiaOutBufferPtr parsingBuf = NULL;
    xmlGenericErrorFunc parsingError = NULL;
    if (is_valid_cache (cache))
      {
	  parsingBuf = (gaiaOutBufferPtr) (cache->xmlParsingErrors);
	  parsingError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteParsingError;
	  spliteResetXmlErrors (cache);
      }

    *result = NULL;
    *size = 0;
    if (parsing_errors)
	*parsing_errors = NULL;
    if (path_or_url == NULL)
	return 0;

/* testing if the XMLDocument is well-formed */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (cache, parsingError);
    xml_doc = xmlReadFile (path_or_url, NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  spatialite_e ("XML parsing error\n");
	  if (parsing_errors && parsingBuf)
	      *parsing_errors = parsingBuf->Buffer;
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 0;
      }
    if (parsing_errors && parsingBuf)
	*parsing_errors = parsingBuf->Buffer;

/* exporting the XML Document into a BLOB */
    xmlDocDumpFormatMemory (xml_doc, &out, &len, 0);
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    *result = out;
    *size = len;
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
    if (out == NULL)
	return 0;
    return 1;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaXmlStore (const unsigned char *blob, int size, const char *path, int indent)
{
/* attempting to store an XmlBLOB Document into an external file */
    FILE *fl;
    int wr;
    unsigned char *result = NULL;
    int res_size;
    gaiaXmlFromBlob (blob, size, indent, &result, &res_size);
    if (result == NULL)
	return 0;

/* exporting the XML Document into an external file */
    fl = fopen (path, "wb");
    if (fl == NULL)
      {
	  spatialite_e ("Unable to open \"%s\"\n", path);
	  return 0;
      }
    wr = fwrite (result, 1, res_size, fl);
    if (wr != res_size)
      {
	  spatialite_e
	      ("I/O error: written %d bytes into \"%s\", expected %d\n", wr,
	       path, res_size);
	  fclose (fl);
	  return 0;
      }
    fclose (fl);
    return 1;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaIsCompressedXmlBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a valid XmlBLOB buffer is compressed or not */
    int compressed = 0;
    unsigned char flag;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return -1;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	compressed = 1;
    return compressed;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaIsSchemaValidatedXmlBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a valid XmlBLOB buffer has successfully passed a formal Schema validation or not */
    int validated = 0;
    unsigned char flag;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return -1;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_VALIDATED) == GAIA_XML_VALIDATED)
	validated = 1;
    return validated;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaIsIsoMetadataXmlBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a valid XmlBLOB buffer does actually contains an ISO Metadata or not */
    int iso_metadata = 0;
    unsigned char flag;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return -1;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA) == GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA)
	iso_metadata = 1;
    return iso_metadata;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaIsSldSeVectorStyleXmlBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a valid XmlBLOB buffer does actually contains an SLD/SE Vector Style or not */
    int sld_se_style = 0;
    unsigned char flag;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return -1;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_VECTOR_STYLE) == GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_VECTOR_STYLE)
	sld_se_style = 1;
    return sld_se_style;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaIsSldSeRasterStyleXmlBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a valid XmlBLOB buffer does actually contains an SLD/SE Raster Style or not */
    int sld_se_style = 0;
    unsigned char flag;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return -1;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_RASTER_STYLE) == GAIA_XML_SLD_SE_RASTER_STYLE)
	sld_se_style = 1;
    return sld_se_style;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaIsSldStyleXmlBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a valid XmlBLOB buffer does actually contains an SLD Style or not */
    int sld_style = 0;
    unsigned char flag;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return -1;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_SLD_STYLE) == GAIA_XML_SLD_STYLE)
	sld_style = 1;
    return sld_style;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaIsSvgXmlBlob (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Checks if a valid XmlBLOB buffer does actually contains an SLD/SE Style or not */
    int svg = 0;
    unsigned char flag;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return -1;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_SVG) == GAIA_XML_SVG)
	svg = 1;
    return svg;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaXmlBlobGetDocumentSize (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Return the XMLDocument size (in bytes) from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    int xml_len;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return -1;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    return xml_len;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetSchemaURI (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Return the SchemaURI from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    short uri_len;
    char *uri;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return NULL;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (blob + 11, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (!uri_len)
	return NULL;

    uri = malloc (uri_len + 1);
    memcpy (uri, blob + 14, uri_len);
    *(uri + uri_len) = '\0';
    return uri;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlGetInternalSchemaURI (const void *p_cache, const unsigned char *xml,
			     int xml_len)
{
/* Return the internally defined SchemaURI from a valid XmlDocument */
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    char *uri = NULL;
    xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtx;
    xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj;
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSilentError;

