VASSAL.build
Class Builder

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--VASSAL.build.Builder

public abstract class Builder

extends java.lang.Object

This class holds static convenience methods for building Buildable objects

Constructor Summary

Builder()

Method Summary

static void	build(org.w3c.dom.Element e, Buildable parent) General building algorithm.
static Buildable	create(org.w3c.dom.Element e) 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
static org.w3c.dom.Document	createDocument(java.io.InputStream inStream) Read an XML document from an InputStream
static org.w3c.dom.Document	createNewDocument() Create a new XML document
static java.lang.String	getText(org.w3c.dom.Element e) Return the decoded text contents of an Element node
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
static java.lang.String	toString(org.w3c.dom.Node n)
static void	writeDocument(org.w3c.dom.Document doc, java.io.OutputStream out) Write an XML document to an OutputStream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Builder

public Builder()

Method Detail

build

public static void build(org.w3c.dom.Element e,
                         Buildable parent)

General building algorithm. For each subelement 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 subelement, 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(org.w3c.dom.Element e)
                        throws java.lang.Exception

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

createDocument

public static org.w3c.dom.Document createDocument(java.io.InputStream inStream)
                                           throws java.io.IOException

Read an XML document from an InputStream

createNewDocument

public static org.w3c.dom.Document createNewDocument()

Create a new XML document

writeDocument

public static void writeDocument(org.w3c.dom.Document doc,
                                 java.io.OutputStream out)

Write an XML document to an OutputStream

getText

public static java.lang.String getText(org.w3c.dom.Element e)

Return the decoded text contents of an Element node

toString

public static java.lang.String toString(org.w3c.dom.Node n)

Returns:

a String representation of an XML Node

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)