de.hawhamburg.reachability.util

Class XMLUtil

java.lang.Object

de.hawhamburg.reachability.util.XMLUtil

public final class XMLUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utility functions related to XML handling.

This utility class provides some fancy utility methods related to XML handling.

Version:

"2013.42"

Author:

"Malte Kantak <malte.kantak@hotmail.de>"

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	XMLUtil() Prevent instances of this utility class.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Element>	elementListByXPath(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.lang.String xpath) Fetches a List of Element from the supplied Node using the given xPath.
static int	getIntegerContent(org.w3c.dom.Document doc, java.lang.String xpath) Fetches value as integer from the supplied Document using the given xPath.
static org.w3c.dom.Node	getRoot(org.w3c.dom.Document doc) Fetches the root node from the given Document and returns it.
static java.lang.String	getTextContent(org.w3c.dom.Document doc, java.lang.String xpath) Fetches text value as String from the supplied Document using the given xPath.
static org.w3c.dom.Document	loadDocument(java.lang.String path) Loads an XML document from the file the supplied path refers to.
static java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Node>	nodeListByXPath(org.w3c.dom.Document doc, java.lang.String xpath) Fetches a List of Node from the supplied Document using the given xPath.
static java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Node>	nodeListByXPath(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.lang.String xpath) Fetches a List of Node from the supplied Node using the given xPath.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLUtil

private XMLUtil()

Prevent instances of this utility class.

Method Detail

loadDocument

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

Loads an XML document from the file the supplied path refers to.

Parameters:

path - The path referred to the file which existence shall be read as XML document.

Returns:

The Document representing the XML files content, otherwise null.

nodeListByXPath

public static java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Node> nodeListByXPath(org.w3c.dom.Document doc,
                                               java.lang.String xpath)

Fetches a List of Node from the supplied Document using the given xPath.

Parameters:

doc - The XML document as Document.

xpath - The xPath expression as String.

Returns:

The result of the request as List of Node.

nodeListByXPath

public static java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Node> nodeListByXPath(org.w3c.dom.Node node,
                                               java.lang.String xpath)

Fetches a List of Node from the supplied Node using the given xPath.

Parameters:

node - The XML node as Node.

xpath - The xPath expression as String.

Returns:

The result of the request as List of Node.

elementListByXPath

public static java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Element> elementListByXPath(org.w3c.dom.Node node,
                                                     java.lang.String xpath)

Fetches a List of Element from the supplied Node using the given xPath.

Parameters:

node - The XML node as Node.

xpath - The xPath expression as String.

Returns:

The result of the request as List of Element.

getTextContent

public static java.lang.String getTextContent(org.w3c.dom.Document doc,
                              java.lang.String xpath)

Fetches text value as String from the supplied Document using the given xPath.

Parameters:

doc - The XML document as Document.

xpath - The xPath expression as String.

Returns:

The text value as result of the request as String.

getIntegerContent

public static int getIntegerContent(org.w3c.dom.Document doc,
                    java.lang.String xpath)

Fetches value as integer from the supplied Document using the given xPath.

Parameters:

doc - The XML document as Document.

xpath - The xPath expression as String.

Returns:

The value as result of the request as integer.

getRoot

public static org.w3c.dom.Node getRoot(org.w3c.dom.Document doc)

Fetches the root node from the given Document and returns it.

Parameters:

doc - The XML document as Document.

Returns:

The root node as Node.