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--- a/src/xml.c
+++ b/src/xml.c
  */
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 Eric Biggers
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Eric Biggers
  *
- * This file is part of wimlib, a library for working with WIM files.
+ * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
  *
- * wimlib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
- * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
- * Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
- * any later version.
- *
- * wimlib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
- * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
  * details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with wimlib; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this file; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
  */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <libxml/parser.h>
+#include <libxml/tree.h>
+#include <libxml/xmlsave.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "wimlib/blob_table.h"
 #include "wimlib/dentry.h"
 #include "wimlib/encoding.h"
 #include "wimlib/error.h"
 #include "wimlib/file_io.h"
-#include "wimlib/lookup_table.h"
 #include "wimlib/metadata.h"
 #include "wimlib/resource.h"
 #include "wimlib/timestamp.h"
 #include "wimlib/xml.h"
+#include "wimlib/write.h"
 
-#include <libxml/encoding.h>
-#include <libxml/parser.h>
-#include <libxml/tree.h>
-#include <libxml/xmlwriter.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-/* Structures used to form an in-memory representation of the XML data (other
- * than the raw parse tree from libxml). */
-
-struct windows_version {
-       u64 major;
-       u64 minor;
-       u64 build;
-       u64 sp_build;
-       u64 sp_level;
-};
+/*
+ * A wrapper around a WIM file's XML document.  The XML document contains
+ * metadata about each image in the WIM file as well as metadata about the WIM
+ * file itself.
+ */
+struct wim_xml_info {
 
-struct windows_info {
-       u64      arch;
-       tchar   *product_name;
-       tchar   *edition_id;
-       tchar   *installation_type;
-       tchar   *hal;
-       tchar   *product_type;
-       tchar   *product_suite;
-       tchar  **languages;
-       tchar   *default_language;
-       size_t   num_languages;
-       tchar   *system_root;
-       bool     windows_version_exists;
-       struct   windows_version windows_version;
-};
+       /* The parsed XML document as a libxml2 document tree  */
+       xmlDocPtr doc;
 
-struct image_info {
-       int index;
-       bool windows_info_exists;
-       u64 dir_count;
-       u64 file_count;
-       u64 total_bytes;
-       u64 hard_link_bytes;
-       u64 creation_time;
-       u64 last_modification_time;
-       struct windows_info windows_info;
-       tchar *name;
-       tchar *description;
-       tchar *display_name;
-       tchar *display_description;
-       tchar *flags;
-       struct wim_lookup_table *lookup_table; /* temporary field */
-};
+       /* The root element of the document.  This is a cached value, equal to
+        * xmlDocGetRootElement(doc).  */
+       xmlNode *root;
 
-/* A struct wim_info structure corresponds to the entire XML data for a WIM file. */
-struct wim_info {
-       u64 total_bytes;
-       int num_images;
-       /* Array of `struct image_info's, one for each image in the WIM that is
-        * mentioned in the XML data. */
-       struct image_info *images;
+       /* A malloc()ed array containing a pointer to the IMAGE element for each
+        * WIM image.  The image with 1-based index 'i' is at index 'i - 1' in
+        * this array.  Note: these pointers are cached values, since they could
+        * also be found by searching the document.  */
+       xmlNode **images;
+
+       /* The number of WIM images (the length of 'images')  */
+       int image_count;
+
+       /* Temporary memory for UTF-8 => 'tchar' string translations.  When an
+        * API function needs to return a 'tchar' string, it uses one of these
+        * array slots to hold the string and returns a pointer to it.  */
+       tchar *strings[128];
+       size_t next_string_idx;
+       size_t num_strings;
 };
 
-struct xml_string_spec {
-       const char *name;
-       size_t offset;
-};
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+ *                            Internal functions                              *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-#define ELEM(STRING_NAME, MEMBER_NAME) \
-       {STRING_NAME, offsetof(struct image_info, MEMBER_NAME)}
-static const struct xml_string_spec
-image_info_xml_string_specs[] = {
-       ELEM("NAME", name),
-       ELEM("DESCRIPTION", description),
-       ELEM("DISPLAYNAME", display_name),
-       ELEM("DISPLAYDESCRIPTION", display_description),
-       ELEM("FLAGS", flags),
-};
-#undef ELEM
-
-#define ELEM(STRING_NAME, MEMBER_NAME) \
-       {STRING_NAME, offsetof(struct windows_info, MEMBER_NAME)}
-static const struct xml_string_spec
-windows_info_xml_string_specs[] = {
-       ELEM("PRODUCTNAME", product_name),
-       ELEM("EDITIONID", edition_id),
-       ELEM("INSTALLATIONTYPE", installation_type),
-       ELEM("HAL", hal),
-       ELEM("PRODUCTTYPE", product_type),
-       ELEM("PRODUCTSUITE", product_suite),
-};
-#undef ELEM
+/* Iterate through the children of an xmlNode.  */
+#define node_for_each_child(parent, child)     \
+       for (child = (parent)->children; child != NULL; child = child->next)
 
-u64
-wim_info_get_total_bytes(const struct wim_info *info)
+/* Is the specified node an element of the specified name?  */
+static bool
+node_is_element(const xmlNode *node, const xmlChar *name)
 {
-       if (info)
-               return info->total_bytes;
-       else
-               return 0;
+       return node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE && xmlStrEqual(node->name, name);
 }
 
-u64
-wim_info_get_image_hard_link_bytes(const struct wim_info *info, int image)
+/* Retrieve a pointer to the UTF-8 text contents of the specified node, or NULL
+ * if the node has no text contents.  This assumes the simple case where the
+ * node has a single TEXT child node.  */
+static const xmlChar *
+node_get_text(const xmlNode *node)
 {
-       if (info)
-               return info->images[image - 1].hard_link_bytes;
-       else
-               return 0;
+       const xmlNode *child;
+
+       if (!node)
+               return NULL;
+       node_for_each_child(node, child)
+               if (child->type == XML_TEXT_NODE && child->content)
+                       return child->content;
+       return NULL;
 }
 
-u64
-wim_info_get_image_total_bytes(const struct wim_info *info, int image)
+/* Retrieve an unsigned integer from the contents of the specified node,
+ * decoding it using the specified base.  If the node has no contents or does
+ * not contain a valid number, returns 0.  */
+static u64
+node_get_number(const xmlNode *node, int base)
 {
-       if (info)
-               return info->images[image - 1].total_bytes;
-       else
+       const xmlChar *str = node_get_text(node);
+       char *end;
+       unsigned long long v;
+
+       if (!str)
+               return 0;
+       v = strtoull(str, &end, base);
+       if ((xmlChar *)end == str || *end || v >= UINT64_MAX)
                return 0;
+       return v;
 }
 
-unsigned
-wim_info_get_num_images(const struct wim_info *info)
+/* Retrieve the timestamp from a time node.  This node should have child
+ * elements HIGHPART and LOWPART; these elements will be used to construct a
+ * Windows-style timestamp.  */
+static u64
+node_get_timestamp(const xmlNode *node)
 {
-       if (info)
-               return info->num_images;
-       else
-               return 0;
-}
+       u64 timestamp = 0;
+       xmlNode *child;
 
-/* Returns a statically allocated string that is a string representation of the
- * architecture number. */
-static const tchar *
-get_arch(int arch)
-{
-       switch (arch) {
-       case 0:
-               return T("x86");
-       case 6:
-               return T("ia64");
-       case 9:
-               return T("x86_64");
-       /* XXX Are there other arch values? */
-       default:
-               return T("unknown");
+       if (!node)
+               return 0;
+       node_for_each_child(node, child) {
+               if (node_is_element(child, "HIGHPART"))
+                       timestamp |= node_get_number(child, 16) << 32;
+               else if (node_is_element(child, "LOWPART"))
+                       timestamp |= node_get_number(child, 16);
        }
+       return timestamp;
 }
 
-
-/* Iterate through the children of an xmlNode. */
-#define for_node_child(parent, child)  \
-       for (child = parent->children; child != NULL; child = child->next)
-
-/* Utility functions for xmlNodes */
-static inline bool
-node_is_element(xmlNode *node)
+static int
+tstr_get_utf8(const tchar *tstr, const xmlChar **utf8_ret)
 {
-       return node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE;
+       if (wimlib_mbs_is_utf8) {
+               *utf8_ret = (xmlChar *)tstr;
+               return 0;
+       }
+       return tstr_to_utf8_simple(tstr, (char **)utf8_ret);
 }
 
-static inline bool
-node_is_text(xmlNode *node)
+static void
+tstr_put_utf8(const xmlChar *utf8)
 {
-       return node->type == XML_TEXT_NODE;
+       if (!wimlib_mbs_is_utf8)
+               FREE((void *)utf8);
 }
 
-static inline bool
-node_name_is(xmlNode *node, const char *name)
+/* Retrieve the text contents of an XML element as a 'tchar' string.  If not
+ * found or if the text could not be translated, returns NULL.  */
+static const tchar *
+node_get_ttext(struct wim_xml_info *info, xmlNode *node)
 {
-       /* For now, both upper case and lower case element names are accepted. */
-       return strcasecmp((const char *)node->name, name) == 0;
-}
+       const xmlChar *text;
+       tchar **ttext_p;
 
-static u64
-node_get_number(const xmlNode *u64_node, int base)
-{
-       xmlNode *child;
-       for_node_child(u64_node, child)
-               if (node_is_text(child))
-                       return strtoull(child->content, NULL, base);
-       return 0;
-}
+       text = node_get_text(node);
 
-/* Finds the text node that is a child of an element node and returns its
- * content converted to a 64-bit unsigned integer.  Returns 0 if no text node is
- * found. */
-static u64
-node_get_u64(const xmlNode *u64_node)
-{
-       return node_get_number(u64_node, 10);
-}
+       if (!text || wimlib_mbs_is_utf8)
+               return (const tchar *)text;
 
-/* Like node_get_u64(), but expects a number in base 16. */
-static u64
-node_get_hex_u64(const xmlNode *u64_node)
-{
-       return node_get_number(u64_node, 16);
+       ttext_p = &info->strings[info->next_string_idx];
+       if (info->num_strings >= ARRAY_LEN(info->strings)) {
+               FREE(*ttext_p);
+               *ttext_p = NULL;
+       }
+       if (utf8_to_tstr_simple(text, ttext_p))
+               return NULL;
+       if (info->num_strings < ARRAY_LEN(info->strings))
+               info->num_strings++;
+       info->next_string_idx++;
+       info->next_string_idx %= ARRAY_LEN(info->strings);
+       return *ttext_p;
 }
 
-static int
-node_get_string(const xmlNode *string_node, tchar **tstr_ret)
+/* Unlink the specified node from its parent, then free it (recursively).  */
+static void
+unlink_and_free_tree(xmlNode *node)
 {
-       xmlNode *child;
-       tchar *tstr = NULL;
-       int ret;
-
-       for_node_child(string_node, child) {
-               if (node_is_text(child) && child->content) {
-                       ret = utf8_to_tstr_simple(child->content, &tstr);
-                       if (ret)
-                               return ret;
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
-       *tstr_ret = tstr;
-       return 0;
+       xmlUnlinkNode(node);
+       xmlFreeNode(node);
 }
 
