net.sf.jplist.output
Class XmlOutputter

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jplist.output.XmlOutputter

public class XmlOutputter
extends java.lang.Object

Builds an XML representation of a PList object. This outputter provides a way to work with ASCII PLists but interoperate with another application that needs XML.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Sujit Pal (spal@users.sourceforge.net)

Constructor Summary

XmlOutputter()
Builds a new XmlOutputter object.

Method Summary

protected java.io.Writer	makeWriter(java.io.OutputStream ostream) Builds a PrintWriter object out of an OutputStream.
void	output(ArrayElement arrayElement, java.io.OutputStream ostream) Output the ArrayElement object to an OutputStream.
void	output(ArrayElement arrayElement, java.io.Writer writer) Output the ArrayElement object to a Writer.
void	output(DataElement dataElement, java.io.OutputStream ostream) Output the JPList DataElement object to an OutputStream.
void	output(DataElement dataElement, java.io.Writer writer) Output the DataElement object to a Writer.
void	output(DictionaryElement dictionaryElement, java.io.OutputStream ostream) Output the DictionaryElement object to an OutputStream.
void	output(DictionaryElement dictionaryElement, java.io.Writer writer) Output a DictionaryElement object to a Writer.
void	output(Document doc, java.io.OutputStream ostream) Output the JPList Document object to an OutputStream.
void	output(Document doc, java.io.Writer writer) Output the JPList Document object to a Writer.
void	output(StringElement stringElement, java.io.OutputStream ostream) Output the JPList StringElement object to an OutputStream.
void	output(StringElement stringElement, java.io.Writer writer) Output the StringElement object to a Writer.
java.lang.String	outputString(ArrayElement arrayElement) Output an ArrayElement object to a String.
java.lang.String	outputString(DataElement dataElement) Output a DataElement object to a String.
java.lang.String	outputString(DictionaryElement dictionaryElement) Output a DictionaryElement object to a String.
java.lang.String	outputString(Document doc) Output a JPList Document object as a String.
java.lang.String	outputString(IElement element) Routing function to format the various IElement implementations.
java.lang.String	outputString(StringElement stringElement) Output a StringElement object to a String.
void	setIndent(java.lang.String indent) Allows setting of the indent.
void	setLineSeparator(java.lang.String lineSeparator) Sets a line separator for the output.
void	setNewLines(boolean newline) Newlines will appear in the output if this is set to true.
void	setTrimAllWhite(boolean trimAllWhite) If set to true, all non-essential whitespace will be trimmed.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of this XMLOutputter with its current settings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlOutputter

public XmlOutputter()

Builds a new XmlOutputter object.

Method Detail

setIndent

public void setIndent(java.lang.String indent)

Allows setting of the indent. The indent will be the actual string provided.

Parameters:

indent - the string to indent with.

setLineSeparator

public void setLineSeparator(java.lang.String lineSeparator)

Sets a line separator for the output. If not specified, the platform's default line separator will be used if setNewLines() is set to true.

Parameters:

lineSeparator - the string with which to separate lines.

setNewLines

public void setNewLines(boolean newline)

Newlines will appear in the output if this is set to true.

Parameters:

newline - true if output should have newlines for formatting.

setTrimAllWhite

public void setTrimAllWhite(boolean trimAllWhite)

If set to true, all non-essential whitespace will be trimmed.

Parameters:

trimAllWhite - true to trim non-essential whitespace.

output

public void output(Document doc,
                   java.io.OutputStream ostream)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the JPList Document object to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

doc - the Document object.

ostream - the OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(StringElement stringElement,
                   java.io.OutputStream ostream)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the JPList StringElement object to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

stringElement - the StringElement to output.

ostream - the OutputStream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(DataElement dataElement,
                   java.io.OutputStream ostream)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the JPList DataElement object to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

dataElement - the DataElement to output.

ostream - the OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(ArrayElement arrayElement,
                   java.io.OutputStream ostream)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the ArrayElement object to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

arrayElement - the ArrayElement object to output.

ostream - the OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(DictionaryElement dictionaryElement,
                   java.io.OutputStream ostream)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the DictionaryElement object to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

dictionaryElement - the DictionaryElement to output.

ostream - the OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(Document doc,
                   java.io.Writer writer)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the JPList Document object to a Writer.

Parameters:

doc - the Document object to output.

writer - the Writer object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(StringElement stringElement,
                   java.io.Writer writer)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the StringElement object to a Writer.

Parameters:

stringElement - the StringElement object to output.

writer - the Writer object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(DataElement dataElement,
                   java.io.Writer writer)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the DataElement object to a Writer.

Parameters:

dataElement - the DataElement object to output.

writer - the Writer object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(ArrayElement arrayElement,
                   java.io.Writer writer)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output the ArrayElement object to a Writer.

Parameters:

arrayElement - the ArrayElement object to output.

writer - the Writer object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

output

public void output(DictionaryElement dictionaryElement,
                   java.io.Writer writer)
            throws java.io.IOException

Output a DictionaryElement object to a Writer.

Parameters:

dictionaryElement - the DictionaryElement object to output.

writer - the Writer object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there was a problem.

outputString

public java.lang.String outputString(Document doc)

Output a JPList Document object as a String.

Parameters:

doc - the JPList Document object.

Returns:

the XML string representation of the JPList.

outputString

public java.lang.String outputString(IElement element)

Routing function to format the various IElement implementations.

Parameters:

element - an IElement to output.

Returns:

the String representation of the IElement as a partial PList.

outputString

public java.lang.String outputString(StringElement stringElement)

Output a StringElement object to a String.

Parameters:

stringElement - the StringElement object to output.

Returns:

the StringElement as a partial XML PList.

outputString

public java.lang.String outputString(DataElement dataElement)

Output a DataElement object to a String.

Parameters:

dataElement - the DataElement object to output.

Returns:

the DataElement as a partial XML PList.

outputString

public java.lang.String outputString(ArrayElement arrayElement)

Output an ArrayElement object to a String.

Parameters:

arrayElement - the ArrayElement object to output.

Returns:

the ArrayElement as a partial XML PList.

outputString

public java.lang.String outputString(DictionaryElement dictionaryElement)

Output a DictionaryElement object to a String.

Parameters:

dictionaryElement - the DictionaryElement object to output.

Returns:

the DictionaryElement as a partial XML PList.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of this XMLOutputter with its current settings.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String representation of the XMLOutputter object.

makeWriter

protected java.io.Writer makeWriter(java.io.OutputStream ostream)

Builds a PrintWriter object out of an OutputStream.

Parameters:

ostream - an OutputStream object.

Returns:

a Writer.