Class XmlWriterSupport


  • public class XmlWriterSupport
    extends Object
    A support class for writing XML files.
    Author:
    Thomas Morgner
    • Field Detail

      • OPEN_TAG_INCREASE

        public static final int OPEN_TAG_INCREASE
        A constant for controlling the indent function.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • CLOSE_TAG_DECREASE

        public static final int CLOSE_TAG_DECREASE
        A constant for controlling the indent function.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • INDENT_ONLY

        public static final int INDENT_ONLY
        A constant for controlling the indent function.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
    • Constructor Detail

      • XmlWriterSupport

        public XmlWriterSupport()
        Default Constructor. The created XMLWriterSupport will not have no safe tags and starts with an indention level of 0.
      • XmlWriterSupport

        public XmlWriterSupport​(TagDescription safeTags,
                                String indentString)
        Creates a new support instance.
        Parameters:
        safeTags - the tags that are safe for line breaks.
        indentString - the indent string.
      • XmlWriterSupport

        public XmlWriterSupport​(TagDescription safeTags,
                                String indentString,
                                String lineseparator)
        Create a new XmlWriterSupport instance.
        Parameters:
        safeTags - the tags that are safe for line breaks.
        indentString - the indent string.
        lineseparator - the lineseparator that should be used for writing XML files.
    • Method Detail

      • isHtmlCompatiblityMode

        public boolean isHtmlCompatiblityMode()
        Checks, whether the HTML compatibility mode is enabled. In HTML compatibility mode, closed empty tags will have a space between the tagname and the close-indicator.
        Returns:
        true, if the HTML compatiblity mode is enabled, false otherwise.
      • setHtmlCompatiblityMode

        public void setHtmlCompatiblityMode​(boolean htmlCompatiblityMode)
        Enables or disables the HTML Compatibility mode. In HTML compatibility mode, closed empty tags will have a space between the tagname and the close-indicator.
        Parameters:
        htmlCompatiblityMode - true, if the HTML compatiblity mode is enabled, false otherwise.
      • isAlwaysAddNamespace

        public boolean isAlwaysAddNamespace()
        Checks, whether the XML writer should always add a namespace prefix to the attributes. The XML specification leaves it up to the application on how to handle unqualified attributes. If this mode is enabled, all attributes will always be fully qualified - which removed the ambugity but may not be compatible with simple, non namespace aware parsers.
        Returns:
        true, if all attributes should be qualified, false otherwise.
      • setAlwaysAddNamespace

        public void setAlwaysAddNamespace​(boolean alwaysAddNamespace)
        Defines, whether the XML writer should always add a namespace prefix to the attributes. The XML specification leaves it up to the application on how to handle unqualified attributes. If this mode is enabled, all attributes will always be fully qualified - which removed the ambuigity but may not be compatible with simple, non namespace aware parsers.
        Parameters:
        alwaysAddNamespace - set to true, if all attributes should be qualified, false otherwise.
      • getAdditionalIndent

        public int getAdditionalIndent()
        Returns the indent level that should be added to the automaticly computed indentation.
        Returns:
        the indent level.
      • setAdditionalIndent

        public void setAdditionalIndent​(int additionalIndent)
        Defines the indent level that should be added to the automaticly computed indentation.
        Parameters:
        additionalIndent - the indent level.
      • getLineSeparator

        public String getLineSeparator()
        Returns the line separator.
        Returns:
        the line separator.
      • writeXmlDeclaration

        public void writeXmlDeclaration​(Writer writer,
                                        String encoding)
                                 throws IOException
        Writes the XML declaration that usually appears at the top of every XML file.
        Parameters:
        encoding - the encoding that should be declared (this has to match the encoding of the writer, or funny things may happen when parsing the xml file later).
        Throws:
        IOException - if there is a problem writing to the character stream.
      • setEncoding

        public void setEncoding​(String encoding)
      • writeTag

        public void writeTag​(Writer w,
                             String namespaceUri,
                             String name)
                      throws IOException
        Writes an opening XML tag that has no attributes.
        Parameters:
        w - the writer.
        namespaceUri - the namespace URI for the element.
        name - the tag name.
        Throws:
        IOException - if there is an I/O problem.
      • writeCloseTag

        public void writeCloseTag​(Writer w)
                           throws IOException
        Writes a closing XML tag.
        Parameters:
        w - the writer.
        Throws:
        IOException - if there is an I/O problem.
      • writeNewLine

        public void writeNewLine​(Writer writer)
                          throws IOException
        Writes a linebreak to the writer.
        Parameters:
        writer - the writer.
        Throws:
        IOException - if there is a problem writing to the character stream.
      • isLineEmpty

        public boolean isLineEmpty()
        Checks, whether the currently generated line of text is empty.
        Returns:
        true, if the line is empty, false otherwise.
      • setLineEmpty

        public void setLineEmpty​(boolean lineEmpty)
        A marker flag to track, wether the current line is empty. This influences the indention.
        Parameters:
        lineEmpty - defines, whether the current line should be treated as empty line.
      • writeTag

        public void writeTag​(Writer w,
                             String namespace,
                             String name,
                             String attributeName,
                             String attributeValue,
                             boolean close)
                      throws IOException
        Writes an opening XML tag with an attribute/value pair.
        Parameters:
        w - the writer.
        namespace - the namespace URI for the element
        name - the tag name.
        attributeName - the attribute name.
        attributeValue - the attribute value.
        close - controls whether the tag is closed.
        Throws:
        IOException - if there is an I/O problem.
      • addImpliedNamespace

