org.infohazard.maverick.util
Class XML

java.lang.Object
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public class XML

extends java.lang.Object

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2002/07/27 02:10:56 $

Author:

Jeff Schnitzer

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ATTR_PARAM_NAME The attribute for a parameter name
static java.lang.String	ATTR_VALUE The attribute which represents the "value" of an element.
protected static org.jdom.output.XMLOutputter	outputter
static java.lang.String	TAG_PARAM The tag for a parameter node

Constructor Summary

XML()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	escape(java.lang.String in) Escapes any html characters in the input string.
static java.util.Map	getParams(org.jdom.Element node) Extracts a set of param child nodes from the specified node.
static java.lang.String	getValue(org.jdom.Element node, java.lang.String name) Extracts the named value from the element, by checking (in order):
static java.lang.String	toString(org.jdom.Element node) Converts the specified node (and subnodes) to a nice, pretty, html escaped XML string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ATTR_VALUE

public static final java.lang.String ATTR_VALUE

The attribute which represents the "value" of an element.

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Constant Field Values

TAG_PARAM

public static final java.lang.String TAG_PARAM

The tag for a parameter node

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Constant Field Values

ATTR_PARAM_NAME

public static final java.lang.String ATTR_PARAM_NAME

The attribute for a parameter name

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Constant Field Values

outputter

protected static org.jdom.output.XMLOutputter outputter

Constructor Detail

XML

public XML()

Method Detail

getValue

public static java.lang.String getValue(org.jdom.Element node,
                                        java.lang.String name)

Extracts the named value from the element, by checking (in order):

1. A system property whose name is constructed like this: "maverick." + node.getName() + "." + name
2. An attribute with the specified name.
3. The "value" attribute of a subelement with the specified name.

Parameters:

node -

name -

Returns:

null if a value with that name is not defined.

toString

public static java.lang.String toString(org.jdom.Element node)

Converts the specified node (and subnodes) to a nice, pretty, html escaped XML string.

Parameters:

node -

Returns:

escape

public static java.lang.String escape(java.lang.String in)

Escapes any html characters in the input string.

Parameters:

in -

Returns:

getParams

public static java.util.Map getParams(org.jdom.Element node)

Extracts a set of param child nodes from the specified node. Expects that param nodes will look like: <param name="theName" value="theValue"/>

Parameters:

node - Parent element.

Returns:

null if no parameters are found.