/* retrieving the XMLDocument internal SchemaURI (if any) */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return NULL;
      }

    if (vxpath_eval_expr
	(p_cache, xml_doc, "/*/@xsi:schemaLocation", &xpathCtx, &xpathObj))
      {
	  /* attempting first to extract xsi:schemaLocation */
	  xmlNodeSetPtr nodeset = xpathObj->nodesetval;
	  xmlNodePtr node;
	  int num_nodes = (nodeset) ? nodeset->nodeNr : 0;
	  if (num_nodes == 1)
	    {
		node = nodeset->nodeTab[0];
		if (node->type == XML_ATTRIBUTE_NODE)
		  {
		      if (node->children != NULL)
			{
			    if (node->children->content != NULL)
			      {
				  const char *str =
				      (const char *) (node->children->content);
				  const char *ptr = str;
				  int i;
				  int len = strlen (str);
				  for (i = len - 1; i >= 0; i--)
				    {
					if (*(str + i) == ' ')
					  {
					      /* last occurrence of SPACE [namespace/schema separator] */
					      ptr = str + i + 1;
					      break;
					  }
				    }
				  len = strlen (ptr);
				  uri = malloc (len + 1);
				  strcpy (uri, ptr);
			      }
			}
		  }
	    }
	  if (uri != NULL)
	      xmlXPathFreeContext (xpathCtx);
	  xmlXPathFreeObject (xpathObj);
      }
    if (uri == NULL)
      {
	  /* checking for xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation */
	  if (vxpath_eval_expr
	      (p_cache, xml_doc, "/*/@xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation", &xpathCtx,
	       &xpathObj))
	    {
		xmlNodeSetPtr nodeset = xpathObj->nodesetval;
		xmlNodePtr node;
		int num_nodes = (nodeset) ? nodeset->nodeNr : 0;
		if (num_nodes == 1)
		  {
		      node = nodeset->nodeTab[0];
		      if (node->type == XML_ATTRIBUTE_NODE)
			{
			    if (node->children != NULL)
			      {
				  if (node->children->content != NULL)
				    {
					int len =
					    strlen ((const char *)
						    node->children->content);
					uri = malloc (len + 1);
					strcpy (uri,
						(const char *) node->
						children->content);
				    }
			      }
			}
		  }
		xmlXPathFreeContext (xpathCtx);
		xmlXPathFreeObject (xpathObj);
	    }
      }

    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
    return uri;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetFileId (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Return the FileIdentifier from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    char *file_identifier;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return NULL;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (!fileid_len)
	return NULL;
    ptr += 3;

    file_identifier = malloc (fileid_len + 1);
    memcpy (file_identifier, ptr, fileid_len);
    *(file_identifier + fileid_len) = '\0';
    return file_identifier;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetParentId (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Return the ParentIdentifier from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    char *parent_identifier;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return NULL;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (!parentid_len)
	return NULL;
    ptr += 3;

    parent_identifier = malloc (parentid_len + 1);
    memcpy (parent_identifier, ptr, parentid_len);
    *(parent_identifier + parentid_len) = '\0';
    return parent_identifier;
}

static xmlNodePtr
find_iso_node (xmlNodePtr root, const char *name)
{
/* scanning the Root node [fileIdentifier or parentIdentifier] */
    xmlNodePtr nodeId = NULL;
    xmlNodePtr node;

    for (node = root->children; node; node = node->next)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *xname = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (xname, name) == 0)
		  {
		      nodeId = node;
		      break;
		  }
	    }
      }
    if (nodeId == NULL)
	return NULL;
    for (node = nodeId->children; node; node = node->next)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *xname = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (xname, "CharacterString") == 0)
		    return node;
	    }
      }
    return NULL;
}

