net.sf.exorcist.midgard
Class DOMBuilder

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.exorcist.midgard.DOMBuilder

public final class DOMBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

Document builder class. This class provides an intuitive interface for incrementally building DOM documents.

Constructor Summary

DOMBuilder(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String prefix)
Creates a builder for a new DOM document.

Method Summary

void	addContent(java.lang.String content) Adds the given string as text content to the current element.
void	addContentElement(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String content) Adds a new child element with the given name and text content.
void	endElement() Makes the parent element current.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String name, boolean value) Sets the named boolean attribute of the current element.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Sets the named attribute of the current element.
void	startElement(java.lang.String name) Creates a new element with the given name as the child of the current element and makes the created element current.
void	write(java.io.OutputStream xml) Writes the document built by this builder into the given output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DOMBuilder

public DOMBuilder(java.lang.String name,
                  java.lang.String namespace,
                  java.lang.String prefix)
           throws javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

Creates a builder for a new DOM document. A new DOM document is instantiated and initialized to contain a root element with the given name. The root element is set as the current element of this builder.

Parameters:

name - name of the root element

Throws:

javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException - if a document cannot be created

Method Detail

write

public void write(java.io.OutputStream xml)
           throws java.io.IOException

Writes the document built by this builder into the given output stream. This method is normally invoked only when the document is fully built.

Parameters:

xml - XML output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the document could not be written

startElement

public void startElement(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new element with the given name as the child of the current element and makes the created element current. The endElement method needs to be called to return back to the original element.

Parameters:

name - name of the new element

endElement

public void endElement()

Makes the parent element current. This method should be invoked after a child element created with the startElement method has been fully built.

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.String value)

Sets the named attribute of the current element.

Parameters:

name - attribute name

value - attribute value

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                         boolean value)

Sets the named boolean attribute of the current element.

Parameters:

name - attribute name

value - boolean attribute value

addContent

public void addContent(java.lang.String content)

Adds the given string as text content to the current element.

Parameters:

content - text content

addContentElement

public void addContentElement(java.lang.String name,
                              java.lang.String content)

Adds a new child element with the given name and text content. The created element will contain no attributes and no child elements of its own.

Parameters:

name - child element name

content - child element content