de.ipk_gatersleben.bit.bi.edal.primary_data.reference.datacite

Class XmlFunctions

java.lang.Object

de.ipk_gatersleben.bit.bi.edal.primary_data.reference.datacite.XmlFunctions

public class XmlFunctions
extends Object

Usefull function to handle XML files.

Author:

arendd

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XmlFunctions()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Document	parse(File xmlFile) parse.
static Document	parse(String xmlString) Parse a string containing XML.
static String	toString(Document document) Convert XML DOM document to a string.
static void	validate(URL schemaFile, Document xmlDocument) Validate a XML-Document against a XSD-SchemaFile.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlFunctions

public XmlFunctions()

Method Detail

parse

public static Document parse(String xmlString)

Parse a string containing XML.

Parameters:

xmlString - the XML string

Returns:

XML DOM document

parse

public static Document parse(File xmlFile)

parse.

Parameters:

xmlFile - a File object.

Returns:

a Document object.

toString

public static String toString(Document document)

Convert XML DOM document to a string.

Parameters:

document - XML DOM document

Returns:

XML string

Throws:

TransformerException - if any.

validate

public static void validate(URL schemaFile,
            Document xmlDocument)
                     throws SAXException,
                            IOException

Validate a XML-Document against a XSD-SchemaFile.

Parameters:

schemaFile - the XSD-URL.

xmlDocument - the XML-Document.

Throws:

SAXException - if there is an validation error.

IOException - if unable to access the files.