Package org.apache.lucene.queryparser.xml

Class DOMUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.queryparser.xml.DOMUtils

public class DOMUtils
extends Object

Helper methods for parsing XML

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DOMUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	getAttribute(Element element, String attributeName, boolean deflt)
static float	getAttribute(Element element, String attributeName, float deflt)
static int	getAttribute(Element element, String attributeName, int deflt)
static String	getAttribute(Element element, String attributeName, String deflt)
static String	getAttributeOrFail(Element e, String name)
static String	getAttributeWithInheritance(Element element, String attributeName)	Returns an attribute value from this node, or first parent node with this attribute defined
static String	getAttributeWithInheritanceOrFail(Element e, String name)
static Element	getChildByTagName(Element e, String name)
static Element	getChildByTagOrFail(Element e, String name)
static String	getChildTextByTagName(Element e, String tagName)
static Element	getFirstChildElement(Element element)
static Element	getFirstChildOrFail(Element e)
static String	getNonBlankTextOrFail(Element e)
static String	getText(Node e)
static Element	insertChild(Element parent, String tagName, String text)
static Document	loadXML(Reader is)	Helper method to parse an XML file into a DOM tree, given a reader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DOMUtils

public DOMUtils()

Method Details

getChildByTagOrFail

public static Element getChildByTagOrFail(Element e,
 String name)
                                   throws ParserException

Throws:

ParserException

getFirstChildOrFail

public static Element getFirstChildOrFail(Element e)
                                   throws ParserException

Throws:

ParserException

getAttributeOrFail

public static String getAttributeOrFail(Element e,
 String name)
                                 throws ParserException

Throws:

ParserException

getAttributeWithInheritanceOrFail

public static String getAttributeWithInheritanceOrFail(Element e,
 String name)
                                                throws ParserException

Throws:

ParserException

getNonBlankTextOrFail

public static String getNonBlankTextOrFail(Element e)
                                    throws ParserException

Throws:

ParserException

getChildByTagName

public static Element getChildByTagName(Element e,
 String name)

getAttributeWithInheritance

public static String getAttributeWithInheritance(Element element,
 String attributeName)

Returns an attribute value from this node, or first parent node with this attribute defined

Returns:

A non-zero-length value if defined, otherwise null

getChildTextByTagName

public static String getChildTextByTagName(Element e,
 String tagName)

insertChild

public static Element insertChild(Element parent,
 String tagName,
 String text)

getAttribute

public static String getAttribute(Element element,
 String attributeName,
 String deflt)

getAttribute

public static float getAttribute(Element element,
 String attributeName,
 float deflt)

getAttribute

public static int getAttribute(Element element,
 String attributeName,
 int deflt)

getAttribute

public static boolean getAttribute(Element element,
 String attributeName,
 boolean deflt)

getText

public static String getText(Node e)

getFirstChildElement

public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element element)

loadXML

public static Document loadXML(Reader is)

Helper method to parse an XML file into a DOM tree, given a reader.

Parameters:

is - reader of the XML file to be parsed

Returns:

an org.w3c.dom.Document object