org.jdom.output

Class XMLOutputter

Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable

public class XMLOutputter
extends java.lang.Object
implements Cloneable

Outputs a JDOM document as a stream of bytes. The outputter can manage many styles of document formatting, from untouched to pretty printed. The default is to output the document content exactly as created, but this can be changed by setting a new Format object. For pretty-print output, use Format.getPrettyFormat(). For whitespace-normalized output, use Format.getCompactFormat().

There are output(...) methods to print any of the standard JDOM classes, including Document and Element, to either a Writer or an OutputStream. Warning: When outputting to a Writer, make sure the writer's encoding matches the encoding setting in the Format object. This ensures the encoding in which the content is written (controlled by the Writer configuration) matches the encoding placed in the document's XML declaration (controlled by the XMLOutputter). Because a Writer cannot be queried for its encoding, the information must be passed to the Format manually in its constructor or via the Format.setEncoding(String) method. The default encoding is UTF-8.

The methods outputString(...) are for convenience only; for top performance you should call one of the output(...) methods and pass in your own Writer or OutputStream if possible.

XML declarations are always printed on their own line followed by a line seperator (this doesn't change the semantics of the document). To omit printing of the declaration use Format.setOmitDeclaration(boolean). To omit printing of the encoding in the declaration use Format.setOmitEncoding(boolean). Unfortunatly there is currently no way to know the original encoding of the document.

Empty elements are by default printed as <empty/>, but this can be configured with Format.setExpandEmptyElements(boolean) to cause them to be expanded to <empty></empty>.

Version:
$Revision: 1.116 $, $Date: 2007/11/10 05:29:01 $
Authors:
Brett McLaughlin
Jason Hunter
Jason Reid
Wolfgang Werner
Elliotte Rusty Harold
David & Will (from Post Tool Design)
Dan Schaffer
Alex Chaffee
Bradley S. Huffman

Nested Class Summary

protected class
XMLOutputter.NamespaceStack
Our own null subclass of NamespaceStack.

Field Summary

protected Format
currentFormat
protected static Format
preserveFormat

Constructor Summary

XMLOutputter()
This will create an XMLOutputter with the default Format matching Format.getRawFormat().
XMLOutputter(Format format)
This will create an XMLOutputter with the specified format characteristics.
XMLOutputter(XMLOutputter that)
This will create an XMLOutputter with all the options as set in the given XMLOutputter.

