net.sf.xframe.xsddoc.util
Class DomUtil

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.xframe.xsddoc.util.DomUtil

public final class DomUtil

extends java.lang.Object

DOM Utility methods.

Author:

Kurt Riede

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getAttributeValue(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.lang.String name) Returns the value of a named attribute of a given node.
static org.w3c.dom.Node	getFirstElementChild(org.w3c.dom.Node node) Returns the first child node that is an element (type == ELEMENT_NODE).
static org.w3c.dom.Node	removeDuplicates(org.w3c.dom.Node parent) Removes all duplicate children from a given node.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getFirstElementChild

public static org.w3c.dom.Node getFirstElementChild(org.w3c.dom.Node node)

Returns the first child node that is an element (type == ELEMENT_NODE).

Parameters:

node - the parent node

Returns:

the first child element or null if non available

getAttributeValue

public static java.lang.String getAttributeValue(org.w3c.dom.Node node,
                                                 java.lang.String name)

Returns the value of a named attribute of a given node.

Parameters:

node - an element node

name - the name of an attribute

Returns:

the attributes value or null if the attribute doesn't exist.

removeDuplicates

public static org.w3c.dom.Node removeDuplicates(org.w3c.dom.Node parent)

Removes all duplicate children from a given node.

Parameters:

parent - the parent node of the children to process.

Returns:

the given node