-/* Returns the timestamp from a time node.  It has child elements <HIGHPART> and
- * <LOWPART> that are then used to construct a 64-bit timestamp. */
-static u64
-node_get_timestamp(const xmlNode *time_node)
+/* Unlink and free (recursively) all children of the specified node.  */
+static void
+unlink_and_free_children(xmlNode *node)
 {
-       u32 high_part = 0;
-       u32 low_part = 0;
        xmlNode *child;
-       for_node_child(time_node, child) {
-               if (!node_is_element(child))
-                       continue;
-               if (node_name_is(child, "HIGHPART"))
-                       high_part = node_get_hex_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "LOWPART"))
-                       low_part = node_get_hex_u64(child);
-       }
-       return (u64)low_part | ((u64)high_part << 32);
-}
 
-/* Used to sort an array of struct image_infos by their image indices. */
-static int
-sort_by_index(const void *p1, const void *p2)
-{
-       int index_1 = ((const struct image_info*)p1)->index;
-       int index_2 = ((const struct image_info*)p2)->index;
-       if (index_1 < index_2)
-               return -1;
-       else if (index_1 > index_2)
-               return 1;
-       else
-               return 0;
+       while ((child = node->last) != NULL)
+               unlink_and_free_tree(child);
 }
 
-
-/* Frees memory allocated inside a struct windows_info structure. */
+/* Add the new child element 'replacement' to 'parent', replacing any same-named
+ * element that may already exist.  */
 static void
-destroy_windows_info(struct windows_info *windows_info)
-{
-       FREE(windows_info->product_name);
-       FREE(windows_info->edition_id);
-       FREE(windows_info->installation_type);
-       FREE(windows_info->hal);
-       FREE(windows_info->product_type);
-       FREE(windows_info->product_suite);
-       for (size_t i = 0; i < windows_info->num_languages; i++)
-               FREE(windows_info->languages[i]);
-       FREE(windows_info->languages);
-       FREE(windows_info->default_language);
-       FREE(windows_info->system_root);
-}
-
-/* Frees memory allocated inside a struct image_info structure. */
-static void
-destroy_image_info(struct image_info *image_info)
+node_replace_child_element(xmlNode *parent, xmlNode *replacement)
 {
-       FREE(image_info->name);
-       FREE(image_info->description);
-       FREE(image_info->flags);
-       FREE(image_info->display_name);
-       FREE(image_info->display_description);
-       destroy_windows_info(&image_info->windows_info);
-       memset(image_info, 0, sizeof(struct image_info));
-}
+       xmlNode *child;
 
-void
-free_wim_info(struct wim_info *info)
-{
-       if (info) {
-               if (info->images) {
-                       for (int i = 0; i < info->num_images; i++)
-                               destroy_image_info(&info->images[i]);
-                       FREE(info->images);
+       node_for_each_child(parent, child) {
+               if (node_is_element(child, replacement->name)) {
+                       xmlReplaceNode(child, replacement);
+                       xmlFreeNode(child);
+                       return;
                }
-               FREE(info);
        }
-}
 
-/* Reads the information from a <VERSION> element inside the <WINDOWS> element.
- * */
-static void
-xml_read_windows_version(const xmlNode *version_node,
-                        struct windows_version* windows_version)
-{
-       xmlNode *child;
-       for_node_child(version_node, child) {
-               if (!node_is_element(child))
-                       continue;
-               if (node_name_is(child, "MAJOR"))
-                       windows_version->major = node_get_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "MINOR"))
-                       windows_version->minor = node_get_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "BUILD"))
-                       windows_version->build = node_get_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "SPBUILD"))
-                       windows_version->sp_build = node_get_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "SPLEVEL"))
-                       windows_version->sp_level = node_get_u64(child);
-       }
+       xmlAddChild(parent, replacement);
 }
 
-/* Reads the information from a <LANGUAGE> element inside a <WINDOWS> element.
- * */
+/* Set the text contents of the specified element to the specified string,
+ * replacing the existing contents (if any).  The string is "raw" and is
+ * permitted to contain characters that have special meaning in XML.  */
 static int
-xml_read_languages(const xmlNode *languages_node,
-                  tchar ***languages_ret,
-                  size_t *num_languages_ret,
-                  tchar **default_language_ret)
+node_set_text(xmlNode *node, const xmlChar *text)
 {
-       xmlNode *child;
-       size_t num_languages = 0;
-       tchar **languages;
-       int ret;
-
-       for_node_child(languages_node, child)
-               if (node_is_element(child) && node_name_is(child, "LANGUAGE"))
-                       num_languages++;
-
-       languages = CALLOC(num_languages, sizeof(languages[0]));
-       if (!languages)
+       xmlNode *text_node = xmlNewText(text);
+       if (!text_node)
                return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-
-       *languages_ret = languages;
-       *num_languages_ret = num_languages;
-
-       ret = 0;
-       for_node_child(languages_node, child) {
-               if (!node_is_element(child))
-                       continue;
-               if (node_name_is(child, "LANGUAGE"))
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, languages++);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "DEFAULT"))
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, default_language_ret);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       break;
-       }
-       return ret;
+       unlink_and_free_children(node);
+       xmlAddChild(node, text_node);
+       return 0;
 }
 
-/* Reads the information from a <WINDOWS> element inside an <IMAGE> element. */
+/* Like 'node_set_text()', but takes in a 'tchar' string.  */
 static int
-xml_read_windows_info(const xmlNode *windows_node,
-                     struct windows_info *windows_info)
+node_set_ttext(xmlNode *node, const tchar *ttext)
 {
-       xmlNode *child;
-       int ret = 0;
+       const xmlChar *text;
+       int ret;
 
-       for_node_child(windows_node, child) {
-               if (!node_is_element(child))
-                       continue;
-               if (node_name_is(child, "ARCH")) {
-                       windows_info->arch = node_get_u64(child);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "PRODUCTNAME")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child,
-                                             &windows_info->product_name);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "EDITIONID")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child,
-                                             &windows_info->edition_id);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "INSTALLATIONTYPE")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child,
-                                             &windows_info->installation_type);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "PRODUCTTYPE")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child,
-                                             &windows_info->product_type);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "PRODUCTSUITE")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child,
-                                             &windows_info->product_suite);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "LANGUAGES")) {
-                       ret = xml_read_languages(child,
-                                                &windows_info->languages,
-                                                &windows_info->num_languages,
-                                                &windows_info->default_language);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "VERSION")) {
-                       xml_read_windows_version(child,
-                                               &windows_info->windows_version);
-                       windows_info->windows_version_exists = true;
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "SYSTEMROOT")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, &windows_info->system_root);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "HAL")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, &windows_info->hal);
-               }
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       return ret;
-       }
+       ret = tstr_get_utf8(ttext, &text);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       ret = node_set_text(node, text);
+       tstr_put_utf8(text);
        return ret;
 }
 
-/* Reads the information from an <IMAGE> element. */
-static int
-xml_read_image_info(xmlNode *image_node, struct image_info *image_info)
+/* Create a new element containing text and optionally link it into a tree.  */
+static xmlNode *
+new_element_with_text(xmlNode *parent, const xmlChar *name, const xmlChar *text)
 {
-       xmlNode *child;
-       xmlChar *index_prop;
-       int ret;
+       xmlNode *node;
 
-       index_prop = xmlGetProp(image_node, "INDEX");
-       if (index_prop) {
-               image_info->index = atoi(index_prop);
-               FREE(index_prop);
-       } else {
-               image_info->index = 1;
-       }
+       node = xmlNewNode(NULL, name);
+       if (!node)
+               return NULL;
 
-       ret = 0;
-       for_node_child(image_node, child) {
-               if (!node_is_element(child))
-                       continue;
-               if (node_name_is(child, "DIRCOUNT"))
-                       image_info->dir_count = node_get_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "FILECOUNT"))
-                       image_info->file_count = node_get_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "TOTALBYTES"))
-                       image_info->total_bytes = node_get_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "HARDLINKBYTES"))
-                       image_info->hard_link_bytes = node_get_u64(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "CREATIONTIME"))
-                       image_info->creation_time = node_get_timestamp(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "LASTMODIFICATIONTIME"))
-                       image_info->last_modification_time = node_get_timestamp(child);
-               else if (node_name_is(child, "WINDOWS")) {
-                       DEBUG("Found <WINDOWS> tag");
-                       ret = xml_read_windows_info(child,
-                                                   &image_info->windows_info);
-                       image_info->windows_info_exists = true;
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "NAME")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, &image_info->name);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "DESCRIPTION")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, &image_info->description);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "FLAGS")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, &image_info->flags);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "DISPLAYNAME")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, &image_info->display_name);
-               } else if (node_name_is(child, "DISPLAYDESCRIPTION")) {
-                       ret = node_get_string(child, &image_info->display_description);
-               }
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       return ret;
-       }
-       if (!image_info->name) {
-               tchar *empty_name;
-               /*WARNING("Image with index %d has no name", image_info->index);*/
-               empty_name = MALLOC(sizeof(tchar));
-               if (!empty_name)
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               *empty_name = T('\0');
-               image_info->name = empty_name;
+       if (node_set_text(node, text)) {
+               xmlFreeNode(node);
+               return NULL;
        }
-       return ret;
+
+       if (parent)
+               xmlAddChild(parent, node);
+       return node;
 }
 
-/* Reads the information from a <WIM> element, which should be the root element
- * of the XML tree. */
+/* Create a new element containing text and optionally link it into a tree.  */
 static int
-xml_read_wim_info(const xmlNode *wim_node, struct wim_info **wim_info_ret)
+new_element_with_ttext(xmlNode *parent, const xmlChar *name, const tchar *ttext,
+                      xmlNode **node_ret)
 {
-       struct wim_info *wim_info;
-       xmlNode *child;
+       const xmlChar *text;
        int ret;
-       int num_images;
-       int i;
+       xmlNode *node;
 
-       wim_info = CALLOC(1, sizeof(struct wim_info));
-       if (!wim_info)
+       ret = tstr_get_utf8(ttext, &text);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       node = new_element_with_text(parent, name, text);
+       tstr_put_utf8(text);
+       if (!node)
                return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-
-       /* Count how many images there are. */
-       num_images = 0;
-       for_node_child(wim_node, child) {
-               if (node_is_element(child) && node_name_is(child, "IMAGE")) {
-                       if (num_images == INT_MAX) {
-                               return WIMLIB_ERR_IMAGE_COUNT;
-                       }
-                       num_images++;
-               }
-       }
-
-       if (num_images > 0) {
-               /* Allocate the array of struct image_infos and fill them in. */
-               wim_info->images = CALLOC(num_images, sizeof(wim_info->images[0]));
-               if (!wim_info->images) {
-                       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-                       goto err;
-               }
-               wim_info->num_images = num_images;
-               i = 0;
-               for_node_child(wim_node, child) {
-                       if (!node_is_element(child))
-                               continue;
-                       if (node_name_is(child, "IMAGE")) {
-                               DEBUG("Found <IMAGE> tag");
-                               ret = xml_read_image_info(child,
-                                                         &wim_info->images[i]);
-                               if (ret != 0)
-                                       goto err;
-                               i++;
-                       } else if (node_name_is(child, "TOTALBYTES")) {
-                               wim_info->total_bytes = node_get_u64(child);
-                       }
-               }
-
-               /* Sort the array of image info by image index. */
-               qsort(wim_info->images, num_images,
-                     sizeof(struct image_info), sort_by_index);
-
-               /* Make sure the image indices make sense */
-               for (i = 0; i < num_images; i++) {
-                       if (wim_info->images[i].index != i + 1) {
-                               ERROR("WIM images are not indexed [1...%d] "
-                                     "in XML data as expected",
-                                     num_images);
-                               return WIMLIB_ERR_IMAGE_COUNT;
-                       }
-               }
-
-       }
-       *wim_info_ret = wim_info;
+       if (node_ret)
+               *node_ret = node;
        return 0;
-err:
-       free_wim_info(wim_info);
-       return ret;
 }
 
