Class PTXMLDocumentBuilder

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class PTXMLDocumentBuilder

DOM Document builder class for building documents from XML strings and URIs. Supported browsers include Mozilla-based (Mozila, Firefox, Netscape), IE, and Safari.

Usage:	
 	var xmlDoc = PTXMLDocumentBuilder.createFromURI('http://plumtree.com/rss/collabfeed.xml');
 

Field Detail

_testXMLString

<private> <static> Object _testXMLString

PARSER_TYPE_MOZDP

<static> <final> String PARSER_TYPE_MOZDP

Signifies the Mozilla XML parser

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PARSER_TYPE_MSXML

<static> <final> String PARSER_TYPE_MSXML

Signifies the Microsoft ActiveX XML parser

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PARSER_TYPE_PTXML

<static> <final> String PARSER_TYPE_PTXML

Signifies the Plumtree XML parser

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parserType

<private> <static> String parserType

Holds the type of parser used (PARSER_TYPE_MSXML, PARSER_TYPE_MOZDP, PARSER_TYPE_PTXML)

parserTypeMSIE

<private> <static> String parserTypeMSIE

Holds the Microsoft ActiveX object type for MSXML parser types.

VERSION

<static> <final> Object VERSION

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PTXMLDocumentBuilder

PTXMLDocumentBuilder()

PTXMLDocumentBuilder static object constructor

_getParserTypeMSIE

<static>  <private> Object _getParserTypeMSIE()

Determines and returns the parser ActiveX object type for MSIE

_stripPreXML

<static>  <private> Object _stripPreXML(str)

Utility method to remove any text prior to the xml declaration. This is needed because the gateway may insert some javascript tags before the xml declaration, causing subsequent parsing to fail.

_unescapeCDATAs

<static>  <private> Object _unescapeCDATAs(str)

Utility method to unescape CDATA sections

create

<static> PTXMLDocument create()

Creates an empty PTXMLDocument

Parameters:
str -

Returns:
a PTXMLDocument object

createFromString

<static> PTXMLDocument createFromString(str)

Creates a PTXMLDocument from the specified xml string

Parameters:
str -

Returns:
a new PTXMLDocument object

createFromURI

<static> PTXMLDocument createFromURI(uri)

Creates an XML DOM document from the specified URI (which is assumed to return an XML document)

Parameters:
xmlString -

Returns:
a PTXMLDocument object

init

<static> void init()

Initializes the DOMBuilder class, determining the parserType