static int
setIsoId (xmlDocPtr xml_doc, const char *node_name, const char *identifier,
	  unsigned char **out_blob, int *out_len)
{
/* attempting to change an ISO Id */
    xmlNodePtr node;
    xmlNodePtr new_node;
    xmlNodePtr text;
    xmlNodePtr old_node;
    xmlChar *buf;
    int len;
    *out_blob = NULL;
    *out_len = 0;
    node = find_iso_node (xmlDocGetRootElement (xml_doc), node_name);
    if (node == NULL)
	return 0;
/* replacing the existing XML Node */
    new_node = xmlNewNode (node->ns, node->name);
    text = xmlNewText ((xmlChar *) identifier);
    xmlAddChild (new_node, text);
    old_node = xmlReplaceNode (node, new_node);
    xmlFreeNode (old_node);
    xmlDocDumpFormatMemory (xml_doc, &buf, &len, 0);
    if (buf == NULL)
	return 0;
    *out_blob = buf;
    *out_len = len;
    return 1;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaXmlBlobSetFileId (const void *p_cache, const unsigned char *blob,
		      int blob_size, const char *identifier,
		      unsigned char **new_blob, int *new_size)
{
/* Return a new XmlBLOB buffer by replacing the FileId value */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache =
	(struct splite_internal_cache *) p_cache;
    int compressed = 0;
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    int xml_len;
    int zip_len;
    int name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    char *schemaURI = NULL;
    unsigned char *xml;
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    unsigned char *out_blob;
    int out_len;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSilentError;

    *new_blob = NULL;
    *new_size = 0;
/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return 0;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA) == GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA)
	;
    else
	return 0;		/* not an ISO Metadata XmlBLOB */
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	compressed = 1;
    xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    zip_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 7, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (uri_len > 0)
      {
	  schemaURI = malloc (uri_len + 1);
	  memcpy (schemaURI, blob + 14, uri_len);
	  *(schemaURI + uri_len) = '\0';
      }
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + geometry_len;
    ptr++;

    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* unzipping the XML payload */
	  uLong refLen = xml_len;
	  const Bytef *in = ptr;
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  if (uncompress (xml, &refLen, in, zip_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* uncompress error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE uncompress error\n");
		free (xml);
		return 0;
	    }
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
    else
      {
	  /* just copying the uncompressed XML payload */
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  memcpy (xml, ptr, xml_len);
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
/* loading the XMLDocument */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 0;
      }
/* replacing the FileId value */
    setIsoId (xml_doc, "fileIdentifier", identifier, &out_blob, &out_len);
    free (xml);
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    if (out_blob)
      {
	  gaiaXmlToBlob (cache, out_blob, out_len, compressed, schemaURI,
			 new_blob, new_size, NULL, NULL);
#ifdef __MINGW32__
/* MinGW is unable to statically link libxml2 if xmlFree() is declared */
	  free (out_blob);
#else
	  xmlFree (out_blob);
#endif
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 1;
      }
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
    return 0;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaXmlBlobSetParentId (const void *p_cache, const unsigned char *blob,
			int blob_size, const char *identifier,
			unsigned char **new_blob, int *new_size)
{
/* Return a new XmlBLOB buffer by replacing the ParentId value */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache =
	(struct splite_internal_cache *) p_cache;
    int compressed = 0;
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    int xml_len;
    int zip_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    char *schemaURI = NULL;
    unsigned char *xml;
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    unsigned char *out_blob;
    int out_len;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSilentError;

    *new_blob = NULL;
    *new_size = 0;
/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return 0;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA) == GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA)
	;
    else
	return 0;		/* not an ISO Metadata XmlBLOB */
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	compressed = 1;
    xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    zip_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 7, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (uri_len > 0)
      {
	  schemaURI = malloc (uri_len + 1);
	  memcpy (schemaURI, blob + 14, uri_len);
	  *(schemaURI + uri_len) = '\0';
      }
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + geometry_len;
    ptr++;

    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* unzipping the XML payload */
	  uLong refLen = xml_len;
	  const Bytef *in = ptr;
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  if (uncompress (xml, &refLen, in, zip_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* uncompress error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE uncompress error\n");
		free (xml);
		return 0;
	    }
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
    else
      {
	  /* just copying the uncompressed XML payload */
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  memcpy (xml, ptr, xml_len);
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
/* loading the XMLDocument */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 0;
      }
/* replacing the ParentId value */
    setIsoId (xml_doc, "parentIdentifier", identifier, &out_blob, &out_len);
    free (xml);
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    if (out_blob)
      {
	  gaiaXmlToBlob (cache, out_blob, out_len, compressed, schemaURI,
			 new_blob, new_size, NULL, NULL);
#ifdef __MINGW32__
/* MinGW is unable to statically link libxml2 if xmlFree() is declared */
	  free (out_blob);
#else
	  xmlFree (out_blob);
#endif
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 1;
      }
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
    return 0;
}

