com.whitestein.lsps.xml.util

Class XmlUtil

java.lang.Object

com.whitestein.lsps.xml.util.XmlUtil

public class XmlUtil
extends Object

Provides several methods for manipulation with xml, especially dom objects.

Author:

mbj

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	checkNamespaceEquals(String namespace1, String namespace2) Check true if namespace strings are equals.
static List<Element>	getChildElements(Node parent, String namespaceURI, String localPart) Iterates all the children of given parent element and returns all elements with given localPart and namespace
static Element	getSingleElement(Node parent, String xmlNamespace, String nodeName) Returns null if there is no child element of given parent with the given namespace and node name.
static Element	getWrappingElement(Element parent, Map<String,String> metadata) Returns wrapping element.
static void	markElementAsNil(Document document, Element element) Marks element as nil - will add xsi:nil attribute to the element with value "true"

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getChildElements

public static List<Element> getChildElements(Node parent,
                                             String namespaceURI,
                                             String localPart)

Iterates all the children of given parent element and returns all elements with given localPart and namespace

Parameters:

parent - parent element

localPart -

namespaceURI -

Returns:

list of child elements with given local part and namespace

getSingleElement

public static Element getSingleElement(Node parent,
                                       String xmlNamespace,
                                       String nodeName)
                                throws XmlParsingException

Returns null if there is no child element of given parent with the given namespace and node name. Returns the element it there is exactly one such element.

Parameters:

parent -

xmlNamespace -

nodeName -

Returns:

child element with given xml namespace and node name or null if there is no such element

Throws:

XmlParsingException - if there is more than one child elements with the given xml namespace and node name

getWrappingElement

public static Element getWrappingElement(Element parent,
                                         Map<String,String> metadata)
                                  throws XmlProcessingException

Returns wrapping element.

Parameters:

parent -

metadata -

Returns:

wrapping element

Throws:

XmlProcessingException

checkNamespaceEquals

public static boolean checkNamespaceEquals(String namespace1,
                                           String namespace2)

Check true if namespace strings are equals.

Parameters:

namespace1 -

namespace2 -

Returns:

true if namespace strings are equals

markElementAsNil

public static void markElementAsNil(Document document,
                                    Element element)

Marks element as nil - will add xsi:nil attribute to the element with value "true"

Parameters:

document -

element -