edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nlp.corpusreaders.aceReader

Class SimpleXMLParser

java.lang.Object

edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nlp.corpusreaders.aceReader.SimpleXMLParser

public class SimpleXMLParser
extends Object

Author:

Eric Bengtson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleXMLParser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getContentString(Element tag)
static Document	getDocument(File file)
static Document	getDocument(String filename)
static Element	getElement(Element parent, String tagName)
static String	getTagContent(Element parent, String tagName)
static String	getTagContent(Element parent, String tagName, String defaultResult)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleXMLParser

public SimpleXMLParser()

Method Detail

getDocument

public static Document getDocument(String filename)
                            throws XMLException

Parameters:

filename - The file to parse

Returns:

The Document XML tag -- the root of the document.

Throws:

XMLException

getDocument

public static Document getDocument(File file)
                            throws XMLException

Parameters:

file - The file to parse.

Returns:

The Document XML tag -- the root of the document.

Throws:

XMLException

getElement

public static Element getElement(Element parent,
                                 String tagName)
                          throws XMLException

Parameters:

parent - The node containing the desired element tag

tagName - The name of the tag

Returns:

the first target element inside the parent Node.

Throws:

XMLException

getContentString

public static String getContentString(Element tag)
                               throws XMLException

Parameters:

tag - (start) tag that encloses desired text.

Returns:

The contents of the tag.

Throws:

XMLException - If the tag has no children.

getTagContent

public static String getTagContent(Element parent,
                                   String tagName)
                            throws XMLException

Parameters:

parent - A node containing the tag enclosing desired text.

tagName - Name of tag containing desired text.

Returns:

The desired text.

Throws:

XMLException

getTagContent

public static String getTagContent(Element parent,
                                   String tagName,
                                   String defaultResult)

Parameters:

parent - A node containing the tag enclosing desired text.

tagName - Name of tag containing desired text.

Returns:

The desired text, or if tag not found, defaultResult.