Package VASSAL.build

Class Builder

java.lang.Object

VASSAL.build.Builder

public class Builder
extends Object

This class holds static convenience methods for building Buildable objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	build(Element e, Buildable parent)	General building algorithm.
static Buildable	create(Element e)
static Buildable	create(Element e, Buildable parent)	Create an instance of a class from an XML element and build it.
static Document	createDocument(InputStream in)	Read an XML document from an InputStream
static Document	createNewDocument()	Create a new XML document
static String	getText(Element e)
static void	main(String[] args)
static String	toString(Document doc)
static void	writeDocument(Document doc, Writer writer)	Write an XML document to a Writer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

build

public static void build(Element e,
 Buildable parent)

General building algorithm. For each sub-element of the build Element, this method creates an instance of the class (which must implement Buildable) whose name matches the XML element tag name, builds that instance with the sub-element, and adds it to the parent Buildable This algorithm calls a component's Buildable.build(org.w3c.dom.Element) method before calling its Buildable.addTo(VASSAL.build.Buildable) method

Parameters:

parent - the parent Buildable instance

create

public static Buildable create(Element e)
                        throws IllegalBuildException

Throws:

IllegalBuildException

create

public static Buildable create(Element e,
 Buildable parent)
                        throws IllegalBuildException

Create an instance of a class from an XML element and build it. The .class file for the named class may be either in the System's classpath or else within the DataArchive of the GameModule.

Throws:

IllegalBuildException - if something goes wrong when loading the class or creating an instance of it

createDocument

public static Document createDocument(InputStream in)
                               throws IOException

Read an XML document from an InputStream

Returns:

the XML document

Throws:

IOException

createNewDocument

public static Document createNewDocument()

Create a new XML document

Returns:

the Document

writeDocument

public static void writeDocument(Document doc,
 Writer writer)
                          throws IOException

Write an XML document to a Writer

Parameters:

doc - Document to be written

writer - target XML Writer

Throws:

IOException

getText

public static String getText(Element e)

Returns:

the decoded text contents of an Element node

toString

public static String toString(Document doc)

Returns:

a String representation of an XML document

main

public static void main(String[] args)