net.sf.jsefa.xml.namespace
Class QNameParser

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jsefa.xml.namespace.QNameParser

public final class QNameParser
extends Object

A QNameParser allows for creating a QName from its String representation.

The format is prefix:localname
if an explicit prefix is given and localname if no explicit prefix is given.

Author:

Norman Lahme-Huetig

Method Summary

static QName

parse(String name, boolean forElement, NamespaceManager namespaceManager) Creates a QName from a String representation using the given namespace manager for namespace prefix resolving.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parse

public static QName parse(String name,
                          boolean forElement,
                          NamespaceManager namespaceManager)

Creates a QName from a String representation using the given namespace manager for namespace prefix resolving.

In the case the String representation contains no prefix it is assumed that the name belongs to the default namespace only if the argument forElement is true and if a default namespace is registered.

Parameters:

name - the String representation of the QName as desribed above

forElement - true, if a default namespace should be taken into account; false otherwise.

namespaceManager - the namespace manager used to retrieve the URI for a given prefix

Returns:

the QName