Package de.timroes.axmlrpc

Class XMLUtil

  • public class XMLUtil
extends java.lang.Object
    This class provides some utility methods for the use with the Java DOM parser.
    Author:
    Tim Roes

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      XMLUtil()  

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static org.w3c.dom.Element getOnlyChildElement​(org.w3c.dom.NodeList list)
      Returns the only child element in a given NodeList.
      static java.lang.String getOnlyTextContent​(org.w3c.dom.NodeList list)
      Returns the text node from a given NodeList.
      static boolean hasChildElement​(org.w3c.dom.NodeList list)
      Checks if the given NodeList contains a child element.
      static XmlElement makeXmlTag​(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String content)
      Creates an xml tag with a given type and content.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Constructor Detail

      • XMLUtil

        public XMLUtil()

    • Method Detail

      • getOnlyChildElement

        public static org.w3c.dom.Element getOnlyChildElement​(org.w3c.dom.NodeList list)
                                               throws XMLRPCException
        Returns the only child element in a given NodeList. Will throw an error if there is more then one child element or any other child that is not an element or an empty text string (whitespace are normal).
        Parameters:
        list - A NodeList of children nodes.
        Returns:
        The only child element in the given node list.
        Throws:
        XMLRPCException - Will be thrown if there is more then one child element except empty text nodes.

      • getOnlyTextContent

        public static java.lang.String getOnlyTextContent​(org.w3c.dom.NodeList list)
                                           throws XMLRPCException
        Returns the text node from a given NodeList. If the list contains more then just text nodes, an exception will be thrown.
        Parameters:
        list - The given list of nodes.
        Returns:
        The text of the given node list.
        Throws:
        XMLRPCException - Will be thrown if there is more than just one text node within the list.

      • hasChildElement

        public static boolean hasChildElement​(org.w3c.dom.NodeList list)
        Checks if the given NodeList contains a child element.
        Parameters:
        list - The NodeList to check.
        Returns:
        Whether the NodeList contains children.

      • makeXmlTag

        public static XmlElement makeXmlTag​(java.lang.String type,
                                    java.lang.String content)
        Creates an xml tag with a given type and content.
        Parameters:
        type - The type of the xml tag. What will be filled in the <..>.
        content - The content of the tag.
        Returns:
        The xml tag with its content as a string.