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-rw-r--r--include/serd/node.h26
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/include/serd/node.h b/include/serd/node.h
index 2f4384bd..5a3990b0 100644
--- a/include/serd/node.h
+++ b/include/serd/node.h
@@ -115,15 +115,23 @@ SERD_API SerdNode* SERD_ALLOCATED
serd_new_string(SerdStringView string);
/**
- Create a new literal node from `str`.
+ Create a new plain literal node from `str` with `lang`.
- Either `datatype_uri` or `lang` can be given, but not both, unless
- `datatype_uri` is rdf:langString in which case it is ignored.
+ A plain literal has no datatype, but may have a language tag. The `lang`
+ may be empty, in which case this is equivalent to `serd_new_string()`.
*/
SERD_API SerdNode* SERD_ALLOCATED
-serd_new_literal(SerdStringView string,
- SerdStringView datatype_uri,
- SerdStringView lang);
+serd_new_plain_literal(SerdStringView str, SerdStringView lang);
+
+/**
+ Create a new typed literal node from `str`.
+
+ A typed literal has no language tag, but may have a datatype. The
+ `datatype` may be NULL, in which case this is equivalent to
+ `serd_new_string()`.
+*/
+SERD_API SerdNode* SERD_ALLOCATED
+serd_new_typed_literal(SerdStringView str, SerdStringView datatype_uri);
/**
Create a new node from a blank node label.
@@ -159,7 +167,7 @@ SERD_API SerdNode* SERD_ALLOCATED
serd_new_file_uri(SerdStringView path, SerdStringView hostname);
/**
- Create a new node by serialising `d` into an xsd:decimal string.
+ Create a new canonical xsd:decimal literal.
The resulting node will always contain a '.', start with a digit, and end
with a digit (i.e. will have a leading and/or trailing '0' if necessary).
@@ -180,7 +188,7 @@ serd_new_decimal(double d,
const SerdNode* SERD_NULLABLE datatype);
/**
- Create a new node by serialising `i` into an xsd:integer string.
+ Create a new canonical xsd:integer literal.
@param i Integer value to serialise.
@param datatype Datatype of node, or NULL for xsd:integer.
@@ -189,7 +197,7 @@ SERD_API SerdNode* SERD_ALLOCATED
serd_new_integer(int64_t i, const SerdNode* SERD_NULLABLE datatype);
/**
- Create a node by serialising `buf` into an xsd:base64Binary string.
+ Create a new canonical xsd:base64Binary literal.
This function can be used to make a serialisable node out of arbitrary
binary data, which can be decoded using serd_base64_decode().