de.timroes.axmlrpc

Class XMLUtil

java.lang.Object

de.timroes.axmlrpc.XMLUtil

public class XMLUtil
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides some utility methods for the use with the Java DOM parser.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMLUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and 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.