com.ssx.xml.output
Class XmlNameUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.ssx.xml.output.XmlNameUtil

public class XmlNameUtil

extends Object

A utility class for dealing with XML characters NOTE: This class is not fully implemented. It will not give the correct results for any of the more esoteric unicode characters.

Field Summary

static int	BASE_CHAR
static int	COMBINING_CHAR
static int	DIGIT
static int	EXTENDER
static int	IDEOGRAPHIC
static int	INVALID Not a valid XML character
static int	LETTER

Method Summary

static int	getCharType(char ch) Return an integer representing the XML character class this character belongs to according the the W3C XML 1.0 specification.
static String	getEntityRef(char ch) Return the entity reference for the given char as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.
static boolean	isBaseChar(char ch) Is the given char a valid BASE_CHAR as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.
static boolean	isCombiningChar(char ch) Is the given char a valid COMBINING_CHAR as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.
static boolean	isDigit(char ch) Is the given char a valid DIGIT as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.
static boolean	isExtender(char ch) Is the given char a valid EXTENDER as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.
static boolean	isIdeographic(char ch) Is the given char a valid IDEOGRAPHIC as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.
static boolean	isLetter(char ch) Is the given char a valid LETTER as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.
static void	validateName(String name) Is the given char a valid name as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INVALID

public static final int INVALID

Not a valid XML character

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LETTER

public static final int LETTER

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BASE_CHAR

public static final int BASE_CHAR

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IDEOGRAPHIC

public static final int IDEOGRAPHIC

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COMBINING_CHAR

public static final int COMBINING_CHAR

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DIGIT

public static final int DIGIT

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EXTENDER

public static final int EXTENDER

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Method Detail

getCharType

public static int getCharType(char ch)

Return an integer representing the XML character class this character belongs to according the the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Parameters:

ch - The character to get the type of

Returns:

An int indicating the type of ch as defined by the XML 1.0 Spec.

isLetter

public static boolean isLetter(char ch)

Is the given char a valid LETTER as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Parameters:

ch - The character to test

Returns:

True if ch is an XML letter

isBaseChar

public static boolean isBaseChar(char ch)

Is the given char a valid BASE_CHAR as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Parameters:

ch - The character to test

Returns:

True if ch is an XML base char

isIdeographic

public static boolean isIdeographic(char ch)

Is the given char a valid IDEOGRAPHIC as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Parameters:

ch - The character to test

Returns:

True if ch is an XML ideographic

isCombiningChar

public static boolean isCombiningChar(char ch)

Is the given char a valid COMBINING_CHAR as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Parameters:

ch - The character to test

Returns:

True if ch is an XML combining char

isDigit

public static boolean isDigit(char ch)

Is the given char a valid DIGIT as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Parameters:

ch - The character to test

Returns:

True if ch is an XML digit

isExtender

public static boolean isExtender(char ch)

Is the given char a valid EXTENDER as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Parameters:

ch - The character to test

Returns:

True if ch is an XML extender char

validateName

public static void validateName(String name)

Is the given char a valid name as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification. Throws an XmlOutputException if name is not a valid XML name

Parameters:

name - The XML name to test

getEntityRef

public static String getEntityRef(char ch)

Return the entity reference for the given char as defined by the W3C XML 1.0 specification.

Parameters:

ch - The character to translate into an entity ref

Returns:

The entity reference equivalent to ch