net.sf.jec.util
Class XMLHelper

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jec.util.XMLHelper

public class XMLHelper

extends java.lang.Object

Helper class for commond XML handling tasks

Author:

mballesteros

Constructor Summary

XMLHelper()

Method Summary

static org.w3c.dom.Element	createBrother(org.w3c.dom.Element el) Creates an empty brother (same parent, same tag name)
static org.w3c.dom.Element	createBrother(org.w3c.dom.Element el, java.lang.String text) Creates an empty brother (same parent, same tag name) with a text node
static java.lang.Object	getChild(org.w3c.dom.Element el, java.lang.String childName) Returns children of a given Element.
static java.lang.String	getText(org.w3c.dom.Element el) Returns the concatenation of every element's child text node
static void	setChild(org.w3c.dom.Element el, java.lang.String childName, java.lang.Object value) Creates a new child element with the given name, removing any existing element for that name.
static void	setText(org.w3c.dom.Element el, java.lang.String value) Sets element's text, erasing previous value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLHelper

public XMLHelper()

Method Detail

getText

public static java.lang.String getText(org.w3c.dom.Element el)

Returns the concatenation of every element's child text node

setText

public static void setText(org.w3c.dom.Element el,
                           java.lang.String value)

Sets element's text, erasing previous value

getChild

public static java.lang.Object getChild(org.w3c.dom.Element el,
                                        java.lang.String childName)

Returns children of a given Element. If there are several children, a NodeList is returned. If there is only one child, it is returned. If there is no child for that name, a new one is created and returned.

setChild

public static void setChild(org.w3c.dom.Element el,
                            java.lang.String childName,
                            java.lang.Object value)

Creates a new child element with the given name, removing any existing element for that name. If value is a Node, it will be added as a child to the new element. If value is a String, a new text node will be created and added to the new element.

createBrother

public static org.w3c.dom.Element createBrother(org.w3c.dom.Element el)

Creates an empty brother (same parent, same tag name)

createBrother

public static org.w3c.dom.Element createBrother(org.w3c.dom.Element el,
                                                java.lang.String text)

Creates an empty brother (same parent, same tag name) with a text node