-/* Prints the information contained in a `struct windows_info'.
- *
- * Warning: any strings printed here are in UTF-8 encoding.  If the locale
- * character encoding is not UTF-8, the printed strings may be garbled. */
-static void
-print_windows_info(const struct windows_info *windows_info)
+/* Create a new timestamp element and optionally link it into a tree.  */
+static xmlNode *
+new_element_with_timestamp(xmlNode *parent, const xmlChar *name, u64 timestamp)
 {
-       const struct windows_version *windows_version;
+       xmlNode *node;
+       char buf[32];
 
-       tprintf(T("Architecture:           %"TS"\n"),
-               get_arch(windows_info->arch));
-
-       if (windows_info->product_name) {
-               tprintf(T("Product Name:           %"TS"\n"),
-                       windows_info->product_name);
-       }
-
-       if (windows_info->edition_id) {
-               tprintf(T("Edition ID:             %"TS"\n"),
-                       windows_info->edition_id);
-       }
-
-       if (windows_info->installation_type) {
-               tprintf(T("Installation Type:      %"TS"\n"),
-                       windows_info->installation_type);
-       }
+       node = xmlNewNode(NULL, name);
+       if (!node)
+               goto err;
 
-       if (windows_info->hal) {
-               tprintf(T("HAL:                    %"TS"\n"),
-                             windows_info->hal);
-       }
+       sprintf(buf, "0x%08"PRIX32, (u32)(timestamp >> 32));
+       if (!new_element_with_text(node, "HIGHPART", buf))
+               goto err;
 
-       if (windows_info->product_type) {
-               tprintf(T("Product Type:           %"TS"\n"),
-                       windows_info->product_type);
-       }
+       sprintf(buf, "0x%08"PRIX32, (u32)timestamp);
+       if (!new_element_with_text(node, "LOWPART", buf))
+               goto err;
 
-       if (windows_info->product_suite) {
-               tprintf(T("Product Suite:          %"TS"\n"),
-                       windows_info->product_suite);
-       }
+       if (parent)
+               xmlAddChild(parent, node);
+       return node;
 
-       tprintf(T("Languages:              "));
-       for (size_t i = 0; i < windows_info->num_languages; i++) {
+err:
+       xmlFreeNode(node);
+       return NULL;
+}
 
-               tfputs(windows_info->languages[i], stdout);
-               tputchar(T(' '));
-       }
-       tputchar(T('\n'));
-       if (windows_info->default_language) {
-               tprintf(T("Default Language:       %"TS"\n"),
-                       windows_info->default_language);
-       }
-       if (windows_info->system_root) {
-               tprintf(T("System Root:            %"TS"\n"),
-                             windows_info->system_root);
-       }
+/* Create a new number element and optionally link it into a tree.  */
+static xmlNode *
+new_element_with_u64(xmlNode *parent, const xmlChar *name, u64 value)
+{
+       char buf[32];
 
-       if (windows_info->windows_version_exists) {
-               windows_version = &windows_info->windows_version;
-               tprintf(T("Major Version:          %"PRIu64"\n"),
-                       windows_version->major);
-               tprintf(T("Minor Version:          %"PRIu64"\n"),
-                       windows_version->minor);
-               tprintf(T("Build:                  %"PRIu64"\n"),
-                       windows_version->build);
-               tprintf(T("Service Pack Build:     %"PRIu64"\n"),
-                       windows_version->sp_build);
-               tprintf(T("Service Pack Level:     %"PRIu64"\n"),
-                       windows_version->sp_level);
-       }
+       sprintf(buf, "%"PRIu64, value);
+       return new_element_with_text(parent, name, buf);
 }
 
-static int
-xml_write_string(xmlTextWriter *writer, const char *name,
-                const tchar *tstr)
-{
-       if (tstr) {
-               char *utf8_str;
-               int rc = tstr_to_utf8_simple(tstr, &utf8_str);
-               if (rc)
-                       return rc;
-               rc = xmlTextWriterWriteElement(writer, name, utf8_str);
-               FREE(utf8_str);
-               if (rc < 0)
-                       return rc;
+/* Allocate a 'struct wim_xml_info'.  The caller is responsible for initializing
+ * the document and the images array.  */
+static struct wim_xml_info *
+alloc_wim_xml_info(void)
+{
+       struct wim_xml_info *info = MALLOC(sizeof(*info));
+       if (info) {
+               info->next_string_idx = 0;
+               info->num_strings = 0;
        }
-       return 0;
+       return info;
 }
 
-static int
-xml_write_strings_from_specs(xmlTextWriter *writer,
-                            const void *struct_with_strings,
-                            const struct xml_string_spec specs[],
-                            size_t num_specs)
-{
-       for (size_t i = 0; i < num_specs; i++) {
-               int rc = xml_write_string(writer, specs[i].name,
-                                     *(const tchar * const *)
-                                       (struct_with_strings + specs[i].offset));
-               if (rc)
-                       return rc;
+static bool
+parse_index(xmlChar **pp, u32 *index_ret)
+{
+       xmlChar *p = *pp;
+       u32 index = 0;
+
+       *p++ = '\0'; /* overwrite '[' */
+       while (*p >= '0' && *p <= '9') {
+               u32 n = (index * 10) + (*p++ - '0');
+               if (n < index)
+                       return false;
+               index = n;
        }
-       return 0;
-}
+       if (index == 0)
+               return false;
+       if (*p != ']')
+               return false;
+       p++;
+       if (*p != '/' && *p != '\0')
+               return false;
 
-static int
-dup_strings_from_specs(const void *old_struct_with_strings,
-                      void *new_struct_with_strings,
-                      const struct xml_string_spec specs[],
-                      size_t num_specs)
-{
-       for (size_t i = 0; i < num_specs; i++) {
-               const tchar *old_str = *(const tchar * const *)
-                                       ((const void*)old_struct_with_strings + specs[i].offset);
-               tchar **new_str_p = (tchar **)((void*)new_struct_with_strings + specs[i].offset);
-               if (old_str) {
-                       *new_str_p = TSTRDUP(old_str);
-                       if (!*new_str_p)
-                               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               }
-       }
-       return 0;
+       *pp = p;
+       *index_ret = index;
+       return true;
 }
 
-/* Writes the information contained in a `struct windows_version' to the XML
- * document being written.  This is the <VERSION> element inside the <WINDOWS>
- * element. */
 static int
-xml_write_windows_version(xmlTextWriter *writer,
-                         const struct windows_version *version)
+do_xml_path_walk(xmlNode *node, const xmlChar *path, bool create,
+                xmlNode **result_ret)
 {
-       int rc;
-       rc = xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, "VERSION");
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
+       size_t n = strlen(path) + 1;
+       xmlChar buf[n];
+       xmlChar *p;
+       xmlChar c;
 
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "MAJOR", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            version->major);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
+       *result_ret = NULL;
 
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "MINOR", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            version->minor);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "BUILD", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            version->build);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
+       if (!node)
+               return 0;
 
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "SPBUILD", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            version->sp_build);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
+       /* Copy the path to a temporary buffer.  */
+       memcpy(buf, path, n);
+       p = buf;
 
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "SPLEVEL", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            version->sp_level);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
+       if (*p == '/')
+               goto bad_syntax;
+       c = *p;
 
-       return xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer); /* </VERSION> */
-}
+       while (c != '\0') {
+               const xmlChar *name;
+               xmlNode *child;
+               u32 index = 1;
 
-/* Writes the information contained in a `struct windows_info' to the XML
- * document being written. This is the <WINDOWS> element. */
-static int
-xml_write_windows_info(xmlTextWriter *writer,
-                      const struct windows_info *windows_info)
-{
-       int rc;
-       rc = xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, "WINDOWS");
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "ARCH", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            windows_info->arch);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xml_write_strings_from_specs(writer,
-                                         windows_info,
-                                         windows_info_xml_string_specs,
-                                         ARRAY_LEN(windows_info_xml_string_specs));
-       if (rc)
-               return rc;
-
-       if (windows_info->num_languages) {
-               rc = xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, "LANGUAGES");
-               if (rc < 0)
-                       return rc;
-
-               for (size_t i = 0; i < windows_info->num_languages; i++) {
-                       rc = xml_write_string(writer, "LANGUAGE",
-                                             windows_info->languages[i]);
-                       if (rc)
-                               return rc;
-               }
+               /* We have another path component.  */
 
-               rc = xml_write_string(writer, "DEFAULT",
-                                     windows_info->default_language);
-               if (rc)
-                       return rc;
+               /* Parse the element name.  */
+               name = p;
+               while (*p != '/' && *p != '\0' && *p != '[')
+                       p++;
+               if (p == name) /* empty name?  */
+                       goto bad_syntax;
 
-               rc = xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer); /* </LANGUAGES> */
-               if (rc < 0)
-                       return rc;
-       }
+               /* Handle a bracketed index, if one was specified.  */
+               if (*p == '[' && !parse_index(&p, &index))
+                       goto bad_syntax;
 
-       if (windows_info->windows_version_exists) {
-               rc = xml_write_windows_version(writer, &windows_info->windows_version);
-               if (rc < 0)
-                       return rc;
-       }
+               c = *p;
+               *p = '\0';
 
-       rc = xml_write_string(writer, "SYSTEMROOT",
-                             windows_info->system_root);
-       if (rc)
-               return rc;
+               /* Look for a matching child.  */
+               node_for_each_child(node, child)
+                       if (node_is_element(child, name) && !--index)
+                               goto next_step;
 
-       return xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer); /* </WINDOWS> */
-}
+               /* No child matched the path.  If create=false, the lookup
+                * failed.  If create=true, create the needed element.  */
+               if (!create)
+                       return 0;
 
-/* Writes a time element to the XML document being constructed in memory. */
-static int
-xml_write_time(xmlTextWriter *writer, const char *element_name, u64 time)
-{
-       int rc;
-       rc = xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, element_name);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "HIGHPART",
-                                            "0x%08"PRIX32, (u32)(time >> 32));
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "LOWPART",
-                                            "0x%08"PRIX32, (u32)time);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer); /* </@element_name> */
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-       return 0;
-}
+               /* We can't create an element at index 'n' if indices 1...n-1
+                * didn't already exist.  */
+               if (index != 1)
+                       return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM;
 
-/* Writes an <IMAGE> element to the XML document. */
-static int
-xml_write_image_info(xmlTextWriter *writer, const struct image_info *image_info)
-{
-       int rc;
-       rc = xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, "IMAGE");
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatAttribute(writer, "INDEX", "%d",
-                                              image_info->index);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "DIRCOUNT", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            image_info->dir_count);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "FILECOUNT", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            image_info->file_count);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "TOTALBYTES", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            image_info->total_bytes);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "HARDLINKBYTES", "%"PRIu64,
-                                            image_info->hard_link_bytes);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xml_write_time(writer, "CREATIONTIME", image_info->creation_time);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xml_write_time(writer, "LASTMODIFICATIONTIME",
-                           image_info->last_modification_time);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
-
-       if (image_info->windows_info_exists) {
-               rc = xml_write_windows_info(writer, &image_info->windows_info);
-               if (rc)
-                       return rc;
+               child = xmlNewChild(node, NULL, name, NULL);
+               if (!child)
+                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       next_step:
+               /* Continue to the next path component, if there is one.  */
+               node = child;
+               p++;
        }
 