        public void addImpliedNamespace​(String uri,
                                        String prefix)
        Adds an implied namespace to the document. Such a namespace is not explicitly declared, it is assumed that the xml-parser knows the prefix by some other means. Using implied namespaces for standalone documents is almost always a bad idea.
        Parameters:
        uri - the uri of the namespace.
        prefix - the defined prefix.
      • copyNamespaces

        public void copyNamespaces​(XmlWriterSupport writerSupport)
        Copies all currently declared namespaces of the given XmlWriterSupport instance as new implied namespaces into this instance.
        Parameters:
        writerSupport - the Xml-writer from where to copy the declared namespaces.
      • isNamespaceDefined

        public boolean isNamespaceDefined​(String uri)
        Checks, whether the given URI is defined as valid namespace.
        Parameters:
        uri - the uri of the namespace.
        Returns:
        true, if there's a namespace defined, false otherwise.
      • isNamespacePrefixDefined

        public boolean isNamespacePrefixDefined​(String prefix)
        Checks, whether the given namespace prefix is defined.
        Parameters:
        prefix - the namespace prefix.
        Returns:
        true, if the prefix is defined, false otherwise.
      • getNamespaces

        public Properties getNamespaces()
        Returns all namespaces as properties-collection. This reflects the currently defined namespaces, therefore calls to writeOpenTag(..) might cause this method to return different collections.
        Returns:
        the defined namespaces.
      • computeNamespaces

        protected DeclaredNamespaces computeNamespaces()
        Computes the current collection of defined namespaces.
        Returns:
        the namespaces declared at this writing position.
      • writeTag

        public void writeTag​(Writer w,
                             String namespaceUri,
                             String name,
                             AttributeList attributes,
                             boolean close)
                      throws IOException
        Writes an opening XML tag along with a list of attribute/value pairs.
        Parameters:
        w - the writer.
        namespaceUri - the namespace uri for the element (can be null).
        name - the tag name.
        attributes - the attributes.
        close - controls whether the tag is closed.
        Throws:
        IOException - if there is an I/O problem.
      • normalizeLocal

        public String normalizeLocal​(String s,
                                     boolean transformNewLine)
                              throws IOException
        Normalizes the given string using a shared buffer.
        Parameters:
        s - the string that should be XML-Encoded.
        transformNewLine - a flag controling whether to transform newlines into character-entities.
        Returns:
        the transformed string.
        Throws:
        IOException
      • writeTextNormalized

        public void writeTextNormalized​(Writer writer,
                                        String s,
                                        boolean transformNewLine)
                                 throws IOException
        Normalizes the given string and writes the result directly to the stream.
        Parameters:
        writer - the writer that should receive the normalized content.
        s - the string that should be XML-Encoded.
        transformNewLine - a flag controling whether to transform newlines into character-entities.
        Throws:
        IOException - if writing to the stream failed.
      • normalize

        public static String normalize​(String s,
                                       boolean transformNewLine)
        Normalises a string, replacing certain characters with their escape sequences so that the XML text is not corrupted.
        Parameters:
        s - the string.
        transformNewLine - true, if a newline in the string should be converted into a character entity.
        Returns:
        the normalised string.
      • indent

        public void indent​(Writer writer)
                    throws IOException
        Indent the line. Called for proper indenting in various places.
        Parameters:
        writer - the writer which should receive the indentention.
        Throws:
        IOException - if writing the stream failed.
      • indentForClose

        public void indentForClose​(Writer writer)
                            throws IOException
        Indent the line. Called for proper indenting in various places.
        Parameters:
        writer - the writer which should receive the indentention.
        Throws:
        IOException - if writing the stream failed.
      • getTagDescription

        public TagDescription getTagDescription()
        Returns the list of safe tags.
        Returns:
        The list.
      • writeComment

        public void writeComment​(Writer writer,
                                 String comment)
                          throws IOException
        Writes a comment into the generated xml file.
        Parameters:
        writer - the writer.
        comment - the comment text
        Throws:
        IOException - if there is a problem writing to the character stream.
      • isAssumeDefaultNamespace

        public boolean isAssumeDefaultNamespace()
        Checks, whether attributes of the same namespace as the current element should be written without a prefix. Attributes without a prefix are considered to be not in any namespace at all. How to treat such attributes is implementation dependent. (Appendix A; Section 6.2 of the XmlNamespaces recommendation)
        Returns:
        true, if attributes in the element's namespace should be written without a prefix, false to write all attributes with a prefix.
      • setAssumeDefaultNamespace

        public void setAssumeDefaultNamespace​(boolean assumeDefaultNamespace)
        Defines, whether attributes of the same namespace as the current element should be written without a prefix. Attributes without a prefix are considered to be not in any namespace at all. How to treat such attributes is implementation dependent. (Appendix A; Section 6.2 of the XmlNamespaces recommendation)
        Parameters:
        assumeDefaultNamespace - true, if attributes in the element's namespace should be written without a prefix, false to write all attributes with a prefix.
      • getCurrentIndentLevel

        public int getCurrentIndentLevel()
        Returns the current indention level.
        Returns:
        the indention level.
      • setWriteFinalLinebreak

        public void setWriteFinalLinebreak​(boolean writeFinalLinebreak)
        Defines, whether the written XML file should end with an empty line.
        Parameters:
        writeFinalLinebreak - true, if an linebreak should be added at the end of the file, false otherwise.
      • isWriteFinalLinebreak

        public boolean isWriteFinalLinebreak()
        Checks, whether the written XML file should end with an empty line.
        Returns:
        true, if an linebreak should be added at the end of the file, false otherwise.