org.licas_xml.abs

Class XMLBuilder

java.lang.Object

org.licas_xml.abs.XMLBuilder

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable

Direct Known Subclasses:

XMLBuilderImpl

public abstract class XMLBuilder
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.AutoCloseable

This class extends an XML builder's functionality over a lighter version. This class and all of the classes in this package use the nanoxml classes 'http://devkix.com/nanoxml.php' as their base classes. This class in particular uses ths source code of the StdXMLBuilder.java class to complete its methods.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Element	prototype Prototype element for creating the tree.
protected Element	root The root element of the parsed XML tree.
protected java.util.Stack<Element>	stack This stack contains the current element and its parents.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMLBuilder() Creates the builder.
XMLBuilder(Element prototype) Creates the builder.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Cleans up the object when it's destroyed.
abstract java.lang.Object	getResult() Returns the result of the building process.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

stack

protected java.util.Stack<Element> stack

This stack contains the current element and its parents.

root

protected Element root

The root element of the parsed XML tree.

prototype

protected Element prototype

Prototype element for creating the tree.

Constructor Detail

XMLBuilder

public XMLBuilder()

Creates the builder.

XMLBuilder

public XMLBuilder(Element prototype)

Creates the builder.

Parameters:

prototype - the prototype to use when building the tree.

Method Detail

getResult

public abstract java.lang.Object getResult()

Returns the result of the building process.

Returns:

the result of the building process.

close

public void close()

Cleans up the object when it's destroyed.

Specified by:

close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable