esa.opensf.osfi.xmlutils

Class DomUtils

java.lang.Object

esa.opensf.osfi.xmlutils.DomUtils

public final class DomUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class with methods that work on DOM nodes, documents and elements.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Element>	getChildElements(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.lang.String name)
static boolean	validateAgainst(org.w3c.dom.Node docOrEl, java.lang.String xsdFile) Validate a document/element tree against an external XSD file.
static boolean	validateAgainstInternalSchema(org.w3c.dom.Node docOrEl) Validate a document/element tree against a XSD schema referenced in the XML itself.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

validateAgainst

public static boolean validateAgainst(org.w3c.dom.Node docOrEl,
                                      java.lang.String xsdFile)

Validate a document/element tree against an external XSD file.

Parameters:

docOrEl - XML document or element to be validated

xsdFile - Path to an XSD schema file

Returns:

true if the validation succeeds, false otherwise.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the schema cannot be loaded

validateAgainstInternalSchema

public static boolean validateAgainstInternalSchema(org.w3c.dom.Node docOrEl)

Validate a document/element tree against a XSD schema referenced in the XML itself.

Parameters:

docOrEl - XML document or element to be validated

Returns:

true if the validation succeeds, false otherwise.

getChildElements

public static java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Element> getChildElements(org.w3c.dom.Node node,
                                                                   java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

node - Node whose direct children will be filtered

name - String that will be checked against the Node.getNodeName() value. If null, all direct child elements will be returned.

Returns:

List of all the direct children elements with the given tag name