Package com.mapr.baseutils.utils

Class XmlReader

java.lang.Object

com.mapr.baseutils.utils.XmlReader

public class XmlReader
extends Object

Utility class to read the value of an attribute from an XML configuration file. The configuration file is specified at the time of class instantiation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XmlReader(String resourceName)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getValue(String attribute)	Utility method to read the value of an attribute captured under specific tags.
String	getValue(String attribute, String parentTag)	Utility method to read the value of an attribute captured under specific tags.
String	getValue(String attribute, String parentTag, String attribTag, String valueTag)	Reads the value of an attribute from the configuration file with which the class was initialized.
void	init(String resourceName)	Locates a configuration file from the classpath and parses the file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

XmlReader

public XmlReader(String resourceName)
          throws IOException,
ParserConfigurationException,
SAXException,
URISyntaxException

Throws:

IOException

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

URISyntaxException

Method Details

init

public void init(String resourceName)
          throws IOException,
ParserConfigurationException,
SAXException,
URISyntaxException

Locates a configuration file from the classpath and parses the file.

Parameters:

resourceName - configuration file from which attribute values are read

Throws:

IOException

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

URISyntaxException

getValue

public String getValue(String attribute,
 String parentTag,
 String attribTag,
 String valueTag)

Reads the value of an attribute from the configuration file with which the class was initialized.

Parameters:

attribute - the string representing the attribute whose value needs to be read

parentTag - the parent xml node under which the attribute is present

attribTag - the tag that captures the attribute

valueTag - the tag that captures the value of the attribute

Returns:

value of the attribute (if present in the config file) null, otherwise. Example: attribute return_value

getValue

public String getValue(String attribute,
 String parentTag)

Utility method to read the value of an attribute captured under specific tags. Not recommended for general use.

Parameters:

attribute -

parentTag -

Returns:

getValue

public String getValue(String attribute)

Utility method to read the value of an attribute captured under specific tags. Not recommended for general use.

Parameters:

attribute -

parentTag -

Returns: