org.opencms.json
Class XML

java.lang.Object
  org.opencms.json.XML

public final class XML
extends Object

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

Field Summary

static Character	AMP The Character '&'.
static Character	APOS The Character '''.
static Character	BANG The Character '!'.
static Character	EQ The Character '='.
static Character	GT The Character '>'.
static Character	LT The Character '<'.
static Character	QUEST The Character '?'.
static Character	QUOT The Character '"'.
static Character	SLASH The Character '/'.

Method Summary

static String	escape(String string) Replace special characters with XML escapes:
static JSONObject	toJSONObject(String string) Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a JSONObject.
static String	toString(Object o) Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.
static String	toString(Object o, 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 Character AMP

The Character '&'.

APOS

public static final Character APOS

The Character '''.

BANG

public static final Character BANG

The Character '!'.

EQ

public static final Character EQ

The Character '='.

GT

public static final Character GT

The Character '>'.

LT

public static final Character LT

The Character '<'.

QUEST

public static final Character QUEST

The Character '?'.

QUOT

public static final Character QUOT

The Character '"'.

SLASH

public static final Character SLASH

The Character '/'.

Method Detail

escape

public static String escape(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(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 String toString(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 String toString(Object o,
                              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