org.javalid.core.support
Class XMLSupport

java.lang.Object
  org.javalid.core.support.XMLSupport

public class XMLSupport
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides some support for loading xml files.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.1

Author:

M.Reuvers

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getAttributeValue(org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap map, java.lang.String attributeName, boolean required, java.lang.String defaultValue) Method to get a value from an attribute, returns null if not found.
static org.w3c.dom.Document	loadDocument(java.lang.String fileName) Tries to load given filename using getClass().getResource(..).
static org.w3c.dom.Document	loadDocument(java.net.URL url) Attempts to load given url.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

loadDocument

public static final org.w3c.dom.Document loadDocument(java.lang.String fileName)

Tries to load given filename using getClass().getResource(..). If not found raises JavalidException

Parameters:

fileName - The filename (full path) to load

Returns:

w3 Document

Throws:

JavalidException - If loading of file fails

loadDocument

public static final org.w3c.dom.Document loadDocument(java.net.URL url)

Attempts to load given url. If not found raises JavalidException.

Parameters:

url - The url to load the xml document from

Returns:

w3 Document

Since:

1.2

getAttributeValue

public static final java.lang.String getAttributeValue(org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap map,
                                                       java.lang.String attributeName,
                                                       boolean required,
                                                       java.lang.String defaultValue)

Method to get a value from an attribute, returns null if not found.

Parameters:

map - The map to use

attributeName - The attributeName to lookup in the map

defaultValue - Set if return value would be null, can be left null if you really want null returned

required - Set to true if the method must return a value, raises JvException if attribute would return null.

Returns:

String value if found, null otherwise. If null would be returned and required=true, raises exception.