abg-reader.cc

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
// -*- mode: C++ -*-
//
// Copyright (C) 2013-2024 Red Hat, Inc.
 
/// @file
///
/// This file contains the definitions of the entry points to
/// de-serialize an instance of @ref abigail::translation_unit from an
/// ABI Instrumentation file in libabigail native XML format.  This
/// native XML format is named "ABIXML".
 
#include "config.h"
#include <assert.h>
#include <libxml/xmlreader.h>
#include <libxml/xmlstring.h>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <deque>
#include <memory>
#include <sstream>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <algorithm>
 
#include "abg-suppression-priv.h"
 
#include "abg-internal.h"
#include "abg-ir-priv.h"
#include "abg-symtab-reader.h"
#include "abg-ir-priv.h"
 
// <headers defining libabigail's API go under here>
ABG_BEGIN_EXPORT_DECLARATIONS
 
#include "abg-libxml-utils.h"
#include "abg-reader.h"
#include "abg-corpus.h"
#include "abg-fe-iface.h"
#include "abg-tools-utils.h"
 
ABG_END_EXPORT_DECLARATIONS
// </headers defining libabigail's API>
 
namespace abigail
{
 
using xml::xml_char_sptr;
 
/// The namespace for the native XML file format reader.
namespace abixml
{
using std::string;
using std::deque;
using std::shared_ptr;
using std::unordered_map;
using std::dynamic_pointer_cast;
using std::vector;
using std::istream;
 
/// Convenience typedef for an unordered map of string to a vector of
/// strings.
typedef unordered_map<string, vector<string>> string_strings_map_type;
 
class reader;
 
static bool read_is_declaration_only(xmlNodePtr, bool&);
static bool read_is_artificial(xmlNodePtr, bool&);
static bool read_tracking_non_reachable_types(xmlNodePtr, bool&);
static bool read_is_non_reachable_type(xmlNodePtr, bool&);
static bool read_naming_typedef_id_string(xmlNodePtr, string&);
static bool read_type_id_string(xmlNodePtr, string&);
static bool read_name(xmlNodePtr, string&);
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_SELF_COMPARISON
static bool maybe_map_type_with_type_id(const type_base_sptr&,
                        xmlNodePtr);
static bool maybe_map_type_with_type_id(const type_base_sptr&,
                        const string&);
 
#define MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(type, xml_node) \
  maybe_map_type_with_type_id(type, xml_node)
#else
#define MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(type, xml_node)
#endif
static void maybe_set_naming_typedef(reader& rdr,
                     xmlNodePtr,
                     const decl_base_sptr &);
class reader;
 
static int advance_cursor(reader& rdr);
 
static void
handle_version_attribute(xml::reader_sptr& reader, corpus& corp);
 
static void
walk_xml_node_to_map_type_ids(reader& rdr, xmlNodePtr node);
 
static bool
read_elf_needed_from_input(reader& rdr, vector<string>& needed);
 
static bool
read_symbol_db_from_input(reader&           rdr,
              string_elf_symbols_map_sptr&  fn_symdb,
              string_elf_symbols_map_sptr&  var_symdb,
              string_strings_map_type&  non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases,
              string_strings_map_type&  non_resolved_var_syms_aliases);
 
static translation_unit_sptr
read_translation_unit_from_input(fe_iface& rdr);
 
static decl_base_sptr
build_ir_node_for_void_type(reader& rdr);
 
static decl_base_sptr
build_ir_node_for_void_pointer_type(reader& rdr);
 
static decl_base_sptr
build_ir_node_for_variadic_parameter_type(reader& rdr);
 
static void
resolve_symbol_aliases(string_elf_symbols_map_sptr& fn_syms,
               string_elf_symbols_map_sptr& var_syms,
               string_strings_map_type& non_resolved_fn_sym_aliases,
               string_strings_map_type& non_resolved_var_sym_aliases);
 
/// The ABIXML reader object.
///
/// This abstracts the context in which the current ABI
/// instrumentation dump is being de-serialized.  It carries useful
/// information needed during the de-serialization, but that does not
/// make sense to be stored in the final resulting in-memory
/// representation of ABI Corpus.
class reader : public fe_iface
{
public:
 
  typedef unordered_map<string, vector<type_base_sptr> >
  types_map_type;
 
  typedef unordered_map<string,
            vector<type_base_sptr> >::const_iterator
  const_types_map_it;
 
  typedef unordered_map<string,
            vector<type_base_sptr> >::iterator
  types_map_it;
 
  typedef unordered_map<string,
            shared_ptr<function_tdecl> >::const_iterator
  const_fn_tmpl_map_it;
 
  typedef unordered_map<string,
            shared_ptr<class_tdecl> >::const_iterator
  const_class_tmpl_map_it;
 
  typedef unordered_map<string, xmlNodePtr> string_xml_node_map;
 
  typedef unordered_map<xmlNodePtr, decl_base_sptr> xml_node_decl_base_sptr_map;
 
  friend vector<type_base_sptr>* get_types_from_type_id(reader&,
                            const string&);
 
  friend unordered_map<type_or_decl_base*, vector<type_or_decl_base*>>*
     get_artifact_used_by_relation_map(reader& rdr);
 
private:
  types_map_type                    m_types_map;
  unordered_map<string, shared_ptr<function_tdecl> >    m_fn_tmpl_map;
  unordered_map<string, shared_ptr<class_tdecl> >   m_class_tmpl_map;
  vector<type_base_sptr>                m_types_to_canonicalize;
  string_xml_node_map                   m_id_xml_node_map;
  xml_node_decl_base_sptr_map               m_xml_node_decl_map;
  xml::reader_sptr                  m_reader;
  xmlNodePtr                        m_corp_node;
  deque<shared_ptr<decl_base> >         m_decls_stack;
  bool                          m_tracking_non_reachable_types;
  bool                          m_drop_undefined_syms;
#ifdef WITH_SHOW_TYPE_USE_IN_ABILINT
  unordered_map<type_or_decl_base*,
        vector<type_or_decl_base*>>     m_artifact_used_by_map;
#endif
 
  reader();
 
public:
  reader(xml::reader_sptr reader,
     environment&   env)
    : fe_iface("", env),
      m_reader(reader),
      m_corp_node(),
      m_tracking_non_reachable_types(),
      m_drop_undefined_syms()
  {
  }
 
  /// The initializer of the reader.
  ///
  /// Resets the reader so that it can be re-used to read another
  /// binary and build a corpus that is part of the same corpus group.
  ///
  /// In other words, the same reader is used to analyse all the
  /// binaries that are part of the same corpus group.
  ///
  /// @param corpus_path the new corpus path.
  void
  initialize(const string& corpus_path)
  {
    fe_iface::initialize(corpus_path);
    clear_types_to_canonicalize();
  }
 
  /// Test if logging was requested.
  ///
  /// @return true iff logging was requested.
  bool
  do_log() const
  {return options().do_log;}
 
  /// Getter for the flag that tells us if we are tracking types that
  /// are not reachable from global functions and variables.
  ///
  /// @return true iff we are tracking types that are not reachable
  /// from global functions and variables.
  bool
  tracking_non_reachable_types() const
  {return m_tracking_non_reachable_types;}
 
  /// Setter for the flag that tells us if we are tracking types that
  /// are not reachable from global functions and variables.
  ///
  /// @param f the new value of the flag.
  /// from global functions and variables.
  void
  tracking_non_reachable_types(bool f)
  {m_tracking_non_reachable_types = f;}
 
  /// Getter for the flag that tells us if we are dropping functions
  /// and variables that have undefined symbols.
  ///
  /// @return true iff we are dropping functions and variables that have
  /// undefined symbols.
  bool
  drop_undefined_syms() const
  {return m_drop_undefined_syms;}
 
  /// Setter for the flag that tells us if we are dropping functions
  /// and variables that have undefined symbols.
  ///
  /// @param f the new value of the flag.
  void
  drop_undefined_syms(bool f)
  {m_drop_undefined_syms = f;}
 
  /// Getter of the path to the ABI file.
  ///
  /// @return the path to the native xml abi file.
  const string&
  get_path() const
  {return corpus_path();}
 
  /// Setter of the path to the ABI file.
  ///
  /// @param the new path to the native ABI file.
  void
  set_path(const string& s)
  {
    corpus_path(s);
  }
 
  /// Getter for the environment of this reader.
  ///
  /// @return the environment of this reader.
  environment&
  get_environment()
  {return options().env;}
 
  /// Getter for the environment of this reader.
  ///
  /// @return the environment of this reader.
  const environment&
  get_environment() const
  {return const_cast<reader*>(this)->get_environment();}
 
  xml::reader_sptr
  get_libxml_reader() const
  {return m_reader;}
 
  /// Getter of the current XML node in the corpus element sub-tree
  /// that needs to be processed.
  ///
  /// @return the current XML node in the corpus element sub-tree that
  /// needs to be processed.
  xmlNodePtr
  get_corpus_node() const
  {return m_corp_node;}
 
  /// Setter of the current XML node in the corpus element sub-tree
  /// that needs to be processed.
  ///
  /// @param node set the current XML node in the corpus element
  /// sub-tree that needs to be processed.
  void
  set_corpus_node(xmlNodePtr node)
  {m_corp_node = node;}
 
  const string_xml_node_map&
  get_id_xml_node_map() const
  {return m_id_xml_node_map;}
 
  string_xml_node_map&
  get_id_xml_node_map()
  {return m_id_xml_node_map;}
 
  void
  clear_id_xml_node_map()
  {get_id_xml_node_map().clear();}
 
  const xml_node_decl_base_sptr_map&
  get_xml_node_decl_map() const
  {return m_xml_node_decl_map;}
 
  xml_node_decl_base_sptr_map&
  get_xml_node_decl_map()
  {return m_xml_node_decl_map;}
 
  void
  map_xml_node_to_decl(xmlNodePtr node,
               decl_base_sptr decl)
  {
    if (node)
      get_xml_node_decl_map()[node]= decl;
  }
 
  decl_base_sptr
  get_decl_for_xml_node(xmlNodePtr node) const
  {
    xml_node_decl_base_sptr_map::const_iterator i =
      get_xml_node_decl_map().find(node);
 
    if (i != get_xml_node_decl_map().end())
      return i->second;
 
    return decl_base_sptr();
  }
 
  void
  clear_xml_node_decl_map()
  {get_xml_node_decl_map().clear();}
 
  void
  map_id_and_node (const string& id,
           xmlNodePtr node)
  {
    if (!node)
      return;
 
    string_xml_node_map::iterator i = get_id_xml_node_map().find(id);
    if (i != get_id_xml_node_map().end())
      {
    bool is_declaration = false;
    read_is_declaration_only(node, is_declaration);
    if (is_declaration)
      i->second = node;
      }
    else
      get_id_xml_node_map()[id] = node;
  }
 
  xmlNodePtr
  get_xml_node_from_id(const string& id) const
  {
    string_xml_node_map::const_iterator i = get_id_xml_node_map().find(id);
    if (i != get_id_xml_node_map().end())
     return i->second;
    return 0;
  }
 
  scope_decl_sptr
  get_scope_for_node(xmlNodePtr node,
             access_specifier& access);
 
  scope_decl_sptr
  get_scope_for_node(xmlNodePtr node);
 
  scope_decl*
  get_scope_ptr_for_node(xmlNodePtr node);
 
  // This is defined later, after build_type() is declared, because it
  // uses it.
  type_base_sptr
  build_or_get_type_decl(const string& id,
             bool add_decl_to_scope);
 
  /// Return the first type already seen, that is identified by a
  /// given ID.
  ///
  /// Note that for a type to be "identified" by id, the function
  /// key_type_decl must have been previously called with that type
  /// and with id.
  ///
  /// @param id the id to consider.
  ///
  /// @return the type identified by the unique id id, or a null
  /// pointer if no type has ever been associated with id before.
  type_base_sptr
  get_type_decl(const string& id) const
  {
    const_types_map_it i = m_types_map.find(id);
    if (i == m_types_map.end())
      return type_base_sptr();
    type_base_sptr result = i->second[0];
    return result;
  }
 
  /// Return the vector of types already seen, that are identified by
  /// a given ID.
  ///
  /// Note that for a type to be "identified" by id, the function
  /// key_type_decl must have been previously called with that type
  /// and with id.
  ///
  /// @param id the id to consider.
  ///
  /// @return thevector of types already seen, that are identified by
  /// a given ID, or 0 if no type has ever been associated with @p id
  /// before.
  const vector<type_base_sptr>*
  get_all_type_decls(const string& id) const
  {
    const_types_map_it i = m_types_map.find(id);
    if (i == m_types_map.end())
      return 0;
    else
      return &i->second;
  }
 
  /// Return the function template that is identified by a unique ID.
  ///
  /// Note that for a function template to be identified by id, the
  /// function key_fn_tmpl_decl must have been previously called with
  /// that function template and with id.
  ///
  /// @param id the ID to consider.
  ///
  /// @return the function template identified by id, or a null
  /// pointer if no function template has ever been associated with
  /// id before.
  shared_ptr<function_tdecl>
  get_fn_tmpl_decl(const string& id) const
  {
    const_fn_tmpl_map_it i = m_fn_tmpl_map.find(id);
    if (i == m_fn_tmpl_map.end())
      return shared_ptr<function_tdecl>();
    return i->second;
  }
 
  /// Return the class template that is identified by a unique ID.
  ///
  /// Note that for a class template to be identified by id, the
  /// function key_class_tmpl_decl must have been previously called
  /// with that class template and with id.
  ///
  /// @param id the ID to consider.
  ///
  /// @return the class template identified by id, or a null pointer
  /// if no class template has ever been associated with id before.
  shared_ptr<class_tdecl>
  get_class_tmpl_decl(const string& id) const
  {
    const_class_tmpl_map_it i = m_class_tmpl_map.find(id);
    if (i == m_class_tmpl_map.end())
      return shared_ptr<class_tdecl>();
    return i->second;
  }
 
  /// Return the current lexical scope.
  scope_decl*
  get_cur_scope() const
  {
    shared_ptr<decl_base> cur_decl = get_cur_decl();
 
    if (dynamic_cast<scope_decl*>(cur_decl.get()))
      // The current decl is a scope_decl, so it's our lexical scope.
      return dynamic_pointer_cast<scope_decl>(cur_decl).get();
    else if (cur_decl)
      // The current decl is not a scope_decl, so our lexical scope is
      // the scope of this decl.
      return cur_decl->get_scope();
    else
      // We have no scope set.
      return 0;
  }
 
  decl_base_sptr
  get_cur_decl() const
  {
    if (m_decls_stack.empty())
      return shared_ptr<decl_base>(static_cast<decl_base*>(0));
    return m_decls_stack.back();
  }
 
  translation_unit*
  get_translation_unit()
  {
    const global_scope* global = 0;
    for (deque<shared_ptr<decl_base> >::reverse_iterator i =
       m_decls_stack.rbegin();
     i != m_decls_stack.rend();
     ++i)
      if (decl_base_sptr d = *i)
    if ((global = get_global_scope(d)))
      break;
 
    if (global)
      return global->get_translation_unit();
 
    return 0;
  }
 
  /// Test if a given type is from the current translation unit.
  ///
  /// @param type the type to consider.
  ///
  /// @return true iff the type is from the current translation unit.
  bool
  type_is_from_translation_unit(type_base_sptr type)
  {
    decl_base_sptr d = get_type_declaration(type);
    if (d)
      return (ir::get_translation_unit(d) == get_translation_unit());
    else if (function_type_sptr fn_type = is_function_type(type))
      return bool(lookup_function_type(fn_type, *get_translation_unit()));
    else
      return false;
  }
 
  void
  push_decl(decl_base_sptr d)
  {
    m_decls_stack.push_back(d);
  }
 
  decl_base_sptr
  pop_decl()
  {
    if (m_decls_stack.empty())
      return decl_base_sptr();
 
    shared_ptr<decl_base> t = get_cur_decl();
    m_decls_stack.pop_back();
    return t;
  }
 
  /// Pop all decls until a give scope is popped.
  ///
  /// @param scope the scope to pop.
  ///
  /// @return true if the scope was popped, false otherwise.  Note
  /// that if the scope wasn't found, it might mean that many other
  /// decls were popped.
  bool
  pop_scope(scope_decl_sptr scope)
  {
    decl_base_sptr d;
    do
      {
    d = pop_decl();
    scope_decl_sptr s = dynamic_pointer_cast<scope_decl>(d);
    if (s == scope)
      break;
      }
    while (d);
 
    if (!d)
      return false;
 
    return dynamic_pointer_cast<scope_decl>(d) == scope;
  }
 
  /// like @ref pop_scope, but if the scope couldn't be popped, the
  /// function aborts the execution of the process.
  ///
  /// @param scope the scope to pop.
  void
  pop_scope_or_abort(scope_decl_sptr scope)
  {ABG_ASSERT(pop_scope(scope));}
 
  void
  clear_decls_stack()
  {m_decls_stack.clear();}
 
  void
  clear_type_map()
  {m_types_map.clear();}
 
  /// Clean the vector of types to canonicalize after the translation
  /// unit has been read.
  void
  clear_types_to_canonicalize()
  {m_types_to_canonicalize.clear();}
 
 
  /// Test if two types are equal, without comparing them structurally.
  ///
  /// This either tests that type pointers are equal, or it tests
  /// their names.  This is because it might be two early to compare
  /// types structurally because we are not necessarily done building
  /// them yet.
  ///
  /// @param t1 the first type to compare.
  ///
  /// @param t2 the second type to compare.
  ///
  /// @return true iff the types are equal.
  bool
  types_equal(type_base_sptr t1, type_base_sptr t2)
  {
    if (t1.get() == t2.get())
      return true;
 
    // We are going to test qualified names only if both types have
    // already been added to their scope.
    bool qualified = (get_type_scope(t1) && get_type_scope(t2));
 
    return (get_type_name(t1, qualified)
        == get_type_name(t2, qualified));
  }
 
  /// Associate an ID with a type.
  ///
  /// @param type the type to associate with the ID.
  ///
  /// @param id the ID to associate to the type.
  ///
  /// @return true upon successful completion.
  bool
  key_type_decl(const type_base_sptr& type, const string& id)
  {
    if (!type)
      return false;
 
    m_types_map[id].push_back(type);
 
    return true;
  }
 
  /// Associate an ID to a function template.
  ///
  /// @param fn_tmpl_decl the function template to consider.
  ///
  /// @param id the ID to associate to the function template.
  ///
  /// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.  Note
  /// that the function returns false if an ID was previously
  /// associated to the function template.
  bool
  key_fn_tmpl_decl(shared_ptr<function_tdecl> fn_tmpl_decl,
           const string& id)
  {
    ABG_ASSERT(fn_tmpl_decl);
 
    const_fn_tmpl_map_it i = m_fn_tmpl_map.find(id);
    if (i != m_fn_tmpl_map.end())
      return false;
 
    m_fn_tmpl_map[id] = fn_tmpl_decl;
    return true;
  }
 
  /// Associate an ID to a class template.
  ///
  /// @param class_tmpl_decl the class template to consider.
  ///
  /// @param id the ID to associate to the class template.
  ///
  /// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.  Note
  /// that the function returns false if an ID was previously
  /// associated to the class template.
  bool
  key_class_tmpl_decl(shared_ptr<class_tdecl> class_tmpl_decl,
              const string& id)
  {
    ABG_ASSERT(class_tmpl_decl);
 
    const_class_tmpl_map_it i = m_class_tmpl_map.find(id);
    if (i != m_class_tmpl_map.end())
      return false;
 
    m_class_tmpl_map[id] = class_tmpl_decl;
    return true;
  }
 
#ifdef WITH_SHOW_TYPE_USE_IN_ABILINT
  /// Record that an artifact is used by another one.
  ///
  /// If a type is "used" by another one (as in the type is a sub-type
  /// of another one), this function records that relation.
  ///
  /// @param used the type that is used.
  ///
  /// @param user the type that uses @p used.
  void
  record_artifact_as_used_by(type_or_decl_base* used,
                 type_or_decl_base* user)
  {
    if (m_artifact_used_by_map.find(used) == m_artifact_used_by_map.end())
      {
    vector<type_or_decl_base*> v;
    m_artifact_used_by_map[used] = v;
      }
    m_artifact_used_by_map[used].push_back(user);
  }
 
  /// Record that an artifact is used by another one.
  ///
  /// If a type is "used" by another one (as in the type is a sub-type
  /// of another one), this function records that relation.
  ///
  /// @param used the type that is used.
  ///
  /// @param user the type that uses @p used.
  void
  record_artifact_as_used_by(const type_or_decl_base_sptr& used,
                 const type_or_decl_base_sptr& user)
  {record_artifact_as_used_by(used.get(), user.get());}
 
  /// Record the sub-types of a fn-decl as being used by the fn-decl.
  ///
  /// @param fn the function decl to consider.
  void
  record_artifacts_as_used_in_fn_decl(const function_decl *fn)
  {
    if (!fn)
      return;
 
    type_base_sptr t = fn->get_return_type();
    record_artifact_as_used_by(t.get(), const_cast<function_decl*>(fn));
 
    for (auto pit : fn->get_parameters())
      {
    type_base_sptr t = pit->get_type();
    record_artifact_as_used_by(t.get(), const_cast<function_decl*>(fn));
      }
  }
 
  /// Record the sub-types of a function decl as being used by it.
  ///
  /// @param fn the function decl to consider.
  void
  record_artifacts_as_used_in_fn_decl(const function_decl_sptr& fn)
  {record_artifacts_as_used_in_fn_decl(fn.get());}
 
  /// Record the sub-types of a function type as being used by it.
  ///
  /// @param fn_type the function decl to consider.
  void
  record_artifacts_as_used_in_fn_type(const function_type *fn_type)
  {
    if (!fn_type)
      return;
 
    type_base_sptr t = fn_type->get_return_type();
    record_artifact_as_used_by(t.get(), const_cast<function_type*>(fn_type));
 
    for (auto pit : fn_type->get_parameters())
      {
    type_base_sptr t = pit->get_type();
    record_artifact_as_used_by(t.get(),
                   const_cast<function_type*>(fn_type));
      }
  }
 
  /// Record the sub-types of a function type as being used by it.
  ///
  /// @param fn_type the function decl to consider.
  void
  record_artifacts_as_used_in_fn_type(const function_type_sptr& fn_type)
  {record_artifacts_as_used_in_fn_type(fn_type.get());}
#endif
 
  /// This function must be called on each declaration that is created
  /// during the parsing.  It adds the declaration to the scope that
  /// its XML node belongs to and updates the state of the parsing
  /// context accordingly.
  ///
  /// @param decl the newly created declaration.
  ///
  /// @param node the xml node @p decl originated from.
  void
  push_decl_to_scope(const decl_base_sptr& decl, xmlNodePtr node)
  {
    scope_decl* scope = nullptr;
    scope = get_scope_ptr_for_node(node);
    return push_decl_to_scope(decl, scope);
  }
 
