org.xmlbeam.io

Class XBFileIO

java.lang.Object

org.xmlbeam.io.XBFileIO

All Implemented Interfaces:

CanEvaluate

public class XBFileIO
extends Object
implements CanEvaluate

Author:

Sven Ewald

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XBFileIO(XBProjector xmlProjector, File file) Constructor for file input.
XBFileIO(XBProjector xmlProjector, String fileName) Convenient constructor using a filename.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
XPathEvaluator	evalXPath(String xpath)
<T> T	read(Class<T> projectionInterface) Read a XML document and return a projection to it.
XBFileIO	setAppend(boolean... append) Set whether output should be append to existing file.
XBFileIO	write(Object projection)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XBFileIO

public XBFileIO(XBProjector xmlProjector,
                File file)

Constructor for file input.

Parameters:

xmlProjector -

file -

XBFileIO

public XBFileIO(XBProjector xmlProjector,
                String fileName)

Convenient constructor using a filename.

Parameters:

xmlProjector -

fileName -

Method Detail

read

public <T> T read(Class<T> projectionInterface)
           throws IOException

Read a XML document and return a projection to it.

Parameters:

projectionInterface -

Returns:

a new projection pointing to the content of the file.

Throws:

IOException

write

public XBFileIO write(Object projection)
               throws IOException

Parameters:

projection -

Returns:

this to provide a fluent API.

Throws:

IOException

setAppend

public XBFileIO setAppend(boolean... append)

Set whether output should be append to existing file. When this method is not invoked, or invoked with 'false', The file will be replaced on writing operations.

Parameters:

append - optional parameter, default is true.

Returns:

this to provide a fluent API.

evalXPath

public XPathEvaluator evalXPath(String xpath)

Specified by:

evalXPath in interface CanEvaluate

Parameters:

xpath - to be evaluated on input

Returns:

EvaluationBuilder to choose target type