Method Summary

Object
clone()
Returns a copy of this XMLOutputter.
String
escapeAttributeEntities(String str)
This will take the pre-defined entities in XML 1.0 and convert their character representation to the appropriate entity reference, suitable for XML attributes.
String
escapeElementEntities(String str)
This will take the three pre-defined entities in XML 1.0 (used specifically in XML elements) and convert their character representation to the appropriate entity reference, suitable for XML element content.
Format
getFormat()
Returns the current format in use by the outputter.
void
output(List list, OutputStream out)
This will handle printing out a list of nodes.
void
output(List list, Writer out)
This will handle printing out a list of nodes.
void
output(CDATA cdata, OutputStream out)
Print out a CDATA node.
void
output(CDATA cdata, Writer out)
Print out a CDATA node.
void
output(Comment comment, OutputStream out)
Print out a Comment.
void
output(Comment comment, Writer out)
Print out a Comment.
void
output(DocType doctype, OutputStream out)
Print out the DocType.
void
output(DocType doctype, Writer out)
Print out the DocType.
void
output(Document doc, OutputStream out)
This will print the Document to the given output stream.
void
output(Document doc, Writer out)
This will print the Document to the given Writer.
void
output(Element element, OutputStream out)
Print out an Element, including its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.
void
output(Element element, Writer out)
Print out an Element, including its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.
void
output(EntityRef entity, OutputStream out)
Print out a EntityRef.
void
output(EntityRef entity, Writer out)
Print out a EntityRef.
void
output(ProcessingInstruction pi, OutputStream out)
Print out a ProcessingInstruction.
void
output(ProcessingInstruction pi, Writer out)
Print out a ProcessingInstruction.
void
output(Text text, OutputStream out)
Print out a Text node.
void
output(Text text, Writer out)
Print out a Text node.
void
outputElementContent(Element element, OutputStream out)
This will handle printing out an Element's content only, not including its tag, and attributes.
void
outputElementContent(Element element, Writer out)
This will handle printing out an Element's content only, not including its tag, and attributes.
String
outputString(List list)
Return a string representing a list of nodes.
String
outputString(CDATA cdata)
Return a string representing a CDATA node.
String
outputString(Comment comment)
Return a string representing a comment.
String
outputString(DocType doctype)
Return a string representing a DocType.
String
outputString(Document doc)
Return a string representing a document.
String
outputString(Element element)
Return a string representing an element.
String
outputString(EntityRef entity)
Return a string representing an entity.
String
outputString(ProcessingInstruction pi)
Return a string representing a PI.
String
outputString(Text text)
Return a string representing a Text node.
protected void
printAttributes(Writer out, List attributes, Element parent, org.jdom.output.NamespaceStack namespaces)
This will handle printing of a Attribute list.
protected void
printCDATA(Writer out, CDATA cdata)
This will handle printing of CDATA text.
protected void
printComment(Writer out, Comment comment)
This will handle printing of comments.
protected void
printDeclaration(Writer out, Document doc, String encoding)
This will handle printing of the declaration.
protected void
printDocType(Writer out, DocType docType)
This handle printing the DOCTYPE declaration if one exists.
protected void
printElement(Writer out, Element element, int level, org.jdom.output.NamespaceStack namespaces)
This will handle printing of a Element, its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.
protected void
printEntityRef(Writer out, EntityRef entity)
This will handle printing a EntityRef.
protected void
printProcessingInstruction(Writer out, ProcessingInstruction pi)
This will handle printing of processing instructions.
protected void
printText(Writer out, Text text)
This will handle printing of Text strings.
void
setFormat(Format newFormat)
Sets the new format logic for the outputter.
String
toString()
Return a string listing of the settings for this XMLOutputter instance.

Field Details

currentFormat

protected Format currentFormat

preserveFormat

protected static final Format preserveFormat

Constructor Details

XMLOutputter

public XMLOutputter()

XMLOutputter

public XMLOutputter(Format format)
This will create an XMLOutputter with the specified format characteristics. Note the format object is cloned internally before use.

XMLOutputter

public XMLOutputter(XMLOutputter that)
This will create an XMLOutputter with all the options as set in the given XMLOutputter. Note that XMLOutputter two = (XMLOutputter)one.clone(); would work equally well.
Parameters:
that - the XMLOutputter to clone

Method Details

clone

public Object clone()
Returns a copy of this XMLOutputter.

escapeAttributeEntities

public String escapeAttributeEntities(String str)
This will take the pre-defined entities in XML 1.0 and convert their character representation to the appropriate entity reference, suitable for XML attributes. It does not convert the single quote (') because it's not necessary as the outputter writes attributes surrounded by double-quotes.
Parameters:
str - String input to escape.
Returns:
String with escaped content.

escapeElementEntities

public String escapeElementEntities(String str)
This will take the three pre-defined entities in XML 1.0 (used specifically in XML elements) and convert their character representation to the appropriate entity reference, suitable for XML element content.
Parameters:
str - String input to escape.
Returns:
String with escaped content.

getFormat

public Format getFormat()
Returns the current format in use by the outputter. Note the Format object returned is a clone of the one used internally.

output

public void output(List list,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing out a list of nodes. This can be useful for printing the content of an element that contains HTML, like "<description>JDOM is <b>fun>!</description>".
Parameters:
list - List of nodes.
out - OutputStream to use.

output

public void output(List list,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing out a list of nodes. This can be useful for printing the content of an element that contains HTML, like "<description>JDOM is <b>fun>!</description>".
Parameters:
list - List of nodes.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(CDATA cdata,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
Print out a CDATA node.
Parameters:
cdata - CDATA to output.
out - OutputStream to use.

