org.biojava.utils.xml
Class XMLDispatcher

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.biojava.utils.xml.XMLDispatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

XMLPeerFactory

public class XMLDispatcher

extends java.lang.Object

implements XMLPeerFactory

Simple implementation of XMLPeerFactory which delegates object- construction on the basis of tag name.

Author:

Thomas Down

Constructor Summary

XMLDispatcher()
Construct a new XMLDispatcher which does not know about any tag names.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getXMLPeer(java.lang.String tag, java.util.List children, org.xml.sax.AttributeList al) Return a Java object to reflect an XML element.
void	mapTag(java.lang.String tag, XMLPeerFactory fact) Add an XMLPeerFactory which constructs objects corresponding to a specific XML tag.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLDispatcher

public XMLDispatcher()

Construct a new XMLDispatcher which does not know about any tag names.

Method Detail

mapTag

public void mapTag(java.lang.String tag,
                   XMLPeerFactory fact)

Add an XMLPeerFactory which constructs objects corresponding to a specific XML tag.

Parameters:

tag - the tag name to bind.

fact - an XMLPeerFactory implementation to invoke when the specified tag is encountered.

getXMLPeer

public java.lang.Object getXMLPeer(java.lang.String tag,
                                   java.util.List children,
                                   org.xml.sax.AttributeList al)

Description copied from interface: XMLPeerFactory

Return a Java object to reflect an XML element.

Specified by:

getXMLPeer in interface XMLPeerFactory

Parameters:

tag - the XML tag.

children - a List (may be empty) of objects reflecting child nodes.

al - attribute list for the tag.

Returns:

a Java object to reflect the XML tag, or null if this element should be silently ignored.