com.vividsolutions.wms.util

Class XMLTools

java.lang.Object

com.vividsolutions.wms.util.XMLTools

public class XMLTools
extends Object

Provides some simple XML utilities for the WMS implementation to use.

Author:

Chris Hodgson chodgson@refractions.net

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMLTools()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	printNode(Node n, String prefix) Recursively prints out the DOM structure underneath a Node.
static Node	simpleXPath(Node parent, String xpath) A very simple XPath implementation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLTools

public XMLTools()

Method Detail

printNode

public static void printNode(Node n,
                             String prefix)

Recursively prints out the DOM structure underneath a Node. The prefix parameter is used in the recursive call to indent properly, but it can also be used in the initial call to provide an initial prefix or indentation.

Parameters:

n - the Node to print out

prefix - the prefix to use

simpleXPath

public static Node simpleXPath(Node parent,
                               String xpath)

A very simple XPath implementation. Recursively drills down into the DOM tree, starting at the given parent Node, following the provided XPath. The XPath string is a slash-delimited list of element names to drill down into, the node with the last name in the list is returned

Parameters:

parent - the parent node to search into

xpath - the simplified XPath search string

Returns:

the Node found at the end of the search, or null if the search failed to find the specified node.