org.opencms.json

Class XML

java.lang.Object

org.opencms.json.XML

public final class XML
extends java.lang.Object

This provides static methods to convert an XML text into a JSONObject, and to covert a JSONObject into an XML text.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.Character	AMP The Character '&'.
static java.lang.Character	APOS The Character '''.
static java.lang.Character	BANG The Character '!'.
static java.lang.Character	EQ The Character '='.
static java.lang.Character	GT The Character '>'.
static java.lang.Character	LT The Character '<'.
static java.lang.Character	QUEST The Character '?'.
static java.lang.Character	QUOT The Character '"'.
static java.lang.Character	SLASH The Character '/'.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	escape(java.lang.String string) Replace special characters with XML escapes: & (ampersand) is replaced by &amp; < (less than) is replaced by &lt; > (greater than) is replaced by &gt; " (double quote) is replaced by &quot; .
static JSONObject	toJSONObject(java.lang.String string) Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a JSONObject.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object o) Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object o, java.lang.String tagName) Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

AMP

public static final java.lang.Character AMP

The Character '&'.

APOS

public static final java.lang.Character APOS

The Character '''.

BANG

public static final java.lang.Character BANG

The Character '!'.

EQ

public static final java.lang.Character EQ

The Character '='.

GT

public static final java.lang.Character GT

The Character '>'.

LT

public static final java.lang.Character LT

The Character '<'.

QUEST

public static final java.lang.Character QUEST

The Character '?'.

QUOT

public static final java.lang.Character QUOT

The Character '"'.

SLASH

public static final java.lang.Character SLASH

The Character '/'.

Method Detail

escape

public static java.lang.String escape(java.lang.String string)

Replace special characters with XML escapes:

 & (ampersand) is replaced by &
 < (less than) is replaced by &lt;
 > (greater than) is replaced by &gt;
 " (double quote) is replaced by &quot;
 

.

Parameters:

string - the string to be escaped

Returns:

the escaped string

toJSONObject

public static JSONObject toJSONObject(java.lang.String string)
                               throws JSONException

Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a JSONObject.

Some information may be lost in this transformation because JSON is a data format and XML is a document format. XML uses elements, attributes, and content text, while JSON uses unordered collections of name/value pairs and arrays of values. JSON does not does not like to distinguish between elements and attributes.

Sequences of similar elements are represented as JSONArrays. Content text may be placed in a "content" member. Comments, prologs, DTDs, and <[ [ ]]> are ignored.

Parameters:

string - the source string

Returns:

a JSONObject containing the structured data from the XML string

Throws:

JSONException - if something goes wrong

toString

public static java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object o)
                                 throws JSONException

Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.

Parameters:

o - a JSONObject

Returns:

a string

Throws:

JSONException - if something goes wrong

toString

public static java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object o,
                        java.lang.String tagName)
                                 throws JSONException

Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.

Parameters:

o - a JSONObject

tagName - the optional name of the enclosing tag

Returns:

a string

Throws:

JSONException - if something goes wrong