  /// This function must be called on each declaration that is created during
  /// the parsing.  It adds the declaration to the current scope, and updates
  /// the state of the parsing context accordingly.
  ///
  /// @param decl the newly created declaration.
  void
  push_decl_to_scope(const decl_base_sptr& decl,
             scope_decl* scope)
  {
    ABG_ASSERT(decl);
    if (scope)
      {
    add_decl_to_scope(decl, scope);
    if (!decl->get_translation_unit())
      decl->set_translation_unit(get_translation_unit());
    ABG_ASSERT(decl->get_translation_unit());
      }
    push_decl(decl);
  }
 
  /// This function must be called on each type decl that is created
  /// during the parsing.  It adds the type decl to the current scope
  /// and associates a unique ID to it.
  ///
  /// @param t type_decl
  ///
  /// @param id the unique ID to be associated to t
  ///
  /// @param scope the scope to add the type to.
  ///
  /// @return true upon successful completion.
  ///
  bool
  push_and_key_type_decl(const type_base_sptr& t,
             const string& id,
             scope_decl* scope)
  {
    decl_base_sptr decl = get_type_declaration(t);
    ABG_ASSERT(decl);
 
    push_decl_to_scope(decl, scope);
    if (!t->get_translation_unit())
      t->set_translation_unit(get_translation_unit());
    ABG_ASSERT(t->get_translation_unit());
    key_type_decl(t, id);
    return true;
  }
 
  /// This function must be called on each type decl that is created
  /// during the parsing.  It adds the type decl to the current scope
  /// and associates a unique ID to it.
  ///
  /// @param t the type to consider.
  ///
  /// @param node the XML it originates from.
  ///
  /// @return true upon successful completion.
  ///
  bool
  push_and_key_type_decl(const type_base_sptr& t,
             const xmlNodePtr node,
             bool add_to_current_scope)
  {
    string id;
    if (!read_type_id_string(node, id))
      return false;
 
    scope_decl* scope = nullptr;
    if (add_to_current_scope && !is_unique_type(t))
      scope = get_scope_ptr_for_node(node);
    return push_and_key_type_decl(t, id, scope);
  }
 
  /// Getter for the object that determines if a given declaration
  /// ought to be put in the set of exported decls of the current
  /// corpus.
  ///
  /// @return the exported decls builder.
  corpus::exported_decls_builder*
  get_exported_decls_builder()
  {return corpus()->get_exported_decls_builder().get();}
 
  /// Test if there are suppression specifications (associated to the
  /// current corpus) that match a given SONAME or file name.
  ///
  /// @param soname the SONAME to consider.
  ///
  /// @param the file name to consider.
  ///
  /// @return true iff there are suppression specifications (associated to the
  /// current corpus) that match the SONAME denoted by @p soname or
  /// the file name denoted by @p filename.
  bool
  corpus_is_suppressed_by_soname_or_filename(const string& soname,
                         const string& filename)
  {
    using suppr::suppressions_type;
    using suppr::file_suppression_sptr;
    using suppr::is_file_suppression;
 
    for (suppressions_type::const_iterator s = suppressions().begin();
     s != suppressions().end();
     ++s)
      if (file_suppression_sptr suppr = is_file_suppression(*s))
    if (suppr::suppression_matches_soname_or_filename(soname, filename,
                              *suppr))
      return true;
 
    return false;
  }
 
  /// Clear all the data that must absolutely be cleared at the end of
  /// the parsing of a translation unit.
  void
  clear_per_translation_unit_data()
  {
  }
 
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_SELF_COMPARISON
  /// Perform a debugging routine for the "self-comparison" mode.
  ///
  /// This is done when this command is on:
  ///
  ///   "abidw --debug-abidiff".
  ///
  /// Consider a type 't' built from an XML element from the abixml
  /// reader and that has just been canonicalized.
  ///
  /// This function checks if the canonical type of 't' is the same as
  /// the canonical type of the type which was saved into the abixml
  /// with the same "type-id" as the one of 't'.
  ///
  /// Note that at abixml saving time, a debugging file was saved on
  /// disk to record the mapping of canonical type pointers and their
  /// type-ids.  Right before reading the abixml again, that file was
  /// read again and the mapping was loaded in the map returned by
  /// environment::get_type_id_canonical_type_map().
  void
  maybe_check_abixml_canonical_type_stability(type_base_sptr& t)
  {
    if (!get_environment().self_comparison_debug_is_on()
    || get_environment().get_type_id_canonical_type_map().empty())
      return ;
 
    if (class_decl_sptr c = is_class_type(t))
      if (odr_is_relevant(*c) && c->get_is_declaration_only())
    // Declaration-only classes don't have canonical types in
    // environments where ODR is relevant (like in C++).
    return;
 
    // Let's get the type-id of this type as recorded in the
    // originating abixml file.
    string type_id =
      get_environment().get_type_id_from_pointer(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(t.get()));
 
    if (!type_id.empty())
      {
    // Now let's get the canonical type that initially led to the
    // serialization of a type with this type-id, when the abixml
    // was being serialized.
    auto j = get_environment().get_type_id_canonical_type_map().find(type_id);
    if (j == get_environment().get_type_id_canonical_type_map().end())
      {
        if (t->get_naked_canonical_type())
          std::cerr << "error: no type with type-id: '"
            << type_id
            << "' could be read back from the typeid file\n";
      }
    else if (j->second
         != reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(t->get_canonical_type().get()))
      // So the canonical type of 't' (at abixml de-serialization
      // time) is different from the canonical type that led to
      // the serialization of 't' at abixml serialization time.
      // Report this because it needs further debugging.
      std::cerr << "error: canonical type for type '"
            << t->get_pretty_representation(/*internal=*/true,
                            /*qualified=*/true)
            << "' of type-id '" << type_id
            << "' changed from '" << std::hex
            << j->second << "' to '" << std::hex
            << reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(t->get_canonical_type().get())
            << std::dec
            << "'\n";
        }
  }
#endif
 
  /// Schedule a type for being canonicalized after the current
  /// translation unit is read.
  ///
  /// @param t the type to consider for canonicalization.
  void
  schedule_type_for_canonicalization(type_base_sptr t)
  {
    if (t)
      m_types_to_canonicalize.push_back(t);
  }
 
  /// Perform the canonicalizing of types that ought to be done after
  /// the current translation unit is read.  This function is called
  /// when the current corpus is fully built.
  void
  perform_type_canonicalization()
  {
    tools_utils::timer cn_timer;
    if (do_log())
      {
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader is going to canonicalize "
          << m_types_to_canonicalize.size()
          << " types";
    corpus_sptr c = corpus();
    if (c)
      std::cerr << " of corpus " << corpus()->get_path() << "\n";
    cn_timer.start();
      }
 
 
    ir::hash_and_canonicalize_types(m_types_to_canonicalize.begin(),
                    m_types_to_canonicalize.end(),
                    [](const vector<type_base_sptr>::const_iterator& i)
                    {return *i;},
                    do_log());
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    cn_timer.stop();
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: canonicalized all types in: " << cn_timer << "\n";
      }
  }
 
  /// Test whether if a given function suppression matches a function
  /// designated by a regular expression that describes its name.
  ///
  /// @param s the suppression specification to evaluate to see if it
  /// matches a given function name.
  ///
  /// @param fn_name the name of the function of interest.  Note that
  /// this name must be *non* qualified.
  ///
  /// @return true iff the suppression specification @p s matches the
  /// function whose name is @p fn_name.
  bool
  suppression_matches_function_name(const suppr::function_suppression_sptr& s,
                    const string& fn_name) const
  {
    if (!s)
      return false;
    return suppression_matches_function_name(*s, fn_name);
  }
 
  /// Tests if a suppression specification can match ABI artifacts
  /// coming from the ABI corpus being analyzed.
  ///
  /// This tests if the suppression matches the soname of and binary
  /// name of the corpus being analyzed.
  ///
  /// @param s the suppression specification to consider.
  bool
  suppression_can_match(const suppr::suppression_base& s) const
  {
    corpus_sptr corp = corpus();
 
    if (!s.priv_->matches_soname(corp->get_soname()))
      if (s.has_soname_related_property())
    // The suppression has some SONAME related properties, but
    // none of them match the SONAME of the current binary.  So
    // the suppression cannot match the current binary.
    return false;
 
    if (!s.priv_->matches_binary_name(corp->get_path()))
      if (s.has_file_name_related_property())
    // The suppression has some file_name related properties, but
    // none of them match the file name of the current binary.  So
    // the suppression cannot match the current binary.
    return false;
 
    return true;
  }
 
  /// Test whether if a given function suppression matches a function
  /// designated by a regular expression that describes its name.
  ///
  /// @param s the suppression specification to evaluate to see if it
  /// matches a given function name.
  ///
  /// @param fn_name the name of the function of interest.  Note that
  /// this name must be *non* qualified.
  ///
  /// @return true iff the suppression specification @p s matches the
  /// function whose name is @p fn_name.
  bool
  suppression_matches_function_name(const suppr::function_suppression& s,
                    const string& fn_name) const
  {
    if (!s.get_drops_artifact_from_ir()
    || !suppression_can_match(s))
      return false;
 
    return suppr::suppression_matches_function_name(s, fn_name);
  }
 
  /// Test if a given type suppression specification matches a type
  /// designated by its name and location.
  ///
  /// @param s the suppression specification to consider.
  ///
  /// @param type_name the fully qualified type name to consider.
  ///
  /// @param type_location the type location to consider.
  ///
  /// @return true iff the type suppression specification matches a
  /// type of a given name and location.
  bool
  suppression_matches_type_name_or_location(const suppr::type_suppression& s,
                        const string& type_name,
                        const location& type_location) const
  {
    if (!suppression_can_match(s))
      return false;
 
    return suppr::suppression_matches_type_name_or_location(s, type_name,
                                type_location);
  }
 
  virtual ir::corpus_sptr
  read_corpus(fe_iface::status& status)
  {
    tools_utils::timer global_timer;
    global_timer.start();
 
    corpus_sptr nil;
 
    xml::reader_sptr xml_reader = get_libxml_reader();
    if (!xml_reader)
      return nil;
 
    // This is to remember to call xmlTextReaderNext if we ever call
    // xmlTextReaderExpand.
    bool call_reader_next = false;
 
    xmlNodePtr node = get_corpus_node();
    if (!node)
      {
    // The document must start with the abi-corpus node.
    int status = 1;
    while (status == 1
           && XML_READER_GET_NODE_TYPE(xml_reader) != XML_READER_TYPE_ELEMENT)
      status = advance_cursor (*this);
 
    if (status != 1 || !xmlStrEqual (XML_READER_GET_NODE_NAME(xml_reader).get(),
                     BAD_CAST("abi-corpus")))
      return nil;
 
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_SELF_COMPARISON
    if (get_environment().self_comparison_debug_is_on())
      get_environment().set_self_comparison_debug_input(corpus());
#endif
 
    ir::corpus& corp = *corpus();
 
    corp.set_origin(corpus::NATIVE_XML_ORIGIN);
 
    handle_version_attribute(xml_reader, corp);
 
    xml::xml_char_sptr path_str = XML_READER_GET_ATTRIBUTE(xml_reader, "path");
    string path;
 
    if (path_str)
      {
        path = reinterpret_cast<char*>(path_str.get());
        corpus_path(path);
        corp.set_path(path);
      }
 
    xml::xml_char_sptr architecture_str =
      XML_READER_GET_ATTRIBUTE(xml_reader, "architecture");
    if (architecture_str)
      corp.set_architecture_name
        (reinterpret_cast<char*>(architecture_str.get()));
 
    xml::xml_char_sptr soname_str =
      XML_READER_GET_ATTRIBUTE(xml_reader, "soname");
    string soname;
 
    if (soname_str)
      {
        soname = reinterpret_cast<char*>(soname_str.get());
        dt_soname(soname);
        corp.set_soname(soname);
      }
 
    // Apply suppression specifications here to honour:
    //
    //   [suppress_file]
    //     (soname_regexp
    //      |soname_not_regexp
    //      |file_name_regexp
    //      |file_name_not_regexp) = <soname-or-file-name>
    if ((!soname.empty() || !path.empty())
        && corpus_is_suppressed_by_soname_or_filename(soname, path))
      return nil;
 
    node = xmlTextReaderExpand(xml_reader.get());
    if (!node)
      return nil;
 
    call_reader_next = true;
      }
    else
      {
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_SELF_COMPARISON
    if (get_environment().self_comparison_debug_is_on())
      get_environment().set_self_comparison_debug_input(corpus());
#endif
 
    ir::corpus& corp = *corpus();
    corp.set_origin(corpus::NATIVE_XML_ORIGIN);
 
    xml::xml_char_sptr path_str = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "path");
    if (path_str)
      corp.set_path(reinterpret_cast<char*>(path_str.get()));
 
    xml::xml_char_sptr architecture_str =
      XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "architecture");
    if (architecture_str)
      corp.set_architecture_name
        (reinterpret_cast<char*>(architecture_str.get()));
 
    xml::xml_char_sptr soname_str =
      XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "soname");
    if (soname_str)
      corp.set_soname(reinterpret_cast<char*>(soname_str.get()));
      }
 
    // If the corpus element node has children nodes, make
    // get_corpus_node() returns the first child element node of
    // the corpus element that *needs* to be processed.
    if (node->children)
      {
    xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
    set_corpus_node(n);
      }
 
    ir::corpus& corp = *corpus();
 
    tools_utils::timer t;
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: mapping XML nodes to type ID "
          << "for corpus " << corp.get_path()
          << "...\n";
    t.start();
      }
 
    walk_xml_node_to_map_type_ids(*this, node);
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    t.stop();
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: mapped XML nodes to type ID "
          << "for corpus " << corp.get_path()
          << " in: "
          << t
          << "\n";
      }
 
    // Read the needed element
    vector<string> needed;
    read_elf_needed_from_input(*this, needed);
    if (!needed.empty())
      corp.set_needed(needed);
 
    string_elf_symbols_map_sptr fn_sym_db(new string_elf_symbols_map_type),
      var_sym_db(new string_elf_symbols_map_type);
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: reading symbols information "
          << "for corpus " << corp.get_path()
          << " ...\n";
    t.start();
      }
 
    // Read the symbol databases.
    string_strings_map_type non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases, non_resolved_var_syms_aliases;
    read_symbol_db_from_input(*this, fn_sym_db, var_sym_db,
                  non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases,
                  non_resolved_var_syms_aliases);
    resolve_symbol_aliases(fn_sym_db, var_sym_db,
               non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases,
               non_resolved_var_syms_aliases);
 
    // Note that it's possible that both fn_sym_db and var_sym_db are nil,
    // due to potential suppression specifications.  That's fine.
    corp.set_symtab(symtab_reader::symtab::load(fn_sym_db, var_sym_db));
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    t.stop();
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: read symbols information "
          << "for corpus " << corp.get_path()
          << " in: "
          << t
          << "\n";
      }
 
    get_environment().canonicalization_is_done(false);
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: building IR "
          << "for corpus " << corp.get_path()
          << "...\n";
    t.start();
      }
 
    // Read the translation units.
    while (read_translation_unit_from_input(*this))
      ;
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    t.stop();
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: built IR "
          << "for corpus " << corp.get_path()
          << " in: " << t << "\n";
      }
 
    if (tracking_non_reachable_types())
      {
    bool is_tracking_non_reachable_types = false;
    read_tracking_non_reachable_types(node, is_tracking_non_reachable_types);
 
    ABG_ASSERT
      (corp.recording_types_reachable_from_public_interface_supported()
       == is_tracking_non_reachable_types);
      }
 
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: canonicalizing types "
          << "for corpus " << corp.get_path()
          << " ...\n";
    t.start();
      }
 
    perform_type_canonicalization();
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    t.stop();
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: canonicalized types for corpus "
          << corpus()->get_path()
          << " in :" << t << "\n";
      }
 
    get_environment().canonicalization_is_done(true);
 
    if (call_reader_next)
      {
    // This is the necessary counter-part of the xmlTextReaderExpand()
    // call at the beginning of the function.
    xmlTextReaderNext(xml_reader.get());
    // The call above invalidates the xml node returned by
    // xmlTextReaderExpand, which is can still be accessed via
    // set_corpus_node.
    set_corpus_node(0);
      }
    else
      {
    node = get_corpus_node();
    node = xmlNextElementSibling(node);
    if (!node)
      {
        node = get_corpus_node();
        if (node)
          node = xmlNextElementSibling(node->parent);
      }
    set_corpus_node(node);
      }
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: sorting functions and variables for corpus "
          << corp.get_path()
          << "\n";
    t.start();
      }
 
    corpus()->sort_functions();
    corpus()->sort_variables();
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    t.stop();
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: sorted functions and variables for corpus "
          << corpus()->get_path()
          << " in " << t
          << "\n";
      }
 
    if (do_log())
      {
    global_timer.stop();
    std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: Analyzed corpus " << corpus()->get_path()
          << " in " << global_timer << "\n";
    std::cerr << "======================================================\n";
      }
 
    status = STATUS_OK;
    return corpus();
  }
};// end class reader
 
typedef shared_ptr<reader> reader_sptr;
 
static int  advance_cursor(reader&);
static bool read_translation_unit(fe_iface&, translation_unit&, xmlNodePtr);
static translation_unit_sptr get_or_read_and_add_translation_unit(reader&, xmlNodePtr);
static translation_unit_sptr read_translation_unit_from_input(fe_iface&);
static bool read_symbol_db_from_input(reader&,
                      string_elf_symbols_map_sptr&,
                      string_elf_symbols_map_sptr&,
                      string_strings_map_type&,
                      string_strings_map_type&);
static bool read_location(const reader&, xmlNodePtr, location&);
static bool read_artificial_location(const reader&,
                     xmlNodePtr, location&);
static bool     maybe_set_artificial_location(const reader&,
                          xmlNodePtr,
                          type_or_decl_base_sptr);
static bool read_visibility(xmlNodePtr, decl_base::visibility&);
static bool read_binding(xmlNodePtr, decl_base::binding&);
static bool read_access(xmlNodePtr, access_specifier&);
static bool read_size_and_alignment(xmlNodePtr, size_t&, size_t&);
static bool read_static(xmlNodePtr, bool&);
static bool read_offset_in_bits(xmlNodePtr, size_t&);
static bool read_cdtor_const(xmlNodePtr, bool&, bool&, bool&);
static bool read_is_virtual(xmlNodePtr, bool&);
static bool read_is_struct(xmlNodePtr, bool&);
static bool read_is_anonymous(xmlNodePtr, bool&);
static bool read_elf_symbol_type(xmlNodePtr, elf_symbol::type&);
static bool read_elf_symbol_binding(xmlNodePtr, elf_symbol::binding&);
static bool read_elf_symbol_visibility(xmlNodePtr,
                       elf_symbol::visibility&);
static bool read_type_hash_and_cti(xmlNodePtr, uint64_t& hash,
                       uint64_t& cti);
static void read_hash_and_stash(const xmlNodePtr,
                    const type_or_decl_base_sptr&);
static namespace_decl_sptr
build_namespace_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
// <build a c++ class from an instance of xmlNodePtr>
//
// Note that whenever a new function to build a type is added here,
// you should make sure to call it from the build_type function, which
// should be the last function of the list of declarated function
// below.
 
static elf_symbol_sptr
build_elf_symbol(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static elf_symbol_sptr
build_elf_symbol_from_reference(reader&, const xmlNodePtr);
 
static bool
build_elf_symbol_db(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool,
            string_elf_symbols_map_sptr&,
            string_strings_map_type&);
 
static function_decl::parameter_sptr
build_function_parameter (reader&, const xmlNodePtr);
 
static function_decl_sptr
build_function_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr,
            class_or_union_sptr, bool, bool);
 
static function_decl_sptr
build_function_decl_if_not_suppressed(reader&, const xmlNodePtr,
                      class_or_union_sptr, bool, bool);
 
static bool
function_is_suppressed(const reader& rdr,
               xmlNodePtr node);
 
static var_decl_sptr
build_var_decl_if_not_suppressed(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static var_decl_sptr
build_var_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static bool
variable_is_suppressed(const reader& rdr,
               xmlNodePtr node);
 
static shared_ptr<type_decl>
build_type_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static qualified_type_def_sptr
build_qualified_type_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static shared_ptr<pointer_type_def>
build_pointer_type_def(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static shared_ptr<reference_type_def>
build_reference_type_def(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static ptr_to_mbr_type_sptr
build_ptr_to_mbr_type(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static shared_ptr<function_type>
build_function_type(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static array_type_def::subrange_sptr
build_subrange_type(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static array_type_def_sptr
build_array_type_def(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static enum_type_decl_sptr
build_enum_type_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static shared_ptr<typedef_decl>
build_typedef_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static class_decl_sptr
build_class_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static union_decl_sptr
build_union_decl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static shared_ptr<function_tdecl>
build_function_tdecl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static shared_ptr<class_tdecl>
build_class_tdecl(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
static type_tparameter_sptr
build_type_tparameter(reader&, const xmlNodePtr,
              unsigned, template_decl_sptr);
 
static type_composition_sptr
build_type_composition(reader&, const xmlNodePtr,
               unsigned, template_decl_sptr);
 
static non_type_tparameter_sptr
build_non_type_tparameter(reader&, const xmlNodePtr,
              unsigned, template_decl_sptr);
 
static template_tparameter_sptr
build_template_tparameter(reader&, const xmlNodePtr,
              unsigned, template_decl_sptr);
 
static template_parameter_sptr
build_template_parameter(reader&, const xmlNodePtr,
             unsigned, template_decl_sptr);
 
// Please make this build_type function be the last one of the list.
// Note that it should call each type-building function above.  So
// please make sure to update it accordingly, whenever a new
// type-building function is added here.
static shared_ptr<type_base>
build_type(reader&, const xmlNodePtr, bool);
// </build a c++ class  from an instance of xmlNodePtr>
 
static type_or_decl_base_sptr   handle_element_node(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_type_decl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_namespace_decl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_qualified_type_decl(reader&,
                           xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_pointer_type_def(reader&,
                        xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_reference_type_def(reader&,
                          xmlNodePtr, bool);
static type_base_sptr   handle_function_type(reader&,
                         xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_array_type_def(reader&,
                          xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_enum_type_decl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_typedef_decl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_var_decl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_function_decl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_class_decl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_union_decl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_function_tdecl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
static decl_base_sptr   handle_class_tdecl(reader&, xmlNodePtr, bool);
 