static xmlNodePtr
find_iso_sibling (xmlNodePtr root, const char *name)
{
/* scanning the Root node [previous sibling] */
    xmlNodePtr node;

    for (node = root->children; node; node = node->next)
      {
	  if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
	    {
		const char *xname = (const char *) (node->name);
		if (strcmp (xname, name) == 0)
		    return node;
	    }
      }
    return NULL;
}

static int
addIsoId (xmlDocPtr xml_doc, const char *node_name, const char *identifier,
	  const char *ns_id, const char *uri_id, const char *ns_charstr,
	  const char *uri_charstr, unsigned char **out_blob, int *out_len)
{
/* attempting to insert a new ISO Id */
    xmlNsPtr ns_id_ptr = NULL;
    xmlNsPtr ns_charstr_ptr = NULL;
    xmlNodePtr id_node;
    xmlNodePtr charstr_node;
    xmlNodePtr text;
    xmlNodePtr root = xmlDocGetRootElement (xml_doc);
    xmlNodePtr before = NULL;
    xmlChar *buf;
    int len;
    *out_blob = NULL;
    *out_len = 0;
    if (find_iso_node (root, node_name))
	return 0;
/* retrieving the ID NameSpace */
    if (uri_id != NULL)
	ns_id_ptr = xmlSearchNsByHref (xml_doc, root, (xmlChar *) uri_id);
    if (ns_id_ptr == NULL)
	ns_id_ptr = xmlSearchNs (xml_doc, root, (xmlChar *) ns_id);
/* inserting the "ID" XML Node */
    id_node = xmlNewNode (ns_id_ptr, (xmlChar *) node_name);
    if (strcmp (node_name, "parentIdentifier") == 0)
      {
	  /* attempting to identify the previous sibling */
	  before = find_iso_sibling (root, "characterSet");
	  if (before == NULL)
	      before = find_iso_sibling (root, "language");
	  if (before == NULL)
	      before = find_iso_sibling (root, "fileIdentifier");
      }
    if (before)
	xmlAddNextSibling (before, id_node);
    else
      {
	  before = root->children;
	  if (before)
	      xmlAddPrevSibling (before, id_node);
	  else
	      xmlAddChild (root, id_node);
      }
    if (ns_id_ptr == NULL && ns_id != NULL && uri_id != NULL)
      {
	  ns_id_ptr = xmlNewNs (root, (xmlChar *) uri_id, (xmlChar *) ns_id);
	  xmlSetNs (id_node, ns_id_ptr);
      }
/* retrieving the CharacterString NameSpace */
    if (uri_charstr != NULL)
	ns_charstr_ptr =
	    xmlSearchNsByHref (xml_doc, root, (xmlChar *) uri_charstr);
    if (ns_charstr_ptr == NULL)
	ns_charstr_ptr = xmlSearchNs (xml_doc, root, (xmlChar *) ns_charstr);
/* inserting the "CharacterString" XML Node */
    charstr_node = xmlNewNode (ns_charstr_ptr, (xmlChar *) "CharacterString");
    xmlAddChild (id_node, charstr_node);
    if (ns_charstr_ptr == NULL && ns_charstr != NULL && uri_charstr != NULL)
      {
	  ns_charstr_ptr =
	      xmlNewNs (root, (xmlChar *) uri_charstr, (xmlChar *) ns_charstr);
	  xmlSetNs (charstr_node, ns_charstr_ptr);
      }
    text = xmlNewText ((xmlChar *) identifier);
    xmlAddChild (charstr_node, text);
    xmlDocDumpFormatMemory (xml_doc, &buf, &len, 0);
    if (buf == NULL)
	return 0;
    *out_blob = buf;
    *out_len = len;
    return 1;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaXmlBlobAddFileId (const void *p_cache, const unsigned char *blob,
		      int blob_size, const char *identifier, const char *ns_id,
		      const char *uri_id, const char *ns_charstr,
		      const char *uri_charstr, unsigned char **new_blob,
		      int *new_size)
{
/* Return a new XmlBLOB buffer by inserting a FileId value */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache =
	(struct splite_internal_cache *) p_cache;
    int compressed = 0;
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    int xml_len;
    int zip_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    char *schemaURI = NULL;
    unsigned char *xml;
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    unsigned char *out_blob;
    int out_len;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSilentError;

