Class NamespaceHandling

java.lang.Object
org.exolab.castor.xml.parsing.NamespaceHandling
public class NamespaceHandling extends Object
This class is used by the UnmarshalHandler to handle name spaces. It manages a stack of name spaces, keeps track of when an new name space scope is needed and maps name space URIs to package names.
Since:
1.3.2
Author:
Philipp Erlacher

  • Constructor Details

    • NamespaceHandling

      public NamespaceHandling()

  • Method Details

    • addNamespaceToPackageMapping

      public void addNamespaceToPackageMapping(String nsURI, String packageName)
      Adds a mapping from the given namespace URI to the given package name.
      Parameters:
      nsURI - the namespace URI to map from.
      packageName - the package name to map to.

    • getMappedPackage

      public String getMappedPackage(String namespace)
      Looks up the package name from the given namespace URI.
      Parameters:
      namespace - the namespace URI to lookup
      Returns:
      the package name or null.

    • processNamespaces

      public void processNamespaces(XMLClassDescriptor classDesc, Object object)
      Saves local namespace declarations to the object model if necessary.
      Parameters:
      classDesc - the current ClassDescriptor.
      object - the Object of the current state

    • resolveNamespace

      public Object resolveNamespace(Object value) throws SAXException
      Extracts the prefix and resolves it to it's associated namespace. If the prefix is 'xml', then no resolution will occur, however in all other cases the resolution will change the prefix:value as {NamespaceURI}value
      Parameters:
      value - the QName to resolve.
      Returns:
      Throws:
      SAXException - if the nammespace associated with the prefix is null

    • removeCurrentNamespaceInstance

      public void removeCurrentNamespaceInstance()
      Pops the current namespace instance

    • addDefaultNamespace

      public void addDefaultNamespace(String namespaceURI)
      Binds the namespaceURI to the default namespace.
      Parameters:
      namespaceURI - Namespace URI

    • addNamespace

      public void addNamespace(String prefix, String namespaceURI)
      Binds the namespaceURI to the prefix
      Parameters:
      prefix - XML name space prefix
      namespaceURI - XML name space URI.

    • getNamespacePrefix

      public String getNamespacePrefix(String namespaceURI)
      Gets the prefix that is bound to a namespaceURI.
      Parameters:
      namespaceURI - the namespaceURI to get the prefix from
      Returns:
      prefix

    • getNamespaceURI

      public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
      Gets the namespaceURI that is bound to a prefix.
      Parameters:
      prefix - the prefix to get the namespaceURI from
      Returns:
      namespaceURI The corresponding namespace URI.

    • getDefaultNamespaceURI

      public String getDefaultNamespaceURI()
      Gets the namespace URI that is bound to the default name space.
      Returns:
      namespaceURI The namespace URI bound to the default namespace.

    • createNamespace

      public void createNamespace()
      Creates a new name space.

    • getNamespaceStack

      public NamespacesStack getNamespaceStack()
      Returns the namespace stack.
      Returns:
      the namespace stack.

    • isNewNamespaceScopeNecessary

      public boolean isNewNamespaceScopeNecessary()
      Indicates whether a new name space scope is needed.
      Returns:
      true if a new name space scope is necessary.

    • startNamespaceScope

      public void startNamespaceScope()
      Starts a new name space scope, and resets the corresponding flag.

    • stopNamespaceScope

      public void stopNamespaceScope()
      Stops a name space scope, and resets the corresponding flag to false.

    • setNewNamespaceScopeNecessary

      public void setNewNamespaceScopeNecessary(boolean value)