org.xmlbeam

Interface ProjectionFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

XBProjector

public interface ProjectionFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	asString(Object projection) Convert a projection to XML string.
ProjectionIO	io() Access a projection IO factory.
<T> T	projectDOMNode(Node documentOrElement, Class<T> projectionInterface) Creates a projection from XML Documents or Elements to Java.
<T> T	projectEmptyDocument(Class<T> projectionInterface) Create a new projection for an empty document.
<T> T	projectEmptyElement(String name, Class<T> projectionInterface) Create a new projection for an empty element.
<T> T	projectXMLString(String xmlContent, Class<T> projectionInterface) Creates a projection from XML content to Java.

Method Detail

projectEmptyDocument

<T> T projectEmptyDocument(Class<T> projectionInterface)

Create a new projection for an empty document. Use this to create new documents.

Parameters:

projectionInterface -

Returns:

a new projection instance

projectEmptyElement

<T> T projectEmptyElement(String name,
                          Class<T> projectionInterface)

Create a new projection for an empty element. Use this to create new elements.

Parameters:

name - Element name

projectionInterface -

Returns:

a new projection instance

projectDOMNode

<T> T projectDOMNode(Node documentOrElement,
                     Class<T> projectionInterface)

Creates a projection from XML Documents or Elements to Java.

Parameters:

documentOrElement - XML DOM Node. May be a document or just an element.

projectionInterface - A Java interface to project the data on.

Returns:

a new instance of projectionInterface.

projectXMLString

<T> T projectXMLString(String xmlContent,
                       Class<T> projectionInterface)

Creates a projection from XML content to Java.

Parameters:

xmlContent - a string with XML content

projectionInterface - A Java interface to project the data on.

Returns:

a new instance of projectionInterface.

asString

String asString(Object projection)

Convert a projection to XML string.

Parameters:

projection -

Returns:

XML string.

io

ProjectionIO io()

Access a projection IO factory.

Returns:

a ProjectionIO