-       rc = xml_write_strings_from_specs(writer, image_info,
-                                         image_info_xml_string_specs,
-                                         ARRAY_LEN(image_info_xml_string_specs));
-       if (rc)
-               return rc;
-
-       rc = xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer); /* </IMAGE> */
-       if (rc < 0)
-               return rc;
+       *result_ret = node;
        return 0;
-}
 
+bad_syntax:
+       ERROR("The XML path \"%s\" has invalid syntax.", path);
+       return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM;
+}
 
+/* Retrieve the XML element, if any, at the specified 'path'.  This supports a
+ * simple filesystem-like syntax.  If the element was found, returns a pointer
+ * to it; otherwise returns NULL.  */
+static xmlNode *
+xml_get_node_by_path(xmlNode *root, const xmlChar *path)
+{
+       xmlNode *node;
+       do_xml_path_walk(root, path, false, &node);
+       return node;
+}
 
-/* Makes space for another image in the XML information and return a pointer to
- * it.*/
-static struct image_info *
-add_image_info_struct(struct wim_info *wim_info)
+/* Similar to xml_get_node_by_path(), but creates the element and any requisite
+ * ancestor elements as needed.   If successful, 0 is returned and *node_ret is
+ * set to a pointer to the resulting element.  If unsuccessful, an error code is
+ * returned and *node_ret is set to NULL.  */
+static int
+xml_ensure_node_by_path(xmlNode *root, const xmlChar *path, xmlNode **node_ret)
 {
-       struct image_info *images;
+       return do_xml_path_walk(root, path, true, node_ret);
+}
 
-       images = CALLOC(wim_info->num_images + 1, sizeof(struct image_info));
-       if (!images)
-               return NULL;
-       memcpy(images, wim_info->images,
-              wim_info->num_images * sizeof(struct image_info));
-       FREE(wim_info->images);
-       wim_info->images = images;
-       wim_info->num_images++;
-       return &images[wim_info->num_images - 1];
+static u64
+xml_get_number_by_path(xmlNode *root, const xmlChar *path)
+{
+       return node_get_number(xml_get_node_by_path(root, path), 10);
 }
 
-static int
-clone_windows_info(const struct windows_info *old, struct windows_info *new)
+static u64
+xml_get_timestamp_by_path(xmlNode *root, const xmlChar *path)
 {
-       int ret;
+       return node_get_timestamp(xml_get_node_by_path(root, path));
+}
 
-       ret = dup_strings_from_specs(old, new, windows_info_xml_string_specs,
-                                    ARRAY_LEN(windows_info_xml_string_specs));
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
+static const xmlChar *
+xml_get_text_by_path(xmlNode *root, const xmlChar *path)
+{
+       return node_get_text(xml_get_node_by_path(root, path));
+}
 
-       if (old->languages) {
-               new->languages = CALLOC(old->num_languages, sizeof(new->languages[0]));
-               if (!new->languages)
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               new->num_languages = old->num_languages;
-               for (size_t i = 0; i < new->num_languages; i++) {
-                       if (!old->languages[i])
-                               continue;
-                       new->languages[i] = TSTRDUP(old->languages[i]);
-                       if (!new->languages[i])
-                               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               }
-       }
-       if (old->default_language &&
-                       !(new->default_language = TSTRDUP(old->default_language)))
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-       if (old->system_root && !(new->system_root = TSTRDUP(old->system_root)))
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-       if (old->windows_version_exists) {
-               new->windows_version_exists = true;
-               memcpy(&new->windows_version, &old->windows_version,
-                      sizeof(old->windows_version));
-       }
-       return 0;
+static const tchar *
+xml_get_ttext_by_path(struct wim_xml_info *info, xmlNode *root,
+                     const xmlChar *path)
+{
+       return node_get_ttext(info, xml_get_node_by_path(root, path));
 }
 
+/* Creates/replaces (if ttext is not NULL and not empty) or removes (if ttext is
+ * NULL or empty) an element containing text.  */
 static int
-clone_image_info(const struct image_info *old, struct image_info *new)
+xml_set_ttext_by_path(xmlNode *root, const xmlChar *path, const tchar *ttext)
 {
        int ret;
+       xmlNode *node;
 
-       new->dir_count              = old->dir_count;
-       new->file_count             = old->file_count;
-       new->total_bytes            = old->total_bytes;
-       new->hard_link_bytes        = old->hard_link_bytes;
-       new->creation_time          = old->creation_time;
-       new->last_modification_time = old->last_modification_time;
-
-       ret = dup_strings_from_specs(old, new,
-                                    image_info_xml_string_specs,
-                                    ARRAY_LEN(image_info_xml_string_specs));
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-
-       if (old->windows_info_exists) {
-               new->windows_info_exists = true;
-               ret = clone_windows_info(&old->windows_info,
-                                        &new->windows_info);
+       if (ttext && *ttext) {
+               /* Create or replace  */
+               ret = xml_ensure_node_by_path(root, path, &node);
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
+               return node_set_ttext(node, ttext);
+       } else {
+               /* Remove  */
+               node = xml_get_node_by_path(root, path);
+               if (node)
+                       unlink_and_free_tree(node);
+               return 0;
        }
-       return 0;
 }
 
-/* Copies the XML information for an image between WIM files.
- *
- * @dest_image_name and @dest_image_description are ignored if they are NULL;
- * otherwise, they are used to override the image name and/or image description
- * from the XML data in the source WIM file.
- *
- * On failure, WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM is returned and no changes are made.  Otherwise,
- * 0 is returned and the WIM information at *new_wim_info_p is modified.
- */
-int
-xml_export_image(const struct wim_info *old_wim_info,
-                int image,
-                struct wim_info **new_wim_info_p,
-                const tchar *dest_image_name,
-                const tchar *dest_image_description)
-{
-       struct wim_info *new_wim_info;
-       struct image_info *image_info;
-       int ret;
+/* Unlink and return the node which represents the INDEX attribute of the
+ * specified IMAGE element.  */
+static xmlAttr *
+unlink_index_attribute(xmlNode *image_node)
+{
+       xmlAttr *attr = xmlHasProp(image_node, "INDEX");
+       xmlUnlinkNode((xmlNode *)attr);
+       return attr;
+}
 
-       DEBUG("Copying XML data between WIM files for source image %d.", image);
+/* Compute the total uncompressed size of the streams of the specified inode. */
+static u64
+inode_sum_stream_sizes(const struct wim_inode *inode,
+                      const struct blob_table *blob_table)
+{
+       u64 total_size = 0;
 
-       wimlib_assert(old_wim_info != NULL);
-       wimlib_assert(image >= 1 && image <= old_wim_info->num_images);
+       for (unsigned i = 0; i < inode->i_num_streams; i++) {
+               const struct blob_descriptor *blob;
 
-       if (*new_wim_info_p) {
-               new_wim_info = *new_wim_info_p;
-       } else {
-               new_wim_info = CALLOC(1, sizeof(struct wim_info));
-               if (!new_wim_info)
-                       goto err;
+               blob = stream_blob(&inode->i_streams[i], blob_table);
+               if (blob)
+                       total_size += blob->size;
        }
+       return total_size;
+}
 
-       image_info = add_image_info_struct(new_wim_info);
-       if (!image_info)
-               goto err;
+static int
+append_image_node(struct wim_xml_info *info, xmlNode *image_node)
+{
+       char buf[32];
+       xmlNode **images;
+
+       /* Limit exceeded?  */
+       if (unlikely(info->image_count >= MAX_IMAGES))
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_IMAGE_COUNT;
 
-       ret = clone_image_info(&old_wim_info->images[image - 1], image_info);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto err_destroy_image_info;
+       /* Add the INDEX attribute.  */
+       sprintf(buf, "%d", info->image_count + 1);
+       if (!xmlNewProp(image_node, "INDEX", buf))
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
 
-       image_info->index = new_wim_info->num_images;
+       /* Append the IMAGE element to the 'images' array.  */
+       images = REALLOC(info->images,
+                        (info->image_count + 1) * sizeof(info->images[0]));
+       if (unlikely(!images))
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       info->images = images;
+       images[info->image_count++] = image_node;
 
-       if (dest_image_name) {
-               FREE(image_info->name);
-               image_info->name = TSTRDUP(dest_image_name);
-               if (!image_info->name)
-                       goto err_destroy_image_info;
-       }
-       if (dest_image_description) {
-               FREE(image_info->description);
-               image_info->description = TSTRDUP(dest_image_description);
-               if (!image_info->description)
-                       goto err_destroy_image_info;
-       }
-       *new_wim_info_p = new_wim_info;
+       /* Add the IMAGE element to the document.  */
+       xmlAddChild(info->root, image_node);
        return 0;
-err_destroy_image_info:
-       destroy_image_info(image_info);
-err:
-       if (new_wim_info != *new_wim_info_p)
-               free_wim_info(new_wim_info);
-       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
 }
 
-/* Removes an image from the XML information. */
-void
-xml_delete_image(struct wim_info **wim_info_p, int image)
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+ *                     Functions for internal library use                     *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/* Allocate an empty 'struct wim_xml_info', containing no images.  */
+struct wim_xml_info *
+xml_new_info_struct(void)
 {
-       struct wim_info *wim_info;
+       struct wim_xml_info *info;
 
-       wim_info = *wim_info_p;
-       wimlib_assert(image >= 1 && image <= wim_info->num_images);
-       DEBUG("Deleting image %d from the XML data.", image);
+       info = alloc_wim_xml_info();
+       if (!info)
+               goto err;
 
-       destroy_image_info(&wim_info->images[image - 1]);
+       info->doc = xmlNewDoc("1.0");
+       if (!info->doc)
+               goto err_free_info;
 
-       memmove(&wim_info->images[image - 1],
-               &wim_info->images[image],
-               (wim_info->num_images - image) * sizeof(struct image_info));
+       info->root = xmlNewNode(NULL, "WIM");
+       if (!info->root)
+               goto err_free_doc;
+       xmlDocSetRootElement(info->doc, info->root);
 
-       if (--wim_info->num_images == 0) {
-               free_wim_info(wim_info);
-               *wim_info_p = NULL;
-       } else {
-               for (int i = image - 1; i < wim_info->num_images; i++)
-                       wim_info->images[i].index--;
-       }
-}
+       info->images = NULL;
+       info->image_count = 0;
+       return info;
 
-size_t
-xml_get_max_image_name_len(const WIMStruct *wim)
-{
-       size_t max_len = 0;
-       for (u32 i = 0; i < wim->hdr.image_count; i++)
-               max_len = max(max_len, tstrlen(wim->wim_info->images[i].name));
-       return max_len;
+err_free_doc:
+       xmlFreeDoc(info->doc);
+err_free_info:
+       FREE(info);
+err:
+       return NULL;
 }
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_CUSTOM_MEMORY_ALLOCATOR
+/* Free a 'struct wim_xml_info'.  */
 void
-xml_set_memory_allocator(void *(*malloc_func)(size_t),
-                        void (*free_func)(void *),
-                        void *(*realloc_func)(void *, size_t))
+xml_free_info_struct(struct wim_xml_info *info)
 {
-       xmlMemSetup(free_func, malloc_func, realloc_func, STRDUP);
+       if (info) {
+               xmlFreeDoc(info->doc);
+               FREE(info->images);
+               for (size_t i = 0; i < info->num_strings; i++)
+                       FREE(info->strings[i]);
+               FREE(info);
+       }
 }
-#endif
 