    *new_blob = NULL;
    *new_size = 0;
/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return 0;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA) == GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA)
	;
    else
	return 0;		/* not an ISO Metadata XmlBLOB */
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	compressed = 1;
    xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    zip_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 7, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (uri_len > 0)
      {
	  schemaURI = malloc (uri_len + 1);
	  memcpy (schemaURI, blob + 14, uri_len);
	  *(schemaURI + uri_len) = '\0';
      }
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + geometry_len;
    ptr++;

    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* unzipping the XML payload */
	  uLong refLen = xml_len;
	  const Bytef *in = ptr;
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  if (uncompress (xml, &refLen, in, zip_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* uncompress error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE uncompress error\n");
		free (xml);
		return 0;
	    }
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
    else
      {
	  /* just copying the uncompressed XML payload */
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  memcpy (xml, ptr, xml_len);
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
/* loading the XMLDocument */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 0;
      }
/* inserting the FileId value */
    addIsoId (xml_doc, "fileIdentifier", identifier, ns_id, uri_id, ns_charstr,
	      uri_charstr, &out_blob, &out_len);
    free (xml);
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    if (out_blob)
      {
	  gaiaXmlToBlob (cache, out_blob, out_len, compressed, schemaURI,
			 new_blob, new_size, NULL, NULL);
#ifdef __MINGW32__
/* MinGW is unable to statically link libxml2 if xmlFree() is declared */
	  free (out_blob);
#else
	  xmlFree (out_blob);
#endif
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 1;
      }
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
    return 0;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int
gaiaXmlBlobAddParentId (const void *p_cache, const unsigned char *blob,
			int blob_size, const char *identifier,
			const char *ns_id, const char *uri_id,
			const char *ns_charstr, const char *uri_charstr,
			unsigned char **new_blob, int *new_size)
{
/* Return a new XmlBLOB buffer by inserting a ParentId value */
    struct splite_internal_cache *cache =
	(struct splite_internal_cache *) p_cache;
    int compressed = 0;
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    int xml_len;
    int zip_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    char *schemaURI = NULL;
    unsigned char *xml;
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    unsigned char *out_blob;
    int out_len;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSilentError;

    *new_blob = NULL;
    *new_size = 0;
/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return 0;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA) == GAIA_XML_ISO_METADATA)
	;
    else
	return 0;		/* not an ISO Metadata XmlBLOB */
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	compressed = 1;
    xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    zip_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 7, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (uri_len > 0)
      {
	  schemaURI = malloc (uri_len + 1);
	  memcpy (schemaURI, blob + 14, uri_len);
	  *(schemaURI + uri_len) = '\0';
      }
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + geometry_len;
    ptr++;

    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* unzipping the XML payload */
	  uLong refLen = xml_len;
	  const Bytef *in = ptr;
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  if (uncompress (xml, &refLen, in, zip_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* uncompress error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE uncompress error\n");
		free (xml);
		return 0;
	    }
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
    else
      {
	  /* just copying the uncompressed XML payload */
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  memcpy (xml, ptr, xml_len);
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
/* loading the XMLDocument */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 0;
      }
/* inserting the ParentId value */
    addIsoId (xml_doc, "parentIdentifier", identifier, ns_id, uri_id,
	      ns_charstr, uri_charstr, &out_blob, &out_len);
    free (xml);
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    if (out_blob)
      {
	  gaiaXmlToBlob (cache, out_blob, out_len, compressed, schemaURI,
			 new_blob, new_size, NULL, NULL);
#ifdef __MINGW32__
/* MinGW is unable to statically link libxml2 if xmlFree() is declared */
	  free (out_blob);
#else
	  xmlFree (out_blob);
#endif
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return 1;
      }
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
    return 0;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetName (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Return the Name from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len;
    char *name;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return NULL;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	return NULL;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (!name_len)
	return NULL;
    ptr += 3;

    name = malloc (name_len + 1);
    memcpy (name, ptr, name_len);
    *(name + name_len) = '\0';
    return name;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetTitle (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Return the Title from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    char *title;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return NULL;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (!title_len)
	return NULL;
    ptr += 3;

    title = malloc (title_len + 1);
    memcpy (title, ptr, title_len);
    *(title + title_len) = '\0';
    return title;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetAbstract (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Return the Abstract from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    char *abstract;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return NULL;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (!abstract_len)
	return NULL;
    ptr += 3;

    abstract = malloc (abstract_len + 1);
    memcpy (abstract, ptr, abstract_len);
    *(abstract + abstract_len) = '\0';
    return abstract;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void
gaiaXmlBlobGetGeometry (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size,
			unsigned char **blob_geom, int *geom_size)
{
/* Return the Geometry from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    unsigned char *geometry;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();

