Class XmlToolkit


  • public final class XmlToolkit
    extends Object
    Class containing helper methods for XML processing.
    • Method Detail

      • getOrCreateElement

        public static Element getOrCreateElement​(Element parentNode,
                                                 String tagName)
        Returns the child element with the specified tag name of the specified parent node. If no such child element is found, a new element with the specified tag name is created and returned.
        Parameters:
        parentNode - parent node for the wanted element
        tagName - name of the wanted element
        Returns:
        the child element
        See Also:
        getChildElementOrNull(Element, String)
      • createElement

        public static Element createElement​(Element parentNode,
                                            String tagName)
        Adds a child element with the name tagName to the parent and returns the new child element.
        Parameters:
        parentNode - parent node to add the new element to
        tagName - the name of the new child element
        Returns:
        the new child element
      • setSetting

        public static void setSetting​(Element parentNode,
                                      String settingName,
                                      String settingValue)
        Sets the value of a a "setting" element. If it already exists it will be updated. If it does not exist it will be created. If the setting element already exists, then there must not be any child elements to it other than a text value.
        Parameters:
        parentNode - parent node of the setting element
        settingName - tag name of the setting element
        settingValue - the value to set
      • createNewDocument

        public static Document createNewDocument​(String rootElementName)
                                          throws IOException
        Creates a new empty XML document.
        Parameters:
        rootElementName - the name of the root element
        Returns:
        an empty document
        Throws:
        IOException - if there is a problem creating the XML document
      • setStringValue

        public static void setStringValue​(Element element,
                                          String value)
        Sets the text value as a text node child of a an element. The element must not have any other child elements.
        Parameters:
        element - the element to set the text value for
        value - the new value to set
      • getSetting

        public static String getSetting​(Element parent,
                                        String settingName,
                                        String defaultValue)
        Returns the value of the setting with the specified name or a default value if the setting had no value.

        Since everything should have a default value, no other version of get setting exists. This method implicitly builds the setting node with a default value if none is found.

        Parameters:
        parent - the parent element whose children to search for the settings node.
        settingName - name of the setting
        defaultValue - default value to return if setting is empty
        Returns:
        see above.
      • getStringValue

        public static String getStringValue​(Element element)
        Returns the content between the tags of the element, for example <tag>hello </tag> where the value is "hello". If the element itself or its child is null, null will be returned. This method will only return a non-null String if the child node of the element is a text node.
        Parameters:
        element - the element from which to extract the text node.
        Returns:
        the String value of the text node.
      • prettyPrint

        public static String prettyPrint​(Element node)
        Pretty prints an XML document to a string, starting from the specified element.
        Parameters:
        node - node from which to start pretty printing
        Returns:
        a string containing the pretty printed document
      • prettyPrint

        public static void prettyPrint​(Element node,
                                       Writer wrt)
        Pretty prints an XML document to a writer, starting from the specified element.
        Parameters:
        node - node from which to start pretty printing
        wrt - writer to write the document to
      • getChildElementsByTag

        public static List<Element> getChildElementsByTag​(Node contextNode,
                                                          String tag)
        Returns all the children from a node with a tag matching the tag argument.
        Parameters:
        contextNode - node whose children to search
        tag - the tag to search for
        Returns:
        A list of elements with the found nodes. Will return an empty list if no matching element could be found.
      • loadDocumentFromFile

        public static Document loadDocumentFromFile​(File file)
                                             throws SAXException,
                                                    IOException
        Loads an XML document from the specified file.
        Parameters:
        file - the file from which to read the document
        Returns:
        the parsed XML document
        Throws:
        SAXException - if the document could not be parsed
        IOException - if the stream could not be read
      • loadDocumentFromStream

        public static Document loadDocumentFromStream​(InputStream stream)
                                               throws SAXException,
                                                      IOException
        Loads an XML document from the specified stream.
        Parameters:
        stream - the input stream from which to read the document
        Returns:
        the parsed XML document
        Throws:
        SAXException - if the document could not be parsed
        IOException - if the stream could not be read
      • loadDocumentFromString

        public static Document loadDocumentFromString​(String doc)
                                               throws SAXException
        Loads an XML document from its string representation.
        Parameters:
        doc - the string to read from
        Returns:
        the parsed XML document
        Throws:
        SAXException - if the document could not be parsed
        NullPointerException - if the input string is null
      • storeDocumentToFile

        public static void storeDocumentToFile​(Document doc,
                                               File file)
                                        throws IOException
        Stores an XML document in a file.
        Parameters:
        doc - the XML document to store
        file - the file to store it in
        Throws:
        IOException - if the file could not written
      • storeDocumentToString

        public static String storeDocumentToString​(Document doc)
        Stores an XML document as a string.
        Parameters:
        doc - the XML document to store
        Returns:
        the XML document as a string
      • getChildElementOrNull

        public static Element getChildElementOrNull​(Element parent,
                                                    String name)
        Returns the child element with the specified tag name of the specified parent node. If no such child element is found, null is returned.
        Parameters:
        parent - parent node for the wanted element
        name - name of the wanted element
        Returns:
        the child element, or null if no such element exists
        See Also:
        getOrCreateElement(Element, String)
      • escapeTagContent

        public static String escapeTagContent​(String s)