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-// 
-// FOR Perl*Handler MEMBER FUNCTIONS, SO PERL SCALAR DOESN'T GET WRAPPED 
-// 
-%typemap(in) SV * {
-  $1 = $input;
-}
-
-// The typecheck functions are for use by SWIG's auto-overloading support
-%typemap(typecheck, precedence=60)
-SV*
-{
-  $1 = SvOK($input) ? 1 : 0;
-}
-
-// The typecheck functions are for use by SWIG's auto-overloading support
-%typemap(typecheck, precedence=60)
-SV*
-{
-  $1 = SvOK($input) ? 1 : 0;
-}
-
-// %typemap(typecheck, precedence=70)
-// as long as the SV is not undef, convert it to a string
-%typecheck(SWIG_TYPECHECK_UNISTRING)
-XMLCh*, const XMLCh* 
-{
-  $1 = SvOK($input) ? 1 : 0; 
-}
-
-
-/*
- * Handle Callbacks - until directors work in Perl
- */
-
-// Define a macro to rewrite setErrorHandler() for all classes
-
-%define SET_ERRORHANDLER(class)
-%feature("shadow") XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::class::setErrorHandler {
-    sub setErrorHandler {
-      my ($self,$handler) = @_;
-      my $callback = XML::Xerces::PerlErrorCallbackHandler->new($handler);
-      $XML::Xerces::REMEMBER{tied(% {$self})}->{__ERROR_HANDLER} = $callback;
-
-      return XML::Xercesc::class ##_setErrorHandler($self,$callback);
-    }
-}
-%enddef
-
-SET_ERRORHANDLER(Parser)
-SET_ERRORHANDLER(SAX2XMLReader)
-SET_ERRORHANDLER(SAXParser)
-SET_ERRORHANDLER(DOMBuilder)
-SET_ERRORHANDLER(DOMWriter)
-SET_ERRORHANDLER(XercesDOMParser)
-
-// Define a macro to rewrite setEntityResolver() for all classes
-
-%define SET_ENTITYRESOLVER(class)
-%feature("shadow") XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::class::setEntityResolver {
-    sub setEntityResolver {
-      my ($self,$handler) = @_;
-      my $callback = XML::Xerces::PerlEntityResolverHandler->new($handler);
-      $XML::Xerces::REMEMBER{tied(% {$self})}->{__ENTITY_RESOLVER} = $callback;
-
-      return XML::Xercesc::class ##_setEntityResolver($self,$callback);
-    }
-}
-%enddef
-
-SET_ENTITYRESOLVER(Parser)
-SET_ENTITYRESOLVER(SAX2XMLReader)
-SET_ENTITYRESOLVER(SAXParser)
-SET_ENTITYRESOLVER(DOMBuilder)
-SET_ENTITYRESOLVER(XercesDOMParser)
-
-// Define a macro to rewrite all methods that return a list of DOMNodes
-
-// we need the "defined ## $result hack because defined is a cpp operator
-%define DOMLIST_METHOD(class,method)
-  %feature("shadow") XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::class::method {
-sub method {
-    my $result = XML::Xercesc:: ## class ## _ ## method (@_);
-    unless (defined ## $result) {
-      return () if wantarray;
-      return undef; # if *not* wantarray
-    }
-    return $result->to_list() if wantarray;
-    return $result; # if *not* wantarray
-}
-  }
-%enddef
-
-DOMLIST_METHOD(DOMDocument,getElementsByTagName)
-DOMLIST_METHOD(DOMDocument,getElementsByTagNameNS)
-DOMLIST_METHOD(DOMElement,getElementsByTagName)
-DOMLIST_METHOD(DOMElement,getElementsByTagNameNS)
-DOMLIST_METHOD(DOMNode,getChildNodes)
-
-// Define a macro to rewrite all methods that return a map of DOMNodes
-
-// we need the "defined ## $result hack because defined is a cpp operator
-%define DOMMAP_METHOD(class,method)
-  %feature("shadow") XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::class::method {
-sub method {
