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+{
+  Helpers functions for the X2Software XML Data Binding
+
+  Last changed:   $Date: 2010-07-15 12:57:03 +0200 (do, 15 jul 2010) $
+  Revision:       $Rev: 54 $
+  URL:            $URL: http://svn.kamadev.net/private/XMLDataBinding/trunk/Shared/XMLDataBindingUtils.pas $
+}
+unit XMLDataBindingUtils;
+
+interface
+uses
+  Classes,
+  SysUtils,
+  XMLIntf;
+
+
+type
+  EBase64Error        = class(Exception);
+
+  TXMLDateTimeFormat  = (xdtDateTime, xdtDate, xdtTime);
+  TXMLTimeFragment    = (xtfMilliseconds, xtfTimezone);
+  TXMLTimeFragments   = set of TXMLTimeFragment;
+
+
+  IXSDValidate  = interface
+    ['{3BFDC851-7459-403B-87B3-A52E9E85BC8C}']
+    procedure XSDValidate;
+  end;
+
+
+const
+  AllTimeFragments    = [Low(TXMLTimeFragment)..High(TXMLTimeFragment)];
+
+
+
+  function DateTimeToXML(ADate: TDateTime; AFormat: TXMLDateTimeFormat; ATimeFragments: TXMLTimeFragments = AllTimeFragments): string;
+  function XMLToDateTime(const ADate: string; AFormat: TXMLDateTimeFormat): TDateTime;
+  
+  function BoolToXML(AValue: Boolean): WideString;
+  function XMLToBool(const AValue: WideString): Boolean;
+
+  function FloatToXML(AValue: Extended): WideString;
+  function XMLToFloat(const AValue: WideString): Extended;
+
+  function Base64Encode(AValue: String): String;
+  function Base64Decode(AValue: String): String;
+
+  function GetNodeIsNil(ANode: IXMLNode): Boolean;
+  procedure SetNodeIsNil(ANode: IXMLNode; ASetNil: Boolean);
+
+  procedure XSDValidate(AParent: IXMLNode; ARecurse: Boolean = True; AValidateParent: Boolean = True);
+  procedure CreateRequiredElements(AParent: IXMLNode; ANodes: array of string);
+  procedure CreateRequiredAttributes(AParent: IXMLNode; ANodes: array of string);
+  procedure SortChildNodes(AParent: IXMLNode; ASortOrder: array of string);
+  
+
+const
+  XMLSchemaInstanceURI = 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance';
+
+  XMLDateFormat     = 'yyyy"-"mm"-"dd';
+  XMLTimeFormat     = 'hh":"nn":"ss';
+  XMLMsecsFormat    = '"."zzz';
+  XMLTimezoneZulu   = 'Z';
+  XMLTimezoneFormat = '%s%.2d:%.2d';
+
+  XMLDateTimeFormats: array[TXMLDateTimeFormat] of String =
+                      (
+                        XMLDateFormat + '"T"' + XMLTimeFormat,
+                        XMLDateFormat,
+                        XMLTimeFormat
+                      );
+
+  XMLTimezoneSigns:   array[Boolean] of Char = ('-', '+');
+  XMLBoolValues:      array[Boolean] of String =
+                      (
+                        'false',
+                        'true'
+                      );
+
+  XMLIsNilAttribute = 'nil';
+
+  Base64ValidChars  = ['A'..'Z', 'a'..'z', '0'..'9', '+', '/'];
+  Base64LookupTable = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' +
+                      'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' +
+                      '0123456789+/';
+  Base64Padding     = '=';
+
+
+implementation
+uses
+  DateUtils,
+  Math,
+  Types,
+  Windows;
+
+
+type
+  PSortNodeInfo = ^TSortNodeInfo;
+  TSortNodeInfo = record
+    Node: IXMLNode;
+    SortIndex: Integer;
+    OriginalIndex: Integer;
+  end;
+
+
+function DateTimeToXML(ADate: TDateTime; AFormat: TXMLDateTimeFormat; ATimeFragments: TXMLTimeFragments): string;
+var
+  formatSettings: TFormatSettings;
+  timeZone: TTimeZoneInformation;
+  timeOffset: Integer;
+
+begin
+  GetLocaleFormatSettings(LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT, formatSettings);
+  Result  := FormatDateTime(XMLDateTimeFormats[AFormat], ADate, formatSettings);
+
+  if AFormat in [xdtDateTime, xdtTime] then
+  begin
+    if xtfMilliseconds in ATimeFragments then
+      Result  := Result + FormatDateTime(XMLMsecsFormat, ADate);
+
+    if xtfTimezone in ATimeFragments then
+    begin
