org.jscience.ml.gml.xml.util
Class XMLUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.ml.gml.xml.util.XMLUtils

public class XMLUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Provides some utility methods.

Constructor Summary

XMLUtils()

Method Summary

static java.util.List	executeXPathQuery(org.jdom.Element parent, java.lang.String path) Executes an XPath query using namespaces.
static java.util.List	getGlobalElementsWithAttribute(org.jdom.Element root, java.lang.String elemName, org.jdom.Namespace elemNamespace, java.lang.String attrName, java.lang.String attrValue) Finds global elements with the given attribute value.
static org.jdom.Document	string2jdom(java.lang.String sourceString) Converts XML text to a JDOM document.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLUtils

public XMLUtils()

Method Detail

string2jdom

public static org.jdom.Document string2jdom(java.lang.String sourceString)

Converts XML text to a JDOM document.

Parameters:

sourceString - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

Null if the conversion fails.

executeXPathQuery

public static java.util.List executeXPathQuery(org.jdom.Element parent,
                                               java.lang.String path)
                                        throws org.jaxen.saxpath.SAXPathException

Executes an XPath query using namespaces.

Parameters:

parent - The query context.

path - The XPath query.

Returns:

Returns a list of XML nodes matching the query. java.util.Collections.EMPTY_LIST is returned if no match was found.

Throws:

org.jaxen.saxpath.SAXPathException - DOCUMENT ME!

getGlobalElementsWithAttribute

public static java.util.List getGlobalElementsWithAttribute(org.jdom.Element root,
                                                            java.lang.String elemName,
                                                            org.jdom.Namespace elemNamespace,
                                                            java.lang.String attrName,
                                                            java.lang.String attrValue)

Finds global elements with the given attribute value.

Parameters:

root - DOCUMENT ME!

elemName - DOCUMENT ME!

elemNamespace - DOCUMENT ME!

attrName - DOCUMENT ME!

attrValue - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

List of global elements. Empty list if none found.