-static int
-calculate_dentry_statistics(struct wim_dentry *dentry, void *arg)
-{
-       struct image_info *info = arg;
-       const struct wim_inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte;
-
-       /* Update directory count and file count.
-        *
-        * Each dentry counts as either a file or a directory, but not both.
-        * The root directory is an exception: it is not counted at all.
-        *
-        * Symbolic links and junction points (and presumably other reparse
-        * points) count as regular files.  This is despite the fact that
-        * junction points have FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY set.
-        */
-       if (dentry_is_root(dentry))
-               return 0;
+/* Retrieve the number of images for which there exist IMAGE elements in the XML
+ * document.  */
+int
+xml_get_image_count(const struct wim_xml_info *info)
+{
+       return info->image_count;
+}
 
-       if (inode_is_directory(inode))
-               info->dir_count++;
-       else
-               info->file_count++;
-
-       /*
-        * Update total bytes and hard link bytes.
-        *
-        * Unfortunately there are some inconsistencies/bugs in the way this is
-        * done.
-        *
-        * If there are no alternate data streams in the image, the "total
-        * bytes" is the sum of the size of the un-named data stream of each
-        * inode times the link count of that inode.  In other words, it would
-        * be the total number of bytes of regular files you would have if you
-        * extracted the full image without any hard-links.  The "hard link
-        * bytes" is equal to the "total bytes" minus the size of the un-named
-        * data stream of each inode.  In other words, the "hard link bytes"
-        * counts the size of the un-named data stream for all the links to each
-        * inode except the first one.
-        *
-        * Reparse points and directories don't seem to be counted in either the
-        * total bytes or the hard link bytes.
-        *
-        * And now we get to the most confusing part, the alternate data
-        * streams.  They are not counted in the "total bytes".  However, if the
-        * link count of an inode with alternate data streams is 2 or greater,
-        * the size of all the alternate data streams is included in the "hard
-        * link bytes", and this size is multiplied by the link count (NOT one
-        * less than the link count).
-        */
-       lte = inode_unnamed_lte(inode, info->lookup_table);
-       if (lte) {
-               info->total_bytes += wim_resource_size(lte);
-               if (!dentry_is_first_in_inode(dentry))
-                       info->hard_link_bytes += wim_resource_size(lte);
-       }
+/* Retrieve the TOTALBYTES value for the WIM file, or 0 if this value is
+ * unavailable.  */
+u64
+xml_get_total_bytes(const struct wim_xml_info *info)
+{
+       return xml_get_number_by_path(info->root, "TOTALBYTES");
+}
 
-       if (inode->i_nlink >= 2 && dentry_is_first_in_inode(dentry)) {
-               for (unsigned i = 0; i < inode->i_num_ads; i++) {
-                       if (inode->i_ads_entries[i].stream_name_nbytes) {
-                               lte = inode_stream_lte(inode, i + 1, info->lookup_table);
-                               if (lte) {
-                                       info->hard_link_bytes += inode->i_nlink *
-                                                                wim_resource_size(lte);
-                               }
-                       }
-               }
-       }
-       return 0;
+/* Retrieve the TOTALBYTES value for the specified image, or 0 if this value is
+ * unavailable.  */
+u64
+xml_get_image_total_bytes(const struct wim_xml_info *info, int image)
+{
+       return xml_get_number_by_path(info->images[image - 1], "TOTALBYTES");
+}
+
+/* Retrieve the HARDLINKBYTES value for the specified image, or 0 if this value
+ * is unavailable.  */
+u64
+xml_get_image_hard_link_bytes(const struct wim_xml_info *info, int image)
+{
+       return xml_get_number_by_path(info->images[image - 1], "HARDLINKBYTES");
+}
+
+/* Retrieve the WIMBOOT value for the specified image, or false if this value is
+ * unavailable.  */
+bool
+xml_get_wimboot(const struct wim_xml_info *info, int image)
+{
+       return xml_get_number_by_path(info->images[image - 1], "WIMBOOT");
+}
+
+/* Retrieve the Windows build number for the specified image, or 0 if this
+ * information is not available.  */
+u64
+xml_get_windows_build_number(const struct wim_xml_info *info, int image)
+{
+       return xml_get_number_by_path(info->images[image - 1],
+                                     "WINDOWS/VERSION/BUILD");
+}
+
+/* Set the WIMBOOT value for the specified image.  */
+int
+xml_set_wimboot(struct wim_xml_info *info, int image)
+{
+       return xml_set_ttext_by_path(info->images[image - 1], "WIMBOOT", T("1"));
 }
 
 /*
- * Calculate what to put in the <FILECOUNT>, <DIRCOUNT>, <TOTALBYTES>, and
- * <HARDLINKBYTES> elements of each <IMAGE>.
+ * Update the DIRCOUNT, FILECOUNT, TOTALBYTES, HARDLINKBYTES, and
+ * LASTMODIFICATIONTIME elements for the specified WIM image.
  *
- * Please note there is no official documentation for exactly how this is done.
- * But, see calculate_dentry_statistics().
+ * Note: since these stats are likely to be used for display purposes only, we
+ * no longer attempt to duplicate WIMGAPI's weird bugs when calculating them.
  */
-void
+int
 xml_update_image_info(WIMStruct *wim, int image)
 {
-       struct image_info *image_info;
+       const struct wim_image_metadata *imd = wim->image_metadata[image - 1];
+       xmlNode *image_node = wim->xml_info->images[image - 1];
+       const struct wim_inode *inode;
+       u64 dir_count = 0;
+       u64 file_count = 0;
+       u64 total_bytes = 0;
+       u64 hard_link_bytes = 0;
+       u64 size;
+       xmlNode *dircount_node;
+       xmlNode *filecount_node;
+       xmlNode *totalbytes_node;
+       xmlNode *hardlinkbytes_node;
+       xmlNode *lastmodificationtime_node;
+
+       image_for_each_inode(inode, imd) {
+               if (inode_is_directory(inode))
+                       dir_count += inode->i_nlink;
+               else
+                       file_count += inode->i_nlink;
+               size = inode_sum_stream_sizes(inode, wim->blob_table);
+               total_bytes += size * inode->i_nlink;
+               hard_link_bytes += size * (inode->i_nlink - 1);
+       }
+
+       dircount_node = new_element_with_u64(NULL, "DIRCOUNT", dir_count);
+       filecount_node = new_element_with_u64(NULL, "FILECOUNT", file_count);
+       totalbytes_node = new_element_with_u64(NULL, "TOTALBYTES", total_bytes);
+       hardlinkbytes_node = new_element_with_u64(NULL, "HARDLINKBYTES",
+                                                 hard_link_bytes);
+       lastmodificationtime_node =
+               new_element_with_timestamp(NULL, "LASTMODIFICATIONTIME",
+                                          now_as_wim_timestamp());
+
+       if (unlikely(!dircount_node || !filecount_node || !totalbytes_node ||
+                    !hardlinkbytes_node || !lastmodificationtime_node)) {
+               xmlFreeNode(dircount_node);
+               xmlFreeNode(filecount_node);
+               xmlFreeNode(totalbytes_node);
+               xmlFreeNode(hardlinkbytes_node);
+               xmlFreeNode(lastmodificationtime_node);
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       }
 
-       DEBUG("Updating the image info for image %d", image);
+       node_replace_child_element(image_node, dircount_node);
+       node_replace_child_element(image_node, filecount_node);
+       node_replace_child_element(image_node, totalbytes_node);
+       node_replace_child_element(image_node, hardlinkbytes_node);
+       node_replace_child_element(image_node, lastmodificationtime_node);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* Add an image to the XML information. */
+int
+xml_add_image(struct wim_xml_info *info, const tchar *name)
+{
+       const u64 now = now_as_wim_timestamp();
+       xmlNode *image_node;
+       int ret;
 
-       image_info = &wim->wim_info->images[image - 1];
+       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       image_node = xmlNewNode(NULL, "IMAGE");
+       if (!image_node)
+               goto err;
 
-       image_info->file_count      = 0;
-       image_info->dir_count       = 0;
-       image_info->total_bytes     = 0;
-       image_info->hard_link_bytes = 0;
-       image_info->lookup_table = wim->lookup_table;
+       if (name && *name) {
+               ret = new_element_with_ttext(image_node, "NAME", name, NULL);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto err;
+       }
+       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       if (!new_element_with_u64(image_node, "DIRCOUNT", 0))
+               goto err;
+       if (!new_element_with_u64(image_node, "FILECOUNT", 0))
+               goto err;
+       if (!new_element_with_u64(image_node, "TOTALBYTES", 0))
+               goto err;
+       if (!new_element_with_u64(image_node, "HARDLINKBYTES", 0))
+               goto err;
+       if (!new_element_with_timestamp(image_node, "CREATIONTIME", now))
+               goto err;
+       if (!new_element_with_timestamp(image_node, "LASTMODIFICATIONTIME", now))
+               goto err;
+       ret = append_image_node(info, image_node);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err;
+       return 0;
 
-       for_dentry_in_tree(wim->image_metadata[image - 1]->root_dentry,
-                          calculate_dentry_statistics,
-                          image_info);
-       image_info->last_modification_time = get_wim_timestamp();
+err:
+       xmlFreeNode(image_node);
+       return ret;
 }
 
-/* Adds an image to the XML information. */
+/*
+ * Make a copy of the XML information for the image with index @src_image in the
+ * @src_info XML document and append it to the @dest_info XML document.
+ *
+ * In the process, change the image's name and description to the values
+ * specified by @dest_image_name and @dest_image_description.  Either or both
+ * may be NULL, which indicates that the corresponding element will not be
+ * included in the destination image.
+ */
 int
-xml_add_image(WIMStruct *wim, const tchar *name)
+xml_export_image(const struct wim_xml_info *src_info, int src_image,
+                struct wim_xml_info *dest_info, const tchar *dest_image_name,
+                const tchar *dest_image_description, bool wimboot)
 {
-       struct wim_info *wim_info;
-       struct image_info *image_info;
+       xmlNode *dest_node;
+       int ret;
 
-       wimlib_assert(name != NULL);
+       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       dest_node = xmlDocCopyNode(src_info->images[src_image - 1],
+                                  dest_info->doc, 1);
+       if (!dest_node)
+               goto err;
 
-       /* If this is the first image, allocate the struct wim_info.  Otherwise
-        * use the existing struct wim_info. */
-       if (wim->wim_info) {
-               wim_info = wim->wim_info;
-       } else {
-               wim_info = CALLOC(1, sizeof(struct wim_info));
-               if (!wim_info)
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-       }
+       ret = xml_set_ttext_by_path(dest_node, "NAME", dest_image_name);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err;
 
-       image_info = add_image_info_struct(wim_info);
-       if (!image_info)
-               goto out_free_wim_info;
+       ret = xml_set_ttext_by_path(dest_node, "DESCRIPTION",
+                                   dest_image_description);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err;
+
+       if (wimboot) {
+               ret = xml_set_ttext_by_path(dest_node, "WIMBOOT", T("1"));
+               if (ret)
+                       goto err;
+       }
 
