com.ssx.xml.output.impl
Class XmlValidator

java.lang.Object
  com.ssx.xml.output.impl.XmlValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

XmlOutput

public class XmlValidator

extends Object

implements XmlOutput

A utility class that can be used to drive an XML document producer based on the XmlSink class from java code. This class handles the Verification of the provided XML data ensuring that the XmlSink preconditions are met.

Constructor Summary

XmlValidator(XmlSink sink)
Instantiate a new, empty, validator

Method Summary

void	attribute(String name, String value) Add an attribute to the current element using the element namespace.
void	attribute(String prefix, String name, String value) Add an attribute to the current element.
void	close() End the output.
void	comment(String content) Write a comment to the output.
void	endElement() End the current element.
XmlSink	getSink()
void	instruction(String target, String data) Add a processing instruction to the output.
void	namespace(String prefix, String name) Add a new namespace to the current context.
void	startElement(String name) Start a new element in the output using the default namespace
void	startElement(String prefix, String name) Start a new element in the output
void	text(String text) Add character data to the output.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlValidator

public XmlValidator(XmlSink sink)

Instantiate a new, empty, validator

Parameters:

sink - The XmlSink to be driven by this outputer.

Method Detail

getSink

public XmlSink getSink()

Returns:

The XmlSink used to output the XML

startElement

public void startElement(String name)

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

Start a new element in the output using the default namespace

Specified by:

startElement in interface XmlOutput

Parameters:

name - The element name

See Also:

XmlOutput.startElement(String)

startElement

public void startElement(String prefix,
                         String name)

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

Start a new element in the output

Specified by:

startElement in interface XmlOutput

Parameters:

prefix - The namespace prefix

name - The element name

See Also:

XmlOutput.startElement(String, String)

namespace

public void namespace(String prefix,
                      String name)

Add a new namespace to the current context.

Specified by:

namespace in interface XmlOutput

Parameters:

prefix - The alias to use for this namespace within the document. use the empty string or null to denote the default namespace.

name - The namespace name

See Also:

XmlOutput.namespace(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

attribute

public void attribute(String name,
                      String value)

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

Add an attribute to the current element using the element namespace.

Specified by:

attribute in interface XmlOutput

Parameters:

name - The attribute name

value - The attribute value

See Also:

XmlOutput.attribute(String, String)

attribute

public void attribute(String prefix,
                      String name,
                      String value)

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

Add an attribute to the current element.

Specified by:

attribute in interface XmlOutput

Parameters:

prefix - The namespace prefix

name - The attribute name

value - The attribute value

See Also:

XmlOutput.attribute(String, String, String)

endElement

public void endElement()

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

End the current element.

Specified by:

endElement in interface XmlOutput

See Also:

XmlOutput.endElement()

text

public void text(String text)

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

Add character data to the output. Any illegal characters will be escaped using entity references.

Specified by:

text in interface XmlOutput

Parameters:

text - The text to add as XML character data

See Also:

XmlOutput.text(String)

instruction

public void instruction(String target,
                        String data)

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

Add a processing instruction to the output.

Specified by:

instruction in interface XmlOutput

Parameters:

target - The name of the PI target.

data - The PI data - may not contain '?>'

See Also:

XmlOutput.instruction(String, String)

comment

public void comment(String content)

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

Write a comment to the output.

Specified by:

comment in interface XmlOutput

Parameters:

content - The content of the comment.

See Also:

XmlOutput.comment(String)

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: XmlOutput

End the output. No more calls are allowed.

Specified by:

close in interface XmlOutput

See Also:

XmlOutput.close()