groovy.xml

Class MarkupBuilder

java.lang.Object

groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport

groovy.util.BuilderSupport

groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder

All Implemented Interfaces:

GroovyObject

public class MarkupBuilder
extends BuilderSupport

A helper class for creating XML or HTML markup

Version:

$Revision: 14237 $

Author:

James Strachan, Stefan Matthias Aust, Scott Stirling, Paul King

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MarkupBuilder()
MarkupBuilder(IndentPrinter out)
MarkupBuilder(java.io.PrintWriter writer)
MarkupBuilder(java.io.Writer writer)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected java.lang.Object	createNode(java.lang.Object name)
protected java.lang.Object	createNode(java.lang.Object name, java.util.Map attributes)
protected java.lang.Object	createNode(java.lang.Object name, java.util.Map attributes, java.lang.Object value)
protected java.lang.Object	createNode(java.lang.Object name, java.lang.Object value)
boolean	getDoubleQuotes() Returns true if attribute values are output with double quotes; false if single quotes are used.
java.lang.Object	getMkp()
protected java.lang.Object	getName(java.lang.String methodName) A hook to allow names to be converted into some other object such as a QName in XML or ObjectName in JMX.
protected IndentPrinter	getPrinter()
boolean	isOmitEmptyAttributes() Determine whether empty attributes will appear in the produced markup.
boolean	isOmitNullAttributes() Determine whether null attributes will appear in the produced markup.
protected void	nodeCompleted(java.lang.Object parent, java.lang.Object node) A hook to allow nodes to be processed once they have had all of their children applied.
protected void	print(java.lang.Object node)
void	setDoubleQuotes(boolean useDoubleQuotes) Sets whether the builder outputs attribute values in double quotes or single quotes.
void	setOmitEmptyAttributes(boolean omitEmptyAttributes) Allows empty attributes to be removed the produced markup.
void	setOmitNullAttributes(boolean omitNullAttributes) Allows null attributes to be removed the produced markup.
protected void	setParent(java.lang.Object parent, java.lang.Object child)
protected java.lang.String	transformValue(java.lang.String value) Deprecated.
void	yield(java.lang.String value)
void	yieldUnescaped(java.lang.String value)

Methods inherited from class groovy.util.BuilderSupport

doInvokeMethod, getCurrent, invokeMethod, invokeMethod, postNodeCompletion, setClosureDelegate, setCurrent

Methods inherited from class groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport

getMetaClass, getProperty, setMetaClass, setProperty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MarkupBuilder

public MarkupBuilder()

MarkupBuilder

public MarkupBuilder(java.io.PrintWriter writer)

MarkupBuilder

public MarkupBuilder(java.io.Writer writer)

MarkupBuilder

public MarkupBuilder(IndentPrinter out)

Method Detail

getDoubleQuotes

public boolean getDoubleQuotes()

Returns true if attribute values are output with double quotes; false if single quotes are used. By default, single quotes are used.

Returns:

true if double quotes are used for attributes

setDoubleQuotes

public void setDoubleQuotes(boolean useDoubleQuotes)

Sets whether the builder outputs attribute values in double quotes or single quotes.

Parameters:

useDoubleQuotes - If this parameter is true, double quotes are used; otherwise, single quotes are.

isOmitNullAttributes

public boolean isOmitNullAttributes()

Determine whether null attributes will appear in the produced markup.

Returns:

true, if null attributes will be removed from the resulting markup.

setOmitNullAttributes

public void setOmitNullAttributes(boolean omitNullAttributes)

Allows null attributes to be removed the produced markup.

Parameters:

omitNullAttributes - if true, null attributes will not be included in the resulting markup. If false null attributes will be included in the markup as empty strings regardless of the omitEmptyAttribute setting. Defaults to false.

isOmitEmptyAttributes

public boolean isOmitEmptyAttributes()

Determine whether empty attributes will appear in the produced markup.

Returns:

true, if empty attributes will be removed from the resulting markup.

setOmitEmptyAttributes

public void setOmitEmptyAttributes(boolean omitEmptyAttributes)

Allows empty attributes to be removed the produced markup.

Parameters:

omitEmptyAttributes - if true, empty attributes will not be included in the resulting markup. Defaults to false.

getPrinter

protected IndentPrinter getPrinter()

setParent

protected void setParent(java.lang.Object parent,
             java.lang.Object child)

Specified by:

setParent in class BuilderSupport

getMkp

public java.lang.Object getMkp()

yield

public void yield(java.lang.String value)

yieldUnescaped

public void yieldUnescaped(java.lang.String value)

createNode

protected java.lang.Object createNode(java.lang.Object name)

Specified by:

createNode in class BuilderSupport

createNode

protected java.lang.Object createNode(java.lang.Object name,
                          java.lang.Object value)

Specified by:

createNode in class BuilderSupport

createNode

protected java.lang.Object createNode(java.lang.Object name,
                          java.util.Map attributes,
                          java.lang.Object value)

Specified by:

createNode in class BuilderSupport

createNode

protected java.lang.Object createNode(java.lang.Object name,
                          java.util.Map attributes)

Specified by:

createNode in class BuilderSupport

nodeCompleted

protected void nodeCompleted(java.lang.Object parent,
                 java.lang.Object node)

Description copied from class: BuilderSupport

A hook to allow nodes to be processed once they have had all of their children applied.

Overrides:

nodeCompleted in class BuilderSupport

Parameters:

parent - the parent of the node being processed

node - the current node being processed

print

protected void print(java.lang.Object node)

getName

protected java.lang.Object getName(java.lang.String methodName)

Description copied from class: BuilderSupport

A hook to allow names to be converted into some other object such as a QName in XML or ObjectName in JMX.

Overrides:

getName in class BuilderSupport

Parameters:

methodName - the name of the desired method

Returns:

the object representing the name

transformValue

protected java.lang.String transformValue(java.lang.String value)

Deprecated.

Returns a String with special XML characters escaped as entities so that output XML is valid. Escapes the following characters as corresponding entities:

• \' as '
• & as &
• < as &lt;
• > as &gt;

Parameters:

value - to be searched and replaced for XML special characters.

Returns:

value with XML characters escaped

See Also:

escapeXmlValue(String, boolean)