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+/*
+ * legacy.c: set of deprecated routines, not to be used anymore but
+ *           kept purely for ABI compatibility
+ *
+ * See Copyright for the status of this software.
+ *
+ * daniel@veillard.com
+ */
+
+#define IN_LIBXML
+#include "libxml.h"
+
+#include <libxml/tree.h>
+#include <libxml/entities.h>
+#include <libxml/SAX.h>
+#include <libxml/parserInternals.h>
+
+#ifdef LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED
+void xmlUpgradeOldNs(xmlDocPtr doc);
+
+/************************************************************************
+ *									*
+ *		Deprecated functions kept for compatibility		*
+ *									*
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * xmlDecodeEntities:
+ * @ctxt:  the parser context
+ * @len:  the len to decode (in bytes !), -1 for no size limit
+ * @what:  combination of XML_SUBSTITUTE_REF and XML_SUBSTITUTE_PEREF
+ * @end:  an end marker xmlChar, 0 if none
+ * @end2:  an end marker xmlChar, 0 if none
+ * @end3:  an end marker xmlChar, 0 if none
+ * 
+ * This function is deprecated, we now always process entities content
+ * through xmlStringDecodeEntities
+ *
+ * TODO: remove it in next major release.
+ *
+ * [67] Reference ::= EntityRef | CharRef
+ *
+ * [69] PEReference ::= '%' Name ';'
+ *
+ * Returns A newly allocated string with the substitution done. The caller
+ *      must deallocate it !
+ */
+xmlChar *
+xmlDecodeEntities(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  int len ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int what ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  xmlChar end ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  xmlChar end2 ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  xmlChar end3 ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlDecodeEntities() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+    return (NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNamespaceParseNCName:
+ * @ctxt:  an XML parser context
+ *
+ * parse an XML namespace name.
+ *
+ * TODO: this seems not in use anymore, the namespace handling is done on
+ *       top of the SAX interfaces, i.e. not on raw input.
+ *
+ * [NS 3] NCName ::= (Letter | '_') (NCNameChar)*
+ *
+ * [NS 4] NCNameChar ::= Letter | Digit | '.' | '-' | '_' |
+ *                       CombiningChar | Extender
+ *
+ * Returns the namespace name or NULL
+ */
+
+xmlChar *
+xmlNamespaceParseNCName(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlNamespaceParseNCName() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+    return (NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNamespaceParseQName:
+ * @ctxt:  an XML parser context
+ * @prefix:  a xmlChar ** 
+ *
+ * TODO: this seems not in use anymore, the namespace handling is done on
+ *       top of the SAX interfaces, i.e. not on raw input.
+ *
+ * parse an XML qualified name
+ *
+ * [NS 5] QName ::= (Prefix ':')? LocalPart
+ *
+ * [NS 6] Prefix ::= NCName
+ *
+ * [NS 7] LocalPart ::= NCName
+ *
+ * Returns the local part, and prefix is updated
+ *   to get the Prefix if any.
+ */
+
+xmlChar *
+xmlNamespaceParseQName(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                       xmlChar ** prefix ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlNamespaceParseQName() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+    return (NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNamespaceParseNSDef:
+ * @ctxt:  an XML parser context
+ *
+ * parse a namespace prefix declaration
+ *
+ * TODO: this seems not in use anymore, the namespace handling is done on
+ *       top of the SAX interfaces, i.e. not on raw input.
+ *
+ * [NS 1] NSDef ::= PrefixDef Eq SystemLiteral
+ *
+ * [NS 2] PrefixDef ::= 'xmlns' (':' NCName)?
+ *
+ * Returns the namespace name
+ */
+
+xmlChar *
+xmlNamespaceParseNSDef(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlNamespaceParseNSDef() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+    return (NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseQuotedString:
+ * @ctxt:  an XML parser context
+ *
+ * Parse and return a string between quotes or doublequotes
+ *
+ * TODO: Deprecated, to  be removed at next drop of binary compatibility
+ *
+ * Returns the string parser or NULL.
+ */
+xmlChar *
+xmlParseQuotedString(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlParseQuotedString() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+    return (NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseNamespace:
+ * @ctxt:  an XML parser context
+ *
+ * xmlParseNamespace: parse specific PI '<?namespace ...' constructs.