#ifdef WITH_SHOW_TYPE_USE_IN_ABILINT
#define RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, used, user) \
  rdr.record_artifact_as_used_by(used,user)
#define RECORD_ARTIFACTS_AS_USED_IN_FN_DECL(rdr, fn) \
  rdr.record_artifacts_as_used_in_fn_decl(fn)
#define RECORD_ARTIFACTS_AS_USED_IN_FN_TYPE(rdr, fn_type)\
  rdr.record_artifacts_as_used_in_fn_type(fn_type)
#else
#define RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, used, user)
#define RECORD_ARTIFACTS_AS_USED_IN_FN_DECL(rdr, fn)
#define RECORD_ARTIFACTS_AS_USED_IN_FN_TYPE(rdr, fn_type)
#endif
 
/// Get the IR node representing the scope for a given XML node.
///
/// This function might trigger the building of a full sub-tree of IR.
///
/// @param node the XML for which to return the scope decl.  If its
/// parent XML node has no corresponding IR node, that IR node is constructed.
///
/// @param access the access specifier of the node in its scope, if
/// applicable.  If the node doesn't have any access specifier
/// provided in its scope, then the parameter is set to no_access.
///
/// @return the IR node representing the scope of the IR node for the
/// XML node given in argument.
scope_decl_sptr
reader::get_scope_for_node(xmlNodePtr node, access_specifier& access)
{
  scope_decl_sptr nil, scope;
  if (!node)
    return nil;
 
  xmlNodePtr parent = node->parent;
  access = no_access;
  if (parent
      && (xmlStrEqual(parent->name, BAD_CAST("data-member"))
      || xmlStrEqual(parent->name, BAD_CAST("member-type"))
      || xmlStrEqual(parent->name, BAD_CAST("member-function"))
      || xmlStrEqual(parent->name, BAD_CAST("member-template"))
      || xmlStrEqual(parent->name, BAD_CAST("template-parameter-type-composition"))
      || xmlStrEqual(parent->name, BAD_CAST("array-type-def"))))
    {
      read_access(parent, access);
      parent = parent->parent;
    }
 
  xml_node_decl_base_sptr_map::const_iterator i =
    get_xml_node_decl_map().find(parent);
  if (i == get_xml_node_decl_map().end())
    {
      if (xmlStrEqual(parent->name, BAD_CAST("abi-instr")))
    {
      translation_unit_sptr tu =
        get_or_read_and_add_translation_unit(*this, parent);
      return tu->get_global_scope();
    }
 
      access_specifier a = no_access;
      scope_decl_sptr parent_scope = get_scope_for_node(parent, a);
      push_decl(parent_scope);
      scope = dynamic_pointer_cast<scope_decl>
    (handle_element_node(*this, parent, /*add_decl_to_scope=*/true));
      ABG_ASSERT(scope);
      pop_scope_or_abort(parent_scope);
    }
  else
    scope = dynamic_pointer_cast<scope_decl>(i->second);
 
  return scope;
}
 
/// Get the IR node representing the scope for a given XML node.
///
/// This function might trigger the building of a full sub-tree of IR.
///
/// @param node the XML for which to return the scope decl.  If its
/// parent XML node has no corresponding IR node, that IR node is constructed.
///
/// @return the IR node representing the scope of the IR node for the
/// XML node given in argument.
scope_decl_sptr
reader::get_scope_for_node(xmlNodePtr node)
{
  access_specifier access;
  return get_scope_for_node(node, access);
}
 
/// Get the IR node representing the scope for a given XML node.
///
/// This function might trigger the building of a full sub-tree of IR.
///
/// @param node the XML for which to return the scope decl.  If its
/// parent XML node has no corresponding IR node, that IR node is constructed.
///
/// @return the IR node representing the scope of the IR node for the
/// XML node given in argument.
scope_decl*
reader::get_scope_ptr_for_node(xmlNodePtr node)
{
  scope_decl_sptr scope = get_scope_for_node(node);
  if (scope)
    return scope.get();
  return nullptr;
}
 
/// Get the type declaration IR node that matches a given XML type node ID.
///
/// If no IR node has been built for this ID, this function builds the
/// type declaration IR node and returns it.  Subsequent invocation of
/// this function with this ID will just return that ID previously returned.
///
/// @param id the XML node ID to consider.
///
/// @return the type declaration for the ID given in parameter.
type_base_sptr
reader::build_or_get_type_decl(const string& id, bool add_decl_to_scope)
{
  type_base_sptr t = get_type_decl(id);
 
  if (!t)
    {
      xmlNodePtr n = get_xml_node_from_id(id);
      ABG_ASSERT(n);
 
      scope_decl_sptr scope;
      access_specifier access = no_access;
      if (add_decl_to_scope)
    {
      scope = get_scope_for_node(n, access);
      /// In some cases, if for instance the scope of 'n' is a
      /// namespace, get_scope_for_node() can trigger the building
      /// of what is underneath of the namespace, if that has not
      /// already been done.  So after that, the IR node for 'n'
      /// might have been built; let's try to see if we are in
      /// that case.  Otherwise, we'll just build the IR node for
      /// 'n' ourselves.
      if ((t = get_type_decl(id)))
        return t;
      ABG_ASSERT(scope);
      push_decl(scope);
    }
 
      t = build_type(*this, n, add_decl_to_scope);
      ABG_ASSERT(t);
      if (is_member_type(t) && access != no_access)
    {
      ABG_ASSERT(add_decl_to_scope);
      decl_base_sptr d = get_type_declaration(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(d);
      set_member_access_specifier(d, access);
    }
      map_xml_node_to_decl(n, get_type_declaration(t));
 
      if (add_decl_to_scope)
    pop_scope_or_abort(scope);
 
      schedule_type_for_canonicalization(t);
    }
  return t;
}
 
/// Moves the xmlTextReader cursor to the next xml node in the input
/// document.  Return 1 of the parsing was successful, 0 if no input
/// xml token is left, or -1 in case of error.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader
///
static int
advance_cursor(reader& rdr)
{
  xml::reader_sptr reader = rdr.get_libxml_reader();
  return xmlTextReaderRead(reader.get());
}
 
/// Walk an entire XML sub-tree to build a map where the key is the
/// the value of the 'id' attribute (for type definitions) and the value
/// is the xml node containing the 'id' attribute.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the reader.
///
/// @param node the XML sub-tree node to walk.  It must be an element
/// node.
static void
walk_xml_node_to_map_type_ids(reader& rdr,
                  xmlNodePtr node)
{
  xmlNodePtr n = node;
 
  if (!n || n->type != XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
    return;
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(n, "id"))
    {
      string id = CHAR_STR(s);
      rdr.map_id_and_node(id, n);
    }
 
  for (n = xmlFirstElementChild(n); n; n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    walk_xml_node_to_map_type_ids(rdr, n);
}
 
static bool
read_translation_unit(fe_iface& iface, translation_unit& tu, xmlNodePtr node)
{
  abixml::reader& rdr = dynamic_cast<abixml::reader&>(iface);
 
  if (!rdr.corpus()->is_empty())
    tu.set_corpus(rdr.corpus().get());
 
  xml::xml_char_sptr addrsize_str =
    XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "address-size");
  if (addrsize_str)
    {
      char address_size = atoi(reinterpret_cast<char*>(addrsize_str.get()));
      tu.set_address_size(address_size);
    }
 
  xml::xml_char_sptr path_str = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "path");
  if (path_str)
    tu.set_path(reinterpret_cast<char*>(path_str.get()));
 
  xml::xml_char_sptr comp_dir_path_str =
    XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "comp-dir-path");
  if (comp_dir_path_str)
    tu.set_compilation_dir_path(reinterpret_cast<char*>
                (comp_dir_path_str.get()));
 
  xml::xml_char_sptr language_str = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "language");
  if (language_str)
    tu.set_language(string_to_translation_unit_language
             (reinterpret_cast<char*>(language_str.get())));
 
 
  // We are at global scope, as we've just seen the top-most
  // "abi-instr" element.
  rdr.push_decl(tu.get_global_scope());
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, tu.get_global_scope());
 
  if (rdr.get_id_xml_node_map().empty()
      || !rdr.corpus())
    walk_xml_node_to_map_type_ids(rdr, node);
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    handle_element_node(rdr, n, /*add_decl_to_scope=*/true);
 
  rdr.pop_scope_or_abort(tu.get_global_scope());
 
  xml::reader_sptr reader = rdr.get_libxml_reader();
  if (!reader)
    return false;
 
  rdr.clear_per_translation_unit_data();
 
  return true;
}
 
/// Read a given xml node representing a tranlsation unit.
///
/// If the current corpus already contains a translation unit of the
/// path of the xml node we need to look at, then return that
/// translation unit.  Otherwise, read the translation unit, build a
/// @ref translation_unit out of it, add it to the current corpus and
/// return it.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.
///
/// @return the resulting translation unit.
static translation_unit_sptr
get_or_read_and_add_translation_unit(reader& rdr, xmlNodePtr node)
{
  corpus_sptr corp = rdr.corpus();
 
  translation_unit_sptr tu;
  string tu_path;
  xml::xml_char_sptr path_str = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "path");
 
  if (corp && !corp->is_empty())
    {
      if (path_str.get())
    tu_path = reinterpret_cast<char*>(path_str.get());
      tu = corp->find_translation_unit(tu_path);
      if (tu)
    return tu;
    }
 
  tu.reset(new translation_unit(rdr.get_environment(), tu_path));
  if (corp && !corp->is_empty())
    corp->add(tu);
 
  if (read_translation_unit(rdr, *tu, node))
    return tu;
 
  return translation_unit_sptr();
}
 
/// Parse the input XML document containing a translation_unit,
/// represented by an 'abi-instr' element node, associated to the current
/// context.
///
/// @param rdr the current input context
///
/// @return the translation unit resulting from the parsing upon
/// successful completion, or nil.
static translation_unit_sptr
read_translation_unit_from_input(fe_iface& iface)
{
  translation_unit_sptr tu, nil;
 
  abixml::reader& rdr = dynamic_cast<abixml::reader&>(iface);
 
  xmlNodePtr node = rdr.get_corpus_node();
  if (!node)
    {
      xml::reader_sptr reader = rdr.get_libxml_reader();
      if (!reader)
    return nil;
 
      // The document must start with the abi-instr node.
      int status = 1;
      while (status == 1
         && XML_READER_GET_NODE_TYPE(reader) != XML_READER_TYPE_ELEMENT)
    status = advance_cursor (rdr);
 
      if (status != 1 || !xmlStrEqual (XML_READER_GET_NODE_NAME(reader).get(),
                       BAD_CAST("abi-instr")))
    return nil;
 
      node = xmlTextReaderExpand(reader.get());
      if (!node)
    return nil;
    }
  else
    {
      node = 0;
      for (xmlNodePtr n = rdr.get_corpus_node();
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (!xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("abi-instr")))
        return nil;
      node = n;
      break;
    }
    }
 
  if (node == 0)
    return nil;
 
  tu = get_or_read_and_add_translation_unit(rdr, node);
 
  if (rdr.get_corpus_node())
    {
      // We are not in the mode where the current corpus node came
      // from a local invocation of xmlTextReaderExpand.  So let's set
      // rdr.get_corpus_node to the next child element node of the
      // corpus that needs to be processed.
      node = xmlNextElementSibling(node);
      rdr.set_corpus_node(node);
    }
 
  return tu;
}
 
/// Parse the input XML document that may contain function symbol and
/// variable symbol databases.
///
/// A function symbols database is an XML element named
/// "elf-function-symbols" or "undefined-elf-function-symbols" and a
/// variable symbols database is an XML element named
/// "elf-variable-symbols." or "undefined-elf-variable-symbols".  They
/// contains "elf-symbol" XML elements.
///
/// @param rdr the reader to use for the parsing.
///
/// @param fn_symdb any resulting function symbol database object, if
/// elf-function-symbols was present.
///
/// @param var_symdb any resulting variable symbol database object, if
/// elf-variable-symbols was present.
///
/// @param non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases this is a map that associates
/// a function symbol name N to a vector of alias symbol names that
/// are aliases to N.  Normally, N is a function symbol that has
/// aliases that are other symbols that are usually function symbols
/// that should be found (or resolved) in @p fn_symdb.  If all symbol
/// aliases resolve to symbols in @p fn_symdb then this map is empty.
/// Otherwise, if these alias symbols are not found in @p fn_symbd,
/// then they are stored in this map.  The caller of this function
/// might then subsequently try to resolve these elf alias symbols to
/// variable symbols found in @p var_symdb.  Note that a function
/// symbol aliasing variable symbols is a feature found in ELF
/// binaries emitted from the OCaml language on platforms like s390x
/// or ppcle.
///
/// @param non_resolved_var_syms_aliases this is a map that associates
/// a variable symbol name N to a vector of alias symbol names that
/// are aliases to N.  Normally, N is a variable symbol that has
/// aliases that are other symbols that are usually variable symbols
/// that should be found (or resolved) in @p var_symdb.  If all symbol
/// aliases resolve to symbols in @p var_symdb then this map is empty.
/// Otherwise, if these alias symbols are not found in @p var_symbd,
/// then they are stored in this map.  The caller of this function
/// might then subsequently try to resolve these elf alias symbols to
/// function symbols found in @p fn_symdb.  Note that a variable
/// symbol aliasing function symbols is a feature found in ELF
/// binaries emitted from the OCaml language on platforms like s390x
/// or ppcle.
///
/// @return true upon successful parsing, false otherwise.
static bool
read_symbol_db_from_input(reader&           rdr,
              string_elf_symbols_map_sptr&  fn_symdb,
              string_elf_symbols_map_sptr&  var_symdb,
              string_strings_map_type&  non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases,
              string_strings_map_type&  non_resolved_var_syms_aliases)
{
  xml::reader_sptr reader = rdr.get_libxml_reader();
  if (!reader)
    return false;
 
  if (!rdr.get_corpus_node())
    for (;;)
      {
    int status = 1;
    while (status == 1
           && XML_READER_GET_NODE_TYPE(reader) != XML_READER_TYPE_ELEMENT)
      status = advance_cursor (rdr);
 
    if (status != 1)
      return false;
 
    bool has_fn_syms = false, has_undefined_fn_syms = false,
      has_var_syms = false, has_undefined_var_syms = false;
    if (xmlStrEqual (XML_READER_GET_NODE_NAME(reader).get(),
             BAD_CAST("elf-function-symbols")))
      has_fn_syms = true;
    else if (xmlStrEqual (XML_READER_GET_NODE_NAME(reader).get(),
                  BAD_CAST("elf-variable-symbols")))
      has_var_syms = true;
    else if (xmlStrEqual (XML_READER_GET_NODE_NAME(reader).get(),
                  BAD_CAST("undefined-elf-function-symbols")))
      has_undefined_fn_syms = true;
    else if (xmlStrEqual (XML_READER_GET_NODE_NAME(reader).get(),
                  BAD_CAST("undefined-elf-variable-symbols")))
      has_undefined_var_syms = true;
    else
      break;
 
    xmlNodePtr node = xmlTextReaderExpand(reader.get());
    if (!node)
      return false;
 
    if (has_fn_syms)
      build_elf_symbol_db(rdr, node, /*function_sym=*/true, fn_symdb,
                  non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases);
    else if (has_undefined_fn_syms)
      build_elf_symbol_db(rdr, node, /*function_sym=*/true, fn_symdb,
                  non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases);
    else if (has_var_syms)
      build_elf_symbol_db(rdr, node, /*function_sym=*/false, var_symdb,
                  non_resolved_var_syms_aliases);
    else if (has_undefined_var_syms)
      build_elf_symbol_db(rdr, node, /*function_sym=*/false, var_symdb,
                  non_resolved_var_syms_aliases);
 
    xmlTextReaderNext(reader.get());
      }
  else
    for (xmlNodePtr n = rdr.get_corpus_node(); n; n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
      {
    bool has_fn_syms = false, has_undefined_fn_syms = false,
      has_var_syms = false, has_undefined_var_syms = false;
    if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("elf-function-symbols")))
      has_fn_syms = true;
    else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("undefined-elf-function-symbols")))
      has_undefined_fn_syms = true;
    else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("elf-variable-symbols")))
      has_var_syms = true;
    else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name,
                 BAD_CAST("undefined-elf-variable-symbols")))
      has_undefined_var_syms = true;
    else
      {
        rdr.set_corpus_node(n);
        break;
      }
 
    if (has_fn_syms)
      build_elf_symbol_db(rdr, n, /*function_sym=*/true, fn_symdb,
                  non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases);
    else if (has_undefined_fn_syms)
      build_elf_symbol_db(rdr, n, /*function_sym=*/true, fn_symdb,
                  non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases);
    else if (has_var_syms)
      build_elf_symbol_db(rdr, n, /*function_sym=*/false, var_symdb,
                  non_resolved_var_syms_aliases);
    else if (has_undefined_var_syms)
      build_elf_symbol_db(rdr, n, /*function_sym=*/false, var_symdb,
                  non_resolved_var_syms_aliases);
    else
      break;
      }
 
  return true;
}
 
/// From an "elf-needed" XML_ELEMENT node, build a vector of strings
/// representing the vector of the dependencies needed by a given
/// corpus.
///
/// @param node the XML_ELEMENT node of name "elf-needed".
///
/// @param needed the output vector of string to populate with the
/// vector of dependency names found on the xml node @p node.
///
/// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.
static bool
build_needed(xmlNode* node, vector<string>& needed)
{
  if (!node || !xmlStrEqual(node->name,BAD_CAST("elf-needed")))
    return false;
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (!xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("dependency")))
    continue;
 
      string name;
      if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(n, "name"))
    xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, name);
 
      if (!name.empty())
    needed.push_back(name);
    }
 
  return true;
}
 
/// Move to the next xml element node and expext it to be named
/// "elf-needed".  Then read the sub-tree to made of that node and
/// extracts a vector of needed dependencies name from it.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader used to the xml reading.
///
/// @param needed the resulting vector of dependency names.
///
/// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.
static bool
read_elf_needed_from_input(reader&  rdr,
               vector<string>&  needed)
{
  xml::reader_sptr reader = rdr.get_libxml_reader();
  if (!reader)
    return false;
 
  xmlNodePtr node = 0;
 
  if (rdr.get_corpus_node() == 0)
    {
      int status = 1;
      while (status == 1
         && XML_READER_GET_NODE_TYPE(reader) != XML_READER_TYPE_ELEMENT)
    status = advance_cursor (rdr);
 
      if (status != 1)
    return false;
 
      if (!xmlStrEqual (XML_READER_GET_NODE_NAME(reader).get(),
            BAD_CAST("elf-needed")))
    return false;
 
      node = xmlTextReaderExpand(reader.get());
      if (!node)
    return false;
    }
  else
    {
      for (xmlNodePtr n = rdr.get_corpus_node();
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (!xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("elf-needed")))
        return false;
      node = n;
      break;
    }
    }
 
  bool result = false;
  if (node)
    {
      result = build_needed(node, needed);
      node = xmlNextElementSibling(node);
      rdr.set_corpus_node(node);
    }
 
  return result;
}
 
/// Add suppressions specifications to the set of suppressions to be
/// used during the construction of the ABI internal representation
/// (the ABI corpus) from ELF and DWARF.
///
/// During the construction of the ABI corpus, ABI artifacts that
/// match the a given suppression specification are dropped on the
/// floor; that is, they are discarded and won't be part of the final
/// ABI corpus.  This is a way to reduce the amount of data held by
/// the final ABI corpus.
///
/// Note that the suppression specifications provided to this function
/// are only considered during the construction of the ABI corpus.
/// For instance, they are not taken into account during e.g
/// comparisons of two ABI corpora that might happen later.  If you
/// want to apply suppression specifications to the comparison (or
/// reporting) of ABI corpora please refer to the documentation of the
/// @ref diff_context type to learn how to set suppressions that are
/// to be used in that context.
///
/// @param rdr the context that is going to be used by functions that
/// read types and declarations information to construct and ABI
/// corpus.
///
/// @param supprs the suppression specifications to be applied during
/// the construction of the ABI corpus.
void
add_reader_suppressions(reader& rdr,
            const suppr::suppressions_type& supprs)
{
  for (suppr::suppressions_type::const_iterator i = supprs.begin();
       i != supprs.end();
       ++i)
    if ((*i)->get_drops_artifact_from_ir())
      rdr.suppressions().push_back(*i);
}
 
/// Configure the @ref reader so that types not reachable from
/// public interface are taken into account when the abixml file is
/// read.
///
/// @param rdr the @reader to consider.
///
/// @param flag if yes, then types not reachable from public interface
/// are taken into account when the abixml file is read.
void
consider_types_not_reachable_from_public_interfaces(fe_iface& iface,
                            bool flag)
{
  abixml::reader& rdr = dynamic_cast<abixml::reader&>(iface);
  rdr.tracking_non_reachable_types(flag);
}
 
#ifdef WITH_SHOW_TYPE_USE_IN_ABILINT
/// Get the vector of types that have a given type-id.
///
/// This function is available only if the project has been configured
/// with --enable-show-type-use-in-abilint.
///
/// @param rdr the abixml text reader context to use.
///
/// @param type_id the type-id to consider.
vector<type_base_sptr>*
get_types_from_type_id(fe_iface& iface, const string& type_id)
{
  xml_reader::reader& rdr = dynamic_cast<xml_reader::reader&>(iface);
  auto it = rdr.m_types_map.find(type_id);
  if (it == rdr.m_types_map.end())
    return nullptr;
  return &it->second;
}
 
/// Get the map that associates an artififact to its users.
///
/// This function is available only if the project has been configured
/// with --enable-show-type-use-in-abilint.
///
/// @param rdr the abixml text reader context to use.
unordered_map<type_or_decl_base*, vector<type_or_decl_base*>>*
get_artifact_used_by_relation_map(fe_iface& iface)
{
  xml_reader::reader& rdr = dynamic_cast<xml_reader::reader&>(iface);
  return &rdr.m_artifact_used_by_map;
}
#endif
 
/// Read the "version" attribute from the current XML element which is
/// supposed to be a corpus or a corpus group and set the format
/// version to the corpus object accordingly.
///
/// Note that this is a subroutine of read_corpus_from_input and
/// read_corpus_group_from_input.
///
/// @param reader the XML reader to consider.  That reader must be
/// set to an XML element representing a corpus or a corpus group.
///
/// @param corp output parameter.  The corpus object which format
/// version string is going to be set according to the value of the
/// "version" attribute found on the current XML element.
static void
handle_version_attribute(xml::reader_sptr& reader, corpus& corp)
{
  string version_string;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_READER_GET_ATTRIBUTE(reader, "version"))
    xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, version_string);
 
  vector<string> v;
  if (version_string.empty())
    {
      v.push_back("1");
      v.push_back("0");
    }
  else
    tools_utils::split_string(version_string, ".", v);
  corp.set_format_major_version_number(v[0]);
  corp.set_format_minor_version_number(v[1]);
}
 
