Method readStartTag

xmlparser/decoder.go:226–330

readStartTag reads a start tag.

()

// readStartTag reads a start tag.
func (d *Decoder) readStartTag() (*StartElement, bool) {
	// Discard '<'
	if !d.discard(1) {
		return nil, false
	}

	name, ok := d.readNSName()
	if !ok {
		if d.err == nil {
			d.setSyntaxErrorf("expected name after <")
		}
		return nil, false
	}

	var (
		attrs       []*Attribute
		selfClosing bool
	)

	// Read attributes
	for {
		if !d.skipSpaces() {
			return nil, false
		}

		b, ok := d.mustReadByte()
		if !ok {
			return nil, false
		}

		if b == '/' {
			// Self-closing tag
			b, ok = d.mustReadByte()
			if !ok {
				return nil, false
			}
			if b != '>' {
				d.setSyntaxErrorf("expected '>' at the end of self-closing tag, got %q", b)
				return nil, false
			}

			selfClosing = true

			break
		}

		if b == '>' {
			// End of start tag
			break
		}

		// Unread the byte for further processing
		d.unreadByte(b)

		// Read attribute name
		attrName, ok := d.readNSName()
		if !ok {
			if d.err == nil {