+ *
+ * This is what the older xml-name Working Draft specified, a bunch of
+ * other stuff may still rely on it, so support is still here as
+ * if it was declared on the root of the Tree:-(
+ *
+ * TODO: remove from library
+ *
+ * To be removed at next drop of binary compatibility
+ */
+
+void
+xmlParseNamespace(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlParseNamespace() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlScanName:
+ * @ctxt:  an XML parser context
+ *
+ * Trickery: parse an XML name but without consuming the input flow
+ * Needed for rollback cases. Used only when parsing entities references.
+ *
+ * TODO: seems deprecated now, only used in the default part of
+ *       xmlParserHandleReference
+ *
+ * [4] NameChar ::= Letter | Digit | '.' | '-' | '_' | ':' |
+ *                  CombiningChar | Extender
+ *
+ * [5] Name ::= (Letter | '_' | ':') (NameChar)*
+ *
+ * [6] Names ::= Name (S Name)*
+ *
+ * Returns the Name parsed or NULL
+ */
+
+xmlChar *
+xmlScanName(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlScanName() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+    return (NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParserHandleReference:
+ * @ctxt:  the parser context
+ * 
+ * TODO: Remove, now deprecated ... the test is done directly in the
+ *       content parsing
+ * routines.
+ *
+ * [67] Reference ::= EntityRef | CharRef
+ *
+ * [68] EntityRef ::= '&' Name ';'
+ *
+ * [ WFC: Entity Declared ]
+ * the Name given in the entity reference must match that in an entity
+ * declaration, except that well-formed documents need not declare any
+ * of the following entities: amp, lt, gt, apos, quot. 
+ *
+ * [ WFC: Parsed Entity ]
+ * An entity reference must not contain the name of an unparsed entity
+ *
+ * [66] CharRef ::= '&#' [0-9]+ ';' |
+ *                  '&#x' [0-9a-fA-F]+ ';'
+ *
+ * A PEReference may have been detected in the current input stream
+ * the handling is done accordingly to 
+ *      http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#entproc
+ */
+void
+xmlParserHandleReference(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlParserHandleReference() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+
+    return;
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlHandleEntity:
+ * @ctxt:  an XML parser context
+ * @entity:  an XML entity pointer.
+ *
+ * Default handling of defined entities, when should we define a new input
+ * stream ? When do we just handle that as a set of chars ?
+ *
+ * OBSOLETE: to be removed at some point.
+ */
+
+void
+xmlHandleEntity(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                xmlEntityPtr entity ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlHandleEntity() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNewGlobalNs:
+ * @doc:  the document carrying the namespace
+ * @href:  the URI associated
+ * @prefix:  the prefix for the namespace
+ *
+ * Creation of a Namespace, the old way using PI and without scoping
+ *   DEPRECATED !!!
+ * It now create a namespace on the root element of the document if found.
+ * Returns NULL this functionality had been removed
+ */
+xmlNsPtr
+xmlNewGlobalNs(xmlDocPtr doc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+               const xmlChar * href ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+               const xmlChar * prefix ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlNewGlobalNs() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+    return (NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlUpgradeOldNs:
+ * @doc:  a document pointer
+ * 
+ * Upgrade old style Namespaces (PI) and move them to the root of the document.
+ * DEPRECATED
+ */
+void
+xmlUpgradeOldNs(xmlDocPtr doc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    static int deprecated = 0;
+
+    if (!deprecated) {
+        xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+                        "xmlUpgradeOldNs() deprecated function reached\n");
+        deprecated = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlEncodeEntities:
+ * @doc:  the document containing the string
+ * @input:  A string to convert to XML.
+ *
+ * TODO: remove xmlEncodeEntities, once we are not afraid of breaking binary
+ *       compatibility
+ *
+ * People must migrate their code to xmlEncodeEntitiesReentrant !
+ * This routine will issue a warning when encountered.
