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`open` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<balxml_minireader.h>`

Set up the reader for parsing the XML file named by `filename`.


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    char const* filename,
    char const* encoding = 0) override;
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Set up the reader for parsing the XML data in the specified `stream`.


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int
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    std::streambuf* stream,
    char const* url = 0,
    char const* encoding = 0) override;
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Set up the reader for parsing the XML data in the specified `buffer`.


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    char const* buffer,
    std::size_t size,
    char const* url = 0,
    char const* encoding = 0) override;
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== Return Value

0 on success and non‐zero otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *filename*
| path of the XML file to parse
| *encoding*
| optional document encoding override
| *stream*
| stream buffer containing the XML document
| *url*
| optional base URL for the document
| *buffer*
| memory containing the XML document
| *size*
| number of bytes in `buffer`
|===


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