com.cafesoft.core.xml.dom
Class AbstractElementFactory

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

ElementFactory

public abstract class AbstractElementFactory

extends Object

implements ElementFactory

AbstractElementFactory implements an abstract factory class for constructing an Object associated with an XML DOM Element. It provides reusable implementation for basic set/get methods and useful constructors. Concrete implementations must override the create() method.

Field Summary

protected String	localName The local name.
protected String	nameSpace The name space

Constructor Summary

AbstractElementFactory()
Create a new ElementFactory.

AbstractElementFactory(String nameSpace, String localName)
Create a new ElementFactory.

Method Summary

abstract Object	create(Element element) Create the Object associated with an XML Element.
String	getLocalName() Return the Element local name associated with this ElementFactory.
String	getNameSpace() Return the name space associated with this ElementFactory.
void	setLocalName(String localName) Set the Element local name associated with this ElementFactory.
void	setNameSpace(String nameSpace) Set the XML name space associated with this ElementFactory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

nameSpace

protected String nameSpace

The name space

localName

protected String localName

The local name.

Constructor Detail

AbstractElementFactory

public AbstractElementFactory()

Create a new ElementFactory.

AbstractElementFactory

public AbstractElementFactory(String nameSpace,
                              String localName)

Create a new ElementFactory.

Parameters:

nameSpace - the XML name space associated with the Element.

localName - the XML local name associated with the Element.

Method Detail

setNameSpace

public void setNameSpace(String nameSpace)

Set the XML name space associated with this ElementFactory.

Specified by:

setNameSpace in interface ElementFactory

Parameters:

nameSpace - the name space.

getNameSpace

public String getNameSpace()

Return the name space associated with this ElementFactory.

Specified by:

getNameSpace in interface ElementFactory

Returns:

the name space.

setLocalName

public void setLocalName(String localName)

Set the Element local name associated with this ElementFactory.

Specified by:

setLocalName in interface ElementFactory

Parameters:

localName - the local name.

getLocalName

public String getLocalName()

Return the Element local name associated with this ElementFactory.

Specified by:

getLocalName in interface ElementFactory

Returns:

the local name.

create

public abstract Object create(Element element)
                       throws ElementFactoryException

Create the Object associated with an XML Element.

Specified by:

create in interface ElementFactory

Parameters:

element - the XML DOM Element.

Returns:

the Object constructed from the Element or Element sub-tree.

ElementFactoryException