com.xmlmind.xml.load

Class SpaceNormalizer

java.lang.Object

com.xmlmind.xml.load.SpaceProcessor

com.xmlmind.xml.load.SpaceNormalizer

public final class SpaceNormalizer
extends SpaceProcessor

Removes from a document or from a subtree the whitespace which is ignoreable according to its document type.

This class also processes the contents of elements marked as being read-only (e.g. included elements).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SpaceNormalizer(DocumentType documentType) Constructs a whitespace processor using specified document type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	doProcessSpace(Element element)
DocumentType	getDocumentType() Returns the document type used by this whitespace processor.
void	processSpace(Element element) Removes ignoreable whitespace from specified element and all its descendants.
void	processSpace(Element element, ElementType elementType, Element parent) Removes ignoreable whitespace from specified element and its descendants.
void	setDocumentType(DocumentType documentType) Specifies the document type used by this whitespace processor.

Methods inherited from class com.xmlmind.xml.load.SpaceProcessor

doProcessSpaceInDescendants, processSpace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SpaceNormalizer

public SpaceNormalizer(DocumentType documentType)

Constructs a whitespace processor using specified document type. Document type may be null, in which case an AnyDocumentType is used.

See Also:

AnyDocumentType

Method Detail

setDocumentType

public void setDocumentType(DocumentType documentType)

Specifies the document type used by this whitespace processor. Document type may be null, in which case an AnyDocumentType is used.

See Also:

AnyDocumentType

getDocumentType

public DocumentType getDocumentType()

Returns the document type used by this whitespace processor.

processSpace

public void processSpace(Element element)

Description copied from class: SpaceProcessor

Removes ignoreable whitespace from specified element and all its descendants.

Specified by:

processSpace in class SpaceProcessor

processSpace

public void processSpace(Element element,
                         ElementType elementType,
                         Element parent)

Removes ignoreable whitespace from specified element and its descendants.

This low-level form will work even if element is not yet attached to document. Note that parent, if not null, must be attached to document.

Parameters:

element - element to be processed

elementType - type of element

parent - parent of element

doProcessSpace

protected void doProcessSpace(Element element)

Specified by:

doProcessSpace in class SpaceProcessor