org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.qti.util

Class XmlStringBuffer

java.lang.Object

org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.qti.util.XmlStringBuffer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ASIBaseClass

public class XmlStringBuffer
extends Object
implements Serializable

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004

Organization: Sakai Project

Version:

$Id$

Author:

rshastri, Ed Smiley esmiley@stanford.edu

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	XmlStringBuffer() Constructor to be accessed by subclasses.
	XmlStringBuffer(Document document) Constructs an XmlStringBuffer whose initial value is Document
	XmlStringBuffer(org.jdom.Document jdomDoc) Deprecated. using XmlStringBuffer(org.w3c.dom.Document document) instead.
	XmlStringBuffer(String xml) Constructs an XmlStringBuffer whose initial value is String.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(String parentXpath, String childXpath)
void	addAttribute(String elementXpath, String attributeName) add attribute
void	addElement(String parentXpath, Element element) add element
void	addJDOMElement(String xpath, org.jdom.Element element) Deprecated. addElement(String, org.w3c.dom.Element)
void	clear() Clears the xml
protected Element	createChildElement(String childXpath) create child
Document	getDocument() Get a document
String	getValueOf(String xpath)
void	insertElement(String afterNode, String parentXpath, String childXpath) insert element
boolean	isEmpty() is the xml empty?
void	removeElement(String xpath) remove element
void	replace(String xml) Deprecated.
List	selectNodes(String xpath) get nodes
String	selectSingleValue(String xpath, String type) xpath lookup
String	stringValue() string value of document
void	update(String xpath, Element element) update element, xpath
XmlStringBuffer	update(String xpath, String value) perform Update on this object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlStringBuffer

protected XmlStringBuffer()

Constructor to be accessed by subclasses.

XmlStringBuffer

public XmlStringBuffer(String xml)

Constructs an XmlStringBuffer whose initial value is String.

Parameters:

xml - XML string

XmlStringBuffer

public XmlStringBuffer(Document document)

Constructs an XmlStringBuffer whose initial value is Document

Parameters:

document - XML document

XmlStringBuffer

public XmlStringBuffer(org.jdom.Document jdomDoc)

Deprecated. using XmlStringBuffer(org.w3c.dom.Document document) instead.

Constructs an XmlStringBuffer whose initial value is Document

Parameters:

jdomDoc -

Method Detail

clear

public final void clear()

Clears the xml

replace

public final void replace(String xml)

Deprecated.

replace the current xml with the given string

Parameters:

xml - XML replacement string

getDocument

public final Document getDocument()
                           throws ParserConfigurationException,
                                  SAXException,
                                  IOException

Get a document

Returns:

document

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

IOException

stringValue

public final String stringValue()

string value of document

Returns:

the string

isEmpty

public final boolean isEmpty()

is the xml empty?

Returns:

true/false

selectSingleValue

public String selectSingleValue(String xpath,
                                String type)

xpath lookup

Parameters:

xpath -

type -

Returns:

value

selectNodes

public final List selectNodes(String xpath)

get nodes

Parameters:

xpath -

Returns:

list of nodes

getValueOf

public String getValueOf(String xpath)

update

public final XmlStringBuffer update(String xpath,
                                    String value)
                             throws DOMException,
                                    Exception

perform Update on this object

Parameters:

xpath - :- xpath and

value - :- Value of xpath

Returns:

XmlStringBuffer

Throws:

DOMException

Exception

update

public final void update(String xpath,
                         Element element)

update element, xpath

Parameters:

xpath -

element -

addJDOMElement

public final void addJDOMElement(String xpath,
                                 org.jdom.Element element)

Deprecated. addElement(String, org.w3c.dom.Element)

DOCUMENT ME!

Parameters:

xpath -

element -

insertElement

public void insertElement(String afterNode,
                          String parentXpath,
                          String childXpath)

insert element

Parameters:

afterNode -

parentXpath -

childXpath -

add

public final void add(String parentXpath,
                      String childXpath)

Parameters:

parentXpath -

childXpath -

createChildElement

protected final Element createChildElement(String childXpath)

create child

Parameters:

childXpath -

Returns:

addElement

public final void addElement(String parentXpath,
                             Element element)

add element

Parameters:

parentXpath -

element -

addAttribute

public final void addAttribute(String elementXpath,
                               String attributeName)

add attribute

Parameters:

elementXpath -

attributeName -

removeElement

public final void removeElement(String xpath)

remove element

Parameters:

xpath -