    *blob_geom = NULL;
    *geom_size = 0;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return;			/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    if (!geometry_len)
	return;
    ptr += 3;

    geometry = malloc (geometry_len);
    memcpy (geometry, ptr, geometry_len);
    *blob_geom = geometry;
    *geom_size = geometry_len;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaiaXmlBlobGetEncoding (const unsigned char *blob, int blob_size)
{
/* Return the Charset Encoding from a valid XmlBLOB buffer */
    int compressed = 0;
    int little_endian = 0;
    unsigned char flag;
    const unsigned char *ptr;
    int xml_len;
    int zip_len;
    short uri_len;
    short fileid_len;
    short parentid_len;
    short name_len;
    short title_len;
    short abstract_len;
    short geometry_len;
    unsigned char *xml;
    xmlDocPtr xml_doc;
    char *encoding = NULL;
    int legacy_blob = 0;
    int endian_arch = gaiaEndianArch ();
    xmlGenericErrorFunc silentError = (xmlGenericErrorFunc) spliteSilentError;

/* validity check */
    if (!gaiaIsValidXmlBlob (blob, blob_size))
	return NULL;		/* cannot be an XmlBLOB */
    if (*(blob + 2) == GAIA_XML_LEGACY_HEADER)
	legacy_blob = 1;
    flag = *(blob + 1);
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN) == GAIA_XML_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
	little_endian = 1;
    if ((flag & GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED) == GAIA_XML_COMPRESSED)
	compressed = 1;
    xml_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 3, little_endian, endian_arch);
    zip_len = gaiaImport32 (blob + 7, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr = blob + 11;
    uri_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + uri_len;
    fileid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + fileid_len;
    parentid_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + parentid_len;
    if (!legacy_blob)
      {
	  name_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
	  ptr += 3 + name_len;
      }
    title_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + title_len;
    abstract_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + abstract_len;
    geometry_len = gaiaImport16 (ptr, little_endian, endian_arch);
    ptr += 3 + geometry_len;
    ptr++;
    if (compressed)
      {
	  /* unzipping the XML payload */
	  uLong refLen = xml_len;
	  const Bytef *in = ptr;
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  if (uncompress (xml, &refLen, in, zip_len) != Z_OK)
	    {
		/* uncompress error */
		spatialite_e ("XmlBLOB DEFLATE uncompress error\n");
		free (xml);
		return NULL;
	    }
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
    else
      {
	  /* just copying the uncompressed XML payload */
	  xml = malloc (xml_len + 1);
	  memcpy (xml, ptr, xml_len);
	  *(xml + xml_len) = '\0';
      }
/* retrieving the XMLDocument encoding */
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc (NULL, silentError);
    xml_doc =
	xmlReadMemory ((const char *) xml, xml_len, "noname.xml", NULL, 0);
    if (xml_doc == NULL)
      {
	  /* parsing error; not a well-formed XML */
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return NULL;
      }
    free (xml);
    if (xml_doc->encoding)
      {
	  /* using the internal character enconding */
	  int enclen = strlen ((const char *) xml_doc->encoding);
	  encoding = malloc (enclen + 1);
	  strcpy (encoding, (const char *) xml_doc->encoding);
	  xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
	  xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
	  return encoding;
      }
    xmlFreeDoc (xml_doc);
    xmlSetGenericErrorFunc ((void *) stderr, NULL);
    return NULL;
}

GAIAGEO_DECLARE char *
gaia_libxml2_version (void)
{
/* return the current LIBXML2 version */
    int len;
    char *version;
    const char *ver = LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION;
    len = strlen (ver);
    version = malloc (len + 1);
    strcpy (version, ver);
    return version;
}

#endif /* end LIBXML2: supporting XML documents */