+      FillChar(timeZone, SizeOf(TTimeZoneInformation), #0);
+      if GetTimeZoneInformation(timeZone) <> TIME_ZONE_ID_INVALID then
+      begin
+        timeOffset  := -timeZone.Bias;
+
+        if timeOffset = 0 then
+          Result  := Result + XMLTimezoneZulu
+        else
+          Result  := Result + Format(XMLTimezoneFormat,
+                                     [XMLTimezoneSigns[timeOffset > 0],
+                                      Abs(timeZone.Bias div 60),
+                                      Abs(timeZone.Bias mod 60)]);
+      end;
+    end;
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+function XMLToDateTime(const ADate: string; AFormat: TXMLDateTimeFormat): TDateTime;
+const
+  { yyyy-mm-ddThh:nn:ss.zzz+xx:xx }
+  XMLTimeSeparatorPos = 11;
+  XMLTimeSeparator    = 'T';
+  XMLMinTimeLength    = 8;
+
+var
+  date: string;
+  time: string;
+  year: Integer;
+  month: Integer;
+  day: Integer;
+  hour: Integer;
+  minute: Integer;
+  second: Integer;
+  msec: Integer;
+  hasTimezone: Boolean;
+  xmlOffset: Integer;
+  timeZone: TTimeZoneInformation;
+  localOffset: Integer;
+
+begin
+  Result  := 0;
+  date    := '';
+  time    := '';
+
+  case AFormat of
+    xdtDateTime:
+      begin
+        if (Length(ADate) < XMLTimeSeparatorPos) or
+           (ADate[XMLTimeSeparatorPos] <> XMLTimeSeparator) then
+          Exit;
+
+        date  := ADate;
+        time  := ADate;
+        SetLength(date, Pred(XMLTimeSeparatorPos));
+        Delete(time, 1, XMLTimeSeparatorPos);
+      end;
+
+    xdtDate:
+      begin
+        if Length(ADate) < Pred(XMLTimeSeparatorPos) then
+          Exit;
+          
+        date  := ADate;
+      end;
+
+    xdtTime:
+      begin
+        if Length(ADate) < XMLMinTimeLength then
+          Exit;
+
+        time  := ADate;
+      end;
+  end;
+
+  if AFormat in [xdtDateTime, xdtDate] then
+  begin
+    { Parse date (yyyy-mm-hh) }
+    if TryStrToInt(Copy(date, 1, 4), year) and
+       TryStrToInt(Copy(date, 6, 2), month) and
+       TryStrToInt(Copy(date, 9, 2), day) then
+      Result  := EncodeDate(year, month, day);
+  end;
+
+  if AFormat in [xdtDateTime, xdtTime] then
+  begin
+    { Parse time (hh:nn:ss) }
+    if TryStrToInt(Copy(time, 1, 2), hour) and
+       TryStrToInt(Copy(time, 4, 2), minute) and
+       TryStrToInt(Copy(time, 7, 2), second) then
+    begin
+      msec  := 0;
+      Delete(time, 1, 8);
+
+      if Length(time) > 0 then
+      begin
+        if time[1] = '.' then
+        begin
+          { Parse milliseconds (.zzz) }
+          if not TryStrToInt(Copy(time, 2, 3), msec) then
+            msec  := 0;
+
+          Delete(time, 1, 4);
+        end;
+      end;
+
+      Result  := Result + EncodeTime(hour, minute, second, msec);
+
+      if Length(time) > 0 then
+      begin
+        hasTimezone := False;
+        xmlOffset   := 0;
+
+        if time[1] = XMLTimezoneZulu then
+        begin
+          { Zulu time }
+          hasTimezone := True;
+        end else if time[1] in [XMLTimezoneSigns[False], XMLTimezoneSigns[True]] then
+        begin
+          { Parse timezone ([+|-]xx:xx) }
+          if TryStrToInt(Copy(time, 2, 2), hour) and
+             TryStrToInt(Copy(time, 5, 2), minute) then
+          begin
+            xmlOffset   := (hour * MinsPerHour) + minute;
+            hasTimezone := True;
+
+            if time[1] = XMLTimezoneSigns[False] then
+              xmlOffset := -xmlOffset;
+          end;
+        end;
+
+        if hasTimezone then
+        begin
+          FillChar(timeZone, SizeOf(TTimeZoneInformation), #0);
+          if GetTimeZoneInformation(timeZone) <> TIME_ZONE_ID_INVALID then
+          begin
+            localOffset := -timeZone.Bias;
+            Result      := IncMinute(Result, localOffset - xmlOffset);
+          end;
+        end;
+      end;
+    end;