-       if (!(image_info->name = TSTRDUP(name)))
-               goto out_destroy_image_info;
+       xmlFreeProp(unlink_index_attribute(dest_node));
 
-       wim->wim_info = wim_info;
-       image_info->index = wim_info->num_images;
-       image_info->creation_time = get_wim_timestamp();
-       xml_update_image_info(wim, image_info->index);
+       ret = append_image_node(dest_info, dest_node);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err;
        return 0;
 
-out_destroy_image_info:
-       destroy_image_info(image_info);
-       wim_info->num_images--;
-out_free_wim_info:
-       if (wim_info != wim->wim_info)
-               FREE(wim_info);
-       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+err:
+       xmlFreeNode(dest_node);
+       return ret;
 }
 
-/* Prints information about the specified image from struct wim_info structure.
- * */
+/* Remove the specified image from the XML document.  */
 void
-print_image_info(const struct wim_info *wim_info, int image)
+xml_delete_image(struct wim_xml_info *info, int image)
 {
-       const struct image_info *image_info;
-       const tchar *desc;
-       tchar buf[50];
+       xmlNode *next_image;
+       xmlAttr *index_attr, *next_index_attr;
+
+       /* Free the IMAGE element for the deleted image.  Then, shift all
+        * higher-indexed IMAGE elements down by 1, in the process re-assigning
+        * their INDEX attributes.  */
+
+       next_image = info->images[image - 1];
+       next_index_attr = unlink_index_attribute(next_image);
+       unlink_and_free_tree(next_image);
+
+       while (image < info->image_count) {
+               index_attr = next_index_attr;
+               next_image = info->images[image];
+               next_index_attr = unlink_index_attribute(next_image);
+               xmlAddChild(next_image, (xmlNode *)index_attr);
+               info->images[image - 1] = next_image;
+               image++;
+       }
+
+       xmlFreeProp(next_index_attr);
+       info->image_count--;
+}
+
+/* Architecture constants are from w64 mingw winnt.h  */
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL           0
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_MIPS            1
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ALPHA           2
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_PPC             3
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_SHX             4
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ARM             5
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA64            6
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ALPHA64         7
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_MSIL            8
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64           9
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64   10
+#define PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ARM64           12
+
+static const tchar *
+describe_arch(u64 arch)
+{
+       static const tchar * const descriptions[] = {
+               [PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL] = T("x86"),
+               [PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_MIPS]  = T("MIPS"),
+               [PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ARM]   = T("ARM"),
+               [PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA64]  = T("ia64"),
+               [PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64] = T("x86_64"),
+               [PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ARM64] = T("ARM64"),
+       };
+
+       if (arch < ARRAY_LEN(descriptions) && descriptions[arch] != NULL)
+               return descriptions[arch];
+
+       return T("unknown");
+}
+
+/* Print information from the WINDOWS element, if present.  */
+static void
+print_windows_info(struct wim_xml_info *info, xmlNode *image_node)
+{
+       xmlNode *windows_node;
+       xmlNode *langs_node;
+       xmlNode *version_node;
+       const tchar *text;
+
+       windows_node = xml_get_node_by_path(image_node, "WINDOWS");
+       if (!windows_node)
+               return;
+
+       tprintf(T("Architecture:           %"TS"\n"),
+               describe_arch(xml_get_number_by_path(windows_node, "ARCH")));
+
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, windows_node, "PRODUCTNAME");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("Product Name:           %"TS"\n"), text);
 
-       wimlib_assert(image >= 1 && image <= wim_info->num_images);
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, windows_node, "EDITIONID");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("Edition ID:             %"TS"\n"), text);
 
-       image_info = &wim_info->images[image - 1];
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, windows_node, "INSTALLATIONTYPE");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("Installation Type:      %"TS"\n"), text);
 
-       tprintf(T("Index:                  %d\n"), image_info->index);
-       tprintf(T("Name:                   %"TS"\n"), image_info->name);
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, windows_node, "HAL");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("HAL:                    %"TS"\n"), text);
 
-       /* Always print the Description: part even if there is no
-        * description. */
-       if (image_info->description)
-               desc = image_info->description;
-       else
-               desc = T("");
-       tprintf(T("Description:            %"TS"\n"), desc);
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, windows_node, "PRODUCTTYPE");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("Product Type:           %"TS"\n"), text);
 
-       if (image_info->display_name) {
-               tprintf(T("Display Name:           %"TS"\n"),
-                       image_info->display_name);
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, windows_node, "PRODUCTSUITE");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("Product Suite:          %"TS"\n"), text);
+
+       langs_node = xml_get_node_by_path(windows_node, "LANGUAGES");
+       if (langs_node) {
+               xmlNode *lang_node;
+
+               tprintf(T("Languages:              "));
+               node_for_each_child(langs_node, lang_node) {
+                       if (!node_is_element(lang_node, "LANGUAGE"))
+                               continue;
+                       text = node_get_ttext(info, lang_node);
+                       if (!text)
+                               continue;
+                       tprintf(T("%"TS" "), text);
+               }
+               tputchar(T('\n'));
+
+               text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, langs_node, "DEFAULT");
+               if (text)
+                       tprintf(T("Default Language:       %"TS"\n"), text);
        }
 
-       if (image_info->display_description) {
-               tprintf(T("Display Description:    %"TS"\n"),
-                       image_info->display_description);
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, windows_node, "SYSTEMROOT");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("System Root:            %"TS"\n"), text);
+
+       version_node = xml_get_node_by_path(windows_node, "VERSION");
+       if (version_node) {
+               tprintf(T("Major Version:          %"PRIu64"\n"),
+                       xml_get_number_by_path(version_node, "MAJOR"));
+               tprintf(T("Minor Version:          %"PRIu64"\n"),
+                       xml_get_number_by_path(version_node, "MINOR"));
+               tprintf(T("Build:                  %"PRIu64"\n"),
+                       xml_get_number_by_path(version_node, "BUILD"));
+               tprintf(T("Service Pack Build:     %"PRIu64"\n"),
+                       xml_get_number_by_path(version_node, "SPBUILD"));
+               tprintf(T("Service Pack Level:     %"PRIu64"\n"),
+                       xml_get_number_by_path(version_node, "SPLEVEL"));
        }
+}
+
+/* Prints information about the specified image.  */
+void
+xml_print_image_info(struct wim_xml_info *info, int image)
+{
+       xmlNode * const image_node = info->images[image - 1];
+       const tchar *text;
+       tchar timebuf[64];
+
+       tprintf(T("Index:                  %d\n"), image);
+
+       /* Always print the Name and Description, even if the corresponding XML
+        * elements are not present.  */
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, image_node, "NAME");
+       tprintf(T("Name:                   %"TS"\n"), text ? text : T(""));
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, image_node, "DESCRIPTION");
+       tprintf(T("Description:            %"TS"\n"), text ? text : T(""));
+
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, image_node, "DISPLAYNAME");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("Display Name:           %"TS"\n"), text);
 
-       tprintf(T("Directory Count:        %"PRIu64"\n"), image_info->dir_count);
-       tprintf(T("File Count:             %"PRIu64"\n"), image_info->file_count);
-       tprintf(T("Total Bytes:            %"PRIu64"\n"), image_info->total_bytes);
-       tprintf(T("Hard Link Bytes:        %"PRIu64"\n"), image_info->hard_link_bytes);
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, image_node, "DISPLAYDESCRIPTION");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("Display Description:    %"TS"\n"), text);
 
-       wim_timestamp_to_str(image_info->creation_time, buf, sizeof(buf));
-       tprintf(T("Creation Time:          %"TS"\n"), buf);
+       tprintf(T("Directory Count:        %"PRIu64"\n"),
+               xml_get_number_by_path(image_node, "DIRCOUNT"));
+
+       tprintf(T("File Count:             %"PRIu64"\n"),
+               xml_get_number_by_path(image_node, "FILECOUNT"));
+
+       tprintf(T("Total Bytes:            %"PRIu64"\n"),
+               xml_get_number_by_path(image_node, "TOTALBYTES"));
+
+       tprintf(T("Hard Link Bytes:        %"PRIu64"\n"),
+               xml_get_number_by_path(image_node, "HARDLINKBYTES"));
+
+       wim_timestamp_to_str(xml_get_timestamp_by_path(image_node,
+                                                      "CREATIONTIME"),
+                            timebuf, ARRAY_LEN(timebuf));
+       tprintf(T("Creation Time:          %"TS"\n"), timebuf);
+
+       wim_timestamp_to_str(xml_get_timestamp_by_path(image_node,
+                                                      "LASTMODIFICATIONTIME"),
+                            timebuf, ARRAY_LEN(timebuf));
+       tprintf(T("Last Modification Time: %"TS"\n"), timebuf);
+
+       print_windows_info(info, image_node);
+
+       text = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, image_node, "FLAGS");
+       if (text)
+               tprintf(T("Flags:                  %"TS"\n"), text);
+
+       tprintf(T("WIMBoot compatible:     %"TS"\n"),
+               xml_get_number_by_path(image_node, "WIMBOOT") ?
+                       T("yes") : T("no"));
 
-       wim_timestamp_to_str(image_info->last_modification_time, buf, sizeof(buf));
-       tprintf(T("Last Modification Time: %"TS"\n"), buf);
-       if (image_info->windows_info_exists)
-               print_windows_info(&image_info->windows_info);
-       if (image_info->flags)
-               tprintf(T("Flags:                  %"TS"\n"), image_info->flags);
        tputchar('\n');
 }
 
-void
-libxml_global_init(void)
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+ *                      Reading and writing the XML data                      *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+static int
+image_node_get_index(xmlNode *node)
 {
-       xmlInitParser();
-       xmlInitCharEncodingHandlers();
+       u64 v = node_get_number((const xmlNode *)xmlHasProp(node, "INDEX"), 10);
+       return min(v, INT_MAX);
 }
 
-void
-libxml_global_cleanup(void)
+/* Prepare the 'images' array from the XML document tree.  */
+static int
+setup_images(struct wim_xml_info *info, xmlNode *root)
 {
-       xmlCleanupParser();
-       xmlCleanupCharEncodingHandlers();
+       xmlNode *child;
+       int index;
+       int max_index = 0;
+       int ret;
+
+       info->images = NULL;
+       info->image_count = 0;
+
+       node_for_each_child(root, child) {
+               if (!node_is_element(child, "IMAGE"))
+                       continue;
+               index = image_node_get_index(child);
+               if (unlikely(index < 1 || info->image_count >= MAX_IMAGES))
+                       goto err_indices;
+               max_index = max(max_index, index);
+               info->image_count++;
+       }
+       if (unlikely(max_index != info->image_count))
+               goto err_indices;
+       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       info->images = CALLOC(info->image_count, sizeof(info->images[0]));
+       if (unlikely(!info->images))
+               goto err;
+       node_for_each_child(root, child) {
+               if (!node_is_element(child, "IMAGE"))
+                       continue;
+               index = image_node_get_index(child);
+               if (unlikely(info->images[index - 1]))
+                       goto err_indices;
+               info->images[index - 1] = child;
+       }
+       return 0;
+
+err_indices:
+       ERROR("The WIM file's XML document does not contain exactly one IMAGE "
+             "element per image!");
+       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_XML;
+err:
+       FREE(info->images);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /* Reads the XML data from a WIM file.  */
 int
 read_wim_xml_data(WIMStruct *wim)
 {
+       struct wim_xml_info *info;
        void *buf;
-       u8 *xml_data;
+       size_t bufsize;
        xmlDoc *doc;
        xmlNode *root;
        int ret;
-       const struct resource_entry *res_entry;
-
-       res_entry = &wim->hdr.xml_res_entry;
 
