parse_data


Description:

public bool parse_data (string data, ssize_t data_len, FormatKind format) throws Error

Parses any AppStream metadata into one or more Component instances.

Parameters:

this

An instance of Metadata.

data

Metadata describing one or more software components as string.

data_len

Length of data, or -1 if length is unknown and data is NULL-terminated.

format

The format of the data (XML or YAML).

Returns:

true on success.