erland.util
Class SimpleXMLParser

java.lang.Object
  erland.util.SimpleXMLParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

XMLParserInterface

public class SimpleXMLParser
extends Object
implements XMLParserInterface

A simple implementation of an XML parser, this implementation does not require any third party XML parser libraries

Author:

Erland Isaksson

Constructor Summary

SimpleXMLParser()

Method Summary

boolean	parse(InputStream in, XMLParserHandlerInterface handler) Parse an XML document in an InputStream using the specified XML parser handler implementation
boolean	parse(String str, XMLParserHandlerInterface handler) Parse an XML document in String using the specified XML parser handler implementation
protected int	skipSpaces(String data, int pos) Calculate the position of the first real character after the specified position, skipping space and tab characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleXMLParser

public SimpleXMLParser()

Method Detail

skipSpaces

protected int skipSpaces(String data,
                         int pos)

Calculate the position of the first real character after the specified position, skipping space and tab characters.

Parameters:

data - The text string

pos - The start position in the string

Returns:

The position of the next real character, equal to string length if no more real character exist

parse

public boolean parse(InputStream in,
                     XMLParserHandlerInterface handler)

Description copied from interface: XMLParserInterface

Parse an XML document in an InputStream using the specified XML parser handler implementation

Specified by:

parse in interface XMLParserInterface

Parameters:

in - The InputStream with the XML document

handler - The XML parser handler implementation to use when parsing

Returns:

true/false (success/failure)

parse

public boolean parse(String str,
                     XMLParserHandlerInterface handler)

Description copied from interface: XMLParserInterface

Parse an XML document in String using the specified XML parser handler implementation

Specified by:

parse in interface XMLParserInterface

Parameters:

str - The String object with the XML document

handler - The XML parser handler implementation to use when parsing

Returns:

true/false (success/failure)