org.wamblee.xml
Class DomUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.wamblee.xml.DomUtils

public final class DomUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Some basic XML utilities for common reoccuring tasks for DOM documents.

Author:

Erik Brakkee

Method Summary

static org.w3c.dom.Document	convert(org.dom4j.Document aDocument) Converts a dom4j document into a w3c DOM document.
static org.dom4j.Document	convert(org.w3c.dom.Document aDocument) Converts a W3C DOM document into a dom4j document.
static org.w3c.dom.Document	read(java.io.InputStream aIs) Parses an XML document from a stream.
static org.w3c.dom.Document	read(java.lang.String aDocument) Parses an XML document from a string.
static org.w3c.dom.Document	readAndValidate(java.io.InputStream aIs, java.io.InputStream aSchema) Reads and validates a document against a schema.
static void	removeDuplicateAttributes(org.w3c.dom.Node aNode) Removes duplicate attributes from a DOM tree.This is useful for postprocessing the output of JTidy as a workaround for a bug in JTidy.
static java.lang.String	serialize(org.w3c.dom.Document aDocument) Serializes an XML document.
static void	serialize(org.w3c.dom.Document aDocument, java.io.OutputStream aOs) Serializes an XML document to a stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

read

public static org.w3c.dom.Document read(java.lang.String aDocument)
                                 throws XMLException

Parses an XML document from a string.

Parameters:

aDocument - document.

Returns:

Throws:

XMLException

read

public static org.w3c.dom.Document read(java.io.InputStream aIs)
                                 throws XMLException

Parses an XML document from a stream.

Parameters:

aIs - Input stream.

Returns:

Throws:

XMLException

readAndValidate

public static org.w3c.dom.Document readAndValidate(java.io.InputStream aIs,
                                                   java.io.InputStream aSchema)
                                            throws XMLException

Reads and validates a document against a schema.

Parameters:

aIs - Input stream.

aSchema - Schema.

Returns:

Parsed and validated document.

Throws:

XMLException

serialize

public static void serialize(org.w3c.dom.Document aDocument,
                             java.io.OutputStream aOs)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Serializes an XML document to a stream.

Parameters:

aDocument - Document to serialize.

aOs - Output stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

serialize

public static java.lang.String serialize(org.w3c.dom.Document aDocument)
                                  throws java.io.IOException

Serializes an XML document.

Parameters:

aDocument - Document to serialize.

Returns:

Serialized document.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

convert

public static org.w3c.dom.Document convert(org.dom4j.Document aDocument)
                                    throws org.dom4j.DocumentException

Converts a dom4j document into a w3c DOM document.

Parameters:

aDocument - Document to convert.

Returns:

W3C DOM document.

Throws:

org.dom4j.DocumentException

convert

public static org.dom4j.Document convert(org.w3c.dom.Document aDocument)

Converts a W3C DOM document into a dom4j document.

Parameters:

aDocument - Document to convert.

Returns:

Dom4j document.

removeDuplicateAttributes

public static void removeDuplicateAttributes(org.w3c.dom.Node aNode)

Removes duplicate attributes from a DOM tree.This is useful for postprocessing the output of JTidy as a workaround for a bug in JTidy.

Parameters:

aNode - Node to remove duplicate attributes from (recursively). Attributes of the node itself are not dealt with. Only the child nodes are dealt with.