ca.infoway.messagebuilder.util.xml
Class XmlDescriber

java.lang.Object
  ca.infoway.messagebuilder.util.xml.XmlDescriber

public class XmlDescriber
extends Object

Some utilities for describing XML elements.

Author:

Intelliware Development

Constructor Summary

XmlDescriber()

Method Summary

static String	describePath(Node node) A utility that creates an XPath-like path for a particular node.
static String	describeSingleElement(Element element) A utility that creates a representation of the element and its attributes.
static int	getIndexOf(Element start) A utility to determine which repetition of a particular element name this element represents.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlDescriber

public XmlDescriber()

Method Detail

describePath

public static String describePath(Node node)

A utility that creates an XPath-like path for a particular node.

Parameters:

node - - the node being described.

Returns:

- the xpath location of the node.

getIndexOf

public static int getIndexOf(Element start)

A utility to determine which repetition of a particular element name this element represents. This method is used to create an xpath-like index for repeating elements.

Parameters:

start - - the element

Returns:

- the index.

describeSingleElement

public static String describeSingleElement(Element element)

A utility that creates a representation of the element and its attributes. This representation would typically be used in error messages to help the user recognize which element is a problem.

Parameters:

element - - the element

Returns:

- an XML-like repesentation of the element.