Package adams.data.xml

Class DOMUtils

java.lang.Object

adams.data.xml.DOMUtils

public class DOMUtils
extends Object

Helper class for DOM operations.

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DOMUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected static boolean	flatten(String pathSeparator, boolean addIndex, boolean storeAttributes, boolean skipRoot, String path, Node node, int index, Properties props)	Flattens the node structure.
protected static boolean	hasTextContent(Node node)	Returns whether the node has any text content or just other nested nodes.
static Properties	toProperties(String pathSeparator, boolean addIndex, boolean storeAttributes, boolean skipRoot, Node node)	Flattens the DOM and turns them into properties.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DOMUtils

public DOMUtils()

Method Detail

hasTextContent

protected static boolean hasTextContent(Node node)

Returns whether the node has any text content or just other nested nodes.

Parameters:

node - the node to test

Returns:

true if actual textual content available

flatten

protected static boolean flatten(String pathSeparator,
                                 boolean addIndex,
                                 boolean storeAttributes,
                                 boolean skipRoot,
                                 String path,
                                 Node node,
                                 int index,
                                 Properties props)

Flattens the node structure.

Parameters:

path - the current path, null for root element

node - the current node

index - the index of the node

props - the properties to store the data in

Returns:

true if node was added

toProperties

public static Properties toProperties(String pathSeparator,
                                      boolean addIndex,
                                      boolean storeAttributes,
                                      boolean skipRoot,
                                      Node node)

Flattens the DOM and turns them into properties.

Parameters:

pathSeparator - the path separator to use

addIndex - whether to add the index

storeAttributes - whether to store the attributes as well

skipRoot - whether to skip the root

node - the node to process

Returns:

the generated properties