Module com.aoapps.lang

Package com.aoapps.lang.xml

Class XmlUtils

java.lang.Object

com.aoapps.lang.xml.XmlUtils

public final class XmlUtils
extends Object

Utilities that help when working with XML.

Author:

AO Industries, Inc.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static int	INDENT_SPACES	The number of space characters per indentation level.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StringBuilder	generateId(String template, String defaultId)	Generates a valid ID from an arbitrary string.
static Element	getChildElementByTagName(Element element, String childTagName)	Gets the child element for a tag name or null if not found.
static String	getChildTextContent(Element element, String childTagName)	Gets the text content of a child element for a tag name or null if not found.
static boolean	isHyphen(int codePoint)	Convert a couple other types of hyphens.
static boolean	isNameChar(int codePoint)	See Names and Tokens: NameChar.
static boolean	isNameStartChar(int codePoint)	See Names and Tokens: NameStartChar.
static boolean	isValidId(String id)	Deprecated. Please use isValidName(java.lang.String), since "Values of type ID MUST match the Name production."
static boolean	isValidName(String name)	Makes sure a valid Name.
static boolean	isValidName(String name, int begin, int end)	Makes sure a valid Name.
static Iterable<Element>	iterableChildElementsByTagName(Element element, String childTagName)	Iterates the children of the given element, returning only returning child elements of the given name.
static Iterable<Element>	iterableElements(NodeList nodeList)	Iterates over a NodeList, only returning Elements.
static Iterable<Node>	iterableNodes(NodeList nodeList)	Iterates over a NodeList.
static Document	parseXml(InputStream in)	Parses an XML DOM from an input stream.
static Document	parseXml(URL url)	Fetches and parses an XML DOM from a URL.
static String	toString(Document document)	Deprecated. Use toString(org.w3c.dom.Node) instead.
static String	toString(Node node)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INDENT_SPACES

public static final int INDENT_SPACES

The number of space characters per indentation level.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

parseXml

public static Document parseXml(URL url)
                         throws IOException,
                                ParserConfigurationException,
                                SAXException

Fetches and parses an XML DOM from a URL. Uses the following XML security features:

1. XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING = true
2. XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD = ""
3. XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_SCHEMA = ""

• See OWASP Cheat Sheet
• See Java: XML parsers should not be vulnerable to XXE attacks

Throws:

IOException

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

parseXml

public static Document parseXml(InputStream in)
                         throws IOException,
                                ParserConfigurationException,
                                SAXException

Parses an XML DOM from an input stream. Uses the following XML security features:

1. XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING = true
2. XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD = ""
3. XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_SCHEMA = ""

• See OWASP Cheat Sheet
• See Java: XML parsers should not be vulnerable to XXE attacks

Throws:

IOException

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

iterableNodes

public static Iterable<Node> iterableNodes(NodeList nodeList)

Iterates over a NodeList.

iterableElements

public static Iterable<Element> iterableElements(NodeList nodeList)

Iterates over a NodeList, only returning Elements.

iterableChildElementsByTagName

public static Iterable<Element> iterableChildElementsByTagName(Element element,
                                                               String childTagName)

Iterates the children of the given element, returning only returning child elements of the given name.

getChildElementByTagName

public static Element getChildElementByTagName(Element element,
                                               String childTagName)

Gets the child element for a tag name or null if not found. Is an error if more than once child is found for the given name.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if there is more than one child element with the given name

getChildTextContent

public static String getChildTextContent(Element element,
                                         String childTagName)

Gets the text content of a child element for a tag name or null if not found. Is an error if more than once child is found for the given name.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if there is more than one child element with the given name

See Also:

getChildElementByTagName(org.w3c.dom.Element, java.lang.String)

toString

@Deprecated
public static String toString(Document document)
                       throws TransformerException

Deprecated.

Use toString(org.w3c.dom.Node) instead.

Throws:

TransformerException

toString

public static String toString(Node node)
                       throws TransformerException

Throws:

TransformerException

isNameStartChar

public static boolean isNameStartChar(int codePoint)

See Names and Tokens: NameStartChar.

isNameChar

public static boolean isNameChar(int codePoint)

See Names and Tokens: NameChar.

isValidName

public static boolean isValidName(String name,
                                  int begin,
                                  int end)

Makes sure a valid Name.

1. See Names and Tokens: Name

isValidName

public static boolean isValidName(String name)

Makes sure a valid Name.

1. See Names and Tokens: Name

isValidId

@Deprecated
public static boolean isValidId(String id)

Deprecated.

Please use isValidName(java.lang.String), since "Values of type ID MUST match the Name production."

Makes sure an ID is valid.

1. See C.8. Fragment Identifiers
2. See Validity constraint: ID

isHyphen

public static boolean isHyphen(int codePoint)

Convert a couple other types of hyphens. http://jkorpela.fi/dashes.html, Table 6-3.

generateId

public static StringBuilder generateId(String template,
                                       String defaultId)

Generates a valid ID from an arbitrary string.

Strips all character not matching Names and Tokens: Name:

See Names and Tokens: Name

Parameters:

template - The preferred text to base the id on

defaultId - The base used when template is unusable (must be a valid id or invalid ID's may be generated)