info.aduna.xml
Class DocumentUtil

java.lang.Object
  info.aduna.xml.DocumentUtil

public class DocumentUtil
extends Object

Utilities to make working with DOM documents easier.

Author:

Herko ter Horst

Constructor Summary

DocumentUtil()

Method Summary

static Document	getDocument(URL location) Create a Document representing the XML file at the specified location.
static Document	getDocument(URL location, boolean validating, boolean namespaceAware) Create a Document representing the XML file at the specified location.
static Document	getDocument(URL location, Schema schema) Create a Document representing the XML file at the specified location.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DocumentUtil

public DocumentUtil()

Method Detail

getDocument

public static Document getDocument(URL location)
                            throws IOException

Create a Document representing the XML file at the specified location.

Parameters:

location - the location of an XML document

Returns:

a Document representing the XML file

Throws:

IOException - when there was a problem retrieving or parsing the document.

getDocument

public static Document getDocument(URL location,
                                   boolean validating,
                                   boolean namespaceAware)
                            throws IOException

Create a Document representing the XML file at the specified location.

Parameters:

location - the location of an XML document

validating - whether the XML parser used in the construction of the document should validate the XML

namespaceAware - whether the XML parser used in the construction of the document should be aware of namespaces

Returns:

a Document representing the XML file

Throws:

IOException - when there was a problem retrieving or parsing the document.

getDocument

public static Document getDocument(URL location,
                                   Schema schema)
                            throws IOException

Create a Document representing the XML file at the specified location.

Parameters:

location - the location of an XML document

schema - a Schama instance to validate against

Returns:

a Document representing the XML file

Throws:

IOException - when there was a problem retrieving or parsing the document.