org.exolab.adaptx.xpath.engine
Class XMLUtils

java.lang.Object
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public final class XMLUtils

extends java.lang.Object

A utility class for handling whitespace and namespaces. The code in this class was adapted from XSL:P.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Keith Visco

Field Summary

static char	CR Carriage Return character
static java.lang.String	EMPTY Empty String
static char	LF Linefeed character
static char	NULL Null character
static char	SPACE Single space character
static char	TAB Tab character

Constructor Summary

XMLUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String[]	fromQualified(java.lang.String qname)
static int	stripSpace(char[] data, boolean stripAllLeadSpace, boolean stripAllTrailSpace) Strips whitespace from the given String.
static java.lang.String	stripSpace(java.lang.String data) Strips whitespace from the given String.
static java.lang.String	stripSpace(java.lang.String data, boolean stripAllLeadSpace, boolean stripAllTrailSpace) Strips whitespace from the given String.
static java.lang.String	toQualified(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String local)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NULL

public static final char NULL

Null character

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Constant Field Values

SPACE

public static final char SPACE

Single space character

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TAB

public static final char TAB

Tab character

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Constant Field Values

CR

public static final char CR

Carriage Return character

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LF

public static final char LF

Linefeed character

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Constant Field Values

EMPTY

public static final java.lang.String EMPTY

Empty String

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Constructor Detail

XMLUtils

public XMLUtils()

Method Detail

toQualified

public static java.lang.String toQualified(java.lang.String uri,
                                           java.lang.String local)

fromQualified

public static java.lang.String[] fromQualified(java.lang.String qname)

stripSpace

public static java.lang.String stripSpace(java.lang.String data)

Strips whitespace from the given String. Newlines (#xD), tabs (#x9), and consecutive spaces (#x20) are converted to a single space (#x20). This method is useful for processing consective Strings since any leading spaces will be converted to a single space.

Parameters:

data - the String to strip whitespace from

stripSpace

public static java.lang.String stripSpace(java.lang.String data,
                                          boolean stripAllLeadSpace,
                                          boolean stripAllTrailSpace)

Strips whitespace from the given String. Newlines (#xD), tabs (#x9), and consecutive spaces (#x20) are converted to a single space (#x20).

Parameters:

data - the String to strip whitespace from

stripSpace

public static int stripSpace(char[] data,
                             boolean stripAllLeadSpace,
                             boolean stripAllTrailSpace)

Strips whitespace from the given String. Newlines (#xD), tabs (#x9), and consecutive spaces (#x20) are converted to a single space (#x20).

Parameters:

data - the chars to strip whitespace from

Returns:

the new length of the array