com.ibm.conversation.base
Class XmlParsingUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.conversation.base.XmlParsingUtils

public class XmlParsingUtils

extends java.lang.Object

Class XmlParsingUtils provides a few convenience functions used in parsing XML files.

These functions are used by CpXmlParser, but they're split out into their own class because they can be applied to general XML documents, not just cpXML docs, and to simplify the already-bloated CpXmlParser class.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getLeafText(org.w3c.dom.Element element) Returns the text inside a leaf element.
static long	millisFromDuration(java.lang.String durationString) Converts an xs:duration string to milliseconds, using the current System Date as starting Date.
static long	millisFromDuration(java.lang.String durationString, java.util.Date startDate) Converts an xs:duration string to milliseconds, as measured from the given Date.
static void	testMillisFromDuration(java.lang.String durString) Runs a unit test of the millisFromDuration() function.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getLeafText

public static java.lang.String getLeafText(org.w3c.dom.Element element)

Returns the text inside a leaf element.

This method assumes that the arg is indeed a leaf (i.e., there are no other elements inside it) and that there is indeed text inside it.

Parameters:

element - The leaf element.

Returns:

The text inside the leaf element.

millisFromDuration

public static long millisFromDuration(java.lang.String durationString)

Converts an xs:duration string to milliseconds, using the current System Date as starting Date.

The starting Date makes a difference only when the duration string specifies some number of years and/or months, since the number of days per month is not constant.

Parameters:

durationString - The xs:duration string.

Returns:

The number of milliseconds represented by that duration.

millisFromDuration

public static long millisFromDuration(java.lang.String durationString,
                                      java.util.Date startDate)

Converts an xs:duration string to milliseconds, as measured from the given Date.

The starting Date makes a difference only when the duration string specifies some number of years and/or months, since the number of days per month is not constant.

Parameters:

durationString - The xs:duration string.

startDate - The Date to use as starting Date.

Returns:

The number of milliseconds represented by that duration.

testMillisFromDuration

public static void testMillisFromDuration(java.lang.String durString)

Runs a unit test of the millisFromDuration() function.

Calculates the milliseconds and prints both duration string and milliseconds on standard output.

Parameters:

durString - The duration string to convert to milliseconds.