org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.xml
Class DOMRecordReader

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.xml.DOMRecordReader

public class DOMRecordReader
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for creating SMILA records from DOM elements.

Author:

jschumacher

Constructor Summary

DOMRecordReader()
Create parser using default factories for records and IDs.

DOMRecordReader(DataFactory dataFactory)
Create parser with custom data factoriy.

Method Summary

AnyMap	parseMap(org.w3c.dom.Element mapElement) parse AnyMap from given Map element and return it.
Record	parseRecordFrom(org.w3c.dom.Element recordElement) create a record from a Record element.
Record	parseRecordIn(org.w3c.dom.Element parentElement) find the first child Record element the specified parent element and create a record from it.
java.util.List<Record>	parseRecordsIn(org.w3c.dom.Element parentElement) Find all child Record elements that are child of this specified element and parse the record it describes.
java.util.List<Record>	parseRecordsIn(org.w3c.dom.Element parentElement, int childIndex) Parse only the specified (by childIndex) child Record elements of the given element and parse the record it describes.
AnySeq	parseSeq(org.w3c.dom.Element seqElement) parse AnySeq from given Seq element and attach to given metadata any.
Value	parseValue(org.w3c.dom.Element valueElement) parse a value from the given Val element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DOMRecordReader

public DOMRecordReader()

Create parser using default factories for records and IDs.

DOMRecordReader

public DOMRecordReader(DataFactory dataFactory)

Create parser with custom data factoriy.

Parameters:

dataFactory - custom data factory.

Method Detail

parseRecordIn

public Record parseRecordIn(org.w3c.dom.Element parentElement)

find the first child Record element the specified parent element and create a record from it.

Parameters:

parentElement - parent element of rec:Record

Returns:

the record described by the first rec:Record element under the parent.

parseRecordsIn

public java.util.List<Record> parseRecordsIn(org.w3c.dom.Element parentElement)

Find all child Record elements that are child of this specified element and parse the record it describes. If no record element is found, an empty list is returned.

Parameters:

parentElement - the element under which to search for records

Returns:

all records found under the parentElement.

parseRecordsIn

public java.util.List<Record> parseRecordsIn(org.w3c.dom.Element parentElement,
                                             int childIndex)

Parse only the specified (by childIndex) child Record elements of the given element and parse the record it describes. If no record element is found, or the index is not valid, an empty list is returned.

Parameters:

parentElement - the element under which to search for records

Returns:

all records found under the parentElement.

parseRecordFrom

public Record parseRecordFrom(org.w3c.dom.Element recordElement)

create a record from a Record element.

Parameters:

recordElement - a Record element.

Returns:

the record described by this element.

parseMap

public AnyMap parseMap(org.w3c.dom.Element mapElement)

parse AnyMap from given Map element and return it.

Parameters:

mapElement - Map element to parse.

Returns:

parsed AnyMap

parseSeq

public AnySeq parseSeq(org.w3c.dom.Element seqElement)

parse AnySeq from given Seq element and attach to given metadata any.

Parameters:

seqElement - Seq element to parse.

Returns:

parsed AnySeq

parseValue

public Value parseValue(org.w3c.dom.Element valueElement)

parse a value from the given Val element.

Parameters:

valueElement - Val element

Returns:

the value parsed from this element