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 java.lang.Object

Usefull function to handle XML files.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XmlFunctions()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static org.w3c.dom.Document	parse(java.io.File xmlFile) parse.
static org.w3c.dom.Document	parse(java.lang.String xmlString) Parse a string containing XML.
static java.lang.String	toString(org.w3c.dom.Document document) Convert XML DOM document to a string.
static void	validate(java.net.URL schemaFile, org.w3c.dom.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 org.w3c.dom.Document parse(java.lang.String xmlString)

Parse a string containing XML.

Parameters:

xmlString - the XML string

Returns:

XML DOM document

parse

public static org.w3c.dom.Document parse(java.io.File xmlFile)

parse.

Parameters:

xmlFile - a File object.

Returns:

a Document object.

toString

public static java.lang.String toString(org.w3c.dom.Document document)

Convert XML DOM document to a string.

Parameters:

document - XML DOM document

Returns:

XML string

validate

public static void validate(java.net.URL schemaFile,
                            org.w3c.dom.Document xmlDocument)
                     throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                            java.io.IOException

Validate a XML-Document against a XSD-SchemaFile.

Parameters:

schemaFile - the XSD-URL.

xmlDocument - the XML-Document.

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException - if there is an validation error.

java.io.IOException - if unable to access the files.