+ * 
+ * Returns NULL
+ */
+const xmlChar *
+xmlEncodeEntities(xmlDocPtr doc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  const xmlChar *input ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+    static int warning = 1;
+
+    if (warning) {
+	xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+		"Deprecated API xmlEncodeEntities() used\n");
+	xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+		"   change code to use xmlEncodeEntitiesReentrant()\n");
+	warning = 0;
+    }
+    return(NULL);
+}
+
+/************************************************************************
+ *									*
+ *		Old set of SAXv1 functions 				*
+ *									*
+ ************************************************************************/
+static int deprecated_v1_msg = 0;
+
+#define DEPRECATED(n)						\
+    if (deprecated_v1_msg == 0)					\
+	xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,			\
+	  "Use of deprecated SAXv1 function %s\n", n);		\
+    deprecated_v1_msg++;
+
+/**
+ * getPublicId:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * Provides the public ID e.g. "-//SGMLSOURCE//DTD DEMO//EN"
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2GetPublicId()
+ *
+ * Returns a xmlChar *
+ */
+const xmlChar *
+getPublicId(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("getPublicId")
+    return(xmlSAX2GetPublicId(ctx));
+}
+
+/**
+ * getSystemId:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * Provides the system ID, basically URL or filename e.g.
+ * http://www.sgmlsource.com/dtds/memo.dtd
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2GetSystemId()
+ *
+ * Returns a xmlChar *
+ */
+const xmlChar *
+getSystemId(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("getSystemId")
+    return(xmlSAX2GetSystemId(ctx)); 
+}
+
+/**
+ * getLineNumber:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * Provide the line number of the current parsing point.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2GetLineNumber()
+ *
+ * Returns an int
+ */
+int
+getLineNumber(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("getLineNumber")
+    return(xmlSAX2GetLineNumber(ctx));
+}
+
+/**
+ * getColumnNumber:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * Provide the column number of the current parsing point.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2GetColumnNumber()
+ *
+ * Returns an int
+ */
+int
+getColumnNumber(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("getColumnNumber")
+    return(xmlSAX2GetColumnNumber(ctx));
+}
+
+/**
+ * isStandalone:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * Is this document tagged standalone ?
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2IsStandalone()
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if true
+ */
+int
+isStandalone(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("isStandalone")
+    return(xmlSAX2IsStandalone(ctx));
+}
+
+/**
+ * hasInternalSubset:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * Does this document has an internal subset
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2HasInternalSubset()
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if true
+ */
+int
+hasInternalSubset(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("hasInternalSubset")
+    return(xmlSAX2HasInternalSubset(ctx));
+}
+
+/**
+ * hasExternalSubset:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * Does this document has an external subset
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2HasExternalSubset()
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if true
+ */
+int
+hasExternalSubset(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("hasExternalSubset")
+    return(xmlSAX2HasExternalSubset(ctx));
+}
+
+/**
+ * internalSubset:
+ * @ctx:  the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name:  the root element name
+ * @ExternalID:  the external ID
+ * @SystemID:  the SYSTEM ID (e.g. filename or URL)
+ *
+ * Callback on internal subset declaration.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2InternalSubset()
+ */
+void
+internalSubset(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name,
+	       const xmlChar *ExternalID, const xmlChar *SystemID)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("internalSubset")
+    xmlSAX2InternalSubset(ctx, name, ExternalID, SystemID);
+}
+
+/**
+ * externalSubset:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name:  the root element name
+ * @ExternalID:  the external ID
+ * @SystemID:  the SYSTEM ID (e.g. filename or URL)
+ *
+ * Callback on external subset declaration.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2ExternalSubset()
+ */
+void
+externalSubset(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name,
+	       const xmlChar *ExternalID, const xmlChar *SystemID)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("externalSubset")
+    xmlSAX2ExternalSubset(ctx, name, ExternalID, SystemID);
+}
+
+/**
+ * resolveEntity:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @publicId: The public ID of the entity
+ * @systemId: The system ID of the entity
+ *
+ * The entity loader, to control the loading of external entities,
+ * the application can either:
+ *    - override this resolveEntity() callback in the SAX block
+ *    - or better use the xmlSetExternalEntityLoader() function to
+ *      set up it's own entity resolution routine
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2ResolveEntity()
+ *
+ * Returns the xmlParserInputPtr if inlined or NULL for DOM behaviour.
+ */
+xmlParserInputPtr
+resolveEntity(void *ctx, const xmlChar *publicId, const xmlChar *systemId)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("resolveEntity")
+    return(xmlSAX2ResolveEntity(ctx, publicId, systemId));
+}
+
+/**
+ * getEntity:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name: The entity name
+ *
+ * Get an entity by name
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2GetEntity()
+ *
+ * Returns the xmlEntityPtr if found.
