com.ten60.netkernel.util
Class XMLReadable

java.lang.Object
  com.ten60.netkernel.util.XMLReadable

public final class XMLReadable
extends java.lang.Object

Thin wrapper over a DOM to provide fast XPath lookup on values in convenient ways

Constructor Summary

XMLReadable(org.w3c.dom.Node aContextNode)
Creates a new instance of XMLReadable

Method Summary

int	getInt(java.lang.String aXPath, int aDefault) return an integer from text value of the text at a node given by the expression.
java.util.List	getNodes(java.lang.String aXPath) return a list of nodes that match the given expression
java.lang.String	getText(java.lang.String aXPath) return a string value of the text of a single node, returns an empty string if node not found
java.util.List	getTexts(java.lang.String aXPath, boolean aTrim) return a list of strings that are the text values of elements matching the given expression

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLReadable

public XMLReadable(org.w3c.dom.Node aContextNode)

Creates a new instance of XMLReadable

Parameters:

aContextNode - the context node that relative expressions are evaluated against

Method Detail

getNodes

public java.util.List getNodes(java.lang.String aXPath)

return a list of nodes that match the given expression

getTexts

public java.util.List getTexts(java.lang.String aXPath,
                               boolean aTrim)

return a list of strings that are the text values of elements matching the given expression

Parameters:

aTrim - if true trims the resulting strings of whitespace

getText

public java.lang.String getText(java.lang.String aXPath)

return a string value of the text of a single node, returns an empty string if node not found

getInt

public int getInt(java.lang.String aXPath,
                  int aDefault)

return an integer from text value of the text at a node given by the expression. if the node isn't found or fails to parse as a number, the default value is used