com.mccrory.scott.base
Class Dom4jHelper

java.lang.Object
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public class Dom4jHelper

extends java.lang.Object

Contains methods to make working with dom4j objects a little easier.

Version:

CVS $Id: Dom4jHelper.java,v 1.19 2002/08/04 22:04:53 smccrory Exp $

Author:

Scott McCrory.

Constructor Summary

Dom4jHelper()
Dom4jHelper constructor.

Method Summary

static java.util.HashMap	getAttributes(org.dom4j.Element element) Returns a HashMap of all the attributes in the passed-in XML/Dom4J Element.
static java.util.Vector	getChildElementNames(org.dom4j.Element element) Returns the names of all the child elements of a passed-in Element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Dom4jHelper

public Dom4jHelper()

Dom4jHelper constructor.

Method Detail

getAttributes

public static java.util.HashMap getAttributes(org.dom4j.Element element)

Returns a HashMap of all the attributes in the passed-in XML/Dom4J Element. Example:

 HashMap attribMap = Dom4jHelper.getAttributes(myElement);
 

Parameters:

element - org.dom4j.Element that you want the attributes of.

Returns:

java.util.HashMap of all the attributes of the element.

getChildElementNames

public static java.util.Vector getChildElementNames(org.dom4j.Element element)

Returns the names of all the child elements of a passed-in Element. Example:

 Vector childElements = Dom4jHelper.getChildElementNames(myElement);
 

Parameters:

element - org.dom4j.Element that you want the child element names of.

Returns:

java.util.Vector of the names of all the child elements.