class ParsedXMLElement
{
 public:
  ParsedXMLElement(const std::string& inFilename);
  ~ParsedXMLElement();

  std::string getName() const;
  std::string getTextData() const;
  std::string getAttributeValue(const std::string& inKey) const;
  // The caller is responsible for freeing the ParsedXMLElements
  // pointed to by the elements of the vector.
  std::vector getSubElements() const;

 protected:
  // This constructor is used internally to create subelements.
  ParsedXMLElement(DOMElement* inElement);

  XercesDOMParser* mParser;
  DOMElement*      mElement;
  static int       sReferences;

 private:
  // Disallow copy construction and op=.
  ParsedXMLElement(const ParsedXMLElement&);
  ParsedXMLElement& operator=(const ParsedXMLElement& rhs);
};