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+function BoolToXML(AValue: Boolean): WideString;
+begin
+  Result := XMLBoolValues[AValue];
+end;
+
+
+function XMLToBool(const AValue: WideString): Boolean;
+begin
+  Result := StrToBoolDef(AValue, False);
+end;
+
+
+function GetXMLFloatFormatSettings(): TFormatSettings;
+begin
+  Result.DecimalSeparator := '.';
+end;
+
+
+function FloatToXML(AValue: Extended): WideString;
+begin
+  Result := FloatToStr(AValue, GetXMLFloatFormatSettings());
+end;
+
+
+function XMLToFloat(const AValue: WideString): Extended;
+begin
+  Result := StrToFloat(AValue, GetXMLFloatFormatSettings());
+end;
+
+
+function Base64Encode(AValue: String): String;
+var
+  pos: Integer;
+  lookupIndex: array[0..3] of Byte;
+  padCount: Integer;
+
+begin
+  Result    := '';
+  if Length(AValue) = 0 then
+    exit;
+
+  padCount  := 0;
+
+  { At least 3 input bytes are required, and the input must be a multiple of 3 }
+  if Length(AValue) < 3 then
+    padCount  := 3 - Length(AValue)
+  else if Length(AValue) mod 3 <> 0 then
+    padCount  := 3 - (Length(AValue) mod 3);
+
+  if padCount > 0 then
+    AValue    := AValue + StringOfChar(#0, padCount);
+
+  pos := 1;
+
+  { Process in 3-byte blocks }
+  while pos <= Length(AValue) - 2 do
+  begin
+    { Each 3 input bytes are converted into 4 index values
+      in the range of 0..63, by taking 6 bits each step.
+
+      6 high bytes of first char }
+    lookupIndex[0]  := (Ord(AValue[pos]) shr 2) and $3F;
+
+    { 2 low bytes of first char + 4 high bytes of second char }
+    lookupIndex[1]  := ((Ord(AValue[pos]) shl 4) and $3F) or
+                       (Ord(AValue[pos + 1]) shr 4);
+
+    { 4 low bytes of second char + 2 high bytes of third char }
+    lookupIndex[2]  :=((Ord(AValue[pos + 1]) shl 2) and $3F) or
+                      (Ord(AValue[pos + 2]) shr 6);
+
+    { 6 low bytes of third char }
+    lookupIndex[3]  := Ord(AValue[pos + 2]) and $3F;
+
+    Result := Result + Base64LookupTable[lookupIndex[0] + 1] +
+                       Base64LookupTable[lookupIndex[1] + 1] +
+                       Base64LookupTable[lookupIndex[2] + 1] +
+                       Base64LookupTable[lookupIndex[3] + 1];
+    Inc(pos, 3);
+  end;
+
+  { Replace padding }
+  if padCount > 0 then
+  begin
+    for pos := Length(Result) downto Length(Result) - Pred(padCount) do
+      Result[pos] := Base64Padding;
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+function Base64LookupIndex(AChar: Char): Byte;
+var
+  lookupIndex:  Integer;
+
+begin
+  Result  := Ord(Base64Padding);
+
+  for lookupIndex := 1 to Length(Base64LookupTable) do
+    if Base64LookupTable[lookupIndex] = AChar then
+    begin
+      Result  := Pred(lookupIndex);
+      break;
+    end;
+end;
+
+
+function Base64Decode(AValue: String): String;
+var
+  pos: Integer;
+  padCount: Integer;
+  value: Byte;
+
+begin
+  Result  := '';
+  if Length(AValue) = 0 then
+    exit;
+
+  if Length(AValue) mod 4 <> 0 then
+    raise EBase64Error.Create('Value length must be a multiple of 4');
+
+  padCount := 0;
+  pos := Length(AValue);
+
+  { Count padding chars }
+  while (pos > 0) and (AValue[pos] = Base64Padding) do
+  begin
+    Inc(padCount);
+    Dec(pos);
+  end;
+  
+  Result := '';
+  pos := 1;
+
+  while pos <= Length(AValue) - 3 do
+  begin
+    value   := (Base64LookupIndex(AValue[pos]) shl 2) or
+               (Base64LookupIndex(AValue[pos + 1]) shr 4);
+    Result  := Result + Chr(value);
+
+    value   := (Base64LookupIndex(AValue[pos + 1]) shl 4) or
+               (Base64LookupIndex(AValue[pos + 2]) shr 2);
+    Result  := Result + Chr(value);
+
+    value   := (Base64LookupIndex(AValue[pos + 2]) shl 6) or
+               (Base64LookupIndex(AValue[pos + 3]));
+    Result  := Result + Chr(value);
+
+    Inc(pos, 4);
+  end;
+
+  { Delete padding }
+  if padCount > 0 then
