Package net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.xml

Class QNameSupport

java.lang.Object

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

public final class QNameSupport
extends Object

Set of helper methods for working with DOM QNames.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	QNameSupport()	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static QName	constructQName(String namespaceURI, String localName, String prefix)	Constructs a QName.
static QName	constructQName(Element owningElement, String qname)	Constructs a QName from a string (attribute or element content) value.
static QName	getNodeQName(Node domNode)	Gets the QName for the given DOM node.
static String	qnameToContentString(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 Details

QNameSupport

private QNameSupport()

Constructor.

Method Details

constructQName

@Nonnull
public static QName constructQName(@Nonnull
Element owningElement,
@Nonnull @NotEmpty
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 QName constructQName(@Nullable
String namespaceURI,
@Nonnull @NotEmpty
String localName,
@Nullable
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 QName getNodeQName(@Nullable
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 String qnameToContentString(@Nonnull
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