Method Detail

• newDocument

  public static Document newDocument()

  Creates a new Document object

  Throws:

  ParserConfigurationException

• createDocument

  public static Document createDocument()

• getAttributeValueEmptyNull

  public static String getAttributeValueEmptyNull(Element e,
                                  String attributeName)

  This function is much like getAttribute, but returns null, not "", for a nonexistent attribute.

  Parameters:

  e -

  attributeName -

• getAllContent

  public static String getAllContent(Node n)

  Get the text content of a node and all it's children or null if there is no text

• getContent

  public static String getContent(Node n)

  Get the trimmed text content of a node or null if there is no text

• getRawContent

  public static String getRawContent(Node n)

  Get the raw text content of a node or null if there is no text

• getChild

  public static Node getChild(Node parent,
              String name)

  Get the first element child.

  Parameters:

  parent - lookup direct childs

  name - name of the element. If null return the first element.

• hasAttribute

  public static boolean hasAttribute(Element element,
                     String value)

• getAttribute

  public static String getAttribute(Node element,
                    String attName)

• getAttribute

  public static String getAttribute(Element element,
                    QName attName)

• setAttribute

  public static void setAttribute(Node node,
                  String attName,
                  String val)

• removeAttribute

  public static void removeAttribute(Node node,
                     String attName)

• setText

  public static void setText(Node node,
             String val)

  Set or replace the text value

• findChildWithAtt

  public static Element findChildWithAtt(Node parent,
                         String elemName,
                         String attName,
                         String attVal)

  Find the first direct child with a given attribute.

  Parameters:

  parent -

  elemName - name of the element, or null for any

  attName - attribute we're looking for

  attVal - attribute value or null if we just want any

• getChildContent

  public static String getChildContent(Node parent,
                       String name)

  Get the first child's content ( ie it's included TEXT node ).

• getElementQName

  public static QName getElementQName(Element el)

• createQName

  public static QName createQName(String qualifiedName,
                  Node node)

  Creates a QName object based on the qualified name and using the Node as a base to lookup the namespace for the prefix

  Parameters:

  qualifiedName -

  node -

• convertStringToQName

  public static QName convertStringToQName(String expandedQName)

• convertStringToQName

  public static QName convertStringToQName(String expandedQName,
                           String prefix)

• convertStringsToQNames

  public static Set<QName> convertStringsToQNames(List<String> expandedQNames)

• getFirstElement

  public static Element getFirstElement(Node parent)

  Get the first direct child with a given type

• getNextElement

  public static Element getNextElement(Element el)

• getFirstChildWithName

  public static Element getFirstChildWithName(Element parent,
                              QName q)

  Return the first element child with the specified qualified name.

  Parameters:

  parent -

  q -

• getFirstChildWithName

  public static Element getFirstChildWithName(Element parent,
                              String ns,
                              String lp)

  Return the first element child with the specified qualified name.

  Parameters:

  parent -

  ns -

  lp -

• getChildrenWithName

  public static List<Element> getChildrenWithName(Element parent,
                                  String ns,
                                  String localName)

  Return child elements with specified name.

  Parameters:

  parent -

  ns -

  localName -

• getChildrenWithNamespace

  public static List<Element> getChildrenWithNamespace(Element parent,
                                       String ns)

  Returns all child elements with specified namespace.

  Parameters:

  parent - the element to search under

  ns - the namespace to find elements in

  Returns:

  all child elements with specified namespace

• getChild

  public static Node getChild(Node parent,
              int type)

  Get the first child of the specified type.

  Parameters:

  parent -

  type -

• getNext

  public static Node getNext(Node current)

  Get the next sibling with the same name and type

• getNext

  public static Node getNext(Node current,
             String name,
             int type)

  Return the next sibling with a given name and type

• getPrefixRecursive

  public static String getPrefixRecursive(Element el,
                          String ns)

• getPrefix

  public static String getPrefix(Element el,
                 String ns)

• getPrefixesRecursive

  public static void getPrefixesRecursive(Element element,
                          String namespaceUri,
                          List<String> prefixes)

  Get all prefixes defined, up to the root, for a namespace URI.

  Parameters:

  element -

  namespaceUri -

  prefixes -

• getPrefixes

  public static void getPrefixes(Element element,
                 String namespaceUri,
                 List<String> prefixes)

  Get all prefixes defined on this element for the specified namespace.

  Parameters:

  element -

  namespaceUri -

  prefixes -

• createNamespace

  public static String createNamespace(Element el,
                       String ns)

• getNamespace

  public static String getNamespace(Node node,
                    String searchPrefix)

  Starting from a node, find the namespace declaration for a prefix. for a matching namespace declaration.

  Parameters:

  node - search up from here to search for namespace definitions

  searchPrefix - the prefix we are searching for

  Returns:

  the namespace if found.

• findAllElementsByTagNameNS

  public static List<Element> findAllElementsByTagNameNS(Element elem,
                                         String nameSpaceURI,
                                         String localName)

• findAllElementsByTagName

  public static List<Element> findAllElementsByTagName(Element elem,
                                       String tagName)

• hasElementWithName

  public static boolean hasElementWithName(Element el,
                           String nameSpaceURI,
                           String localName)

• hasElementInNS

  public static boolean hasElementInNS(Element el,
                       String namespace)

• setNamespace

  public static String setNamespace(Element element,
                    String namespace,
                    String prefix)

  Set a namespace/prefix on an element if it is not set already. First off, it searches for the element for the prefix associated with the specified namespace. If the prefix isn't null, then this is returned. Otherwise, it creates a new attribute using the namespace/prefix passed as parameters.

  Parameters:

  element -

  namespace -

  prefix -

  Returns:

  the prefix associated with the set namespace

• addNamespacePrefix

  public static void addNamespacePrefix(Element element,
                        String namespaceUri,
                        String prefix)

  Add a namespace prefix definition to an element.

  Parameters:

  element -

  namespaceUri -

  prefix -