name.alessiosaltarin.utils
Class SaxConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
      name.alessiosaltarin.utils.SaxConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IXMLConverter, org.xml.sax.ContentHandler, org.xml.sax.DTDHandler, org.xml.sax.EntityResolver, org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler

public class SaxConverter
extends org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
implements IXMLConverter

SAX2 implementation of XMLConverter for metadata managing.

Author:

Alessio Saltarin

Constructor Summary

SaxConverter()

Method Summary

void	characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) Inserts characters.
void	endElement(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String qName) Add current element to ArrayList.
java.util.AbstractList<XmlLeaf>	getCollectedXML() Get read XML elements as an ArrayList.
XmlLeaf	getCollectedXMLLeaf(java.lang.String category) Get read XML elements as an XmlLeaf, under a particular category.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Deprecated.
void	parse(java.lang.String fileName) Parse XML file.
void	startElement(java.lang.String namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String qName, org.xml.sax.Attributes atts) Constructs new XML leaf.

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

endDocument, endPrefixMapping, error, fatalError, ignorableWhitespace, notationDecl, processingInstruction, resolveEntity, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startPrefixMapping, unparsedEntityDecl, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SaxConverter

public SaxConverter()

Method Detail

startElement

public void startElement(java.lang.String namespaceURI,
                         java.lang.String localName,
                         java.lang.String qName,
                         org.xml.sax.Attributes atts)
                  throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Constructs new XML leaf.

Specified by:

startElement in interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

Overrides:

startElement in class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException

See Also:

XmlLeaf

characters

public void characters(char[] ch,
                       int start,
                       int length)

Inserts characters.

Specified by:

characters in interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

Overrides:

characters in class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

endElement

public void endElement(java.lang.String uri,
                       java.lang.String localName,
                       java.lang.String qName)

Add current element to ArrayList.

Specified by:

endElement in interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

Overrides:

endElement in class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

parse

public void parse(java.lang.String fileName)

Parse XML file.

Specified by:

parse in interface IXMLConverter

Parameters:

fileName - Path to file. It is converted to a URL.

getCollectedXML

public java.util.AbstractList<XmlLeaf> getCollectedXML()

Get read XML elements as an ArrayList. The ArrayList contains variables of type XmlLeaf.

Specified by:

getCollectedXML in interface IXMLConverter

Returns:

null if ArrayList is empty.

See Also:

XmlLeaf

getCollectedXMLLeaf

public XmlLeaf getCollectedXMLLeaf(java.lang.String category)

Get read XML elements as an XmlLeaf, under a particular category.

Specified by:

getCollectedXMLLeaf in interface IXMLConverter

Parameters:

category: - category for these values.
Ie: if

 
  
   
       <root>
                <address>
                        <street>Example Road</street>
                        <number>3</number>
                </address>
       </root>
   
    
   
  
 

, category is "address".

Returns:

XmlLeaf with category given. If more than one category is present, it returns the first one. If category is not found, it returns null.

See Also:

XmlLeaf

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Deprecated.

For test purposes only

Parameters:

args -