Method Detail

• getChildrenByTagName

  public static Iterator getChildrenByTagName(Element element,
                              String tagName)

  Returns an iterator over the children of the given element with the given tag name.

  Parameters:

  element - The parent element

  tagName - The name of the desired child

  Returns:

  An interator of children or null if element is null.

• getUniqueChild

  public static Element getUniqueChild(Element element,
                       String tagName)
                                throws Exception

  Gets the child of the specified element having the specified unique name. If there are more than one children elements with the same name and exception is thrown.

  Parameters:

  element - The parent element

  tagName - The name of the desired child

  Returns:

  The named child.

  Throws:

  Exception - Child was not found or was not unique.

• getOptionalChild

  public static Element getOptionalChild(Element element,
                         String tagName)
                                  throws Exception

  Gets the child of the specified element having the specified name. If the child with this name doesn't exist then null is returned instead.

  Parameters:

  element - the parent element

  tagName - the name of the desired child

  Returns:

  either the named child or null

  Throws:

  Exception

• getOptionalChild

  public static Element getOptionalChild(Element element,
                         String tagName,
                         Element defaultElement)
                                  throws Exception

  Gets the child of the specified element having the specified name. If the child with this name doesn't exist then the supplied default element is returned instead.

  Parameters:

  element - the parent element

  tagName - the name of the desired child

  defaultElement - the element to return if the child doesn't exist

  Returns:

  either the named child or the supplied default

  Throws:

  Exception

• getElementContent

  public static String getElementContent(Element element)
                                  throws Exception

  Get the content of the given element.

  Parameters:

  element - The element to get the content for.

  Returns:

  The content of the element or null.

  Throws:

  Exception

• getElementContent

  public static String getElementContent(Element element,
                         String defaultStr)
                                  throws Exception

  Get the content of the given element.

  Parameters:

  element - The element to get the content for.

  defaultStr - The default to return when there is no content.

  Returns:

  The content of the element or the default.

  Throws:

  Exception

• getUniqueChildContent

  public static String getUniqueChildContent(Element element,
                             String tagName)
                                      throws Exception

  Macro to get the content of a unique child element.

  Parameters:

  element - The parent element.

  tagName - The name of the desired child.

  Returns:

  The element content or null.

  Throws:

  Exception

• getOptionalChildContent

  public static String getOptionalChildContent(Element element,
                               String tagName)
                                        throws Exception

  Macro to get the content of an optional child element.

  Parameters:

  element - The parent element.

  tagName - The name of the desired child.

  Returns:

  The element content or null.

  Throws:

  Exception

• getOptionalChildBooleanContent

  public static boolean getOptionalChildBooleanContent(Element element,
                                       String name)
                                                throws Exception

  Throws:

  Exception