org.sadun.util.xml
Class SimplePathMapCreatorHandler

java.lang.Object
  org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
      org.sadun.util.xml.SimplePathMapCreatorHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.xml.sax.ContentHandler, org.xml.sax.DTDHandler, org.xml.sax.EntityResolver, org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler, PathMap

public class SimplePathMapCreatorHandler

extends org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

implements PathMap

This SAX handler can be used to create a map of simple paths to node values of an XML document.

After parsing, the method getValue(path) returns the textual value of the note indicated by the path. Paths are in the form

  /tag1/tag2/...
  /tag1/tag2/@attribute
 

Version:

1.0

Author:

Cristiano Sadun

Constructor Summary

SimplePathMapCreatorHandler()
Construct an instance that trims whitespace in values.

SimplePathMapCreatorHandler(boolean trimWhiteSpace)
Construct an instance that trims whitespace in values depending on the value of the given parameter.

Method Summary

void	characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
void	endElement(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String qName)
java.lang.String	getValue(java.lang.String path) Return the textual value of the note indicated by the path.
void	startElement(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String qName, org.xml.sax.Attributes atts)

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

endDocument, endPrefixMapping, error, fatalError, ignorableWhitespace, 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

Constructor Detail

SimplePathMapCreatorHandler

public SimplePathMapCreatorHandler(boolean trimWhiteSpace)

Construct an instance that trims whitespace in values depending on the value of the given parameter.

Parameters:

trimWhiteSpace - if true, the instance will trim whitespace.

SimplePathMapCreatorHandler

public SimplePathMapCreatorHandler()

Construct an instance that trims whitespace in values.

Method Detail

characters

public void characters(char[] ch,
                       int start,
                       int length)
                throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Specified by:

characters in interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException

endElement

public void endElement(java.lang.String uri,
                       java.lang.String localName,
                       java.lang.String qName)
                throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Specified by:

endElement in interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException

startElement

public void startElement(java.lang.String uri,
                         java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.String qName,
                         org.xml.sax.Attributes atts)
                  throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Specified by:

startElement in interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue(java.lang.String path)

Description copied from interface: PathMap

Return the textual value of the note indicated by the path.

Specified by:

getValue in interface PathMap

Parameters:

path - the path, in a given path language

Returns:

the textual value of the note indicated by the path.