+ */
+xmlEntityPtr
+getEntity(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("getEntity")
+    return(xmlSAX2GetEntity(ctx, name));
+}
+
+/**
+ * getParameterEntity:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name: The entity name
+ *
+ * Get a parameter entity by name
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2GetParameterEntity()
+ *
+ * Returns the xmlEntityPtr if found.
+ */
+xmlEntityPtr
+getParameterEntity(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("getParameterEntity")
+    return(xmlSAX2GetParameterEntity(ctx, name));
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * entityDecl:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name:  the entity name 
+ * @type:  the entity type 
+ * @publicId: The public ID of the entity
+ * @systemId: The system ID of the entity
+ * @content: the entity value (without processing).
+ *
+ * An entity definition has been parsed
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2EntityDecl()
+ */
+void
+entityDecl(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name, int type,
+          const xmlChar *publicId, const xmlChar *systemId, xmlChar *content)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("entityDecl")
+    xmlSAX2EntityDecl(ctx, name, type, publicId, systemId, content);
+}
+
+/**
+ * attributeDecl:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @elem:  the name of the element
+ * @fullname:  the attribute name 
+ * @type:  the attribute type 
+ * @def:  the type of default value
+ * @defaultValue: the attribute default value
+ * @tree:  the tree of enumerated value set
+ *
+ * An attribute definition has been parsed
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2AttributeDecl()
+ */
+void
+attributeDecl(void *ctx, const xmlChar *elem, const xmlChar *fullname,
+              int type, int def, const xmlChar *defaultValue,
+	      xmlEnumerationPtr tree)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("attributeDecl")
+    xmlSAX2AttributeDecl(ctx, elem, fullname, type, def, defaultValue, tree);
+}
+
+/**
+ * elementDecl:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name:  the element name 
+ * @type:  the element type 
+ * @content: the element value tree
+ *
+ * An element definition has been parsed
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2ElementDecl()
+ */
+void
+elementDecl(void *ctx, const xmlChar * name, int type,
+            xmlElementContentPtr content)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("elementDecl")
+    xmlSAX2ElementDecl(ctx, name, type, content);
+}
+
+/**
+ * notationDecl:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name: The name of the notation
+ * @publicId: The public ID of the entity
+ * @systemId: The system ID of the entity
+ *
+ * What to do when a notation declaration has been parsed.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2NotationDecl()
+ */
+void
+notationDecl(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name,
+	     const xmlChar *publicId, const xmlChar *systemId)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("notationDecl")
+    xmlSAX2NotationDecl(ctx, name, publicId, systemId);
+}
+
+/**
+ * unparsedEntityDecl:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name: The name of the entity
+ * @publicId: The public ID of the entity
+ * @systemId: The system ID of the entity
+ * @notationName: the name of the notation
+ *
+ * What to do when an unparsed entity declaration is parsed
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2UnparsedEntityDecl()
+ */
+void
+unparsedEntityDecl(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name,
+		   const xmlChar *publicId, const xmlChar *systemId,
+		   const xmlChar *notationName)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("unparsedEntityDecl")
+    xmlSAX2UnparsedEntityDecl(ctx, name, publicId, systemId, notationName);
+}
+
+/**
+ * setDocumentLocator:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @loc: A SAX Locator
+ *
+ * Receive the document locator at startup, actually xmlDefaultSAXLocator
+ * Everything is available on the context, so this is useless in our case.
+ * DEPRECATED
+ */
+void
+setDocumentLocator(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, xmlSAXLocatorPtr loc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("setDocumentLocator")
+}
+
+/**
+ * startDocument:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * called when the document start being processed.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2StartDocument()
+ */
+void
+startDocument(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("startDocument")
+    xmlSAX2StartDocument(ctx);
+}
+
+/**
+ * endDocument:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * called when the document end has been detected.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2EndDocument()
+ */
+void
+endDocument(void *ctx)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("endDocument")
+    xmlSAX2EndDocument(ctx);
+}
+
+/**
+ * attribute:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @fullname:  The attribute name, including namespace prefix
+ * @value:  The attribute value
+ *
+ * Handle an attribute that has been read by the parser.