+    SetLength(Result, Length(Result) - padCount);
+end;
+
+
+function GetNodeIsNil(ANode: IXMLNode): Boolean;
+begin
+  Result := ANode.HasAttribute(XMLIsNilAttribute, XMLSchemaInstanceURI) and
+            XMLToBool(ANode.GetAttributeNS(XMLIsNilAttribute, XMLSchemaInstanceURI));
+end;
+
+
+procedure SetNodeIsNil(ANode: IXMLNode; ASetNil: Boolean);
+begin
+  if ASetNil then
+  begin
+    ANode.ChildNodes.Clear;
+    ANode.SetAttributeNS(XMLIsNilAttribute, XMLSchemaInstanceURI, BoolToXML(True));
+  end else
+    ANode.AttributeNodes.Delete(XMLIsNilAttribute, XMLSchemaInstanceURI);
+end;
+
+
+function DoSortNodes(Item1, Item2: Pointer): Integer;
+var
+  nodeInfo1: PSortNodeInfo;
+  nodeInfo2: PSortNodeInfo;
+
+begin
+  nodeInfo1 := Item1;
+  nodeInfo2 := Item2;
+
+  if (nodeInfo1^.SortIndex > -1) and (nodeInfo2^.SortIndex = -1) then
+    Result := GreaterThanValue
+
+  else if (nodeInfo1^.SortIndex = -1) and (nodeInfo2^.SortIndex > -1) then
+    Result := LessThanValue
+
+  else if (nodeInfo1^.SortIndex = -1) and (nodeInfo2^.SortIndex = -1) then
+    Result := CompareValue(nodeInfo1^.OriginalIndex, nodeInfo2^.OriginalIndex)
+
+  else
+    Result := CompareValue(nodeInfo1^.SortIndex, nodeInfo2^.SortIndex);
+end;
+
+
+procedure XSDValidate(AParent: IXMLNode; ARecurse, AValidateParent: Boolean);
+var
+  validate: IXSDValidate;
+  childIndex: Integer;
+
+begin
+  if AValidateParent and Supports(AParent, IXSDValidate, validate) then
+    validate.XSDValidate;
+
+  if ARecurse then
+  begin
+    for childIndex := 0 to Pred(AParent.ChildNodes.Count) do
+      XSDValidate(AParent.ChildNodes[childIndex], ARecurse, True);
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+procedure CreateRequiredElements(AParent: IXMLNode; ANodes: array of string);
+var
+  nodeIndex: Integer;
+  node: IXMLNode;
+
+begin
+  for nodeIndex := Low(ANodes) to High(ANodes) do
+  begin
+    if not Assigned(AParent.ChildNodes.FindNode(ANodes[nodeIndex])) then
+    begin
+      node := AParent.OwnerDocument.CreateElement(ANodes[nodeIndex], AParent.NamespaceURI);
+      AParent.ChildNodes.Add(node);
+    end;
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+procedure CreateRequiredAttributes(AParent: IXMLNode; ANodes: array of string);
+var
+  nodeIndex: Integer;
+
+begin
+  for nodeIndex := Low(ANodes) to High(ANodes) do
+  begin
+    if not Assigned(AParent.AttributeNodes.FindNode(ANodes[nodeIndex])) then
+      AParent.Attributes[ANodes[nodeIndex]] := '';
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+procedure SortChildNodes(AParent: IXMLNode; ASortOrder: array of string);
+var
+  sortList: TList;
+  nodeInfo: PSortNodeInfo;
+  childIndex: Integer;
+  sortIndex: Integer;
+  node: IXMLNode;
+
+begin
+  sortList := TList.Create;
+  try
+    { Build a list of the child nodes, with their original index and the
+      index in the ASortOrder array. }
+    for childIndex := 0 to Pred(AParent.ChildNodes.Count) do
+    begin
+      New(nodeInfo);
+      nodeInfo^.Node := AParent.ChildNodes[childIndex];
+      nodeInfo^.OriginalIndex := childIndex;
+
+      for sortIndex := Low(ASortOrder) to High(ASortOrder) do
+      begin
+        if ASortOrder[sortIndex] = nodeInfo^.Node.NodeName then
+        begin
+          nodeInfo^.SortIndex := sortIndex;
+          Break;
+        end;
+      end;
+
+      sortList.Add(nodeInfo);
+    end;
+
+    sortList.Sort(DoSortNodes);
+
+    { Rebuild the ChildNodes list }
+    for childIndex := 0 to Pred(sortList.Count) do
+    begin
+      node := PSortNodeInfo(sortList[childIndex])^.Node;
+
+      AParent.ChildNodes.Remove(node);
+      AParent.ChildNodes.Insert(childIndex, node);
+    end;
+  finally
+    for sortIndex := 0 to Pred(sortList.Count) do
+      Dispose(PSortNodeInfo(sortList[sortIndex]));
+
+    FreeAndNil(sortList);
+  end;
+end;
+
+end.
+