/// Parse the input XML document containing an ABI corpus group,
/// represented by an 'abi-corpus-group' element node, associated to
/// the current context.
///
/// @param rdr the current input context.
///
/// @return the corpus group resulting from the parsing
corpus_group_sptr
read_corpus_group_from_input(fe_iface& iface)
{
  corpus_group_sptr nil;
 
  abixml::reader& rdr = dynamic_cast<abixml::reader&>(iface);
  xml::reader_sptr reader = rdr.get_libxml_reader();
  if (!reader)
    return nil;
 
  // The document must start with the abi-corpus-group node.
  int status = 1;
  while (status == 1
     && XML_READER_GET_NODE_TYPE(reader) != XML_READER_TYPE_ELEMENT)
    status = advance_cursor (rdr);
 
  if (status != 1 || !xmlStrEqual (XML_READER_GET_NODE_NAME(reader).get(),
                   BAD_CAST("abi-corpus-group")))
    return nil;
 
  tools_utils::timer t;
 
  if (!rdr.corpus_group())
    {
      corpus_group_sptr g(new corpus_group(rdr.get_environment(),
                       rdr.get_path()));
      g->set_origin(corpus::NATIVE_XML_ORIGIN);
      rdr.corpus_group(g);
    }
 
  corpus_group_sptr group = rdr.corpus_group();
 
  handle_version_attribute(reader, *group);
 
  xml::xml_char_sptr path_str = XML_READER_GET_ATTRIBUTE(reader, "path");
  if (path_str)
    group->set_path(reinterpret_cast<char*>(path_str.get()));
 
  if (rdr.do_log())
    {
      std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: reading corpus group : '"
        << group->get_path()
        << "' ...\n";
      t.start();
    }
 
  xmlNodePtr node = xmlTextReaderExpand(reader.get());
  if (!node)
    return nil;
 
  node = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
  rdr.set_corpus_node(node);
 
  corpus_sptr corp;
  fe_iface::status sts;
  while ((corp = rdr.read_corpus(sts)))
    {
      rdr.corpus_group()->add_corpus(corp);
      node = xmlNextElementSibling(node);
      if (!node || !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("abi-corpus")))
    break;
      rdr.initialize("");
      rdr.set_corpus_node(node);
    }
 
  xmlTextReaderNext(reader.get());
 
  if (rdr.do_log())
    {
      t.stop();
      std::cerr << "ABIXML Reader: Read corpus group : "
        << group->get_path()
        << " in: " << t << "\n";
    }
 
  return rdr.corpus_group();
}
 
/// De-serialize an ABI corpus group from an input XML document which
/// root node is 'abi-corpus-group'.
///
/// @param in the input stream to read the XML document from.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.  Note that the life time of
/// this environment must be greater than the lifetime of the
/// resulting corpus as the corpus uses resources that are allocated
/// in the environment.
///
/// @return the resulting corpus group de-serialized from the parsing.
/// This is non-null iff the parsing resulted in a valid corpus group.
corpus_group_sptr
read_corpus_group_from_abixml(std::istream* in,
                  environment&  env)
{
  fe_iface_sptr rdr = create_reader(in, env);
  return read_corpus_group_from_input(*rdr);
}
 
/// De-serialize an ABI corpus group from an XML document file which
/// root node is 'abi-corpus-group'.
///
/// @param path the path to the input file to read the XML document
/// from.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.  Note that the life time of
/// this environment must be greater than the lifetime of the
/// resulting corpus as the corpus uses resources that are allocated
/// in the environment.
///
/// @return the resulting corpus group de-serialized from the parsing.
/// This is non-null if the parsing successfully resulted in a corpus
/// group.
corpus_group_sptr
read_corpus_group_from_abixml_file(const string& path,
                   environment&  env)
{
    fe_iface_sptr rdr = create_reader(path, env);
    corpus_group_sptr group = read_corpus_group_from_input(*rdr);
    return group;
}
 
/// Parse an ABI instrumentation file (in XML format) at a given path.
///
/// @param input_file a path to the file containing the xml document
/// to parse.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.
///
/// @return the translation unit resulting from the parsing upon
/// successful completion, or nil.
translation_unit_sptr
read_translation_unit_from_file(const string&   input_file,
                environment&    env)
{
  reader rdr(xml::new_reader_from_file(input_file), env);
  translation_unit_sptr tu = read_translation_unit_from_input(rdr);
  env.canonicalization_is_done(false);
  rdr.perform_type_canonicalization();
  env.canonicalization_is_done(true);
  return tu;
}
 
/// Parse an ABI instrumentation file (in XML format) from an
/// in-memory buffer.
///
/// @param buffer the in-memory buffer containing the xml document to
/// parse.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.
///
/// @return the translation unit resulting from the parsing upon
/// successful completion, or nil.
translation_unit_sptr
read_translation_unit_from_buffer(const string& buffer,
                  environment&  env)
{
  reader rdr(xml::new_reader_from_buffer(buffer), env);
  translation_unit_sptr tu = read_translation_unit_from_input(rdr);
  env.canonicalization_is_done(false);
  rdr.perform_type_canonicalization();
  env.canonicalization_is_done(true);
  return tu;
}
 
/// Parse a translation unit from an abixml input from a given
/// context.
///
/// @param rdr the @ref reader to consider.
///
/// @return the constructed @ref translation_unit from the content of
/// the input abixml.
translation_unit_sptr
read_translation_unit(fe_iface& iface)
{
  abixml::reader& rdr = dynamic_cast<abixml::reader&>(iface);
  translation_unit_sptr tu = read_translation_unit_from_input(rdr);
  rdr.options().env.canonicalization_is_done(false);
  rdr.perform_type_canonicalization();
  rdr.options().env.canonicalization_is_done(true);
  return tu;
}
 
/// This function is called by @ref read_translation_unit_from_input.
/// It handles the current xml element node of the reading context.
/// The result of the "handling" is to build the representation of the
/// xml node and tied it to the current translation unit.
///
/// @param rdr the current parsing context.
///
/// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.
static type_or_decl_base_sptr
handle_element_node(reader& rdr, xmlNodePtr node,
            bool add_to_current_scope)
{
  type_or_decl_base_sptr decl;
  if (!node)
    return decl;
 
  ((decl = handle_namespace_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   ||(decl = handle_type_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   ||(decl = handle_qualified_type_decl(rdr, node,
                    add_to_current_scope))
   ||(decl = handle_pointer_type_def(rdr, node,
                     add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_reference_type_def(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_function_type(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_array_type_def(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_enum_type_decl(rdr, node,
                    add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_typedef_decl(rdr, node,
                  add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_var_decl(rdr, node,
                  add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_function_decl(rdr, node,
                   add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_class_decl(rdr, node,
                add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_union_decl(rdr, node,
                add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_function_tdecl(rdr, node,
                    add_to_current_scope))
   || (decl = handle_class_tdecl(rdr, node,
                 add_to_current_scope)));
 
  // If the user wants us to track non-reachable types, then read the
  // 'is-non-reachable-type' attribute on type elements and record
  // reachable types accordingly.
  if (rdr.tracking_non_reachable_types())
    {
      if (type_base_sptr t = is_type(decl))
    {
      corpus_sptr abi = rdr.corpus();
      ABG_ASSERT(abi);
      bool is_non_reachable_type = false;
      read_is_non_reachable_type(node, is_non_reachable_type);
      if (!is_non_reachable_type)
        abi->record_type_as_reachable_from_public_interfaces(*t);
    }
    }
 
    return decl;
}
 
/// Parses location attributes on an xmlNodePtr.
///
///@param rdr the current parsing context
///
///@param loc the resulting location.
///
/// @return true upon sucessful parsing, false otherwise.
static bool
read_location(const reader& rdr,
          xmlNodePtr        node,
          location&     loc)
{
  string file_path;
  size_t line = 0, column = 0;
 
  if (xml_char_sptr f = xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST("filepath"))))
    file_path = CHAR_STR(f);
 
  if (file_path.empty())
    return read_artificial_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  if (xml_char_sptr l = xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST("line"))))
    line = atoi(CHAR_STR(l));
  else
    return read_artificial_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  if (xml_char_sptr c = xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST("column"))))
    column = atoi(CHAR_STR(c));
 
  reader& c = const_cast<reader&>(rdr);
  loc = c.get_translation_unit()->get_loc_mgr().create_new_location(file_path,
                                    line,
                                    column);
  return true;
}
 
/// Parses the artificial location attributes on an xmlNodePtr.
///
/// The artificial location is the line number of the xmlNode as well
/// as the URI of the node.
///
///@param rdr the current parsing context
///
///@param loc the resulting location.
///
/// @return true upon sucessful parsing, false otherwise.
static bool
read_artificial_location(const reader& rdr,
             xmlNodePtr node,
             location& loc)
{
  if (!node)
    return false;
 
   string file_path;
   size_t line = 0, column = 0;
 
   line = node->line;
 
   if (node->doc)
       file_path = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(node->doc->URL);
 
   reader& c = const_cast<reader&>(rdr);
   loc =
     c.get_translation_unit()->get_loc_mgr().create_new_location(file_path,
                                 line, column);
   loc.set_is_artificial(true);
   return true;
}
 
/// Set the artificial location of a xmlNode to an artifact.
///
/// The artificial location is the line number of the xmlNode as well
/// as the URI of the node.
///
/// The function sets the artificial location only if the artifact
/// doesn"t already have one.
///
///@param rdr the current parsing context
///
///@param node the XML node to consider.
///
///@param artifact the ABI artifact.
///
/// @return true iff the location was set on the artifact.
static bool
maybe_set_artificial_location(const reader& rdr,
                  xmlNodePtr node,
                  type_or_decl_base_sptr artefact)
{
  if (artefact && !artefact->has_artificial_location())
    {
      location l;
      if (read_artificial_location(rdr, node, l))
    {
      artefact->set_artificial_location(l);
      return true;
    }
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Parse the visibility attribute.
///
/// @param node the xml node to read from.
///
/// @param vis the resulting visibility.
///
/// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.
static bool
read_visibility(xmlNodePtr node, decl_base::visibility& vis)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "visibility"))
    {
      string v = CHAR_STR(s);
 
      if (v == "default")
    vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_DEFAULT;
      else if (v == "hidden")
    vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_HIDDEN;
      else if (v == "internal")
    vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_INTERNAL;
      else if (v == "protected")
    vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_PROTECTED;
      else
    vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_DEFAULT;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Parse the "binding" attribute on the current element.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build parse the bind from.
///
/// @param bind the resulting binding attribute.
///
/// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.
static bool
read_binding(xmlNodePtr node, decl_base::binding& bind)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "binding"))
    {
      string b = CHAR_STR(s);
 
      if (b == "global")
    bind = decl_base::BINDING_GLOBAL;
      else if (b == "local")
    bind = decl_base::BINDING_LOCAL;
      else if (b == "weak")
    bind = decl_base::BINDING_WEAK;
      else
    bind = decl_base::BINDING_GLOBAL;
      return true;
    }
 
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the 'access' attribute on the current xml node.
///
/// @param node the xml node to consider.
///
/// @param access the access attribute.  Set iff the function returns true.
///
/// @return true upon sucessful completion, false otherwise.
static bool
read_access(xmlNodePtr node, access_specifier& access)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "access"))
    {
      string a = CHAR_STR(s);
 
      if (a == "private")
    access = private_access;
      else if (a == "protected")
    access = protected_access;
      else if (a == "public")
    access = public_access;
      else
    /// If there is an access specifier of an unsupported value,
    /// we should not assume anything and abort.
    abort();
 
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Parse 'size-in-bits' and 'alignment-in-bits' attributes of a given
/// xmlNodePtr reprensting an xml element.
///
/// @param node the xml element node to consider.
///
/// @param size_in_bits the resulting value for the 'size-in-bits'
/// attribute.  This set only if this function returns true and the if
/// the attribute was present on the xml element node.
///
/// @param align_in_bits the resulting value for the
/// 'alignment-in-bits' attribute.  This set only if this function
/// returns true and the if the attribute was present on the xml
/// element node.
///
/// @return true if either one of the two attributes above were set,
/// false otherwise.
static bool
read_size_and_alignment(xmlNodePtr node,
            size_t& size_in_bits,
            size_t& align_in_bits)
{
 
  bool got_something = false;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "size-in-bits"))
    {
      size_in_bits = atoll(CHAR_STR(s));
      got_something = true;
    }
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "alignment-in-bits"))
    {
      align_in_bits = atoll(CHAR_STR(s));
      got_something = true;
    }
  return got_something;
}
 
/// Parse the 'static' attribute of a given xml element node.
///
/// @param node the xml element node to consider.
///
/// @param is_static the resulting the parsing.  Is set if the
/// function returns true.
///
/// @return true if the xml element node has the 'static' attribute
/// set, false otherwise.
static bool
read_static(xmlNodePtr node, bool& is_static)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "static"))
    {
      string b = CHAR_STR(s);
      is_static = b == "yes";
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Parse the 'layout-offset-in-bits' attribute of a given xml element node.
///
/// @param offset_in_bits set to true if the element node contains the
/// attribute.
///
/// @return true iff the xml element node contains the attribute.
static bool
read_offset_in_bits(xmlNodePtr  node,
            size_t& offset_in_bits)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "layout-offset-in-bits"))
    {
      offset_in_bits = strtoull(CHAR_STR(s), 0, 0);
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Parse the 'constructor', 'destructor' and 'const' attribute of a
/// given xml node.
///
/// @param is_constructor the resulting value of the parsing of the
/// 'constructor' attribute.  Is set if the xml node contains the
/// attribute and if the function returns true.
///
/// @param is_destructor the resulting value of the parsing of the
/// 'destructor' attribute.  Is set if the xml node contains the
/// attribute and if the function returns true.
///
/// @param is_const the resulting value of the parsing of the 'const'
/// attribute.  Is set if the xml node contains the attribute and if
/// the function returns true.
///
/// @return true if at least of the attributes above is set, false
/// otherwise.
///
/// Note that callers of this function should initialize
/// is_constructor, is_destructor and is_const prior to passing them
/// to this function.
static bool
read_cdtor_const(xmlNodePtr node,
         bool&      is_constructor,
         bool&      is_destructor,
         bool&      is_const)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "constructor"))
    {
      string b = CHAR_STR(s);
      if (b == "yes")
    is_constructor = true;
      else
    is_constructor = false;
 
      return true;
    }
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "destructor"))
    {
      string b = CHAR_STR(s);
      if (b == "yes")
    is_destructor = true;
      else
    is_destructor = false;
 
      return true;
    }
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "const"))
    {
      string b = CHAR_STR(s);
      if (b == "yes")
    is_const = true;
      else
    is_const = false;
 
      return true;
    }
 
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the "is-declaration-only" attribute of the current xml node.
///
/// @param node the xml node to consider.
///
/// @param is_decl_only is set to true iff the "is-declaration-only" attribute
/// is present and set to "yes".
///
/// @return true iff the is_decl_only attribute was set.
static bool
read_is_declaration_only(xmlNodePtr node, bool& is_decl_only)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-declaration-only"))
    {
      string str = CHAR_STR(s);
      if (str == "yes")
    is_decl_only = true;
      else
    is_decl_only = false;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the "is-artificial" attribute of the current XML node.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.
///
/// @param is_artificial this output parameter is set to true iff the
/// "is-artificial" parameter is present and set to 'yes'.
///
/// @return true iff the "is-artificial" parameter was present on the
/// XML node.
static bool
read_is_artificial(xmlNodePtr node, bool& is_artificial)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-artificial"))
    {
      string is_artificial_str = CHAR_STR(s) ? CHAR_STR(s) : "";
      is_artificial = is_artificial_str == "yes";
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the 'tracking-non-reachable-types' attribute on the current
/// XML element.
///
/// @param node the current XML element.
///
/// @param tracking_non_reachable_types output parameter.  This is set
/// to true iff the 'tracking-non-reachable-types' attribute is
/// present on the current XML node and set to 'yes'.  In that case,
/// the function returns true.
///
/// @return true iff the 'tracking-non-reachable-types' attribute is
/// present on the current XML node and set to 'yes'.
static bool
read_tracking_non_reachable_types(xmlNodePtr node,
                  bool& tracking_non_reachable_types)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s =
      XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "tracking-non-reachable-types"))
    {
      string tracking_non_reachable_types_str = CHAR_STR(s) ? CHAR_STR(s) : "";
      tracking_non_reachable_types =
    (tracking_non_reachable_types_str == "yes")
    ? true
    : false;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the 'is-non-reachable' attribute on the current XML element.
///
/// @param node the current XML element.
///
/// @param is_non_reachable_type output parameter. This is set to true
/// iff the 'is-non-reachable' attribute is present on the current XML
/// element with a value se to 'yes'.
///
/// @return true iff the 'is-non-reachable' attribute is present on
/// the current XML element with a value se to 'yes'.
static bool
read_is_non_reachable_type(xmlNodePtr node, bool& is_non_reachable_type)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s =
      XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-non-reachable"))
    {
      string is_non_reachable_type_str = CHAR_STR(s) ? CHAR_STR(s) : "";
      is_non_reachable_type =
    (is_non_reachable_type_str == "yes")
    ? true
    : false;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the "naming-typedef-id" property from an XML node.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.
///
/// @param naming_typedef_id output parameter.  It's set to the
/// content of the "naming-typedef-id" property, if it's present.
///
/// @return true iff the "naming-typedef-id" property exists and was
/// read from @p node.
static bool
read_naming_typedef_id_string(xmlNodePtr node, string& naming_typedef_id)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "naming-typedef-id"))
    {
      naming_typedef_id = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the "is-virtual" attribute of the current xml node.
///
/// @param node the xml node to read the attribute from
///
/// @param is_virtual is set to true iff the "is-virtual" attribute is
/// present and set to "yes".
///
/// @return true iff the is-virtual attribute is present.
static bool
read_is_virtual(xmlNodePtr node, bool& is_virtual)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-virtual"))
    {
      string str = CHAR_STR(s);
      if (str == "yes")
    is_virtual = true;
      else
    is_virtual = false;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the 'is-struct' attribute.
///
/// @param node the xml node to read the attribute from.
///
/// @param is_struct is set to true iff the "is-struct" attribute is
/// present and set to "yes".
///
/// @return true iff the "is-struct" attribute is present.
static bool
read_is_struct(xmlNodePtr node, bool& is_struct)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-struct"))
    {
      string str = CHAR_STR(s);
      if (str == "yes")
      is_struct = true;
      else
    is_struct = false;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the 'is-anonymous' attribute.
///
/// @param node the xml node to read the attribute from.
///
/// @param is_anonymous is set to true iff the "is-anonymous" is present
/// and set to "yes".
///
/// @return true iff the "is-anonymous" attribute is present.
static bool
read_is_anonymous(xmlNodePtr node, bool& is_anonymous)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-anonymous"))
    {
      string str = CHAR_STR(s);
      is_anonymous = (str == "yes");
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the 'type' attribute of the 'elf-symbol' element.
///
/// @param node the XML node to read the attribute from.
///
/// @param t the resulting elf_symbol::type.
///
/// @return true iff the function completed successfully.
static bool
read_elf_symbol_type(xmlNodePtr node, elf_symbol::type& t)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type"))
    {
      string str;
      xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, str);
      if (!string_to_elf_symbol_type(str, t))
    return false;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the 'binding' attribute of the of the 'elf-symbol' element.
///
/// @param node the XML node to read the attribute from.
///
/// @param b the XML the resulting elf_symbol::binding.
///
/// @return true iff the function completed successfully.
static bool
read_elf_symbol_binding(xmlNodePtr node, elf_symbol::binding& b)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "binding"))
    {
      string str;
      xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, str);
      if (!string_to_elf_symbol_binding(str, b))
    return false;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the 'visibility' attribute of the of the 'elf-symbol'
/// element.
///
/// @param node the XML node to read the attribute from.
///
/// @param b the XML the resulting elf_symbol::visibility.
///
/// @return true iff the function completed successfully.
static bool
read_elf_symbol_visibility(xmlNodePtr node, elf_symbol::visibility& v)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "visibility"))
    {
      string str;
      xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, str);
      if (!string_to_elf_symbol_visibility(str, v))
    return false;
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
/// Read the value of the 'id' attribute from a given XML node.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.
///
/// @param type_id the string to set the 'id' to.
///
/// @return true iff @p type_id was successfully set.
static bool
read_type_id_string(xmlNodePtr node, string& type_id)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    {
      type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read of the value of the "name" attribute from a given XML node.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.
///
/// @param name the value of the "name" attribute read, iff the
/// function returns true.
///
/// @return true iff a the "name" attribute was found an its value
/// could be read and set to the @p name parameter.
static bool
read_name(xmlNodePtr node, string& name)
{
    if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    {
      name = CHAR_STR(s);
      return true;
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the hash value and a the CTI from a (type) node.
///
/// The value of the 'hash' property has the form:
/// '<hash-value-in-hexa>#cti-in-decimal'.
///
/// @param node the XML node to read the hash value from.
///
/// @param hash output parameter.  This is set to the hash value read
/// from the XML node @p node iff the function returns true.
///
/// @param cti output parameter.  This is set to the value of the CTI
/// read from the CTI part of the value of the 'hash' property.
///
/// @return true iff the function read a hash value and set it into
/// the @p hash output parameter.
static bool
read_type_hash_and_cti(xmlNodePtr node, uint64_t& hash, uint64_t& cti)
{
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "hash"))
    {
      string str = CHAR_STR(s);
      vector<string> parts;
      tools_utils::split_string(str, "#", parts);
      if (!parts.empty() && !parts.front().empty())
    {
      ABG_ASSERT(hashing::deserialize_hash(parts[0], hash));
      if (parts.size() > 1)
        cti = atoll(parts[1].c_str());
      return true;
    }
    }
  return false;
}
 
/// Read the hash value from an XML node and set it onto an IR node.
///
/// @param node the XML node to read the hash value from.
///
/// @param ir_node output parameter.  The IR node to set the hash
/// value read from @p node onto.
static void
read_hash_and_stash(const xmlNodePtr node,
            const type_or_decl_base_sptr& ir_node)
{
  uint64_t hash = 0, cti = 0;
  if (read_type_hash_and_cti(node, hash, cti))
    {
      ir_node->priv_->force_set_hash_value(hash);
      type_base_sptr type;
      if (function_decl_sptr fn = is_function_decl(ir_node))
    type = fn->get_type();
      else
    type = is_type(ir_node);
 
      if (type)
    {
      type->type_or_decl_base::priv_->force_set_hash_value(hash);
      type->priv_->canonical_type_index = cti;
    }
    }
}
 