+ * The default handling is to convert the attribute into an
+ * DOM subtree and past it in a new xmlAttr element added to
+ * the element.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2Attribute()
+ */
+void
+attribute(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const xmlChar *fullname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const xmlChar *value ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("attribute")
+}
+
+/**
+ * startElement:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @fullname:  The element name, including namespace prefix
+ * @atts:  An array of name/value attributes pairs, NULL terminated
+ *
+ * called when an opening tag has been processed.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2StartElement()
+ */
+void
+startElement(void *ctx, const xmlChar *fullname, const xmlChar **atts)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("startElement")
+    xmlSAX2StartElement(ctx, fullname, atts);
+}
+
+/**
+ * endElement:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name:  The element name
+ *
+ * called when the end of an element has been detected.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2EndElement()
+ */
+void
+endElement(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("endElement")
+    xmlSAX2EndElement(ctx, name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * reference:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name:  The entity name
+ *
+ * called when an entity reference is detected. 
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2Reference()
+ */
+void
+reference(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("reference")
+    xmlSAX2Reference(ctx, name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * characters:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @ch:  a xmlChar string
+ * @len: the number of xmlChar
+ *
+ * receiving some chars from the parser.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2Characters()
+ */
+void
+characters(void *ctx, const xmlChar *ch, int len)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("characters")
+    xmlSAX2Characters(ctx, ch, len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ignorableWhitespace:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @ch:  a xmlChar string
+ * @len: the number of xmlChar
+ *
+ * receiving some ignorable whitespaces from the parser.
+ * UNUSED: by default the DOM building will use characters
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2IgnorableWhitespace()
+ */
+void
+ignorableWhitespace(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const xmlChar *ch ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int len ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("ignorableWhitespace")
+}
+
+/**
+ * processingInstruction:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @target:  the target name
+ * @data: the PI data's
+ *
+ * A processing instruction has been parsed.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2ProcessingInstruction()
+ */
+void
+processingInstruction(void *ctx, const xmlChar *target,
+                      const xmlChar *data)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("processingInstruction")
+    xmlSAX2ProcessingInstruction(ctx, target, data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * globalNamespace:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @href:  the namespace associated URN
+ * @prefix: the namespace prefix
+ *
+ * An old global namespace has been parsed.
+ * DEPRECATED
+ */
+void
+globalNamespace(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const xmlChar *href ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const xmlChar *prefix ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("globalNamespace")
+}
+
+/**
+ * setNamespace:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @name:  the namespace prefix
+ *
+ * Set the current element namespace.
+ * DEPRECATED
+ */
+
+void
+setNamespace(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const xmlChar *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("setNamespace")
+}
+
+/**
+ * getNamespace:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ *
+ * Get the current element namespace.
+ * DEPRECATED
+ *
+ * Returns the xmlNsPtr or NULL if none
+ */
+
+xmlNsPtr
+getNamespace(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("getNamespace")
+    return(NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * checkNamespace:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @namespace: the namespace to check against
+ *
+ * Check that the current element namespace is the same as the
+ * one read upon parsing.
+ * DEPRECATED
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if true 0 otherwise
+ */
+
+int
+checkNamespace(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, xmlChar *namespace ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("checkNamespace")
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * namespaceDecl:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @href:  the namespace associated URN
+ * @prefix: the namespace prefix
+ *
+ * A namespace has been parsed.
+ * DEPRECATED
+ */
+void
+namespaceDecl(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const xmlChar *href ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const xmlChar *prefix ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("namespaceDecl")
+}
+
+/**
+ * comment:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @value:  the comment content
+ *
+ * A comment has been parsed.
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2Comment()
+ */
+void
+comment(void *ctx, const xmlChar *value)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("comment")
+    xmlSAX2Comment(ctx, value);
+}
+
+/**
+ * cdataBlock:
+ * @ctx: the user data (XML parser context)
+ * @value:  The pcdata content
+ * @len:  the block length
+ *
+ * called when a pcdata block has been parsed
+ * DEPRECATED: use xmlSAX2CDataBlock()
+ */
+void
+cdataBlock(void *ctx, const xmlChar *value, int len)
+{
+    DEPRECATED("cdataBlock")
+    xmlSAX2CDataBlock(ctx, value, len);
+}
+
+#endif /* LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED */
+