com.topologi.diffx.xml

Class XMLIndenter

java.lang.Object

org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

com.topologi.diffx.xml.XMLIndenter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContentHandler, DTDHandler, EntityResolver, ErrorHandler

public final class XMLIndenter
extends org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
implements ContentHandler

A class to indent automatically some XML data.

Note: This implementation is not namespace aware, and will not handle entities other than &, <, > or ".

Version:

26 February 2005

Author:

Christophe Lauret - Allette Systems (Australia)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	characters(char[] ch, int position, int offset) Prints the characters.
void	endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName)
void	ignorableWhitespace(char[] ch, int position, int offset) Does nothing.
static void	indent(Reader r, Writer w) Indents the given XML String.
static String	indent(String xml) Indents the given XML String.
static boolean	indentSilent(Reader r, Writer w) Indents the given XML String.
static String	indentSilent(String xml) Indents the given XML String.
void	startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes atts)

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

endDocument, endPrefixMapping, error, fatalError, notationDecl, processingInstruction, resolveEntity, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startPrefixMapping, unparsedEntityDecl, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

endDocument, endPrefixMapping, processingInstruction, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startPrefixMapping

Method Detail

startElement

public void startElement(String uri,
                         String localName,
                         String qName,
                         Attributes atts)

Specified by:

startElement in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

startElement in class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

endElement

public void endElement(String uri,
                       String localName,
                       String qName)

Specified by:

endElement in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

endElement in class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

characters

public void characters(char[] ch,
                       int position,
                       int offset)

Prints the characters.

Specified by:

characters in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

characters in class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

ignorableWhitespace

public void ignorableWhitespace(char[] ch,
                                int position,
                                int offset)

Does nothing.

Specified by:

ignorableWhitespace in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

ignorableWhitespace in class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

indent

public static String indent(String xml)
                     throws SAXException,
                            IOException,
                            ParserConfigurationException

Indents the given XML String.

Parameters:

xml - The XML string to indent

Returns:

The indented XML String.

Throws:

IOException - If an IOException occurs.

SAXException - If the XML is not well-formed.

ParserConfigurationException - If the parser could not be configured

indent

public static void indent(Reader r,
                          Writer w)
                   throws SAXException,
                          IOException,
                          ParserConfigurationException

Indents the given XML String.

Parameters:

r - A reader on XML data

w - A writer for the indented XML

Throws:

IOException - If an IOException occurs.

SAXException - If the XML is not well-formed.

ParserConfigurationException - If the parser could not be configured

indentSilent

public static String indentSilent(String xml)

Indents the given XML String.

Parameters:

xml - The XML string to indent

Returns:

The indented XML String or null if an error occurred.

indentSilent

public static boolean indentSilent(Reader r,
                                   Writer w)

Indents the given XML String.

This method does not throw any exception out of convenience, instead it returns a boolean value to indicate whether the XML indenting was performed succesfully.

Parameters:

r - A reader on XML data

w - A writer for the indented XML

Returns:

true if the operation was successful, false if an error occurred.