org.davesag.generica.util.xml
Class AbstractXmlParser

java.lang.Object
  org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
      org.davesag.generica.util.xml.AbstractXmlParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContentHandler, DTDHandler, EntityResolver, ErrorHandler, XmlParser

Direct Known Subclasses:

FaqXmlParser, LinkXmlParser, MediaTypeXmlParser, MediaXmlParser, MerchantXmlParser, SiteCopyXmlParser

public abstract class AbstractXmlParser

extends DefaultHandler

implements XmlParser

The AbstractXmlParser is an abstract root class for the other XMLParsers used in Generica.

Since:

Generica 1.0

Version:

CVS Revision $Id: AbstractXmlParser.java,v 1.10 2004/03/30 10:13:00 norm Exp $

Author:

Dave Sag http://www.davesag.com

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.davesag.generica.util.xml.XmlParser

XmlParser.Factory

Field Summary

protected StringBuffer	theContent the text buffer of text between the start and end tags
protected Object	theCurrentItem the current item being worked on
protected List	theList the list of objects
protected org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser	theParser the sax parser

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractXmlParser() default constructor

Method Summary

protected void	add(Object o) add to the list of parsed objects.
void	characters(char[] text, int start, int length) This method is called when CDATA elements are found.
protected String	getBuffer() get the buffer as a trimmed string.
protected Object	getCurrentItem() gets the current object
List	getList() gets the list of parsed objects.
protected org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser	getParser() gets the current parser
void	parse(InputSource xml) parses the input source provided.
void	parse(String xmlfile) parses the file name provided.
void	parseString(String s) parses the string provided.
protected void	resetBuffer() resets the buffer
protected void	setCurrentItem(Object o) sets the current object
void	setParser(org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser parser) set the parser to get calls from

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

endDocument, endElement, endPrefixMapping, error, fatalError, ignorableWhitespace, notationDecl, processingInstruction, resolveEntity, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startElement, startPrefixMapping, unparsedEntityDecl, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

theParser

protected org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser theParser

the sax parser

theList

protected List theList

the list of objects

theContent

protected StringBuffer theContent

the text buffer of text between the start and end tags

theCurrentItem

protected Object theCurrentItem

the current item being worked on

Constructor Detail

AbstractXmlParser

protected AbstractXmlParser()

default constructor

Method Detail

setParser

public void setParser(org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser parser)

set the parser to get calls from

Specified by:

setParser in interface XmlParser

Parameters:

parser - the parser

getParser

protected org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser getParser()

gets the current parser

Returns:

the current parser.

getList

public List getList()

gets the list of parsed objects.

Specified by:

getList in interface XmlParser

Returns:

The list of parsed objects.

add

protected void add(Object o)

add to the list of parsed objects. makes a clone of the object.

Parameters:

o - The object to clone and add to the list.

setCurrentItem

protected void setCurrentItem(Object o)

sets the current object

Parameters:

o - The curren object.

getCurrentItem

protected Object getCurrentItem()

gets the current object

Returns:

The curren object.

resetBuffer

protected void resetBuffer()

resets the buffer

getBuffer

protected String getBuffer()

get the buffer as a trimmed string.

Returns:

trimmed string version of internal buffer

parseString

public void parseString(String s)

parses the string provided.

Specified by:

parseString in interface XmlParser

Parameters:

s - The string to parse

parse

public void parse(InputSource xml)

parses the input source provided.

Specified by:

parse in interface XmlParser

Parameters:

xml - the input source to parse

parse

public void parse(String xmlfile)

parses the file name provided.

Specified by:

parse in interface XmlParser

Parameters:

xmlfile - the name of the file to parse

characters

public void characters(char[] text,
                       int start,
                       int length)

This method is called when CDATA elements are found. It trims and adds the chars to the internal buffer.

Specified by:

characters in interface ContentHandler

Parameters:

text - The array of chars

start - The start count

length - The length.