-    my $result = XML::Xercesc:: ## class ## _ ## method (@_);
-    unless (defined ## $result) {
-      return () if wantarray;
-      return undef; # if *not* wantarray
-    }
-    return $result->to_hash() if wantarray;
-    return $result; # if *not* wantarray
-}
-  }
-%enddef
-
-DOMMAP_METHOD(DOMDocumentType,getEntities)
-DOMMAP_METHOD(DOMDocumentType,getNotations)
-DOMMAP_METHOD(DOMNode,getAttributes)
-
-/*
- * have the document remember the parser, so that if the parser
- * goes out of scope before the document, the document will not
- * be freed
- */
-%feature("shadow") XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::AbstractDOMParser::getDocument %{
-# hold a reference to the parser internally, so that the
-# document can exist after the parser has gone out of scope
-sub getDocument {
-  my ($self) = @_;
-  my $result = XML::Xercesc::AbstractDOMParser_getDocument($self);
-
-  # the DOMDocument destructor will automatically delete this entry if we
-  # store it using the underlying tied() object
-  $XML::Xerces::REMEMBER{tied(% {$result})}->{__PARSER} = $self;
-  return $result;
-}
-%}
-
-%feature("shadowpre") MemBufInputSource %{
-    # SYSTEM ID is *optional*
-    if (scalar @_ == 1) {
-      push(@_,'FAKE_SYSTEM_ID');
-    }
-%}
-
-/*
- * The Node iterators defined in DOM Level2 must also be remembered
- */
-%define CREATE_DOMITERATOR(method)
-%feature("shadow") XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::DOMDocumentTraversal:: ## method {
-sub method {
-    my ($self,$root,$what,$filter,$expand) = @_;
-    my $callback = XML::Xerces::PerlNodeFilterCallbackHandler->new($filter);
-    $XML::Xerces::REMEMBER{tied(% {$self})}->{__NODE_FILTER} = $callback;
-
-    my @args = ($self,$root,$what,$callback,$expand);
-    if ($args[0]->isa('XML::Xerces::DOMDocument')) {
-#      $args[0] = $args[0]->toDOMDocumentTraversal();
-    }
-    return XML::Xercesc::DOMDocumentTraversal_ ## method(@args);
-}
-}
-%enddef
-
-CREATE_DOMITERATOR(createNodeIterator)
-CREATE_DOMITERATOR(createTreeWalker)
-
-%feature("shadow") XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::SAXParser::setDocumentHandler %{
-sub setDocumentHandler {
-    my ($self,$handler) = @_;
-    my $callback = XML::Xerces::PerlDocumentCallbackHandler->new($handler);
-    $XML::Xerces::REMEMBER{tied(% {$self})}->{__DOCUMENT_HANDLER} = $callback;
-
-    my @args = ($self,$callback);
-    return XML::Xercesc::SAXParser_setDocumentHandler(@args);
-}
-%}
-
-%feature("shadow") XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::SAX2XMLReader::setContentHandler %{
-sub setContentHandler {
-    my ($self,$handler) = @_;
-    my $callback = XML::Xerces::PerlContentCallbackHandler->new($handler);
-    $XML::Xerces::REMEMBER{tied(% {$self})}->{__CONTENT_HANDLER} = $callback;
-
-    my @args = ($self,$callback);
-    return XML::Xercesc::SAX2XMLReader_setContentHandler(@args);
-}
-%}
-
-%feature("shadowpre") Wrapper4InputSource %{
-    # we never handle the memory
-    # so we tell Perl to forget about the InputSource
-    $_[0]->DISOWN();
-%}
-
-%feature("shadowpre") createDocument %{
-  if (UNIVERSAL::isa($_[3],"XML::Xerces::DOMDocumentType")) {
-    # die "createDOMDocument: expected XML::Xerces::DOMDocumentType for arg 3";
-    $_[3]->DISOWN();
-  }
-%}