-       DEBUG("Reading XML data: %"PRIu64" bytes at offset %"PRIu64"",
-             (u64)res_entry->size, res_entry->offset);
+       /* Allocate the 'struct wim_xml_info'.  */
+       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       info = alloc_wim_xml_info();
+       if (!info)
+               goto err;
 
-       ret = res_entry_to_data(res_entry, wim, &buf);
+       /* Read the raw UTF-16LE bytes.  */
+       ret = wimlib_get_xml_data(wim, &buf, &bufsize);
        if (ret)
-               goto out;
-       xml_data = buf;
+               goto err_free_info;
 
-       doc = xmlReadMemory((const char *)xml_data, res_entry->original_size,
-                           NULL, "UTF-16LE", 0);
+       /* Parse the document with libxml2, creating the document tree.  */
+       doc = xmlReadMemory(buf, bufsize, NULL, "UTF-16LE", XML_PARSE_NONET);
+       FREE(buf);
+       buf = NULL;
        if (!doc) {
-               ERROR("Failed to parse XML data");
+               ERROR("Unable to parse the WIM file's XML document!");
                ret = WIMLIB_ERR_XML;
-               goto out_free_xml_data;
+               goto err_free_info;
        }
 
+       /* Verify the root element.  */
        root = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);
-       if (!root || !node_is_element(root) || !node_name_is(root, "WIM")) {
-               ERROR("WIM XML data is invalid");
+       if (!node_is_element(root, "WIM")) {
+               ERROR("The WIM file's XML document has an unexpected format!");
                ret = WIMLIB_ERR_XML;
-               goto out_free_doc;
+               goto err_free_doc;
        }
 
-       ret = xml_read_wim_info(root, &wim->wim_info);
-out_free_doc:
+       /* Verify the WIM file is not encrypted.  */
+       if (xml_get_node_by_path(root, "ESD/ENCRYPTED")) {
+               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WIM_IS_ENCRYPTED;
+               goto err_free_doc;
+       }
+
+       /* Validate the image elements and set up the images[] array.  */
+       ret = setup_images(info, root);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err_free_doc;
+
+       /* Save the document and return.  */
+       info->doc = doc;
+       info->root = root;
+       wim->xml_info = info;
+       return 0;
+
+err_free_doc:
        xmlFreeDoc(doc);
-out_free_xml_data:
-       FREE(xml_data);
-out:
+err_free_info:
+       FREE(info);
+err:
        return ret;
 }
 
-/* Prepares an in-memory buffer containing the UTF-16LE XML data for a WIM file.
- *
- * total_bytes is the number to write in <TOTALBYTES>, or
- * WIM_TOTALBYTES_USE_EXISTING to use the existing value in memory, or
- * WIM_TOTALBYTES_OMIT to omit <TOTALBYTES> entirely.
- */
-static int
-prepare_wim_xml_data(WIMStruct *wim, int image, u64 total_bytes,
-                    u8 **xml_data_ret, size_t *xml_len_ret)
+/* Swap the INDEX attributes of two IMAGE elements.  */
+static void
+swap_index_attributes(xmlNode *image_node_1, xmlNode *image_node_2)
 {
-       xmlCharEncodingHandler *encoding_handler;
-       xmlBuffer *buf;
-       xmlOutputBuffer *outbuf;
-       xmlTextWriter *writer;
-       int ret;
-       int first, last;
-       const xmlChar *content;
-       int len;
-       u8 *xml_data;
-       size_t xml_len;
-
-       /* Open an xmlTextWriter that writes to an in-memory buffer using
-        * UTF-16LE encoding.  */
-
-       encoding_handler = xmlGetCharEncodingHandler(XML_CHAR_ENCODING_UTF16LE);
-       if (!encoding_handler) {
-               ERROR("Failed to get XML character encoding handler for UTF-16LE");
-               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_LIBXML_UTF16_HANDLER_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-               goto out;
-       }
+       xmlAttr *attr_1, *attr_2;
 
-       buf = xmlBufferCreate();
-       if (!buf) {
-               ERROR("Failed to create xmlBuffer");
-               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
-       outbuf = xmlOutputBufferCreateBuffer(buf, encoding_handler);
-       if (!outbuf) {
-               ERROR("Failed to allocate xmlOutputBuffer");
-               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               goto out_buffer_free;
+       if (image_node_1 != image_node_2) {
+               attr_1 = unlink_index_attribute(image_node_1);
+               attr_2 = unlink_index_attribute(image_node_2);
+               xmlAddChild(image_node_1, (xmlNode *)attr_2);
+               xmlAddChild(image_node_2, (xmlNode *)attr_1);
        }
+}
 
-       writer = xmlNewTextWriter(outbuf);
-       if (!writer) {
-               ERROR("Failed to allocate xmlTextWriter");
-               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               goto out_output_buffer_close;
+static int
+prepare_document_for_write(struct wim_xml_info *info, int image, u64 total_bytes,
+                          xmlNode **orig_totalbytes_node_ret)
+{
+       xmlNode *totalbytes_node = NULL;
+
+       /* Allocate the new TOTALBYTES element if needed.  */
+       if (total_bytes != WIM_TOTALBYTES_USE_EXISTING &&
+           total_bytes != WIM_TOTALBYTES_OMIT) {
+               totalbytes_node = new_element_with_u64(NULL, "TOTALBYTES",
+                                                      total_bytes);
+               if (!totalbytes_node)
+                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
        }
 
-       /* Write the XML document.  */
-
-       ret = xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, "WIM");
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto out_write_error;
-
-       /* The contents of the <TOTALBYTES> element in the XML data, under the
-        * <WIM> element (not the <IMAGE> element), is for non-split WIMs the
-        * size of the WIM file excluding the XML data and integrity table.
-        * For split WIMs, <TOTALBYTES> takes into account the entire WIM, not
-        * just the current part.  */
-       if (total_bytes != WIM_TOTALBYTES_OMIT) {
-               if (total_bytes == WIM_TOTALBYTES_USE_EXISTING) {
-                       if (wim->wim_info)
-                               total_bytes = wim->wim_info->total_bytes;
-                       else
-                               total_bytes = 0;
-               }
-               ret = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, "TOTALBYTES",
-                                                     "%"PRIu64, total_bytes);
-               if (ret < 0)
-                       goto out_write_error;
+       /* Adjust the IMAGE elements if needed.  */
+       if (image != WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES) {
+               /* We're writing a single image only.  Temporarily unlink all
+                * other IMAGE elements from the document.  */
+               for (int i = 0; i < info->image_count; i++)
+                       if (i + 1 != image)
+                               xmlUnlinkNode(info->images[i]);
+
+               /* Temporarily set the INDEX attribute of the needed IMAGE
+                * element to 1.  */
+               swap_index_attributes(info->images[0], info->images[image - 1]);
        }
 
-       if (image == WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES) {
-               first = 1;
-               last = wim->hdr.image_count;
-       } else {
-               first = image;
-               last = image;
+       /* Adjust (add, change, or remove) the TOTALBYTES element if needed.  */
+       *orig_totalbytes_node_ret = NULL;
+       if (total_bytes != WIM_TOTALBYTES_USE_EXISTING) {
+               /* Unlink the previous TOTALBYTES element, if any.  */
+               *orig_totalbytes_node_ret = xml_get_node_by_path(info->root,
+                                                                "TOTALBYTES");
+               if (*orig_totalbytes_node_ret)
+                       xmlUnlinkNode(*orig_totalbytes_node_ret);
+
+               /* Link in the new TOTALBYTES element, if any.  */
+               if (totalbytes_node)
+                       xmlAddChild(info->root, totalbytes_node);
        }
+       return 0;
+}
 
-       for (int i = first; i <= last; i++) {
-               ret = xml_write_image_info(writer, &wim->wim_info->images[i - 1]);
-               if (ret) {
-                       if (ret < 0)
-                               goto out_write_error;
-                       goto out_free_text_writer;
-               }
+static void
+restore_document_after_write(struct wim_xml_info *info, int image,
+                            xmlNode *orig_totalbytes_node)
+{
+       /* Restore the IMAGE elements if needed.  */
+       if (image != WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES) {
+               /* We wrote a single image only.  Re-link all other IMAGE
+                * elements to the document.  */
+               for (int i = 0; i < info->image_count; i++)
+                       if (i + 1 != image)
+                               xmlAddChild(info->root, info->images[i]);
+
+               /* Restore the original INDEX attributes.  */
+               swap_index_attributes(info->images[0], info->images[image - 1]);
        }
 
-       ret = xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto out_write_error;
-
-       ret = xmlTextWriterEndDocument(writer);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto out_write_error;
-
-       ret = xmlTextWriterFlush(writer);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto out_write_error;
-
-       /* Retrieve the buffer into which the document was written.  */
-
-       content = xmlBufferContent(buf);
-       len = xmlBufferLength(buf);
-
-       /* Copy the data into a new buffer, and prefix it with the UTF-16LE BOM
-        * (byte order mark), which is required by MS's software to understand
-        * the data.  */
-
-       xml_len = len + 2;
-       xml_data = MALLOC(xml_len);
-       if (!xml_data) {
-               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               goto out_free_text_writer;
-       }
-       xml_data[0] = 0xff;
-       xml_data[1] = 0xfe;
-       memcpy(&xml_data[2], content, len);
-
-       /* Clean up libxml objects and return success.  */
-       *xml_data_ret = xml_data;
-       *xml_len_ret = xml_len;
-       ret = 0;
-out_free_text_writer:
-       /* xmlFreeTextWriter will free the attached xmlOutputBuffer.  */
-       xmlFreeTextWriter(writer);
-       goto out_buffer_free;
-out_output_buffer_close:
-       xmlOutputBufferClose(outbuf);
-out_buffer_free:
-       xmlBufferFree(buf);
-out:
-       return ret;
-
-out_write_error:
-       ERROR("Error writing XML data");
-       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-       goto out_free_text_writer;
+       /* Restore the original TOTALBYTES element if needed.  */
+       if (orig_totalbytes_node)
+               node_replace_child_element(info->root, orig_totalbytes_node);
 }
 
