org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.definition
Class XmlParser

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.definition.XmlParser

public class XmlParser

extends Object

Parses the XML definition file using dom4j.

Author:

Jonas Bonér

Constructor Summary

XmlParser()

Method Summary

static org.dom4j.Document	createDocument(InputStream stream) Creates a DOM document.
static org.dom4j.Document	createDocument(URL url) Creates a DOM document.
static List	getAspectClassNames(File definitionFile)
static List	getAspectClassNames(InputStream stream)
static List	getAspectClassNames(URL definitionURL)
static org.dom4j.Document	mergeDocuments(org.dom4j.Document document1, org.dom4j.Document document2) Merges two DOM documents.
static List	parse(ClassLoader loader, File definitionFile, boolean isDirty) Parses the XML definition file, only if it has been updated.
static List	parse(ClassLoader loader, InputStream stream) Parses the XML definition file retrieved from an input stream.
static List	parseNoCache(ClassLoader loader, URL url) Parses the XML definition file not using the cache.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlParser

public XmlParser()

Method Detail

getAspectClassNames

public static List getAspectClassNames(File definitionFile)

Parameters:

definitionFile - the definition file

Returns:

the definitions

getAspectClassNames

public static List getAspectClassNames(URL definitionURL)

getAspectClassNames

public static List getAspectClassNames(InputStream stream)

Parameters:

stream - the input stream containing the document

Returns:

the definitions

parse

public static List parse(ClassLoader loader,
                         File definitionFile,
                         boolean isDirty)

Parses the XML definition file, only if it has been updated. Uses a timestamp to check for modifications.

Parameters:

loader - the current class loader

definitionFile - the definition file

isDirty - flag to mark the the definition as updated or not

Returns:

the definitions

parse

public static List parse(ClassLoader loader,
                         InputStream stream)

Parses the XML definition file retrieved from an input stream.

Parameters:

loader - the current class loader

stream - the input stream containing the document

Returns:

the definitions

parseNoCache

public static List parseNoCache(ClassLoader loader,
                                URL url)

Parses the XML definition file not using the cache.

Parameters:

loader - the current class loader

url - the URL to the definition file

Returns:

the definition object

mergeDocuments

public static org.dom4j.Document mergeDocuments(org.dom4j.Document document1,
                                                org.dom4j.Document document2)

Merges two DOM documents.

Parameters:

document1 - the first document

document2 - the second document

Returns:

the definition merged document

createDocument

public static org.dom4j.Document createDocument(URL url)
                                         throws org.dom4j.DocumentException

Creates a DOM document.

Parameters:

url - the URL to the file containing the XML

Returns:

the DOM document

Throws:

org.dom4j.DocumentException

org.dom4j.DocumentException

createDocument

public static org.dom4j.Document createDocument(InputStream stream)
                                         throws org.dom4j.DocumentException

Creates a DOM document.

Parameters:

stream - the stream containing the XML

Returns:

the DOM document

Throws:

org.dom4j.DocumentException

org.dom4j.DocumentException