Class XmlUtil

java.lang.Object

org.freedesktop.dbus.utils.XmlUtil

public final class XmlUtil
extends Object

Assorted static XML utility methods.

Author:

hypfvieh

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static NodeList	applyXpathExpressionToDocument(String _xpathExpression, Node _xmlDocumentOrNode)	Applys a xpathExpression to a xml-Document and return a NodeList with the results.
static Map<String,String>	convertToAttributeMap(NamedNodeMap _nodeMap)	Converts NamedNodeMap to a LinkedHashMap<String,String>.
static List<Element>	convertToElementList(NodeList _nodeList)	Convert a NodeList to a Java List of Elements.
static boolean	isElementType(Node _node)	Shortcut for checking if given node is of type Element.
static Document	parseXmlString(String _xmlStr, boolean _validating, boolean _namespaceAware)	Read the given string as XML document.
static Element	toElement(Node _node)	Checks and converts given Node to Element if possible.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

isElementType

public static boolean isElementType(Node _node)

Shortcut for checking if given node is of type Element.

Parameters:

_node - node

Returns:

true if Element, false otherwise

toElement

public static Element toElement(Node _node)

Checks and converts given Node to Element if possible.

Parameters:

_node - node

Returns:

Element or null if given Node is not Element subtype

applyXpathExpressionToDocument

public static NodeList applyXpathExpressionToDocument(String _xpathExpression,
 Node _xmlDocumentOrNode)
                                               throws IOException

Applys a xpathExpression to a xml-Document and return a NodeList with the results.

Parameters:

_xpathExpression - xpath expression

_xmlDocumentOrNode - document or node

Returns:

NodeList

Throws:

IOException - on error

parseXmlString

public static Document parseXmlString(String _xmlStr,
 boolean _validating,
 boolean _namespaceAware)
                               throws IOException

Read the given string as XML document.

Parameters:

_xmlStr - xml string

_validating - boolean

_namespaceAware - boolean

Returns:

Document

Throws:

IOException - on error

convertToElementList

public static List<Element> convertToElementList(NodeList _nodeList)

Convert a NodeList to a Java List of Elements.

Parameters:

_nodeList - collection of nodes

Returns:

list of elements

convertToAttributeMap

public static Map<String,String> convertToAttributeMap(NamedNodeMap _nodeMap)

Converts NamedNodeMap to a LinkedHashMap<String,String>.

Parameters:

_nodeMap - node map

Returns:

LinkedHashMap, maybe empty but never null