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_SELF_COMPARISON
/// Associate a type-id string with the type that was constructed from
/// it.
///
/// Note that if we are not in "self comparison debugging" mode or if
/// the type we are looking at is not canonicalized, then this
/// function does nothing.
///
/// @param t the type built from the a type XML node that has a
/// particular type-id.
///
/// @param type_id the type-id of type @p t.
///
/// @return true if the association was performed.
static bool
maybe_map_type_with_type_id(const type_base_sptr& t,
                const string& type_id)
{
  if (!t)
    return false;
 
  const environment& env = t->get_environment();
  if (!env.self_comparison_debug_is_on()
      || is_non_canonicalized_type(t.get()))
    return false;
 
  const_cast<environment&>(env).
    get_pointer_type_id_map()[reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(t.get())] = type_id;
 
  return true;
}
 
/// Associate a type-id string with the type that was constructed from
/// it.
///
/// Note that if we are not in "self comparison debugging" mode or if
/// the type we are looking at is not canonicalized, then this
/// function does nothing.
///
/// @param t the type built from the a type XML node that has a
/// particular type-id.
///
/// @param type_id the type-id of type @p t.
///
/// @return true if the association was performed.
static bool
maybe_map_type_with_type_id(const type_base_sptr& t,
                xmlNodePtr node)
{
  if (!t)
    return false;
 
  const environment&env = t->get_environment();
  if (!env.self_comparison_debug_is_on()
      || is_non_canonicalized_type(t.get()))
    return false;
 
  string type_id;
  if (!read_type_id_string(node, type_id) || type_id.empty())
    return false;
 
  return maybe_map_type_with_type_id(t, type_id);
}
 
#endif
 
/// Set the naming typedef to a given decl depending on the content of
/// the "naming-typedef-id" property of its descriptive XML element.
///
/// @param rdr the current ABIXML reader.
///
/// @param node the XML node to read from.
///
/// @param decl the decl to set the naming typedef to.
static void
maybe_set_naming_typedef(reader&        rdr,
             xmlNodePtr     node,
             const decl_base_sptr&  decl)
{
  string naming_typedef_id;
  read_naming_typedef_id_string(node, naming_typedef_id);
  if (!naming_typedef_id.empty())
    {
      typedef_decl_sptr naming_typedef =
    is_typedef(rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(naming_typedef_id, true));
      ABG_ASSERT(naming_typedef);
      decl->set_naming_typedef(naming_typedef);
    }
}
 
/// Build a @ref namespace_decl from an XML element node which name is
/// "namespace-decl".  Note that this function recursively reads the
/// content of the namespace and builds the proper IR nodes
/// accordingly.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader to use.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.  It must constain the
/// content of the namespace, that is, children XML nodes representing
/// what is inside the namespace, unless the namespace is empty.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting
/// namespace_decl is added to the IR being currently built.
///
/// @return a pointer to the the resulting @ref namespace_decl.
static namespace_decl_sptr
build_namespace_decl(reader&    rdr,
             const xmlNodePtr   node,
             bool       add_to_current_scope)
{
  namespace_decl_sptr nil;
  if (!node || !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("namespace-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      namespace_decl_sptr result = dynamic_pointer_cast<namespace_decl>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
  namespace_decl_sptr decl(new namespace_decl(env, name, loc));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, decl);
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(decl,
             add_to_current_scope
             ? rdr.get_scope_ptr_for_node(node)
             : nullptr);
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, decl);
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    handle_element_node(rdr, n, /*add_to_current_scope=*/true);
 
  rdr.pop_scope_or_abort(decl);
 
  return decl;
}
 
/// Build an instance of @ref elf_symbol from an XML element node
/// which name is 'elf-symbol'.
///
/// @param rdr the context used for reading the XML input.
///
/// @param node the XML node to read.
///
/// @param drop_if_suppressed if the elf symbol was suppressed by a
/// suppression specification then do not build it.
///
/// @return the @ref elf_symbol built, or nil if it couldn't be built.
static elf_symbol_sptr
build_elf_symbol(reader& rdr, const xmlNodePtr node,
         bool drop_if_suppressed)
{
  elf_symbol_sptr nil;
 
  if (!node
      || node->type != XML_ELEMENT_NODE
      || !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("elf-symbol")))
    return nil;
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, name);
 
  size_t size = 0;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "size"))
    size = strtol(CHAR_STR(s), NULL, 0);
 
  bool is_defined = true;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-defined"))
    {
      string value;
      xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, value);
      if (value == "true" || value == "yes")
    is_defined = true;
      else
    is_defined = false;
    }
 
  bool is_common = false;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-common"))
    {
      string value;
      xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, value);
      if (value == "true" || value == "yes")
    is_common = true;
      else
    is_common = false;
    }
 
  string version_string;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "version"))
    xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, version_string);
 
  bool is_default_version = false;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "is-default-version"))
    {
      string value;
      xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, value);
      if (value == "true" || value == "yes")
    is_default_version = true;
    }
 
  elf_symbol::type type = elf_symbol::NOTYPE_TYPE;
  read_elf_symbol_type(node, type);
 
  elf_symbol::binding binding = elf_symbol::GLOBAL_BINDING;
  read_elf_symbol_binding(node, binding);
 
  elf_symbol::visibility visibility = elf_symbol::DEFAULT_VISIBILITY;
  read_elf_symbol_visibility(node, visibility);
 
  elf_symbol::version version(version_string, is_default_version);
 
  const bool is_suppressed = suppr::is_elf_symbol_suppressed(rdr, name, type);
  if (drop_if_suppressed && is_suppressed)
    return elf_symbol_sptr();
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
  elf_symbol_sptr e = elf_symbol::create(env, /*index=*/0,
                     size, name, type, binding,
                     is_defined, is_common,
                     version, visibility);
 
  e->set_is_suppressed(is_suppressed);
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "crc"))
    e->set_crc(strtoull(CHAR_STR(s), NULL, 0));
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "namespace"))
    {
      std::string ns;
      xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, ns);
      e->set_namespace(ns);
    }
 
  return e;
}
 
/// Build and instance of elf_symbol from an XML attribute named
/// 'elf-symbol-id' which value is the ID of a symbol that should
/// present in the symbol db of the corpus associated to the current
/// context.
///
/// @param rdr the current context to consider.
///
/// @param node the xml element node to consider.
///
/// @param function_symbol is true if we should look for a function
/// symbol, is false if we should look for a variable symbol.
///
/// @return a shared pointer the resutling elf_symbol.
static elf_symbol_sptr
build_elf_symbol_from_reference(reader& rdr, const xmlNodePtr node)
{
  elf_symbol_sptr nil;
 
  if (!node)
    return nil;
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "elf-symbol-id"))
    {
      string sym_id;
      xml::xml_char_sptr_to_string(s, sym_id);
      if (sym_id.empty())
    return nil;
 
      string name, ver;
      elf_symbol::get_name_and_version_from_id(sym_id, name, ver);
      if (name.empty())
    return nil;
 
      if (rdr.corpus()->get_symtab())
    {
      const elf_symbols& symbols =
        rdr.corpus()->get_symtab()->lookup_symbol(name);
 
      for (const auto& symbol : symbols)
        if (symbol->get_id_string() == sym_id)
          return symbol;
    }
    }
 
  return nil;
}
 
/// Build an instance of string_elf_symbols_map_type from an XML
/// element representing either a function symbols data base, or a
/// variable symbols database.
///
/// @param rdr the context to take in account.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.
///
/// @param function_syms true if we should look for a function symbols
/// data base, false if we should look for a variable symbols data
/// base.
///
/// @param map a pointer to the map to fill with the symbol database.
///
/// @param non_resolved_aliases this is a map that associates a
/// function symbol name N to a vector of alias symbol names that are
/// aliases to N.  Normally, N is a function symbol that has aliases
/// that are other symbols that are usually function (resp variable)
/// symbols that should be found (or resolved) in @p map.  If all
/// symbol aliases resolve to symbols in @p map then this map is
/// empty.  Otherwise, if these alias symbols are not found in @p map,
/// then they are stored in this map.
///
/// @return true if some elf symbols were found.
static bool
build_elf_symbol_db(reader&             rdr,
            const xmlNodePtr            node,
            bool                function_syms,
            string_elf_symbols_map_sptr&    map,
            string_strings_map_type&        non_resolved_aliases)
{
  string_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type id_sym_map;
 
  if (!node)
    return false;
 
  if (function_syms
      && !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("elf-function-symbols"))
      && !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("undefined-elf-function-symbols")))
    return false;
 
  if (!function_syms
      && !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("elf-variable-symbols"))
      && !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("undefined-elf-variable-symbols")))
    return false;
 
  rdr.set_corpus_node(node);
 
  typedef std::unordered_map<xmlNodePtr, elf_symbol_sptr>
    xml_node_ptr_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type;
  xml_node_ptr_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type xml_node_ptr_elf_symbol_map;
 
  elf_symbol_sptr sym;
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    if ((sym = build_elf_symbol(rdr, n, /*drop_if_suppress=*/false)))
      {
    id_sym_map[sym->get_id_string()] = sym;
    xml_node_ptr_elf_symbol_map[n] = sym;
      }
 
  if (id_sym_map.empty())
    return false;
 
  string_elf_symbols_map_type::iterator it;
  for (string_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type::const_iterator i = id_sym_map.begin();
       i != id_sym_map.end();
       ++i)
    (*map)[i->second->get_name()].push_back(i->second);
 
  // Now build the alias relations
  for (xml_node_ptr_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type::const_iterator x =
     xml_node_ptr_elf_symbol_map.begin();
       x != xml_node_ptr_elf_symbol_map.end();
       ++x)
    {
      if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(x->first, "alias"))
    {
      string alias_id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
      // Symbol aliases can be multiple separated by comma(,), split them
      std::vector<std::string> elems;
      std::stringstream aliases(alias_id);
      std::string item;
      while (std::getline(aliases, item, ','))
        elems.push_back(item);
      for (std::vector<string>::iterator alias = elems.begin();
           alias != elems.end(); ++alias)
        {
          string_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type::const_iterator i =
          id_sym_map.find(*alias);
          if (i == id_sym_map.end())
        // This symbol aliases a symbol that is not (yet)
        // found in the set of symbols built so far.  So let's
        // record this information in the "symbol ->
        // non-resolved-symbol-aliases" map so that the
        // aliases can be resolved later.
        non_resolved_aliases[x->second->get_name()].push_back(*alias);
          else
        {
          ABG_ASSERT(i->second->is_main_symbol());
          x->second->get_main_symbol()->add_alias(i->second);
        }
        }
    }
    }
 
  return true;
}
 
/// Resolve symbol aliases to their target symbols.
///
/// The aliases to be resolved are found in the @p
/// non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases and @p non_resolved_var_syms_aliases
/// parameters.
///
/// @param fn_syms the target function symbols to consider.
///
/// @param var_syms the target variable symbols to consider.
///
/// @param non_resolved_fn_syms_aliases is a map that associates the
/// name of a function symbol F to its alias symbols.  The alias
/// symbols are either function symbols (as is what is generally the
/// case) to be found in @p fn_syms or can be variable symbols (as is
/// sometimes the case for the OCaml language on s390x and ppcle, for
/// instance) to be found in @p var_syms.
///
/// @param non_resolved_var_syms_aliases is a map that associates the
/// name of a variable symbol V to its alias symbols.  The alias
/// symbols are either variable symbols (as is what is generally the
/// case) to be found in @p var_syms or can be variable symbols (as is
/// sometimes the case for the OCaml language on s390x and ppcle, for
/// instance) to be found in @p fn_syms.
static void
resolve_symbol_aliases(string_elf_symbols_map_sptr& fn_syms,
               string_elf_symbols_map_sptr& var_syms,
               string_strings_map_type& non_resolved_fn_sym_aliases,
               string_strings_map_type& non_resolved_var_sym_aliases)
{
  for (auto& entry : non_resolved_fn_sym_aliases)
    {
      auto i = fn_syms->find(entry.first);
      ABG_ASSERT(i != fn_syms->end());
      // Symbol to build the aliases for.
      elf_symbol_sptr sym = i->second.front();
      ABG_ASSERT(sym);
      sym = sym->get_main_symbol();
      elf_symbol_sptr alias_sym;
      for (string& alias : entry.second)
    {
      auto fn_a = fn_syms->find(alias);
      if (fn_a == fn_syms->end())
        {
          // no function symbol alias found.  Let's see if a
          // variable symbol aliases this function symbol.
          auto var_a = var_syms->find(alias);
          ABG_ASSERT(var_a != var_syms->end());
          alias_sym = var_a->second.front();
          ABG_ASSERT(alias_sym);
        }
      else
        {
          alias_sym = fn_a->second.front();
          ABG_ASSERT(alias_sym);
        }
      sym->add_alias(alias_sym);
    }
    }
 
    for (auto& entry : non_resolved_var_sym_aliases)
      {
    auto i = var_syms->find(entry.first);
    ABG_ASSERT(i != var_syms->end());
    // Symbol to build the aliases for.
    elf_symbol_sptr sym = i->second.front();
    ABG_ASSERT(sym);
    sym = sym->get_main_symbol();
    elf_symbol_sptr alias_sym;
    for (string& alias : entry.second)
      {
        auto var_a = var_syms->find(alias);
        if (var_a == var_syms->end())
          {
        // no variable symbol alias found.  Let's see if a
        // function symbol aliases this variable symbol.
        auto fn_a = fn_syms->find(alias);
        ABG_ASSERT(fn_a != fn_syms->end());
        alias_sym = fn_a->second.front();
        ABG_ASSERT(alias_sym);
          }
        else
          {
        alias_sym = var_a->second.front();
        ABG_ASSERT(alias_sym);
          }
        sym->add_alias(alias_sym);
      }
      }
}
 
/// Build a function parameter from a 'parameter' xml element node.
///
/// @param rdr the contexte of the xml parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml 'parameter' element node to de-serialize from.
static shared_ptr<function_decl::parameter>
build_function_parameter(reader& rdr, const xmlNodePtr node)
{
  shared_ptr<function_decl::parameter> nil;
 
  if (!node || !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("parameter")))
    return nil;
 
  bool is_variadic = false;
  string is_variadic_str;
  if (xml_char_sptr s =
      xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST("is-variadic"))))
    {
      is_variadic_str = CHAR_STR(s) ? CHAR_STR(s) : "";
      is_variadic = is_variadic_str == "yes";
    }
 
  bool is_artificial = false;
  read_is_artificial(node, is_artificial);
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr a = xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST("type-id"))))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(a);
 
  type_base_sptr type;
  if (is_variadic)
    type = is_type(build_ir_node_for_variadic_parameter_type(rdr));
  else
    {
      ABG_ASSERT(!type_id.empty());
      type = rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true);
    }
  ABG_ASSERT(type);
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr a = xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST("name"))))
    name = CHAR_STR(a);
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  function_decl::parameter_sptr p
    (new function_decl::parameter(type, name, loc,
                  is_variadic, is_artificial));
 
  return p;
}
 
/// Build a function_decl from a 'function-decl' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the function_decl from.
///
/// @param as_method_decl if this is set to a class_decl pointer, it
/// means that the 'function-decl' xml node should be parsed as a
/// method_decl.  The class_decl pointer is the class decl to which
/// the resulting method_decl is a member function of.  The resulting
/// shared_ptr<function_decl> that is returned is then really a
/// shared_ptr<method_decl>.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the result of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @param add_to_exported_decls if set to yes, the resulting of this
/// function is added to the set of decls exported by the current
/// corpus being built.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly created function_decl upon successful
/// completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static function_decl_sptr
build_function_decl(reader&     rdr,
            const xmlNodePtr    node,
            class_or_union_sptr as_method_decl,
            bool        add_to_current_scope,
            bool        add_to_exported_decls)
{
  function_decl_sptr nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("function-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  string mangled_name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "mangled-name"))
    mangled_name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  if (as_method_decl
      && !mangled_name.empty()
      && as_method_decl->find_member_function_sptr(mangled_name))
    {
      function_decl_sptr result =
    as_method_decl->find_member_function_sptr(mangled_name);
      if (result)
    return result;
    }
 
  string inline_prop;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "declared-inline"))
    inline_prop = CHAR_STR(s);
  bool declared_inline = inline_prop == "yes";
 
  decl_base::visibility vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_NONE;
  read_visibility(node, vis);
 
  decl_base::binding bind = decl_base::BINDING_NONE;
  read_binding(node, bind);
 
  size_t size = rdr.get_translation_unit()->get_address_size(), align = 0;
  read_size_and_alignment(node, size, align);
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
 
  std::vector<function_decl::parameter_sptr> parms;
  type_base_sptr return_type = env.get_void_type();
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n ;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("parameter")))
    {
      if (function_decl::parameter_sptr p =
          build_function_parameter(rdr, n))
        parms.push_back(p);
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("return")))
    {
      string type_id;
      if (xml_char_sptr s =
          xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(n, BAD_CAST("type-id"))))
        type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
      if (!type_id.empty())
        return_type = rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true);
    }
    }
 
  function_type_sptr fn_type(as_method_decl
                 ? new method_type(return_type, as_method_decl,
                           parms, /*is_const=*/false,
                           size, align)
                 : new function_type(return_type,
                         parms, size, align));
 
  ABG_ASSERT(fn_type);
 
  read_hash_and_stash(node, fn_type);
 
  fn_type->set_is_artificial(true);
 
  function_decl_sptr fn_decl(as_method_decl
                 ? new method_decl (name, fn_type,
                        declared_inline, loc,
                        mangled_name, vis, bind)
                 : new function_decl(name, fn_type,
                         declared_inline, loc,
                         mangled_name, vis,
                         bind));
 
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, fn_decl);
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(fn_decl,
             add_to_current_scope
             ? rdr.get_scope_ptr_for_node(node)
             : nullptr);
  RECORD_ARTIFACTS_AS_USED_IN_FN_DECL(rdr, fn_decl);
 
  elf_symbol_sptr sym = build_elf_symbol_from_reference(rdr, node);
  if (sym)
    fn_decl->set_symbol(sym);
 
  if (fn_decl->get_symbol() && fn_decl->get_symbol()->is_public())
    fn_decl->set_is_in_public_symbol_table(true);
 
  rdr.get_translation_unit()->bind_function_type_life_time(fn_type);
 
  rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(fn_type);
 
  if (add_to_exported_decls)
    rdr.add_fn_to_exported_or_undefined_decls(fn_decl.get());
 
  return fn_decl;
}
 
/// Build a function_decl from a 'function-decl' xml node if it's not
/// been suppressed by a suppression specification that is in the
/// context.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the function_decl from.
///
/// @param as_method_decl if this is set to a class_or_union pointer,
/// it means that the 'function-decl' xml node should be parsed as a
/// method_decl.  The class_or_union pointer is the class or union the
/// resulting method_decl is a member function of.  The resulting @ref
/// function_decl_sptr that is returned is then really a @ref
/// method_decl_sptr.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @param add_to_exported_decls if set to yes, the resulting of this
/// function is added to the set of decls exported by the current
/// corpus being built.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly created function_decl upon successful
/// completion.  If the function was suppressed by a suppression
/// specification then returns nil.
static function_decl_sptr
build_function_decl_if_not_suppressed(reader&           rdr,
                      const xmlNodePtr      node,
                      class_or_union_sptr   as_method_decl,
                      bool          add_to_current_scope,
                      bool          add_to_exported_decls)
{
  function_decl_sptr fn;
 
  if (function_is_suppressed(rdr, node))
    // The function was suppressed by at least one suppression
    // specification associated to the current ABIXML reader.  So
    // don't build any IR for it.
    ;
  else
    fn = build_function_decl(rdr, node, as_method_decl,
                 add_to_current_scope,
                 add_to_exported_decls);
  return fn;
}
 
/// Test if a given function denoted by its name and linkage name is
/// suppressed by any of the suppression specifications associated to
/// a given context of native xml reading.
///
/// @param rdr the native xml reading context of interest.
///
/// @param note the XML node that represents the fucntion.
/// match.
///
/// @return true iff at least one function specification matches the
/// function denoted by the node @p node.
static bool
function_is_suppressed(const reader& rdr, xmlNodePtr node)
{
  string fname;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    fname = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  string flinkage_name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "mangled-name"))
    flinkage_name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  scope_decl* scope = rdr.get_cur_scope();
 
  string qualified_name = build_qualified_name(scope, fname);
 
  return suppr::is_function_suppressed(rdr, qualified_name, flinkage_name);
}
 
/// Test if a type denoted by its name, context and location is
/// suppressed by the suppression specifications that are associated
/// to a given ABIXML reader.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader to consider.
///
/// @param note the XML node that represents the type.
///
/// @return true iff the type designated by @p node is suppressed by
///  at least of suppression specifications associated to the current
///  ABIXML reader.
static bool
type_is_suppressed(const reader& rdr, xmlNodePtr node)
{
  string type_name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    type_name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  location type_location;
  read_location(rdr, node, type_location);
 
  scope_decl* scope = rdr.get_cur_scope();
 
  string qualified_name = build_qualified_name(scope, type_name);
 
  bool type_is_private = false;
  return suppr::is_type_suppressed(rdr, qualified_name, type_location,
                   type_is_private,
                   /*require_drop_property=*/true);
}
 
/// Build a @ref var_decl out of a an XML node that describes it iff
/// the variable denoted by the XML node is not suppressed by a
/// suppression specification associated to the current ABIXML reader.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader to use.
///
/// @param node the XML node for the variable to consider.
///
/// @parm add_to_current_scope whether to add the built @ref var_decl
/// to the current scope or not.
///
/// @return true iff the @ref var_decl was built.
static var_decl_sptr
build_var_decl_if_not_suppressed(reader&        rdr,
                 const xmlNodePtr   node,
                 bool           add_to_current_scope)
{
  var_decl_sptr var;
  if (!variable_is_suppressed(rdr, node))
    var = build_var_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope);
  return var;
}
 
/// Test if a variable denoted by its XML node is suppressed by a
/// suppression specification that is present in a given ABIXML reader.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader to consider.
///
/// @param node the XML node of the variable to consider.
///
/// @return true iff the variable denoted by @p node is suppressed.
static bool
variable_is_suppressed(const reader& rdr, xmlNodePtr node)
{
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  string linkage_name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "mangled-name"))
    linkage_name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  scope_decl* scope = rdr.get_cur_scope();
 
  string qualified_name = build_qualified_name(scope, name);
 
  return suppr::is_variable_suppressed(rdr, qualified_name, linkage_name);
}
 
/// Test if a variable in a particular scope is suppressed by a
/// suppression specification that is present in a given ABIXML reader.
///
/// @parm rdr the ABIXML reader to consider.
///
/// @param scope the scope of the variable to consider.
///
/// @param v the variable to consider.
///
/// @return true iff the variable @p v is suppressed.
static bool
variable_is_suppressed(const reader& rdr,
               const scope_decl* scope,
               const var_decl& v)
{
  string qualified_name = build_qualified_name(scope, v.get_name());
  return suppr::is_variable_suppressed(rdr, qualified_name,
                       v.get_linkage_name());
}
 
