Inherits from NSObject
Declared in FSXMLHttpRequest.h

Overview

FSXMLHttpRequest is a class for retrieving data in the XML format over a HTTP or HTTPS connection. It provides the necessary foundation for parsing the retrieved XML data. This class is not meant to be used directly but subclassed to a specific requests.

The usage pattern is the following:

  1. Specify the URL with the url property.
  2. Define the onCompletion and onFailure handlers.
  3. Call the start method.

Tasks

Properties

lastError

If the request fails, contains the latest error status.

@property (readonly) FSXMLHttpRequestError lastError

Discussion

If the request fails, contains the latest error status.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

onCompletion

Called upon completion of the request.

@property (copy) void ( ^ ) ( ) onCompletion

Discussion

Called upon completion of the request.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

onFailure

Called upon a failure.

@property (copy) void ( ^ ) ( ) onFailure

Discussion

Called upon a failure.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

url

The URL of the request.

@property (nonatomic, copy) NSURL *url

Discussion

The URL of the request.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

Instance Methods

cancel

Cancels the request.

- (void)cancel

Discussion

Cancels the request.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

contentForNode:

Retrieves content for the given XML node.

- (NSString *)contentForNode:(xmlNodePtr)node

Parameters

node

The node for content retreval.

Discussion

Retrieves content for the given XML node.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

contentForNodeAttribute:attribute:

Retrieves content for the given XML node attribute.

- (NSString *)contentForNodeAttribute:(xmlNodePtr)node attribute:(const char *)attr

Parameters

node

The node for content retrieval.

attr

The attribute from which the content is retrieved.

Discussion

Retrieves content for the given XML node attribute.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

dateFromNode:

Retrieves date from the given XML node.

- (NSDate *)dateFromNode:(xmlNodePtr)node

Parameters

node

The node for retrieving the date.

Discussion

Retrieves date from the given XML node.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

performXPathQuery:

Performs an XPath query on the parsed XML data. Yields a parseXMLNode method call, which must be defined in the subclasses.

- (NSArray *)performXPathQuery:(NSString *)query

Parameters

query

The XPath query to be performed.

Discussion

Performs an XPath query on the parsed XML data. Yields a parseXMLNode method call, which must be defined in the subclasses.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h

start

Starts the request.

- (void)start

Discussion

Starts the request.

Declared In

FSXMLHttpRequest.h