net.sf.saxon.sapling

Class Saplings

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.sapling.Saplings

public class Saplings
extends java.lang.Object

This is a non-instantiable class holding a number of convenience methods for creating sapling nodes of different kinds.

See Also:

SaplingNode

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static SaplingComment	comment(java.lang.String value) Create a sapling comment node, with a given string value
static SaplingDocument	doc() Create a sapling document node, with no children
static SaplingDocument	doc(java.lang.String baseUri) Create a sapling document node with a specified base URI, with no children
static SaplingElement	elem(QName qName) Create a sapling element node, which may or may not be in a namespace, with no attributes and no children
static SaplingElement	elem(java.lang.String name) Create a sapling element node, in no namespace, with no attributes and no children
static SaplingProcessingInstruction	pi(java.lang.String target, java.lang.String data) Create a sapling processing instruction node, with a given name and string value
static SaplingText	text(java.lang.String value) Create a sapling text node, with a given string value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

doc

public static SaplingDocument doc()

Create a sapling document node, with no children

Returns:

the new node

doc

public static SaplingDocument doc(java.lang.String baseUri)

Create a sapling document node with a specified base URI, with no children

Parameters:

baseUri - the base URI of the document

Returns:

the new node

elem

public static SaplingElement elem(java.lang.String name)

Create a sapling element node, in no namespace, with no attributes and no children

Parameters:

name - the local name of the element node. This must be a valid NCName, but the current implementation does not check this.

Returns:

the new node

elem

public static SaplingElement elem(QName qName)

Create a sapling element node, which may or may not be in a namespace, with no attributes and no children

Parameters:

qName - the qualified name of the element. The current implementation does not check that the parts of the qualified name are syntactically valid.

Returns:

the new node

text

public static SaplingText text(java.lang.String value)

Create a sapling text node, with a given string value

Parameters:

value - the string value of the text node

Returns:

the new node

comment

public static SaplingComment comment(java.lang.String value)

Create a sapling comment node, with a given string value

Parameters:

value - the string value of the comment node. This must not contain "--" as a substring, but the current implementation does not check this.

Returns:

the new node

pi

public static SaplingProcessingInstruction pi(java.lang.String target,
                                              java.lang.String data)

Create a sapling processing instruction node, with a given name and string value

Parameters:

target - the target (name) of the processing instruction. This must be a valid NCName, but the current implementation does not check this.

data - the string value of the processing instruction node. This must not contain "?>" as a substring, but the current implementation does not check this.

Returns:

the new node