org.jdom.input
Class DOMBuilder

java.lang.Object
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public class DOMBuilder

extends java.lang.Object

Builds a JDOM org.jdom.Document from a pre-existing DOM org.w3c.dom.Document. Also handy for testing builds from files to sanity check SAXBuilder.

Version:

$Revision: 1.59 $, $Date: 2004/09/03 06:03:41 $

Author:

Brett McLaughlin, Jason Hunter, Philip Nelson, Kevin Regan, Yusuf Goolamabbas, Dan Schaffer, Bradley S. Huffman

Constructor Summary

DOMBuilder()
This creates a new DOMBuilder which will attempt to first locate a parser via JAXP, then will try to use a set of default parsers.

DOMBuilder(java.lang.String adapterClass)
This creates a new DOMBuilder using the specified DOMAdapter implementation as a way to choose the underlying parser.

Method Summary

Document	build(org.w3c.dom.Document domDocument) This will build a JDOM tree from an existing DOM tree.
Element	build(org.w3c.dom.Element domElement) This will build a JDOM Element from an existing DOM Element
JDOMFactory	getFactory() Returns the current JDOMFactory in use.
void	setFactory(JDOMFactory factory)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DOMBuilder

public DOMBuilder()

This creates a new DOMBuilder which will attempt to first locate a parser via JAXP, then will try to use a set of default parsers. The underlying parser will not validate.

DOMBuilder

public DOMBuilder(java.lang.String adapterClass)

This creates a new DOMBuilder using the specified DOMAdapter implementation as a way to choose the underlying parser. The underlying parser will not validate.

Parameters:

adapterClass - String name of class to use for DOM building.

Method Detail

setFactory

public void setFactory(JDOMFactory factory)

getFactory

public JDOMFactory getFactory()

Returns the current JDOMFactory in use.

Returns:

the factory in use

build

public Document build(org.w3c.dom.Document domDocument)

This will build a JDOM tree from an existing DOM tree.

Parameters:

domDocument - org.w3c.dom.Document object

Returns:

Document - JDOM document object.

build

public Element build(org.w3c.dom.Element domElement)

This will build a JDOM Element from an existing DOM Element

Parameters:

domElement - org.w3c.dom.Element object

Returns:

Element - JDOM Element object