Package org.apache.xml.utils

Class XMLStringFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.xml.utils.XMLStringFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

XMLStringFactoryImpl

public abstract class XMLStringFactory
extends Object

A concrete class that implements this interface creates XMLString objects.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XMLStringFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract XMLString	emptystr()	Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
abstract XMLString	newstr(char[] string, int start, int length)	Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
abstract XMLString	newstr(String string)	Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
abstract XMLString	newstr(FastStringBuffer string, int start, int length)	Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

XMLStringFactory

public XMLStringFactory()

Method Details

newstr

public abstract XMLString newstr(String string)

Create a new XMLString from a Java string.

Parameters:

string - Java String reference, which must be non-null.

Returns:

An XMLString object that wraps the String reference.

newstr

public abstract XMLString newstr(FastStringBuffer string,
int start,
int length)

Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Parameters:

string - FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.

start - The start position in the array.

length - The number of characters to read from the array.

Returns:

An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.

newstr

public abstract XMLString newstr(char[] string,
int start,
int length)

Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Parameters:

string - FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.

start - The start position in the array.

length - The number of characters to read from the array.

Returns:

An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.

emptystr

public abstract XMLString emptystr()

Get a cheap representation of an empty string.

Returns:

An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".