Class XMLEncoder

java.lang.Object

org.apache.cayenne.util.XMLEncoder

public class XMLEncoder
extends Object

A helper class to encode objects to XML.

Usage:

     XMLEncoder encoder = new XMLEncoder(writer);
     encoder
         .start("tag").attribute("name", "tag_name_attribute")
         .start("nested_tag").attribute("name", "nested_tag_name).cdata("tag text element").end()
         .end();

Since:

1.1, 4.1 API is greatly reworked to be more usable

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected boolean	cdata
protected int	currentTagLevel
protected String	indent
protected boolean	indentLine
protected int	indentTimes
protected int	lastTagLevel
protected Deque<String>	openTags
protected PrintWriter	out
protected boolean	tagOpened

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XMLEncoder(PrintWriter out)
XMLEncoder(PrintWriter out, String indent)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
XMLEncoder	attribute(String name, boolean value)
XMLEncoder	attribute(String name, int value)
XMLEncoder	attribute(String name, String value)
XMLEncoder	attribute(String name, String value, boolean newLine)
XMLEncoder	cdata(String data)
XMLEncoder	cdata(String data, boolean escape)
XMLEncoder	end()	This method will track presence of nested tags and print closure accordingly
XMLEncoder	indent(int i)
XMLEncoder	nested(Collection<? extends XMLSerializable> collection, ProjectNodeVisitor<?> delegate)
XMLEncoder	nested(Map<?, ? extends XMLSerializable> map, ProjectNodeVisitor<?> delegate)
XMLEncoder	nested(XMLSerializable object, ProjectNodeVisitor<?> delegate)
XMLEncoder	print(String text)
XMLEncoder	println()
XMLEncoder	println(String text)
XMLEncoder	property(String name, boolean b)	Prints a common XML element - property with name and value.
XMLEncoder	property(String name, int i)	Prints a common XML element - property with name and value.
XMLEncoder	property(String name, String value)	Prints a common XML element - property with name and value.
XMLEncoder	simpleTag(String tag, String value)	Prints common XML element - tag with name and text value (<tag>value</tag>) If value is empty, nothing will be printed.
XMLEncoder	start(String tag)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

indent

protected String indent

out

protected PrintWriter out

indentLine

protected boolean indentLine

indentTimes

protected int indentTimes

tagOpened

protected boolean tagOpened

cdata

protected boolean cdata

currentTagLevel

protected int currentTagLevel

lastTagLevel

protected int lastTagLevel

openTags

protected Deque<String> openTags

Constructor Details

XMLEncoder

public XMLEncoder(PrintWriter out)

XMLEncoder

public XMLEncoder(PrintWriter out,
 String indent)

Method Details

indent

public XMLEncoder indent(int i)

print

public XMLEncoder print(String text)

println

public XMLEncoder println(String text)

println

public XMLEncoder println()

Since:

3.1

start

public XMLEncoder start(String tag)

Parameters:

tag - to start

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

end

public XMLEncoder end()

This method will track presence of nested tags and print closure accordingly

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

attribute

public XMLEncoder attribute(String name,
 String value)

Parameters:

name - of the attribute

value - of the attribute

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

attribute

public XMLEncoder attribute(String name,
 String value,
 boolean newLine)

Parameters:

name - of the attribute

value - of the attribute

newLine - should this attribute be printed on new line

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

attribute

public XMLEncoder attribute(String name,
 boolean value)

Parameters:

name - of the attribute

value - of the attribute

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

attribute

public XMLEncoder attribute(String name,
 int value)

Parameters:

name - of the attribute

value - of the attribute

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

cdata

public XMLEncoder cdata(String data)

Parameters:

data - char data

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

cdata

public XMLEncoder cdata(String data,
 boolean escape)

Parameters:

data - char data

escape - does this data need to be enclosed into <![CDATA[ ... ]]>

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

nested

public XMLEncoder nested(XMLSerializable object,
 ProjectNodeVisitor<?> delegate)

Parameters:

object - nested object to serialize

delegate - visitor

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

nested

public XMLEncoder nested(Collection<? extends XMLSerializable> collection,
 ProjectNodeVisitor<?> delegate)

Parameters:

collection - of nested objects

delegate - visitor

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

nested

public XMLEncoder nested(Map<?, ? extends XMLSerializable> map,
 ProjectNodeVisitor<?> delegate)

Parameters:

map - of nested objects

delegate - visitor

Returns:

this

Since:

4.1

property

public XMLEncoder property(String name,
 String value)

Prints a common XML element - property with name and value.

Since:

4.1

property

public XMLEncoder property(String name,
 boolean b)

Prints a common XML element - property with name and value.

Since:

4.1

property

public XMLEncoder property(String name,
 int i)

Prints a common XML element - property with name and value.

Since:

4.1

simpleTag

public XMLEncoder simpleTag(String tag,
 String value)

Prints common XML element - tag with name and text value (<tag>value</tag>) If value is empty, nothing will be printed.

Since:

4.1