org.mmbase.util
Class XMLBasicReader

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.mmbase.util.XMLBasicReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

MagicFile.MagicXMLReader, XMLBuilderReader, XMLMMLanguageReader, XMLModuleReader

public class XMLBasicReader

extends java.lang.Object

Version:

$Id: XMLBasicReader.java,v 1.10 2001/07/11 13:22:40 pierre Exp $ $Log: XMLBasicReader.java,v $ Revision 1.10 2001/07/11 13:22:40 pierre pierre: removed comments. usejavaxXML is still false. Maybe make this configurable? Revision 1.9 2001/07/09 19:24:07 eduard eduard: added a static function, which provides a DocumentBuilder object, so that there is a handle, to get all xml documents in the same way. Also some code, to enable it for old stuff, but i commented it out, since i didnt dare to change the original code. Revision 1.8 2001/05/18 11:46:14 daniel Added printout of filename on error Revision 1.7 2001/03/23 11:07:16 vpro Enhanced error message CV: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Revision 1.6 2000/12/20 00:24:53 daniel changed xml parser to file:/// for new xerces/win98/win2000 Revision 1.5 2000/08/18 19:43:45 case cjr: Added getChildElements(element,tag) method to get obtain all child elements with a certain tag. Revision 1.4 2000/08/17 21:16:00 case cjr: returned value for non-set attributes now is "" (should it be null?)

Author:

cjr@dds.nl

Constructor Summary

XMLBasicReader(java.lang.String path)

Method Summary

java.util.Enumeration	getChildElements(org.w3c.dom.Element e)
java.util.Enumeration	getChildElements(org.w3c.dom.Element e, java.lang.String tag)
static javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder	getDocumentBuilder()
java.lang.String	getElementAttributeValue(org.w3c.dom.Element e, java.lang.String attr)
org.w3c.dom.Element	getElementByPath(org.w3c.dom.Element e, java.lang.String path)
org.w3c.dom.Element	getElementByPath(java.lang.String path)
java.lang.String	getElementName(org.w3c.dom.Element e)
java.lang.String	getElementValue(org.w3c.dom.Element e)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XMLBasicReader

public XMLBasicReader(java.lang.String path)

Method Detail

getDocumentBuilder

public static javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder getDocumentBuilder()

getElementByPath

public org.w3c.dom.Element getElementByPath(java.lang.String path)

Parameters:

path - Dot-separated list of tags describing path from root element to requested element. NB the path starts with the name of the root element.

Returns:

Leaf element of the path

getElementByPath

public org.w3c.dom.Element getElementByPath(org.w3c.dom.Element e,
                                            java.lang.String path)

Parameters:

e - Element from which the "relative" path is starting. NB the path starts with the name of the root element.

path - Dot-separated list of tags describing path from root element to requested element

Returns:

Leaf element of the path

getElementValue

public java.lang.String getElementValue(org.w3c.dom.Element e)

Parameters:

e - Element

Returns:

Text value of element

getElementName

public java.lang.String getElementName(org.w3c.dom.Element e)

Parameters:

e - Element

Returns:

Tag name of the element

getElementAttributeValue

public java.lang.String getElementAttributeValue(org.w3c.dom.Element e,
                                                 java.lang.String attr)

Parameters:

e - Element

attr - Attribute name

Returns:

Value of attribute

getChildElements

public java.util.Enumeration getChildElements(org.w3c.dom.Element e)

Parameters:

e - Element

Returns:

Enumeration of child elements

getChildElements

public java.util.Enumeration getChildElements(org.w3c.dom.Element e,
                                              java.lang.String tag)

Parameters:

e - Element

Returns:

Enumeration of child elements with the given tag