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Revision: 1.4
Committed: Fri Dec 8 12:21:11 2000 UTC (23 years, 11 months ago) by ab11
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.3: +27 -3 lines
Log Message:
Added some overloaded operators so attributes can be added to the root nest and each element

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1 ab11 1.1 //---PACKAGE DECLARATION---
2    
3     //---IMPORTS---
4     import java.util.*;
5    
6     /**
7     * Formats data into valid XML
8     * By calling either addElement() or addNest() you can use this
9     * class to create valid xml. When all elements have been added
10     * calling returnXML() will return a string containing the xml.
11     *
12     *
13 ab11 1.4 * @author $Author: tdb1 $
14     * @version $Id: XMLFormatter.java,v 1.3 2000/12/07 23:22:17 tdb1 Exp $
15 ab11 1.1 */
16     class XMLFormatter {
17    
18     //---FINAL ATTRIBUTES---
19    
20     /**
21     * The current CVS revision of this class
22     */
23 ab11 1.4 public final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.3 $";
24 ab11 1.1
25     //---STATIC METHODS---
26    
27     //---CONSTRUCTORS---
28    
29     /**
30     * Public Constructor for the class
31     * Takes in one arguement which can contain any valid non xml character ( "<",">" )
32     * an example for rootInfo would be "Host"
33     */
34 ab11 1.4 public XMLFormatter(String rootInfo, String attributes){
35    
36     myStack = new Stack();
37     xmlData = new String();
38     xmlData = "<"+rootInfo+" "+attributes+">";
39     hostInfo = rootInfo;
40     }
41    
42     /**
43     * Public Constructor for the class
44     * Takes in one arguement which can contain any valid non xml character ( "<",">" )
45     * an example for rootInfo would be "Host"
46     */
47 ab11 1.1 public XMLFormatter(String rootInfo){
48     myStack = new Stack();
49     xmlData = new String();
50     xmlData = "<"+rootInfo+">";
51     hostInfo = rootInfo;
52     }
53    
54     /**
55     * Public no-arg Constructor for the class
56     * Does not enclose the XML in <data></data> where data is a wrapper
57     */
58     public XMLFormatter(){
59     myStack = new Stack();
60     xmlData = new String();
61     hostInfo = null;
62     }
63    
64 tdb 1.3 /**
65     * Public Constructor for the class
66     * Takes a second parameter containing the root attributes.
67     */
68     public XMLFormatter(String rootInfo, String rootAttributes){
69     myStack = new Stack();
70     xmlData = new String();
71     xmlData = "<"+rootInfo+" "+rootAttributes+">";
72     hostInfo = rootInfo;
73     }
74 ab11 1.1
75     //---PUBLIC METHODS---
76 ab11 1.4
77     /**
78     * addEement, adds an element to the XML string with attributes
79     *
80     */
81     public void addElement(String name, String attributes, String value){
82     // check that the strings contain valid data first
83     if (( name.length() != 0 ) && ( value.length() != 0 )){
84     xmlData += "<"+name+" "+attributes+">"+value+"</"+name+">";
85     }
86     }
87 ab11 1.1
88     /**
89     * addEement, adds an element to the XML string
90     *
91     */
92     public void addElement(String name, String value){
93     // check that the strings contain valid data first
94     if (( name.length() != 0 ) && ( value.length() != 0 )){
95     xmlData += "<"+name+">"+value+"</"+name+">";
96     }
97     }
98    
99     /**
100     * addNest, adds a nest to the XML and all objects (elements or nests) that
101     * are added will be contained within this nest until closeNest() is called
102     *
103     */
104     public void addNest(String name){
105     xmlData += "<"+name+">";
106     myStack.push(name);
107     }
108 ab11 1.2
109     /**
110     * addString, adds a string into the XML packet no further processing is carried out
111     */
112     public void addString(String name){
113     xmlData += name;
114     }
115    
116 ab11 1.1
117     /**
118     * closeNest will close the currently opened nest (by writing </nest name> to
119     * the xml string.
120     * If already at the root nest then this command is ignored
121     *
122     */
123     public void closeNest(){
124    
125     if ( !myStack.empty() ){
126     String tmp = (String) myStack.pop();
127     xmlData += "</"+tmp+">";
128     }
129    
130     }
131    
132     /**
133     * ReturnXML returns a valid XML string made out of all elements and nests
134     * added since this objects construction.
135     * Will close any currently open nests before returning.
136     */
137     public String returnXML(){
138    
139     // remember to close any open nests first =)
140     while ( !myStack.empty() ){
141     closeNest();
142     }
143    
144     // add on HOSTinfo if it is defined
145     if ( hostInfo != null ){
146     xmlData += "</"+hostInfo+">";
147     }
148    
149     return xmlData;
150    
151     }
152    
153     //---PRIVATE METHODS---
154    
155     //---ACCESSOR/MUTATOR METHODS---
156    
157     //---ATTRIBUTES---
158    
159     // the string that will be returned in the end
160     private String xmlData;
161     // a stack object to hold the opened nest object
162     private Stack myStack;
163     // a string to hold the hostInfo
164     private String hostInfo;
165    
166    
167     //---STATIC ATTRIBUTES---
168    
169     } // class