/// Build pointer to var_decl from a 'var-decl' xml Node
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the var_decl from.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built var_decl upon successful
/// completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static shared_ptr<var_decl>
build_var_decl(reader&  rdr,
           const xmlNodePtr node,
           bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
  shared_ptr<var_decl> nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("var-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  type_base_sptr underlying_type = rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id,
                                   true);
  ABG_ASSERT(underlying_type);
 
  string mangled_name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "mangled-name"))
    mangled_name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  decl_base::visibility vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_NONE;
  read_visibility(node, vis);
 
  decl_base::binding bind = decl_base::BINDING_NONE;
  read_binding(node, bind);
 
  location locus;
  read_location(rdr, node, locus);
 
  var_decl_sptr decl(new var_decl(name, underlying_type,
                  locus, mangled_name,
                  vis, bind));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, decl);
 
  elf_symbol_sptr sym = build_elf_symbol_from_reference(rdr, node);
  if (sym)
    decl->set_symbol(sym);
 
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(decl,
             add_to_current_scope
             ? rdr.get_scope_ptr_for_node(node)
             : nullptr);
  if (add_to_current_scope)
    {
      // This variable is really being kept in the IR, so let's record
      // that it's using its type.
      RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, underlying_type, decl);
    }
 
  if (decl->get_symbol() && decl->get_symbol()->is_public())
    decl->set_is_in_public_symbol_table(true);
 
  return decl;
}
 
///  Build the IR node for a void type.
///
///  @param rdr the ABIXML reader to use.
///
///  @return the void type node.
static decl_base_sptr
build_ir_node_for_void_type(reader& rdr)
{
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
 
  type_base_sptr t = env.get_void_type();
  if (!get_type_scope(t))
    {
      add_decl_to_scope(is_decl(t),
            rdr.get_translation_unit()->get_global_scope());
      rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(t);
    }
  decl_base_sptr type_declaration = get_type_declaration(t);
  return type_declaration;
}
 
/// Build the IR node for a "pointer to void type".
///
/// That IR node is shared across the ABI corpus.
///
/// Note that this function just gets that IR node from the
/// environment and, if it's not added to any scope yet, adds it to
/// the global scope associated to the current translation unit.
///
/// @param rdr the DWARF reader to consider.
///
/// @return the IR node.
static decl_base_sptr
build_ir_node_for_void_pointer_type(reader& rdr)
{
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
 
  type_base_sptr t = env.get_void_pointer_type();
  if (!get_type_scope(t))
    {
      add_decl_to_scope(is_decl(t),
            rdr.get_translation_unit()->get_global_scope());
      rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(t);
    }
  decl_base_sptr type_declaration = get_type_declaration(t);
  return type_declaration;
}
 
/// Build the IR node for a variadic parameter type.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader to use.
///
/// @return the variadic parameter type.
static decl_base_sptr
build_ir_node_for_variadic_parameter_type(reader& rdr)
{
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
 
  type_base_sptr t = env.get_variadic_parameter_type();
  if (!get_type_scope(t))
    {
      add_decl_to_scope(is_decl(t),
            rdr.get_translation_unit()->get_global_scope());
      rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(t);
    }
  decl_base_sptr type_declaration = get_type_declaration(t);
  return type_declaration;
}
 
/// Build a type_decl from a "type-decl" XML Node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the XML node to build the type_decl from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to type_decl upon successful completion, a null
/// pointer otherwise.
static type_decl_sptr
build_type_decl(reader&     rdr,
        const xmlNodePtr    node,
        bool            add_to_current_scope)
{
  shared_ptr<type_decl> nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("type-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      type_decl_sptr result = dynamic_pointer_cast<type_decl>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  size_t size_in_bits= 0;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "size-in-bits"))
    size_in_bits = atoi(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  size_t alignment_in_bits = 0;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "alignment-in-bits"))
    alignment_in_bits = atoi(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  bool is_decl_only = false;
  read_is_declaration_only(node, is_decl_only);
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  bool is_anonymous = false;
  read_is_anonymous(node, is_anonymous);
 
  if (type_base_sptr d = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      // I've seen instances of DSOs where a type_decl would appear
      // several times.  Hugh.
      type_decl_sptr ty = dynamic_pointer_cast<type_decl>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(ty);
      ABG_ASSERT(!name.empty());
      ABG_ASSERT(!ty->get_name().empty());
      ABG_ASSERT(ty->get_size_in_bits() == size_in_bits);
      ABG_ASSERT(ty->get_alignment_in_bits() == alignment_in_bits);
      return ty;
    }
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
  type_decl_sptr decl;
  if (name == env.get_variadic_parameter_type_name())
    decl = is_type_decl(build_ir_node_for_variadic_parameter_type(rdr));
  else if (name == "void")
    decl = is_type_decl(build_ir_node_for_void_type(rdr));
  else
    decl.reset(new type_decl(env, name, size_in_bits,
                 alignment_in_bits, loc));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, decl);
  decl->set_is_anonymous(is_anonymous);
  decl->set_is_declaration_only(is_decl_only);
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, decl);
 
  if (rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(decl, node, add_to_current_scope))
    {
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, decl);
      return decl;
    }
 
  return nil;
}
 
/// Build a qualified_type_def from a 'qualified-type-def' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the qualified_type_def from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of this
/// function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built qualified_type_def upon
/// successful completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static qualified_type_def_sptr
build_qualified_type_decl(reader&   rdr,
              const xmlNodePtr  node,
              bool          add_to_current_scope)
{
  qualified_type_def_sptr nil;
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("qualified-type-def")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      qualified_type_def_sptr result =
    dynamic_pointer_cast<qualified_type_def>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE (node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  qualified_type_def::CV cv = qualified_type_def::CV_NONE;
    string const_str;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "const"))
    const_str = CHAR_STR(s);
  bool const_cv = const_str == "yes";
 
  string volatile_str;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "volatile"))
    volatile_str = CHAR_STR(s);
  bool volatile_cv = volatile_str == "yes";
 
  string restrict_str;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "restrict"))
    restrict_str = CHAR_STR(s);
  bool restrict_cv = restrict_str == "yes";
 
  if (const_cv)
    cv = cv | qualified_type_def::CV_CONST;
  if (volatile_cv)
    cv = cv | qualified_type_def::CV_VOLATILE;
  if (restrict_cv)
    cv = cv | qualified_type_def::CV_RESTRICT;
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!type_id.empty());
 
  shared_ptr<type_base> underlying_type =
    rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true);
  ABG_ASSERT(underlying_type);
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      qualified_type_def_sptr result = is_qualified_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  qualified_type_def_sptr decl;
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      decl = is_qualified_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(decl);
    }
  else
    {
      decl.reset(new qualified_type_def(underlying_type, cv, loc));
      maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, decl);
      rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(decl, node, add_to_current_scope);
      RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, underlying_type, decl);
    }
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, decl);
 
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, decl);
 
  return decl;
}
 
/// Build a pointer_type_def from a 'pointer-type-def' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the pointer_type_def from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built pointer_type_def upon
/// successful completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static pointer_type_def_sptr
build_pointer_type_def(reader&  rdr,
               const xmlNodePtr node,
               bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
 
  shared_ptr<pointer_type_def> nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("pointer-type-def")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      pointer_type_def_sptr result =
    dynamic_pointer_cast<pointer_type_def>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      pointer_type_def_sptr result = is_pointer_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  size_t size_in_bits = rdr.get_translation_unit()->get_address_size();
  size_t alignment_in_bits = 0;
  read_size_and_alignment(node, size_in_bits, alignment_in_bits);
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  type_base_sptr pointed_to_type =
    rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true);
  ABG_ASSERT(pointed_to_type);
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      pointer_type_def_sptr result = is_pointer_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  pointer_type_def_sptr t;
  if (rdr.get_environment().is_void_type(pointed_to_type))
    t = is_pointer_type(build_ir_node_for_void_pointer_type(rdr));
  else
    // Create the pointer type /before/ the pointed-to type.  After the
    // creation, the type is 'keyed' using rdr.push_and_key_type_decl.
    // This means that the type can be retrieved from its type ID.  This
    // is so that if the pointed-to type indirectly uses this pointer
    // type (via recursion) then that is made possible.
    t.reset(new pointer_type_def(pointed_to_type,
                 size_in_bits,
                 alignment_in_bits,
                 loc));
 
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, t);
 
  rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(t, node, add_to_current_scope);
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, t);
 
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, t);
 
  RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, pointed_to_type, t);
  return t;
}
 
/// Build a reference_type_def from a pointer to 'reference-type-def'
/// xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the reference_type_def from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built reference_type_def upon
/// successful completio, a null pointer otherwise.
static shared_ptr<reference_type_def>
build_reference_type_def(reader&        rdr,
             const xmlNodePtr   node,
             bool           add_to_current_scope)
{
  shared_ptr<reference_type_def> nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("reference-type-def")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      reference_type_def_sptr result =
    dynamic_pointer_cast<reference_type_def>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  if (type_base_sptr d = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      reference_type_def_sptr ty = is_reference_type(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(ty);
      return ty;
    }
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
  string kind;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "kind"))
    kind = CHAR_STR(s); // this should be either "lvalue" or "rvalue".
  bool is_lvalue = kind == "lvalue";
 
  size_t size_in_bits = rdr.get_translation_unit()->get_address_size();
  size_t alignment_in_bits = 0;
  read_size_and_alignment(node, size_in_bits, alignment_in_bits);
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!type_id.empty());
 
 
  type_base_sptr pointed_to_type =
    rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, /*add_to_current_scope=*/ true);
  ABG_ASSERT(pointed_to_type);
 
  // The call to rdr.build_or_get_type_decl above might have triggered
  // the building of the current type.  If so, then return it.
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      reference_type_def_sptr result = is_reference_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  // Create the reference type /before/ the pointed-to type.  After
  // the creation, the type is 'keyed' using
  // rdr.push_and_key_type_decl.  This means that the type can be
  // retrieved from its type ID.  This is so that if the pointed-to
  // type indirectly uses this reference type (via recursion) then
  // that is made possible.
  reference_type_def_sptr t(new reference_type_def(pointed_to_type,
                           is_lvalue, size_in_bits,
                           alignment_in_bits, loc));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, t);
  ABG_ASSERT(rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(t, node, add_to_current_scope));
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, t);
 
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, t);
 
  RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, pointed_to_type, t);
 
  return t;
}
 
/// Build a @ref ptr_to_mbr_type from a pointer to
/// 'pointer-to-member-type' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the reader used for parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the reference_type_def from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built @ref ptr_to_mbr_type upon
/// successful completio, a null pointer otherwise.
static ptr_to_mbr_type_sptr
build_ptr_to_mbr_type(reader&       rdr,
              const xmlNodePtr  node,
              bool      add_to_current_scope)
{
  ptr_to_mbr_type_sptr result, nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("pointer-to-member-type")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      result = is_ptr_to_mbr_type(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  if (id.empty())
    return nil;
 
  if (type_base_sptr d = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      result = is_ptr_to_mbr_type(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  size_t size_in_bits = rdr.get_translation_unit()->get_address_size();
  size_t alignment_in_bits = 0;
  read_size_and_alignment(node, size_in_bits, alignment_in_bits);
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  string member_type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "member-type-id"))
    member_type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  if (member_type_id.empty())
    return nil;
  type_base_sptr member_type =
    is_type(rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(member_type_id, true));
  if (!member_type)
    return nil;
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      ptr_to_mbr_type_sptr result = is_ptr_to_mbr_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string containing_type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "containing-type-id"))
    containing_type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  if (containing_type_id.empty())
    return nil;
  type_base_sptr containing_type =
    rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(containing_type_id, true);
  if (!is_typedef_of_maybe_qualified_class_or_union_type(containing_type))
    return nil;
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      ptr_to_mbr_type_sptr result = is_ptr_to_mbr_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  result.reset(new ptr_to_mbr_type(rdr.get_environment(),
                   member_type, containing_type,
                   size_in_bits, alignment_in_bits,
                   loc));
 
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, result);
 
  if (rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(result, node, add_to_current_scope))
    rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, result);
 
  return result;
}
 
/// Build a function_type from a pointer to 'function-type'
/// xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the function_type from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the result of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built function_type upon
/// successful completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static function_type_sptr
build_function_type(reader& rdr,
            const xmlNodePtr    node,
            bool /*add_to_current_scope*/)
{
  function_type_sptr nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("function-type")))
    return nil;
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  string method_class_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "method-class-id"))
    method_class_id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  bool is_method_t = !method_class_id.empty();
 
  size_t size = rdr.get_translation_unit()->get_address_size(), align = 0;
  read_size_and_alignment(node, size, align);
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
  std::vector<shared_ptr<function_decl::parameter> > parms;
  type_base_sptr return_type = env.get_void_type();
 
  class_or_union_sptr method_class_type;
  if (is_method_t)
    {
      method_class_type =
    is_class_or_union_type(rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(method_class_id,
                              /*add_decl_to_scope=*/true));
      ABG_ASSERT(method_class_type);
    }
 
  function_type_sptr fn_type(is_method_t
                 ? new method_type(method_class_type,
                           /*is_const=*/false,
                           size, align)
                 : new function_type(return_type,
                         parms, size, align));
 
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, fn_type);
 
  rdr.get_translation_unit()->bind_function_type_life_time(fn_type);
  rdr.key_type_decl(fn_type, id);
  RECORD_ARTIFACTS_AS_USED_IN_FN_TYPE(rdr, fn_type);
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("parameter")))
    {
      if (function_decl::parameter_sptr p =
          build_function_parameter(rdr, n))
        parms.push_back(p);
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("return")))
    {
      string type_id;
      if (xml_char_sptr s =
          xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(n, BAD_CAST("type-id"))))
        type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
      type_base_sptr ret_type;
      if (!type_id.empty())
        ret_type = rdr.build_or_get_type_decl (type_id, true);
      if (!ret_type)
        ret_type = return_type;
      fn_type->set_return_type(ret_type);
    }
    }
  if (!fn_type->get_return_type())
      fn_type->set_return_type(return_type);
 
  fn_type->set_parameters(parms);
 
  return fn_type;
}
 
/// Build a array_type_def::subrange_type from a 'subrange' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the
/// array_type_def::subrange_type from.
///
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built array_type_def::subrange_type
/// upon successful completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static array_type_def::subrange_sptr
build_subrange_type(reader&     rdr,
            const xmlNodePtr    node,
            bool        add_to_current_scope)
{
  array_type_def::subrange_sptr nil;
 
  if (!node || !xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("subrange")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      array_type_def::subrange_sptr result =
    dynamic_pointer_cast<array_type_def::subrange_type>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string id;
  // Note that in early implementations, the subrange didn't carry its
  // own ID as the subrange was just a detail of an array.  So we
  // still need to support the abixml emitted by those early
  // implementations.
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  if (!id.empty())
    if (type_base_sptr d = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
      {
    array_type_def::subrange_sptr ty = is_subrange_type(d);
    ABG_ASSERT(ty);
    return ty;
      }
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  uint64_t length = 0;
  string length_str;
  bool is_non_finite = false;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "length"))
    {
      if (string(CHAR_STR(s)) == "infinite" || string(CHAR_STR(s)) == "unknown")
    is_non_finite = true;
      else
    length = strtoull(CHAR_STR(s), NULL, 0);
    }
 
  uint64_t size_in_bits = 0;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "size-in-bits"))
    {
      char *endptr = nullptr;
      size_in_bits = strtoull(CHAR_STR(s), &endptr, 0);
      if (*endptr != '\0')
    {
      if (!strcmp(CHAR_STR(s), "infinite")
          ||!strcmp(CHAR_STR(s), "unknown"))
        size_in_bits = (size_t) -1;
      else
        return nil;
    }
    }
 
  int64_t lower_bound = 0, upper_bound = 0;
  bool bounds_present = false;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "lower-bound"))
    {
      lower_bound = strtoll(CHAR_STR(s), NULL, 0);
      s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "upper-bound");
      if (!string(CHAR_STR(s)).empty())
    upper_bound = strtoll(CHAR_STR(s), NULL, 0);
      bounds_present = true;
      ABG_ASSERT(is_non_finite
         || (length == (uint64_t) upper_bound - lower_bound + 1));
    }
 
  string underlying_type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    underlying_type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  type_base_sptr underlying_type;
  if (!underlying_type_id.empty())
    {
      underlying_type = rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(underlying_type_id, true);
      ABG_ASSERT(underlying_type);
    }
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      array_type_def::subrange_sptr result = is_subrange_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  // Note that DWARF would actually have a upper_bound of -1 for an
  // array of length 0.  In the past (before ABIXML version 2.3), the
  // IR would reflect that, so let's stay compatible with that.
  array_type_def::subrange_type::bound_value max_bound;
  array_type_def::subrange_type::bound_value min_bound;
  if (!is_non_finite)
    if (length > 0)
      // By default, if no 'lower-bound/upper-bound' attributes are
      // set, we assume that the lower bound is 0 and the upper bound
      // is length - 1.
      max_bound.set_signed(length - 1);
 
  if (bounds_present)
    {
      // So lower_bound/upper_bound are set.  Let's set them rather
      // than assume that mind_bound is zero.
      min_bound.set_signed(lower_bound);
      max_bound.set_signed(upper_bound);
    }
 
  array_type_def::subrange_sptr p
    (new array_type_def::subrange_type(rdr.get_environment(),
                       name, min_bound, max_bound,
                       underlying_type, loc));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, p);
  p->is_non_finite(is_non_finite);
  if (size_in_bits)
  p->set_size_in_bits(size_in_bits);
 
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, p);
 
  if (rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(p, node, add_to_current_scope))
    rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, p);
 
  return p;
}
 
/// Build a array_type_def from a 'array-type-def' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the array_type_def from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built array_type_def upon
/// successful completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static array_type_def_sptr
build_array_type_def(reader&    rdr,
             const      xmlNodePtr node,
             bool       add_to_current_scope)
{
 
  array_type_def_sptr nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("array-type-def")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      array_type_def_sptr result =
    dynamic_pointer_cast<array_type_def>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  if (type_base_sptr d = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      array_type_def_sptr ty = is_array_type(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(ty);
      return ty;
    }
 
  int dimensions = 0;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "dimensions"))
    dimensions = atoi(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  size_t size_in_bits = 0, alignment_in_bits = 0;
  bool has_size_in_bits = false;
  char *endptr;
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "size-in-bits"))
    {
      size_in_bits = strtoull(CHAR_STR(s), &endptr, 0);
      if (*endptr != '\0')
    {
      if (!strcmp(CHAR_STR(s), "infinite")
          ||!strcmp(CHAR_STR(s), "unknown"))
        size_in_bits = (size_t) -1;
      else
        return nil;
    }
      has_size_in_bits = true;
    }
 
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "alignment-in-bits"))
    {
      alignment_in_bits = strtoull(CHAR_STR(s), &endptr, 0);
      if (*endptr != '\0')
    return nil;
    }
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
  array_type_def::subranges_type subranges;
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("subrange")))
      {
    if (array_type_def::subrange_sptr s =
        build_subrange_type(rdr, n, /*add_to_current_scope=*/true))
      {
        MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(s, n);
        if (add_to_current_scope)
          {
        add_decl_to_scope(s, rdr.get_cur_scope());
        rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(s);
          }
        subranges.push_back(s);
      }
      }
 
  // The type of array elements.
  type_base_sptr type =
    rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true);
  ABG_ASSERT(type);
 
  // maybe building the type of array elements triggered building this
  // one in the mean time ...
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      array_type_def_sptr result = is_array_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  array_type_def_sptr ar_type(new array_type_def(type, subranges, loc));
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, ar_type);
 
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, ar_type);
  if (rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(ar_type, node, add_to_current_scope))
    rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, ar_type);
  RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, type, ar_type);
 
  if (dimensions != ar_type->get_dimension_count()
      || (alignment_in_bits
      != ar_type->get_element_type()->get_alignment_in_bits()))
    return nil;
 
  if (has_size_in_bits && size_in_bits != (size_t) -1
      && size_in_bits != ar_type->get_size_in_bits())
    {
      // We have a potential discrepancy between calculated and recorded sizes.
      size_t element_size = ar_type->get_element_type()->get_size_in_bits();
      if (element_size && element_size != (size_t)-1)
    {
      // Older versions miscalculated multidimensional array sizes.
      size_t bad_count = 0;
      for (vector<array_type_def::subrange_sptr>::const_iterator i =
         subranges.begin();
           i != subranges.end();
           ++i)
        bad_count += (*i)->get_length();
      if (size_in_bits == bad_count * element_size)
        {
          static bool reported = false;
          if (!reported)
        {
          std::cerr << "notice: Found incorrectly calculated array "
                << "sizes in XML - this is benign.\nOlder versions "
                << "of libabigail miscalculated multidimensional "
                << "array sizes." << std::endl;
          reported = true;
        }
        }
      else
        {
          std::cerr << "error: Found incorrectly calculated array size in "
            << "XML (id=\"" << id <<  "\")." << std::endl;
          ABG_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED;
        }
    }
    }
 
  return ar_type;
}
 
/// Build an @ref enum_type_decl from the XML node that represents it,
/// if it was not suppressed by a supression specification present in
/// the current reader.
///
/// @param rdr the reader to take into account.
///
/// @param node the XML node representing the @ref enum_type_decl to
/// build.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope whether to add the built @ref
/// enum_type_decl to the current scope.
///
/// @return the newly built @ref enum_type_decl iff it was effectively
/// built.
static enum_type_decl_sptr
build_enum_type_decl_if_not_suppressed(reader&  rdr,
                       const xmlNodePtr node,
                       bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
  enum_type_decl_sptr enum_type;
  if (!type_is_suppressed(rdr, node))
    enum_type = build_enum_type_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope);
  return enum_type;
}
 