-/* Writes the XML data to a WIM file.  */
+/*
+ * Writes the XML data to a WIM file.
+ *
+ * 'image' specifies the image(s) to include in the XML data.  Normally it is
+ * WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES, but it can also be a 1-based image index.
+ *
+ * 'total_bytes' is the number to use in the top-level TOTALBYTES element, or
+ * WIM_TOTALBYTES_USE_EXISTING to use the existing value from the XML document
+ * (if any), or WIM_TOTALBYTES_OMIT to omit the TOTALBYTES element entirely.
+ */
 int
 write_wim_xml_data(WIMStruct *wim, int image, u64 total_bytes,
-                  struct resource_entry *out_res_entry,
-                  int write_resource_flags)
+                  struct wim_reshdr *out_reshdr, int write_resource_flags)
 {
-       int ret;
-       u8 *xml_data;
-       size_t xml_len;
-
-       DEBUG("Writing WIM XML data (image=%d, offset=%"PRIu64")",
-             image, total_bytes, wim->out_fd.offset);
-
-       ret = prepare_wim_xml_data(wim, image, total_bytes,
-                                  &xml_data, &xml_len);
+       struct wim_xml_info *info = wim->xml_info;
+       long ret;
+       long ret2;
+       xmlBuffer *buffer;
+       xmlNode *orig_totalbytes_node;
+       xmlSaveCtxt *save_ctx;
+
+       /* Make any needed temporary changes to the document.  */
+       ret = prepare_document_for_write(info, image, total_bytes,
+                                        &orig_totalbytes_node);
        if (ret)
-               return ret;
+               goto out;
+
+       /* Create an in-memory buffer to hold the encoded document.  */
+       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       buffer = xmlBufferCreate();
+       if (!buffer)
+               goto out_restore_document;
+
+       /* Encode the document in UTF-16LE, with a byte order mark, and with no
+        * XML declaration.  Some other WIM software requires all of these
+        * characteristics.  */
+       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       if (xmlBufferCat(buffer, "\xff\xfe"))
+               goto out_free_buffer;
+       save_ctx = xmlSaveToBuffer(buffer, "UTF-16LE", XML_SAVE_NO_DECL);
+       if (!save_ctx)
+               goto out_free_buffer;
+       ret = xmlSaveDoc(save_ctx, info->doc);
+       ret2 = xmlSaveClose(save_ctx);
+       if (ret < 0 || ret2 < 0) {
+               ERROR("Unable to serialize the WIM file's XML document!");
+               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+               goto out_free_buffer;
+       }
 
        /* Write the XML data uncompressed.  Although wimlib can handle
-        * compressed XML data, MS software cannot.  */
-       ret = write_wim_resource_from_buffer(xml_data,
-                                            xml_len,
-                                            WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_METADATA,
+        * compressed XML data, some other WIM software cannot.  */
+       ret = write_wim_resource_from_buffer(xmlBufferContent(buffer),
+                                            xmlBufferLength(buffer),
+                                            true,
                                             &wim->out_fd,
                                             WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE,
-                                            out_res_entry,
+                                            0,
+                                            out_reshdr,
                                             NULL,
                                             write_resource_flags);
-       FREE(xml_data);
+out_free_buffer:
+       xmlBufferFree(buffer);
+out_restore_document:
+       /* Revert any temporary changes we made to the document.  */
+       restore_document_after_write(info, image, orig_totalbytes_node);
+out:
        return ret;
 }
 
-/* API function documented in wimlib.h  */
-WIMLIBAPI const tchar *
-wimlib_get_image_name(const WIMStruct *wim, int image)
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+ *                           Global setup functions                           *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+void
+xml_global_init(void)
 {
-       if (image < 1 || image > wim->hdr.image_count)
-               return NULL;
-       return wim->wim_info->images[image - 1].name;
+       xmlInitParser();
 }
 
-/* API function documented in wimlib.h  */
-WIMLIBAPI const tchar *
-wimlib_get_image_description(const WIMStruct *wim, int image)
+void
+xml_global_cleanup(void)
 {
-       if (image < 1 || image > wim->hdr.image_count)
-               return NULL;
-       return wim->wim_info->images[image - 1].description;
+       xmlCleanupParser();
 }
 
-/* API function documented in wimlib.h  */
-WIMLIBAPI bool
-wimlib_image_name_in_use(const WIMStruct *wim, const tchar *name)
+void
+xml_set_memory_allocator(void *(*malloc_func)(size_t),
+                        void (*free_func)(void *),
+                        void *(*realloc_func)(void *, size_t))
 {
-       if (!name || !*name)
-               return false;
-       for (int i = 1; i <= wim->hdr.image_count; i++)
-               if (!tstrcmp(wim->wim_info->images[i - 1].name, name))
-                       return true;
-       return false;
+       xmlMemSetup(free_func, malloc_func, realloc_func, wimlib_strdup);
 }
 
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+ *                           Library API functions                            *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-/* API function documented in wimlib.h  */
 WIMLIBAPI int
-wimlib_extract_xml_data(WIMStruct *wim, FILE *fp)
+wimlib_get_xml_data(WIMStruct *wim, void **buf_ret, size_t *bufsize_ret)
 {
-       size_t size;
-       void *buf;
-       int ret;
+       const struct wim_reshdr *xml_reshdr;
 
-       if (!wim->filename)
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM;
+       if (wim->filename == NULL && filedes_is_seekable(&wim->in_fd))
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_NO_FILENAME;
 
-       ret = res_entry_to_data(&wim->hdr.xml_res_entry, wim, &buf);
-       if (ret)
-               goto out;
+       if (buf_ret == NULL || bufsize_ret == NULL)
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM;
 
-       size = wim->hdr.xml_res_entry.original_size;
-       if (fwrite(buf, 1, size, fp) != size) {
-               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to extract XML data");
-               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-               goto out_free_buf;
-       }
+       xml_reshdr = &wim->hdr.xml_data_reshdr;
 
-       ret = 0;
-out_free_buf:
-       FREE(buf);
-out:
-       return ret;
+       *bufsize_ret = xml_reshdr->uncompressed_size;
+       return wim_reshdr_to_data(xml_reshdr, wim, buf_ret);
 }
 
-/* API function documented in wimlib.h  */
 WIMLIBAPI int
-wimlib_set_image_name(WIMStruct *wim, int image, const tchar *name)
+wimlib_extract_xml_data(WIMStruct *wim, FILE *fp)
 {
-       tchar *p;
-       int i;
        int ret;
+       void *buf;
+       size_t bufsize;
 
-       DEBUG("Setting the name of image %d to %"TS, image, name);
-
-       ret = can_modify_wim(wim);
+       ret = wimlib_get_xml_data(wim, &buf, &bufsize);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
-       if (name == NULL)
-               name = T("");
-
-       if (image < 1 || image > wim->hdr.image_count) {
-               ERROR("%d is not a valid image", image);
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_IMAGE;
+       if (fwrite(buf, 1, bufsize, fp) != bufsize) {
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to extract XML data");
+               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
        }
+       FREE(buf);
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static bool
+image_name_in_use(const WIMStruct *wim, const tchar *name, int excluded_image)
+{
+       const struct wim_xml_info *info = wim->xml_info;
+       const xmlChar *name_utf8;
+       bool found = false;
+
+       /* Any number of images can have "no name".  */
+       if (!name || !*name)
+               return false;
 
-       for (i = 1; i <= wim->hdr.image_count; i++) {
-               if (i == image)
+       /* Check for images that have the specified name.  */
+       if (tstr_get_utf8(name, &name_utf8))
+               return false;
+       for (int i = 0; i < info->image_count && !found; i++) {
+               if (i + 1 == excluded_image)
                        continue;
-               if (!tstrcmp(wim->wim_info->images[i - 1].name, name)) {
-                       ERROR("The name \"%"TS"\" is already in use in the WIM!",
-                             name);
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_IMAGE_NAME_COLLISION;
-               }
+               found = xmlStrEqual(name_utf8, xml_get_text_by_path(
+                                                   info->images[i], "NAME"));
        }
+       tstr_put_utf8(name_utf8);
+       return found;
+}
 
-       p = TSTRDUP(name);
-       if (!p)
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+WIMLIBAPI bool
+wimlib_image_name_in_use(const WIMStruct *wim, const tchar *name)
+{
+       return image_name_in_use(wim, name, WIMLIB_NO_IMAGE);
+}
 
-       FREE(wim->wim_info->images[image - 1].name);
-       wim->wim_info->images[image - 1].name = p;
-       return 0;
+WIMLIBAPI const tchar *
+wimlib_get_image_name(const WIMStruct *wim, int image)
+{
+       const struct wim_xml_info *info = wim->xml_info;
+       const tchar *name;
+
+       if (image < 1 || image > info->image_count)
+               return NULL;
+       name = wimlib_get_image_property(wim, image, T("NAME"));
+       return name ? name : T("");
 }
 
-static int
-do_set_image_info_str(WIMStruct *wim, int image, const tchar *tstr,
-                     size_t offset)
+WIMLIBAPI const tchar *
+wimlib_get_image_description(const WIMStruct *wim, int image)
 {
-       tchar *tstr_copy;
-       tchar **dest_tstr_p;
-       int ret;
+       return wimlib_get_image_property(wim, image, T("DESCRIPTION"));
+}
 
-       ret = can_modify_wim(wim);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
+WIMLIBAPI const tchar *
+wimlib_get_image_property(const WIMStruct *wim, int image,
+                         const tchar *property_name)
+{
+       const xmlChar *name;
+       const tchar *value;
+       struct wim_xml_info *info = wim->xml_info;
 
-       if (image < 1 || image > wim->hdr.image_count) {
-               ERROR("%d is not a valid image", image);
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_IMAGE;
-       }
-       if (tstr) {
-               tstr_copy = TSTRDUP(tstr);
-               if (!tstr_copy)
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-       } else {
-               tstr_copy = NULL;
-       }
-       dest_tstr_p = (tchar**)((void*)&wim->wim_info->images[image - 1] + offset);
+       if (!property_name || !*property_name)
+               return NULL;
+       if (image < 1 || image > info->image_count)
+               return NULL;
+       if (tstr_get_utf8(property_name, &name))
+               return NULL;
+       value = xml_get_ttext_by_path(info, info->images[image - 1], name);
+       tstr_put_utf8(name);
+       return value;
+}
 
-       FREE(*dest_tstr_p);
-       *dest_tstr_p = tstr_copy;
-       return 0;
+WIMLIBAPI int
+wimlib_set_image_name(WIMStruct *wim, int image, const tchar *name)
+{
+       return wimlib_set_image_property(wim, image, T("NAME"), name);
 }
 
-/* API function documented in wimlib.h  */
 WIMLIBAPI int
-wimlib_set_image_descripton(WIMStruct *wim, int image,
-                           const tchar *description)
+wimlib_set_image_descripton(WIMStruct *wim, int image, const tchar *description)
 {
-       return do_set_image_info_str(wim, image, description,
-                                    offsetof(struct image_info, description));
+       return wimlib_set_image_property(wim, image, T("DESCRIPTION"), description);
 }
 
-/* API function documented in wimlib.h  */
 WIMLIBAPI int
 wimlib_set_image_flags(WIMStruct *wim, int image, const tchar *flags)
 {
-       return do_set_image_info_str(wim, image, flags,
-                                    offsetof(struct image_info, flags));
+       return wimlib_set_image_property(wim, image, T("FLAGS"), flags);
+}
+
+WIMLIBAPI int
+wimlib_set_image_property(WIMStruct *wim, int image, const tchar *property_name,
+                         const tchar *property_value)
+{
+       const xmlChar *name;
+       struct wim_xml_info *info = wim->xml_info;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!property_name || !*property_name)
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM;
+
+       if (image < 1 || image > info->image_count)
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_IMAGE;
+
+       if (!tstrcmp(property_name, T("NAME")) &&
+           image_name_in_use(wim, property_value, image))
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_IMAGE_NAME_COLLISION;
+
+       ret = tstr_get_utf8(property_name, &name);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       ret = xml_set_ttext_by_path(info->images[image - 1], name, property_value);
+       tstr_put_utf8(name);
+       return ret;
 }