uk.ac.ed.inf.utils.webutils
Class XMLUtils

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ed.inf.utils.webutils.XMLUtils

public class XMLUtils
extends java.lang.Object

XML utilities. To parse simple XML etc.

Version:

12 Dec 2007

Author:

Luna De Ferrari luna.deferrari-at-ed.ac.uk

Constructor Summary

XMLUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	fromDOMtoFile(org.w3c.dom.Document DOMdocument, java.lang.String filePath) From JTidy DOM to file
static java.lang.String	getXmlComment(java.lang.String text) Returns a string formatted as xml comment:
static XmlNode	getXmlFromHTML(java.lang.String url, java.lang.String xhtmlFile)
static XmlNode	getXmlFromReader(java.io.BufferedReader reader) Get the XML as SimpleElement from a URL reader.
static org.w3c.dom.Document	tidyDOM(java.io.InputStream inputStream) JTidy is designed to read-in typical-quality (that is to say, bad) HTML and output something cleaner (you have a choice of options), and also provides a DOM interface for traversing HTML documents that can be fed to an XML parser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLUtils

public XMLUtils()

Method Detail

fromDOMtoFile

public static java.lang.String fromDOMtoFile(org.w3c.dom.Document DOMdocument,
                                             java.lang.String filePath)
                                      throws java.lang.SecurityException,
                                             java.io.FileNotFoundException

From JTidy DOM to file

Parameters:

DOMdocument -

filePath -

Returns:

the file path

Throws:

java.lang.SecurityException

java.io.FileNotFoundException

getXmlComment

public static java.lang.String getXmlComment(java.lang.String text)

Returns a string formatted as xml comment:

 <!--  comment to be inserted -->
 

Parameters:

text - the comment to be inserted

Returns:

the comment surrounded by appropriate xml-comment markers.

getXmlFromHTML

public static XmlNode getXmlFromHTML(java.lang.String url,
                                     java.lang.String xhtmlFile)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getXmlFromReader

public static XmlNode getXmlFromReader(java.io.BufferedReader reader)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Get the XML as SimpleElement from a URL reader. SimpleElement can then be used by a SimpleDOMParser.

Parameters:

reader -

Returns:

a tree of xml elements

Throws:

java.io.IOException

tidyDOM

public static org.w3c.dom.Document tidyDOM(java.io.InputStream inputStream)
                                    throws java.lang.SecurityException,
                                           java.io.FileNotFoundException

JTidy is designed to read-in typical-quality (that is to say, bad) HTML and output something cleaner (you have a choice of options), and also provides a DOM interface for traversing HTML documents that can be fed to an XML parser. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/j-jtp03225.html

Parameters:

inputStream -

Returns:

a DOM representation of the HTML document in the input stream

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException

java.lang.SecurityException