/// Build an enum_type_decl from an 'enum-type-decl' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the enum_type_decl from.
///
/// param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of this
/// function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built enum_type_decl upon successful
/// completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static enum_type_decl_sptr
build_enum_type_decl(reader&    rdr,
             const xmlNodePtr   node,
             bool       add_to_current_scope)
{
  enum_type_decl_sptr nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("enum-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      enum_type_decl_sptr result =
    dynamic_pointer_cast<enum_type_decl>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  string linkage_name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "linkage-name"))
    linkage_name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  bool is_decl_only = false;
  read_is_declaration_only(node, is_decl_only);
 
  bool is_anonymous = false;
  read_is_anonymous(node, is_anonymous);
 
  bool is_artificial = false;
  read_is_artificial(node, is_artificial);
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      enum_type_decl_sptr result = is_enum_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string base_type_id;
  enum_type_decl::enumerators enums;
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("underlying-type")))
    {
      xml_char_sptr a = xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(n, BAD_CAST("type-id")));
      if (a)
        base_type_id = CHAR_STR(a);
      continue;
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("enumerator")))
    {
      string name;
      int64_t value = 0;
 
      xml_char_sptr a = xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(n, BAD_CAST("name")));
      if (a)
        name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(a));
 
      a = xml::build_sptr(xmlGetProp(n, BAD_CAST("value")));
      if (a)
        {
          value = strtoll(CHAR_STR(a), NULL, 0);
          // when strtoll encounters overflow or underflow, errno
          // is set to ERANGE and the returned value is either
          // LLONG_MIN or LLONG_MAX.
          if ((errno == ERANGE)
          && (value == LLONG_MIN || value == LLONG_MAX))
        return nil;
        }
 
      enums.push_back(enum_type_decl::enumerator(name, value));
    }
    }
 
  type_base_sptr underlying_type =
    rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(base_type_id, true);
  ABG_ASSERT(underlying_type);
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      enum_type_decl_sptr result = is_enum_type(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  enum_type_decl_sptr t(new enum_type_decl(name, loc,
                       underlying_type,
                       enums, linkage_name));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, t);
  t->set_is_anonymous(is_anonymous);
  t->set_is_artificial(is_artificial);
  t->set_is_declaration_only(is_decl_only);
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, t);
 
  if (rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(t, node, add_to_current_scope))
    {
      maybe_set_naming_typedef(rdr, node, t);
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, t);
      RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, underlying_type, t);
      return t;
    }
 
  return nil;
}
 
/// Build a typedef_decl from a 'typedef-decl' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the typedef_decl from.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly built typedef_decl upon successful
/// completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static shared_ptr<typedef_decl>
build_typedef_decl(reader&  rdr,
           const xmlNodePtr node,
           bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
  shared_ptr<typedef_decl> nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("typedef-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      typedef_decl_sptr result = is_typedef(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      typedef_decl_sptr result = is_typedef(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  ABG_ASSERT(!type_id.empty());
 
  type_base_sptr underlying_type(rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true));
  ABG_ASSERT(underlying_type);
 
  // Maybe the building of the underlying type triggered the building
  // of the current type.  If so, then return it.
  if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
    {
      typedef_decl_sptr result = is_typedef(t);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  typedef_decl_sptr t(new typedef_decl(name, underlying_type, loc));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, t);
 
  // Read the hash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, t);
 
  rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(t, node, add_to_current_scope);
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, t);
  RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, underlying_type, t);
 
  return t;
}
 
/// Build a class from its XML node if it is not suppressed by a
/// suppression specification that is present in the ABIXML reader.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader to consider.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope whether to add the built class to the
/// current context or not.
///
/// @return true iff the class was built.
static class_decl_sptr
build_class_decl_if_not_suppressed(reader&  rdr,
                   const xmlNodePtr node,
                   bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
  class_decl_sptr class_type;
  if (!type_is_suppressed(rdr, node))
    class_type = build_class_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope);
  return class_type;
}
 
/// Build a @ref union_decl from its XML node if it is not suppressed
/// by a suppression specification that is present in the read
/// context.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader to consider.
///
/// @param node the XML node to consider.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope whether to add the built @ref
/// union_decl to the current context or not.
///
/// @return true iff the @ref union_decl was built.
static union_decl_sptr
build_union_decl_if_not_suppressed(reader&  rdr,
                   const xmlNodePtr node,
                   bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
  union_decl_sptr union_type;
  if (!type_is_suppressed(rdr, node))
    union_type = build_union_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope);
  return union_type;
}
 
/// Build a class_decl from a 'class-decl' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the class_decl from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if yes, the resulting class node
/// hasn't triggered voluntarily the adding of the resulting
/// class_decl_sptr to the current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to class_decl upon successful completion, a null
/// pointer otherwise.
static class_decl_sptr
build_class_decl(reader&        rdr,
         const xmlNodePtr   node,
         bool           add_to_current_scope)
{
  class_decl_sptr nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("class-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      class_decl_sptr result = dynamic_pointer_cast<class_decl>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  size_t size_in_bits = 0, alignment_in_bits = 0;
  read_size_and_alignment(node, size_in_bits, alignment_in_bits);
 
  decl_base::visibility vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_NONE;
  read_visibility(node, vis);
 
  bool is_artificial = false;
  read_is_artificial(node, is_artificial);
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  class_decl::member_types mbrs;
  class_decl::data_members data_mbrs;
  class_decl::member_functions mbr_functions;
  class_decl::base_specs  bases;
 
  class_decl_sptr decl;
 
  bool is_decl_only = false;
  read_is_declaration_only(node, is_decl_only);
 
  bool is_struct = false;
  read_is_struct(node, is_struct);
 
  bool is_anonymous = false;
  read_is_anonymous(node, is_anonymous);
 
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  class_decl_sptr previous_definition, previous_declaration;
  if (!is_anonymous)
    if (type_base_sptr t = rdr.get_type_decl(id))
      {
    previous_definition  = is_class_type(t);
    ABG_ASSERT(previous_definition);
      }
 
  const vector<type_base_sptr> *types_ptr = 0;
  if (!is_anonymous && !previous_definition)
    types_ptr = rdr.get_all_type_decls(id);
  if (types_ptr)
    {
      // Lets look at the previous declarations and the first previous
      // definition of this type that we've already seen while parsing
      // this corpus.
      for (vector<type_base_sptr>::const_iterator i = types_ptr->begin();
       i != types_ptr->end();
       ++i)
    {
      class_decl_sptr klass = is_class_type(*i);
      ABG_ASSERT(klass);
      if (klass->get_is_declaration_only()
          && !klass->get_definition_of_declaration())
        previous_declaration = klass;
      else if (!klass->get_is_declaration_only()
           && !previous_definition)
        previous_definition = klass;
      if (previous_definition && previous_declaration)
        break;
    }
 
      if (previous_declaration)
    ABG_ASSERT(previous_declaration->get_name() == name);
 
      if (previous_definition)
    ABG_ASSERT(previous_definition->get_name() == name);
 
      if (is_decl_only && previous_declaration)
    return previous_declaration;
    }
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
 
  if (!is_decl_only && previous_definition)
    // We are in the case where we've read this class definition
    // before, but we might need to update it to add some new stuff to
    // it; we might thus find the new stuff to add in the current
    // (new) incarnation of that definition that we are currently
    // reading.
    decl = previous_definition;
  else
    {
      if (is_decl_only)
    {
      decl.reset(new class_decl(env, name, is_struct));
      if (size_in_bits)
        decl->set_size_in_bits(size_in_bits);
      if (is_anonymous)
        decl->set_is_anonymous(is_anonymous);
      decl->set_location(loc);
    }
      else
    decl.reset(new class_decl(env, name, size_in_bits, alignment_in_bits,
                  is_struct, loc, vis, bases, mbrs,
                  data_mbrs, mbr_functions, is_anonymous));
    }
 
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, decl);
  decl->set_is_artificial(is_artificial);
 
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, decl);
 
  string def_id;
  bool is_def_of_decl = false;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "def-of-decl-id"))
    def_id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  if (!def_id.empty())
    {
      decl_base_sptr d = is_decl(rdr.get_type_decl(def_id));
      if (d && d->get_is_declaration_only())
    {
      is_def_of_decl = true;
      decl->set_earlier_declaration(d);
      d->set_definition_of_declaration(decl);
    }
    }
 
  if (!is_decl_only
      && decl
      && !decl->get_is_declaration_only()
      && previous_declaration)
    {
      // decl is the definition of the previous declaration
      // previous_declaration.
      //
      // Let's link them.
      decl->set_earlier_declaration(is_decl(previous_declaration));
      for (vector<type_base_sptr>::const_iterator i = types_ptr->begin();
       i != types_ptr->end();
       ++i)
    {
      class_decl_sptr d = is_class_type(*i);
      ABG_ASSERT(d);
      if (d->get_is_declaration_only()
          && !d->get_definition_of_declaration())
        {
          previous_declaration->set_definition_of_declaration(decl);
          is_def_of_decl = true;
        }
    }
    }
 
  if (is_decl_only && previous_definition)
    {
      // decl is a declaration of the previous definition
      // previous_definition.  Let's link them.
      ABG_ASSERT(decl->get_is_declaration_only()
         && !decl->get_definition_of_declaration());
      decl->set_definition_of_declaration(previous_definition);
    }
 
  ABG_ASSERT(!is_decl_only || !is_def_of_decl);
 
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(decl,
             add_to_current_scope
             ? rdr.get_scope_ptr_for_node(node)
             : nullptr);
 
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, decl);
  rdr.key_type_decl(decl, id);
 
  // If this class has a naming typedef, get it and refer to it.
  maybe_set_naming_typedef(rdr, node, decl);
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("base-class")))
    {
      access_specifier access =
        is_struct
        ? public_access
        : private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      string type_id;
      if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(n, "type-id"))
        type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
      shared_ptr<class_decl> b =
        dynamic_pointer_cast<class_decl>
        (rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true));
      ABG_ASSERT(b);
 
      if (decl->find_base_class(b->get_qualified_name()))
        // We are in updating mode for this class.  The version of
        // the class we have already has this base class, so we
        // are not going to add it again.
        continue;
 
      size_t offset_in_bits = 0;
      bool offset_present = read_offset_in_bits (n, offset_in_bits);
 
      bool is_virtual = false;
      read_is_virtual (n, is_virtual);
 
      shared_ptr<class_decl::base_spec> base (new class_decl::base_spec
                          (b, access,
                           offset_present
                           ? (long) offset_in_bits
                           : -1,
                           is_virtual));
      decl->add_base_specifier(base);
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("member-type")))
    {
      access_specifier access =
        is_struct
        ? public_access
        : private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(n, decl);
 
      for (xmlNodePtr p = xmlFirstElementChild(n);
           p;
           p = xmlNextElementSibling(p))
        {
 
          string member_type_name;
          read_name(p, member_type_name);
          type_base_sptr t;
          if (!member_type_name.empty())
        t = decl->find_member_type(member_type_name);
          if (t)
        continue;
 
          if ((t = build_type(rdr, p, /*add_to_current_scope=*/true)))
        {
          decl_base_sptr td = get_type_declaration(t);
          ABG_ASSERT(td);
          if (!td->get_scope())
            decl->add_member_type(t);
          set_member_access_specifier(td, access);
          rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(t);
          xml_char_sptr i= XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(p, "id");
          string id = CHAR_STR(i);
          ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
          rdr.key_type_decl(t, id);
          rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(p, td);
        }
        }
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("data-member")))
    {
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(n, decl);
 
      access_specifier access =
        is_struct
        ? public_access
        : private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      bool is_laid_out = false;
      size_t offset_in_bits = 0;
      if (read_offset_in_bits(n, offset_in_bits))
        is_laid_out = true;
 
      bool is_static = false;
      read_static(n, is_static);
 
      for (xmlNodePtr p = xmlFirstElementChild(n);
           p;
           p = xmlNextElementSibling(p))
        {
          if (var_decl_sptr v =
          build_var_decl(rdr, p, /*add_to_cur_scope=*/false))
        {
          if (decl->find_data_member(v))
            {
              // We are in updating mode and the current
              // version of this class already has this data
              // member, so we are not going to add it again.
              // So we need to discard the data member we have
              // built (and that was pushed to the current
              // stack of decls built) and move on.
              decl_base_sptr d = rdr.pop_decl();
              ABG_ASSERT(is_var_decl(d));
              continue;
            }
 
          if (!variable_is_suppressed(rdr, decl.get(), *v))
            {
              decl->add_data_member(v, access,
                        is_laid_out,
                        is_static,
                        offset_in_bits);
              if (is_static)
            rdr.add_var_to_exported_or_undefined_decls(v);
              // Now let's record the fact that the data
              // member uses its type and that the class being
              // built uses the data member.
              if (is_anonymous_data_member(v))
            // This data member is anonymous so recording
            // that it uses its type is useless because we
            // can't name it.  Rather, let's record that
            // the class being built uses the type of the
            // (anonymous) data member.
            RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, v->get_type(), decl);
              else
            {
              RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, v->get_type(), v);
              RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, v, decl);
            }
            }
        }
        }
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("member-function")))
    {
      access_specifier access =
        is_struct
        ? public_access
        : private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      bool is_virtual = false;
      ssize_t vtable_offset = -1;
      if (xml_char_sptr s =
          XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(n, "vtable-offset"))
        {
          is_virtual = true;
          vtable_offset = atoi(CHAR_STR(s));
        }
 
      bool is_static = false;
      read_static(n, is_static);
 
      bool is_ctor = false, is_dtor = false, is_const = false;
      read_cdtor_const(n, is_ctor, is_dtor, is_const);
 
      for (xmlNodePtr p = xmlFirstElementChild(n);
           p;
           p = xmlNextElementSibling(p))
        {
          if (function_decl_sptr f =
          build_function_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, p, decl,
                            /*add_to_cur_sc=*/true,
                            /*add_to_exported_decls=*/false))
        {
          method_decl_sptr m = is_method_decl(f);
          ABG_ASSERT(m);
          set_member_access_specifier(m, access);
          set_member_is_static(m, is_static);
          if (is_virtual)
            set_member_function_virtuality(m, is_virtual, vtable_offset);
          set_member_function_is_ctor(m, is_ctor);
          set_member_function_is_dtor(m, is_dtor);
          set_member_function_is_const(m, is_const);
          rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(p, m);
          rdr.add_fn_to_exported_or_undefined_decls(f.get());
          break;
        }
        }
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("member-template")))
    {
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(n, decl);
 
      access_specifier access =
        is_struct
        ? public_access
        : private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      bool is_static = false;
      read_static(n, is_static);
 
      bool is_ctor = false, is_dtor = false, is_const = false;
      read_cdtor_const(n, is_ctor, is_dtor, is_const);
 
      for (xmlNodePtr p = xmlFirstElementChild(n);
           p;
           p = xmlNextElementSibling(p))
        {
          if (shared_ptr<function_tdecl> f =
          build_function_tdecl(rdr, p,
                       /*add_to_current_scope=*/true))
        {
          shared_ptr<member_function_template> m
            (new member_function_template(f, access, is_static,
                          is_ctor, is_const));
          ABG_ASSERT(f->get_scope());
          decl->add_member_function_template(m);
        }
          else if (shared_ptr<class_tdecl> c =
               build_class_tdecl(rdr, p,
                     /*add_to_current_scope=*/true))
        {
          member_class_template_sptr m(new member_class_template(c,
                                     access,
                                     is_static));
          ABG_ASSERT(c->get_scope());
          decl->add_member_class_template(m);
        }
        }
    }
    }
 
  rdr.pop_scope_or_abort(decl);
 
  return decl;
}
 
/// Build a union_decl from a 'union-decl' xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the union_decl from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if yes, the resulting union node
/// hasn't triggered voluntarily the adding of the resulting
/// union_decl_sptr to the current scope.
///
/// @return a pointer to union_decl upon successful completion, a null
/// pointer otherwise.
static union_decl_sptr
build_union_decl(reader& rdr,
         const xmlNodePtr node,
         bool add_to_current_scope)
{
  union_decl_sptr nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("union-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  if (decl_base_sptr d = rdr.get_decl_for_xml_node(node))
    {
      union_decl_sptr result = dynamic_pointer_cast<union_decl>(d);
      ABG_ASSERT(result);
      return result;
    }
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  size_t size_in_bits = 0, alignment_in_bits = 0;
  read_size_and_alignment(node, size_in_bits, alignment_in_bits);
 
  decl_base::visibility vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_NONE;
  read_visibility(node, vis);
 
  bool is_artificial = false;
  read_is_artificial(node, is_artificial);
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  union_decl::member_types mbrs;
  union_decl::data_members data_mbrs;
  union_decl::member_functions mbr_functions;
 
  union_decl_sptr decl;
 
  bool is_decl_only = false;
  read_is_declaration_only(node, is_decl_only);
 
  bool is_anonymous = false;
  read_is_anonymous(node, is_anonymous);
 
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
  union_decl_sptr previous_definition, previous_declaration;
  const vector<type_base_sptr> *types_ptr = 0;
  if (!is_anonymous)
    types_ptr = rdr.get_all_type_decls(id);
  if (types_ptr)
    {
      // Lets look at the previous declarations and the first previous
      // definition of this type that we've already seen while parsing
      // this corpus.
      for (vector<type_base_sptr>::const_iterator i = types_ptr->begin();
       i != types_ptr->end();
       ++i)
    {
      union_decl_sptr onion = is_union_type(*i);
      ABG_ASSERT(onion);
      if (onion->get_is_declaration_only()
          && !onion->get_definition_of_declaration())
        previous_declaration = onion;
      else if (!onion->get_is_declaration_only()
           && !previous_definition)
        previous_definition = onion;
      if (previous_definition && previous_declaration)
        break;
    }
 
      if (previous_declaration)
    ABG_ASSERT(previous_declaration->get_name() == name);
 
      if (previous_definition)
    ABG_ASSERT(previous_definition->get_name() == name);
 
      if (is_decl_only && previous_declaration)
    return previous_declaration;
    }
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
 
  if (!is_decl_only && previous_definition)
    // We are in the case where we've read this class definition
    // before, but we might need to update it to add some new stuff to
    // it; we might thus find the new stuff to add in the current
    // (new) incarnation of that definition that we are currently
    // reading.
    decl = previous_definition;
  else
    {
      if (is_decl_only)
    decl.reset(new union_decl(env, name));
      else
    decl.reset(new union_decl(env, name,
                  size_in_bits,
                  loc, vis, mbrs,
                  data_mbrs,
                  mbr_functions,
                  is_anonymous));
    }
 
  // Read the stash from the XML node and stash it into the IR node.
  read_hash_and_stash(node, decl);
 
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, decl);
  decl->set_is_artificial(is_artificial);
 
  string def_id;
  bool is_def_of_decl = false;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "def-of-decl-id"))
    def_id = CHAR_STR(s);
 
  if (!def_id.empty())
    {
      class_decl_sptr d =
    dynamic_pointer_cast<class_decl>(rdr.get_type_decl(def_id));
      if (d && d->get_is_declaration_only())
    {
      is_def_of_decl = true;
      decl->set_earlier_declaration(d);
      d->set_definition_of_declaration(decl);
    }
    }
 
  if (!is_decl_only
      && decl
      && !decl->get_is_declaration_only()
      && previous_declaration)
    {
      // decl is the definition of the previous declaration
      // previous_declaration.
      //
      // Let's link them.
      decl->set_earlier_declaration(previous_declaration);
      for (vector<type_base_sptr>::const_iterator i = types_ptr->begin();
       i != types_ptr->end();
       ++i)
    {
      union_decl_sptr d = is_union_type(*i);
      ABG_ASSERT(d);
      if (d->get_is_declaration_only()
          && !d->get_definition_of_declaration())
        {
          previous_declaration->set_definition_of_declaration(decl);
          is_def_of_decl = true;
        }
    }
    }
 
  if (is_decl_only && previous_definition)
    {
      // decl is a declaration of the previous definition
      // previous_definition.  Let's link them.
      ABG_ASSERT(decl->get_is_declaration_only()
         && !decl->get_definition_of_declaration());
      decl->set_definition_of_declaration(previous_definition);
    }
 
  ABG_ASSERT(!is_decl_only || !is_def_of_decl);
 
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(decl,
             add_to_current_scope
             ? rdr.get_scope_ptr_for_node(node)
             : nullptr);
 
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, decl);
  rdr.key_type_decl(decl, id);
 
  maybe_set_naming_typedef(rdr, node, decl);
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       !is_decl_only && n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("member-type")))
    {
      access_specifier access = private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(n, decl);
 
      for (xmlNodePtr p = xmlFirstElementChild(n);
           p;
           p = xmlNextElementSibling(p))
        {
          string member_type_name;
          read_name(p, member_type_name);
          type_base_sptr t;
          if (!member_type_name.empty())
        t = decl->find_member_type(member_type_name);
          if (t)
        continue;
          if ((t = build_type(rdr, p, /*add_to_current_scope=*/true)))
        {
          decl_base_sptr td = get_type_declaration(t);
          ABG_ASSERT(td);
          if (!td->get_scope())
            decl->add_member_type(t);
          set_member_access_specifier(td, access);
          rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(t);
 
          xml_char_sptr i= XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(p, "id");
          string id = CHAR_STR(i);
          ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
          rdr.key_type_decl(t, id);
          rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(p, td);
        }
        }
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("data-member")))
    {
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(n, decl);
 
      access_specifier access = private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      bool is_laid_out = true;
      size_t offset_in_bits = 0;
      bool is_static = false;
      read_static(n, is_static);
 
      for (xmlNodePtr p = xmlFirstElementChild(n);
           p;
           p = xmlNextElementSibling(p))
        {
          if (var_decl_sptr v =
          build_var_decl(rdr, p, /*add_to_cur_scope=*/false))
        {
          if (decl->find_data_member(v))
            {
              // We are in updating mode and the current
              // version of this class already has this data
              // member, so we are not going to add it again.
              // So we need to discard the data member we have
              // built (and that was pushed to the current
              // stack of decls built) and move on.
              decl_base_sptr d = rdr.pop_decl();
              ABG_ASSERT(is_var_decl(d));
              continue;
            }
          if (!is_static
              || !variable_is_suppressed(rdr, decl.get(), *v))
            {
              decl->add_data_member(v, access,
                        is_laid_out,
                        is_static,
                        offset_in_bits);
              // Now let's record the fact that the data
              // member uses its type and that the union being
              // built uses the data member.
              if (is_anonymous_data_member(v))
            // This data member is anonymous so recording
            // that it uses its type is useless because we
            // can't name it.  Rather, let's record that
            // the class being built uses the type of the
            // (anonymous) data member.
            RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, v->get_type(), decl);
              else
            {
              RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, v->get_type(), v);
              RECORD_ARTIFACT_AS_USED_BY(rdr, v, decl);
            }
            }
        }
        }
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("member-function")))
    {
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(n, decl);
 
      access_specifier access = private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      bool is_static = false;
      read_static(n, is_static);
 
      bool is_ctor = false, is_dtor = false, is_const = false;
      read_cdtor_const(n, is_ctor, is_dtor, is_const);
 
      for (xmlNodePtr p = xmlFirstElementChild(n);
           p;
           p = xmlNextElementSibling(p))
        {
          if (function_decl_sptr f =
          build_function_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, p, decl,
                            /*add_to_cur_sc=*/true,
                            /*add_to_exported_decls=*/false))
        {
          method_decl_sptr m = is_method_decl(f);
          ABG_ASSERT(m);
          set_member_access_specifier(m, access);
          set_member_is_static(m, is_static);
          set_member_function_is_ctor(m, is_ctor);
          set_member_function_is_dtor(m, is_dtor);
          set_member_function_is_const(m, is_const);
          rdr.add_fn_to_exported_or_undefined_decls(f.get());
          break;
        }
        }
    }
      else if (xmlStrEqual(n->name, BAD_CAST("member-template")))
    {
      rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(n, decl);
 
      access_specifier access = private_access;
      read_access(n, access);
 
      bool is_static = false;
      read_static(n, is_static);
 
      bool is_ctor = false, is_dtor = false, is_const = false;
      read_cdtor_const(n, is_ctor, is_dtor, is_const);
 
      for (xmlNodePtr p = xmlFirstElementChild(n);
           p;
           p = xmlNextElementSibling(p))
        {
          if (function_tdecl_sptr f =
          build_function_tdecl(rdr, p,
                       /*add_to_current_scope=*/true))
        {
          member_function_template_sptr m
            (new member_function_template(f, access, is_static,
                          is_ctor, is_const));
          ABG_ASSERT(f->get_scope());
          decl->add_member_function_template(m);
        }
          else if (class_tdecl_sptr c =
               build_class_tdecl(rdr, p,
                     /*add_to_current_scope=*/true))
        {
          member_class_template_sptr m(new member_class_template(c,
                                     access,
                                     is_static));
          ABG_ASSERT(c->get_scope());
          decl->add_member_class_template(m);
        }
        }
    }
    }
 
  rdr.pop_scope_or_abort(decl);
 
  return decl;
}
 
/// Build an intance of function_tdecl, from an
/// 'function-template-decl' xml element node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to parse from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of
/// this function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return the newly built function_tdecl upon successful
/// completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static shared_ptr<function_tdecl>
build_function_tdecl(reader& rdr,
             const xmlNodePtr node,
             bool add_to_current_scope)
{
  shared_ptr<function_tdecl> nil, result;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("function-template-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  if (id.empty() || rdr.get_fn_tmpl_decl(id))
    return nil;
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  decl_base::visibility vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_NONE;
  read_visibility(node, vis);
 
  decl_base::binding bind = decl_base::BINDING_NONE;
  read_binding(node, bind);
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
 
  function_tdecl_sptr fn_tmpl_decl(new function_tdecl(env, loc, vis, bind));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, fn_tmpl_decl);
 
