com.inedo.http

Class XmlReader

java.lang.Object

com.inedo.http.XmlReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

ResponseReader

public class XmlReader
extends java.lang.Object
implements ResponseReader

A wrapper around "javax.xml" for simplifying the parsing XML strings.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XmlReader(java.lang.String xml) An xml reader.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	asPrettyString()
<T> T	from(java.lang.Class<T> clazz) Deserialize the XML into specified class.
static java.lang.String	prettyFormat(java.lang.String input, int indent) Converts the XML document to a nicely formatted string.
java.lang.String	textContent(java.lang.String selector) Search a XML element's children for the requested element and returns the text content.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlReader

public XmlReader(java.lang.String xml)
          throws javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException,
                 org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                 java.io.IOException

An xml reader.

Parameters:

xml - XML string

Throws:

javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

java.io.IOException

org.xml.sax.SAXException

Method Detail

textContent

public java.lang.String textContent(java.lang.String selector)
                             throws javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException,
                                    org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                                    java.io.IOException,
                                    javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

Search a XML element's children for the requested element and returns the text content.

Example:

 serviceResponse returnLength="1">
   output name="documentId">idd_CD1C398E-1F25-436D-B76A-9E293BB426F5/output>
 /serviceResponse>
 
 String documentId = reader.getXmlReader().textContent("///output[@name='documentId']");
 

Parameters:

selector - search path

Returns:

Node

Throws:

javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

org.xml.sax.SAXException

java.io.IOException

javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

asPrettyString

public java.lang.String asPrettyString()

Specified by:

asPrettyString in interface ResponseReader

Returns:

The underlying data (eg XML or JSON document) as a nicely formatted string.

prettyFormat

public static java.lang.String prettyFormat(java.lang.String input,
                            int indent)

Converts the XML document to a nicely formatted string.

Parameters:

input - XML string

indent - number of spaces to indent each line

Returns:

Formatted XML

from

public <T> T from(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
       throws javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

Deserialize the XML into specified class. If the XML is a soap envelope then will deserialize the first node found in the body element.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the desired class

Parameters:

clazz - Class of object to deserialize to

Returns:

Populated class of the desired type

Throws:

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException