bibliothek.util.xml
Class XIO

java.lang.Object
  bibliothek.util.xml.XIO

public class XIO
extends java.lang.Object

Class used to read and write xml-files. Clients should use writeUTF(XElement, OutputStream) and readUTF(InputStream) to guarantee maximal independence from the underlying file system.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Constructor Summary

XIO()

Method Summary

static XElement	read(java.lang.CharSequence text) Interprets text as a xml-file and reads it.
static XElement	read(org.xml.sax.InputSource source) Reads a xml-file from source.
static XElement	read(java.io.InputStream in, java.lang.String encoding) Reads a xml file provided from in using encoding as encoding.
static XElement	read(java.io.Reader reader) Reads a xml file provided from reader.
static XElement	readUTF(java.io.InputStream in) Reads a xml file provided from in using UTF-8 as encoding.
static void	write(XElement element, java.lang.Appendable out) Writes the contents of element into out.
static void	write(XElement element, java.io.OutputStream out, java.lang.String encoding) Writes the contents of element into out.
static void	writeUTF(XElement element, java.io.OutputStream out) Writes the contents of element into out using the UTF-8 encoding.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XIO

public XIO()

Method Detail

write

public static void write(XElement element,
                         java.lang.Appendable out)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Writes the contents of element into out.

Parameters:

element - the element to write

out - the stream to write into

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

writeUTF

public static void writeUTF(XElement element,
                            java.io.OutputStream out)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Writes the contents of element into out using the UTF-8 encoding.

Parameters:

element - the element to write

out - the stream to write into

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

write

public static void write(XElement element,
                         java.io.OutputStream out,
                         java.lang.String encoding)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Writes the contents of element into out.

Parameters:

element - the element to write

out - the stream to write into

encoding - the encoding for the characters

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

readUTF

public static XElement readUTF(java.io.InputStream in)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Reads a xml file provided from in using UTF-8 as encoding.

Parameters:

in - the stream to read from

Returns:

the root element

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

read

public static XElement read(java.io.InputStream in,
                            java.lang.String encoding)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Reads a xml file provided from in using encoding as encoding.

Parameters:

in - the stream to read from

encoding - the encoding used to decode characters

Returns:

the root element

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

read

public static XElement read(java.lang.CharSequence text)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Interprets text as a xml-file and reads it.

Parameters:

text - the content to read, in xml format

Returns:

the root element of text

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

read

public static XElement read(org.xml.sax.InputSource source)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Reads a xml-file from source.

Parameters:

source - the xml-file

Returns:

the root element of the file.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

read

public static XElement read(java.io.Reader reader)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Reads a xml file provided from reader.

Parameters:

reader - the reader from which characters will be read

Returns:

the root element

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O-error occurs