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(fn_tmpl_decl,
             add_to_current_scope
             ? rdr.get_scope_ptr_for_node(node)
             : nullptr);
  rdr.key_fn_tmpl_decl(fn_tmpl_decl, id);
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, fn_tmpl_decl);
 
  unsigned parm_index = 0;
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (template_parameter_sptr parm =
      build_template_parameter(rdr, n, parm_index, fn_tmpl_decl))
    {
      fn_tmpl_decl->add_template_parameter(parm);
      ++parm_index;
    }
      else if (function_decl_sptr f =
           build_function_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, n, class_decl_sptr(),
                             /*add_to_current_scope=*/true,
                             /*add_to_exported_decls=*/true))
    fn_tmpl_decl->set_pattern(f);
    }
 
  rdr.key_fn_tmpl_decl(fn_tmpl_decl, id);
 
  return fn_tmpl_decl;
}
 
/// Build an intance of class_tdecl, from a
/// 'class-template-decl' xml element node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to parse from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of this
/// function is added to its current scope.
///
/// @return the newly built function_tdecl upon successful
/// completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static class_tdecl_sptr
build_class_tdecl(reader&       rdr,
          const xmlNodePtr  node,
          bool          add_to_current_scope)
{
  class_tdecl_sptr nil, result;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("class-template-decl")))
    return nil;
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  if (id.empty() || rdr.get_class_tmpl_decl(id))
    return nil;
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  decl_base::visibility vis = decl_base::VISIBILITY_NONE;
  read_visibility(node, vis);
 
  const environment& env = rdr.get_environment();
 
  class_tdecl_sptr class_tmpl (new class_tdecl(env, loc, vis));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, class_tmpl);
 
  if (add_to_current_scope)
    rdr.push_decl_to_scope(class_tmpl, node);
  rdr.key_class_tmpl_decl(class_tmpl, id);
  rdr.map_xml_node_to_decl(node, class_tmpl);
 
  unsigned parm_index = 0;
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if (template_parameter_sptr parm=
      build_template_parameter(rdr, n, parm_index, class_tmpl))
    {
      class_tmpl->add_template_parameter(parm);
      ++parm_index;
    }
      else if (class_decl_sptr c =
           build_class_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, n,
                          add_to_current_scope))
    {
      if (c->get_scope())
        rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(c);
      class_tmpl->set_pattern(c);
    }
    }
 
  rdr.key_class_tmpl_decl(class_tmpl, id);
 
  return class_tmpl;
}
 
/// Build a type_tparameter from a 'template-type-parameter'
/// xml element node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to parse from.
///
/// @param index the index (occurrence index, starting from 0) of the
/// template parameter.
///
/// @param tdecl the enclosing template declaration that holds the
/// template type parameter.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly created instance of
/// type_tparameter, a null pointer otherwise.
static type_tparameter_sptr
build_type_tparameter(reader&       rdr,
              const xmlNodePtr      node,
              unsigned          index,
              template_decl_sptr    tdecl)
{
  type_tparameter_sptr nil, result;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("template-type-parameter")))
    return nil;
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  if (!id.empty())
    ABG_ASSERT(!rdr.get_type_decl(id));
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  if (!type_id.empty()
      && !(result = dynamic_pointer_cast<type_tparameter>
       (rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true))))
    abort();
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node,loc);
 
  result.reset(new type_tparameter(index, tdecl, name, loc));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, result);
 
  if (id.empty())
    rdr.push_decl_to_scope(is_decl(result), node);
  else
    rdr.push_and_key_type_decl(result, node, /*add_to_current_scope=*/true);
 
  rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(result);
 
  return result;
}
 
/// Build a tmpl_parm_type_composition from a
/// "template-parameter-type-composition" xml element node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to parse from.
///
/// @param index the index of the previous normal template parameter.
///
/// @param tdecl the enclosing template declaration that holds this
/// template parameter type composition.
///
/// @return a pointer to a new instance of tmpl_parm_type_composition
/// upon successful completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static type_composition_sptr
build_type_composition(reader&      rdr,
               const xmlNodePtr node,
               unsigned     index,
               template_decl_sptr   tdecl)
{
  type_composition_sptr nil, result;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("template-parameter-type-composition")))
    return nil;
 
  type_base_sptr composed_type;
  result.reset(new type_composition(index, tdecl, composed_type));
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(is_decl(result), node);
 
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    {
      if ((composed_type =
       build_pointer_type_def(rdr, n,
                  /*add_to_current_scope=*/true))
      ||(composed_type =
         build_reference_type_def(rdr, n,
                      /*add_to_current_scope=*/true))
      ||(composed_type =
         build_array_type_def(rdr, n,
                  /*add_to_current_scope=*/true))
      || (composed_type =
          build_qualified_type_decl(rdr, n,
                    /*add_to_current_scope=*/true)))
    {
      rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(composed_type);
      result->set_composed_type(composed_type);
      break;
    }
    }
 
  return result;
}
 
/// Build an instance of non_type_tparameter from a
/// 'template-non-type-parameter' xml element node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to parse from.
///
/// @param index the index of the parameter.
///
/// @param tdecl the enclosing template declaration that holds this
/// non type template parameter.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly created instance of
/// non_type_tparameter upon successful completion, a null
/// pointer code otherwise.
static non_type_tparameter_sptr
build_non_type_tparameter(reader&   rdr,
              const xmlNodePtr  node,
              unsigned      index,
              template_decl_sptr    tdecl)
{
  non_type_tparameter_sptr r;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("template-non-type-parameter")))
    return r;
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  type_base_sptr type;
  if (type_id.empty()
      || !(type = rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true)))
    abort();
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node,loc);
 
  r.reset(new non_type_tparameter(index, tdecl, name, type, loc));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, r);
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(is_decl(r), node);
 
  return r;
}
 
/// Build an intance of template_tparameter from a
/// 'template-template-parameter' xml element node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to parse from.
///
/// @param index the index of the template parameter.
///
/// @param tdecl the enclosing template declaration that holds this
/// template template parameter.
///
/// @return a pointer to a new instance of template_tparameter
/// upon successful completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static template_tparameter_sptr
build_template_tparameter(reader&   rdr,
              const xmlNodePtr  node,
              unsigned      index,
              template_decl_sptr    tdecl)
{
  template_tparameter_sptr nil;
 
  if (!xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST("template-template-parameter")))
    return nil;
 
  string id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "id"))
    id = CHAR_STR(s);
  // Bail out if a type with the same ID already exists.
  ABG_ASSERT(!id.empty());
 
  string type_id;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "type-id"))
    type_id = CHAR_STR(s);
  // Bail out if no type with this ID exists.
  if (!type_id.empty()
      && !(dynamic_pointer_cast<template_tparameter>
       (rdr.build_or_get_type_decl(type_id, true))))
    abort();
 
  string name;
  if (xml_char_sptr s = XML_NODE_GET_ATTRIBUTE(node, "name"))
    name = xml::unescape_xml_string(CHAR_STR(s));
 
  location loc;
  read_location(rdr, node, loc);
 
  template_tparameter_sptr result(new template_tparameter(index, tdecl,
                              name, loc));
  maybe_set_artificial_location(rdr, node, result);
  rdr.push_decl_to_scope(result, node);
 
  // Go parse template parameters that are children nodes
  int parm_index = 0;
  for (xmlNodePtr n = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       n;
       n = xmlNextElementSibling(n))
    if (shared_ptr<template_parameter> p =
    build_template_parameter(rdr, n, parm_index, result))
      {
    result->add_template_parameter(p);
    ++parm_index;
      }
 
  if (result)
    {
      rdr.key_type_decl(result, id);
      rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(result);
    }
 
  return result;
}
 
/// Build a template parameter type from several possible xml elment
/// nodes representing a serialized form a template parameter.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml element node to parse from.
///
/// @param index the index of the template parameter we are parsing.
///
/// @param tdecl the enclosing template declaration that holds this
/// template parameter.
///
/// @return a pointer to a newly created instance of
/// template_parameter upon successful completion, a null pointer
/// otherwise.
static template_parameter_sptr
build_template_parameter(reader&        rdr,
             const xmlNodePtr   node,
             unsigned       index,
             template_decl_sptr tdecl)
{
  shared_ptr<template_parameter> r;
  ((r = build_type_tparameter(rdr, node, index, tdecl))
   || (r = build_non_type_tparameter(rdr, node, index, tdecl))
   || (r = build_template_tparameter(rdr, node, index, tdecl))
   || (r = build_type_composition(rdr, node, index, tdecl)));
 
  return r;
}
 
/// Build a type from an xml node.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the xml node to build the type_base from.
///
/// @return a pointer to the newly built type_base upon successful
/// completion, a null pointer otherwise.
static type_base_sptr
build_type(reader&  rdr,
       const xmlNodePtr node,
       bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
  type_base_sptr t;
 
  ((t = build_type_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_qualified_type_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_pointer_type_def(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_reference_type_def(rdr, node , add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_ptr_to_mbr_type(rdr, node , add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_function_type(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_array_type_def(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_subrange_type(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_enum_type_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, node,
                          add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_typedef_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_class_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, node,
                          add_to_current_scope))
   || (t = build_union_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, node,
                          add_to_current_scope)));
 
  if (rdr.tracking_non_reachable_types() && t)
    {
      corpus_sptr abi = rdr.corpus();
      ABG_ASSERT(abi);
      bool is_non_reachable_type = false;
      read_is_non_reachable_type(node, is_non_reachable_type);
      if (!is_non_reachable_type)
    abi->record_type_as_reachable_from_public_interfaces(*t);
    }
 
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(t, node);
 
  if (t)
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(t);
  return t;
}
 
/// Parses 'type-decl' xml element.
///
/// @param rdr the parsing context.
///
/// @return true upon successful parsing, false otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_type_decl(reader&    rdr,
         xmlNodePtr node,
         bool       add_to_current_scope)
{
  type_decl_sptr decl = build_type_decl(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(decl, node);
  if (decl && decl->get_scope())
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parses 'namespace-decl' xml element.
///
/// @param rdr the parsing context.
///
/// @return true upon successful parsing, false otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_namespace_decl(reader&   rdr,
              xmlNodePtr    node,
              bool      add_to_current_scope)
{
  namespace_decl_sptr d = build_namespace_decl(rdr, node,
                           add_to_current_scope);
  return d;
}
 
/// Parse a qualified-type-def xml element.
///
/// @param rdr the parsing context.
///
/// @return true upon successful parsing, false otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_qualified_type_decl(reader&  rdr,
               xmlNodePtr       node,
               bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
  qualified_type_def_sptr decl =
    build_qualified_type_decl(rdr, node,
                  add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(decl, node);
  if (decl && decl->get_scope())
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse a pointer-type-decl element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_pointer_type_def(reader& rdr,
            xmlNodePtr  node,
            bool        add_to_current_scope)
{
  pointer_type_def_sptr decl = build_pointer_type_def(rdr, node,
                              add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(decl, node);
  if (decl && decl->get_scope())
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse a reference-type-def element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// reference_type_def is added to.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_reference_type_def(reader& rdr,
              xmlNodePtr    node,
              bool      add_to_current_scope)
{
  reference_type_def_sptr decl = build_reference_type_def(rdr, node,
                              add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(decl, node);
  if (decl && decl->get_scope())
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse a function-type element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// function_type is added to.
static type_base_sptr
handle_function_type(reader&    rdr,
             xmlNodePtr node,
             bool       add_to_current_scope)
{
  function_type_sptr type = build_function_type(rdr, node,
                          add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(type, node);
  rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(type);
  return type;
}
 
/// Parse a array-type-def element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// array_type_def is added to.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_array_type_def(reader&   rdr,
              xmlNodePtr    node,
              bool      add_to_current_scope)
{
  array_type_def_sptr decl = build_array_type_def(rdr, node,
                          add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(decl, node);
  rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse an enum-decl element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_enum_type_decl(reader&   rdr,
              xmlNodePtr    node,
              bool      add_to_current_scope)
{
  enum_type_decl_sptr decl =
    build_enum_type_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, node,
                       add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(decl, node);
  if (decl && decl->get_scope())
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse a typedef-decl element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_typedef_decl(reader& rdr,
            xmlNodePtr      node,
            bool        add_to_current_scope)
{
  typedef_decl_sptr decl = build_typedef_decl(rdr, node,
                          add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(decl, node);
  if (decl && decl->get_scope())
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse a var-decl element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @param node the node to read & parse from.
///
/// @param add_to_current_scope if set to yes, the resulting of this
/// function is added to its current scope.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_var_decl(reader& rdr,
        xmlNodePtr  node,
        bool        add_to_current_scope)
{
  decl_base_sptr decl = build_var_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, node,
                             add_to_current_scope);
  rdr.add_var_to_exported_or_undefined_decls(is_var_decl(decl));
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse a function-decl element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing
///
/// @return true upon successful completion of the parsing, false
/// otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_function_decl(reader&    rdr,
             xmlNodePtr node,
             bool       add_to_current_scope)
{
  return build_function_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, node, class_decl_sptr(),
                           add_to_current_scope,
                           /*add_to_exported_decls=*/true);
}
 
/// Parse a 'class-decl' xml element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @return the resulting @ref class_decl built from the XML element
/// upon successful completion of the parsing, nil otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_class_decl(reader& rdr,
          xmlNodePtr    node,
          bool      add_to_current_scope)
{
  class_decl_sptr decl =
    build_class_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(is_type(decl), node);
  if (decl && decl->get_scope())
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse a 'union-decl' xml element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @return the resulting @ref union_decl built from the XML element
/// upon successful completion of the parsing, nil otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_union_decl(reader& rdr,
          xmlNodePtr    node,
          bool      add_to_current_scope)
{
  union_decl_sptr decl =
    build_union_decl_if_not_suppressed(rdr, node, add_to_current_scope);
  MAYBE_MAP_TYPE_WITH_TYPE_ID(is_type(decl), node);
  if (decl && decl->get_scope())
    rdr.schedule_type_for_canonicalization(decl);
  return decl;
}
 
/// Parse a 'function-template-decl' xml element.
///
/// @param rdr the parsing context.
///
/// @return true upon successful completion of the parsing, false
/// otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_function_tdecl(reader&   rdr,
              xmlNodePtr    node,
              bool      add_to_current_scope)
{
  function_tdecl_sptr d = build_function_tdecl(rdr, node,
                           add_to_current_scope);
  return d;
}
 
/// Parse a 'class-template-decl' xml element.
///
/// @param rdr the context of the parsing.
///
/// @return true upon successful completion, false otherwise.
static decl_base_sptr
handle_class_tdecl(reader&  rdr,
           xmlNodePtr       node,
           bool     add_to_current_scope)
{
  class_tdecl_sptr decl = build_class_tdecl(rdr, node,
                        add_to_current_scope);
  return decl;
}
 
/// De-serialize a translation unit from an ABI Instrumentation xml
/// file coming from an input stream.
///
/// @param in a pointer to the input stream.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.
///
/// @return the translation unit resulting from the parsing upon
/// successful completion, or nil.
translation_unit_sptr
read_translation_unit_from_istream(istream* in, environment& env)
{
  reader read_rdr(xml::new_reader_from_istream(in), env);
  return read_translation_unit_from_input(read_rdr);
}
template<typename T>
struct array_deleter
{
  void
  operator()(T* a)
  {
    delete [] a;
  }
};//end array_deleter
 
 
/// Create an xml_reader::reader to read a native XML ABI file.
///
/// @param path the path to the native XML file to read.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.
///
/// @return the created context.
fe_iface_sptr
create_reader(const string& path, environment& env)
{
  reader_sptr result(new reader(xml::new_reader_from_file(path),
                env));
  corpus_sptr corp = result->corpus();
  corp->set_origin(corpus::NATIVE_XML_ORIGIN);
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_SELF_COMPARISON
  if (env.self_comparison_debug_is_on())
    env.set_self_comparison_debug_input(result->corpus());
#endif
  result->set_path(path);
  return result;
}
 
/// Create an xml_reader::reader to read a native XML ABI from
/// an input stream..
///
/// @param in the input stream that contains the native XML file to read.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.
///
/// @return the created context.
fe_iface_sptr
create_reader(std::istream* in, environment& env)
{
  reader_sptr result(new reader(xml::new_reader_from_istream(in),
                env));
  corpus_sptr corp = result->corpus();
  corp->set_origin(corpus::NATIVE_XML_ORIGIN);
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_SELF_COMPARISON
  if (env.self_comparison_debug_is_on())
    env.set_self_comparison_debug_input(result->corpus());
#endif
  return result;
}
 
/// De-serialize an ABI corpus from an input XML document which root
/// node is 'abi-corpus'.
///
/// @param in the input stream to read the XML document from.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.  Note that the life time of
/// this environment must be greater than the lifetime of the
/// resulting corpus as the corpus uses resources that are allocated
/// in the environment.
///
/// @return the resulting corpus de-serialized from the parsing.  This
/// is non-null iff the parsing resulted in a valid corpus.
corpus_sptr
read_corpus_from_abixml(std::istream* in,
            environment& env)
{
  fe_iface_sptr rdr = create_reader(in, env);
  fe_iface::status sts;
  return rdr->read_corpus(sts);
}
 
/// De-serialize an ABI corpus from an XML document file which root
/// node is 'abi-corpus'.
///
/// @param path the path to the input file to read the XML document
/// from.
///
/// @param env the environment to use.  Note that the life time of
/// this environment must be greater than the lifetime of the
/// resulting corpus as the corpus uses resources that are allocated
/// in the environment.
///
/// @return the resulting corpus de-serialized from the parsing.  This
/// is non-null if the parsing successfully resulted in a corpus.
corpus_sptr
read_corpus_from_abixml_file(const string& path,
                 environment& env)
{
  fe_iface_sptr rdr = create_reader(path, env);
  fe_iface::status sts;
  corpus_sptr corp = rdr->read_corpus(sts);
  return corp;
}
 
}//end namespace xml_reader
 
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_SELF_COMPARISON
/// Load the map that is stored at
/// environment::get_type_id_canonical_type_map().
///
/// That map associates type-ids to the pointer value of the canonical
/// types they correspond to.  The map is loaded from a file that was
/// stored on disk by some debugging primitive that is activated when
/// the command "abidw --debug-abidiff <binary>' is used."
///
/// The function that stored the map in that file is
/// write_canonical_type_ids.
///
/// @param rdr the ABIXML reader to use.
///
/// @param file_path the path to the file containing the type-ids <->
/// canonical type mapping.
///
/// @return true iff the loading was successful.
bool
load_canonical_type_ids(fe_iface& iface, const string &file_path)
{
  abixml::reader& rdr = dynamic_cast<abixml::reader&>(iface);
 
  xmlDocPtr doc = xmlReadFile(file_path.c_str(), NULL, XML_PARSE_NOERROR);
  if (!doc)
    return false;
 
  xmlNodePtr node = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);
  if (!node)
    return false;
 
  // We expect a file which content looks like:
  //
  // <abixml-types-check>
  //     <type>
  //       <id>type-id-573</id>
  //       <c>0x262ee28</c>
  //     </type>
  //     <type>
  //       <id>type-id-569</id>
  //       <c>0x2628298</c>
  //     </type>
  //     <type>
  //       <id>type-id-575</id>
  //       <c>0x25f9ba8</c>
  //     </type>
  // <abixml-types-check>
  //
  // So let's parse it!
 
  if (xmlStrcmp(node->name, (xmlChar*) "abixml-types-check"))
    return false;
 
  for (node = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
       node;
       node = xmlNextElementSibling(node))
    {
      if (xmlStrcmp(node->name, (xmlChar*) "type"))
    continue;
 
      string id, canonical_address;
      xmlNodePtr data = xmlFirstElementChild(node);
      if (data && !xmlStrcmp(data->name, (xmlChar*) "id")
      && data->children && xmlNodeIsText(data->children))
    id = (char*) XML_GET_CONTENT(data->children);
 
      data = xmlNextElementSibling(data);
      if (data && !xmlStrcmp(data->name, (xmlChar*) "c")
      && data->children && xmlNodeIsText(data->children))
    {
      canonical_address = (char*) XML_GET_CONTENT(data->children);
      std::stringstream s;
      s << canonical_address;
      uintptr_t v = 0;
      s >>  std::hex >> v;
      if (!id.empty()
          // 0xdeadbabe is the special value the hash of types
          // that are not canonicalized.  Look into function
          // hash_as_canonical_type_or_constant for the details.
          && v != 0xdeadbabe)
        rdr.get_environment().get_type_id_canonical_type_map()[id] = v;
    }
    }
  return true;
}
#endif
 
}//end namespace abigail