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

private

QNameSupport() Constructor.

Method Summary

static QName	constructQName(Element owningElement, String qname) Constructs a QName from a string (attribute element content) value.
static QName	constructQName(String namespaceURI, String localName, String prefix) Constructs a QName.
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 Detail

QNameSupport

private QNameSupport()

Constructor.

Method Detail

constructQName

@Nonnull
public static QName constructQName(@Nonnull
                                           Element owningElement,
                                           @Nonnull
                                           String qname)

Constructs a QName from a string (attribute element content) value.

Parameters:

qname - the QName string

owningElement - parent DOM element of the Node which contains the QName value

Returns:

the QName respresented by the string

constructQName

@Nonnull
public static QName constructQName(@Nullable
                                           String namespaceURI,
                                           @Nonnull
                                           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