net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.xml

Class QNameSupport

java.lang.Object

net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.xml.QNameSupport

public final class QNameSupport
extends java.lang.Object

Set of helper methods for working with DOM QNames.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	QNameSupport() Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static javax.xml.namespace.QName	constructQName(org.w3c.dom.Element owningElement, java.lang.String qname) Constructs a QName from a string (attribute or element content) value.
static javax.xml.namespace.QName	constructQName(java.lang.String namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String prefix) Constructs a QName.
static javax.xml.namespace.QName	getNodeQName(org.w3c.dom.Node domNode) Gets the QName for the given DOM node.
static java.lang.String	qnameToContentString(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname) Converts a QName into a string that can be used for attribute values or element content.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

QNameSupport

private QNameSupport()

Constructor.

Method Detail

constructQName

@Nonnull
public static javax.xml.namespace.QName constructQName(@Nonnull
                                                                org.w3c.dom.Element owningElement,
                                                                @Nonnull @NotEmpty
                                                                java.lang.String qname)

Constructs a QName from a string (attribute or element content) value.

Parameters:

owningElement - parent DOM element of the Node which contains the QName value

qname - the QName string

Returns:

the QName respresented by the string

constructQName

@Nonnull
public static javax.xml.namespace.QName constructQName(@Nullable
                                                                java.lang.String namespaceURI,
                                                                @Nonnull @NotEmpty
                                                                java.lang.String localName,
                                                                @Nullable
                                                                java.lang.String prefix)

Constructs a QName.

Parameters:

namespaceURI - the namespace of the QName

localName - the local name of the QName

prefix - the prefix of the QName, may be null

Returns:

the QName

getNodeQName

@Nullable
public static javax.xml.namespace.QName getNodeQName(@Nullable
                                                               org.w3c.dom.Node domNode)

Gets the QName for the given DOM node.

Parameters:

domNode - the DOM node

Returns:

the QName for the element or null if the element was null

qnameToContentString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String qnameToContentString(@Nonnull
                                                             javax.xml.namespace.QName qname)

Converts a QName into a string that can be used for attribute values or element content.

Parameters:

qname - the QName to convert to a string

Returns:

the string value of the QName