output

public void output(CDATA cdata,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
Print out a CDATA node.
Parameters:
cdata - CDATA to output.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(Comment comment,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
Print out a Comment.
Parameters:
comment - Comment to output.
out - OutputStream to use.

output

public void output(Comment comment,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
Print out a Comment.
Parameters:
comment - Comment to output.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(DocType doctype,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
Print out the DocType.
Parameters:
doctype - DocType to output.
out - OutputStream to use.

output

public void output(DocType doctype,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
Print out the DocType.
Parameters:
doctype - DocType to output.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(Document doc,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
This will print the Document to the given output stream. The characters are printed using the encoding specified in the constructor, or a default of UTF-8.
Parameters:
doc - Document to format.
out - OutputStream to use.

output

public void output(Document doc,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
This will print the Document to the given Writer.

Warning: using your own Writer may cause the outputter's preferred character encoding to be ignored. If you use encodings other than UTF-8, we recommend using the method that takes an OutputStream instead.

Parameters:
doc - Document to format.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(Element element,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
Print out an Element, including its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.
Parameters:
element - Element to output.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(Element element,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
Print out an Element, including its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.
Parameters:
element - Element to output.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(EntityRef entity,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
Print out a EntityRef.
Parameters:
entity - EntityRef to output.
out - OutputStream to use.

output

public void output(EntityRef entity,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
Print out a EntityRef.
Parameters:
entity - EntityRef to output.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(ProcessingInstruction pi,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
Print out a ProcessingInstruction.
Parameters:
pi - ProcessingInstruction to output.
out - OutputStream to use.

output

public void output(ProcessingInstruction pi,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
Print out a ProcessingInstruction.
Parameters:
pi - ProcessingInstruction to output.
out - Writer to use.

output

public void output(Text text,
                   OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
Print out a Text node. Perfoms the necessary entity escaping and whitespace stripping.
Parameters:
text - Text to output.
out - OutputStream to use.

output

public void output(Text text,
                   Writer out)
            throws IOException
Print out a Text node. Perfoms the necessary entity escaping and whitespace stripping.
Parameters:
text - Text to output.
out - Writer to use.

outputElementContent

public void outputElementContent(Element element,
                                 OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing out an Element's content only, not including its tag, and attributes. This can be useful for printing the content of an element that contains HTML, like "<description>JDOM is <b>fun>!</description>".
Parameters:
element - Element to output.
out - OutputStream to use.

outputElementContent

public void outputElementContent(Element element,
                                 Writer out)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing out an Element's content only, not including its tag, and attributes. This can be useful for printing the content of an element that contains HTML, like "<description>JDOM is <b>fun>!</description>".
Parameters:
element - Element to output.
out - Writer to use.

outputString

public String outputString(List list)
Return a string representing a list of nodes. The list is assumed to contain legal JDOM nodes.
Parameters:
list - List to format.

outputString

public String outputString(CDATA cdata)
Return a string representing a CDATA node. Warning: a String is Unicode, which may not match the outputter's specified encoding.
Parameters:
cdata - CDATA to format.

outputString

public String outputString(Comment comment)
Return a string representing a comment. Warning: a String is Unicode, which may not match the outputter's specified encoding.
Parameters:
comment - Comment to format.

outputString

public String outputString(DocType doctype)
Return a string representing a DocType. Warning: a String is Unicode, which may not match the outputter's specified encoding.
Parameters:
doctype - DocType to format.

outputString

public String outputString(Document doc)
Return a string representing a document. Uses an internal StringWriter. Warning: a String is Unicode, which may not match the outputter's specified encoding.
Parameters:
doc - Document to format.

outputString

public String outputString(Element element)
Return a string representing an element. Warning: a String is Unicode, which may not match the outputter's specified encoding.
Parameters:
element - Element to format.

outputString

public String outputString(EntityRef entity)
Return a string representing an entity. Warning: a String is Unicode, which may not match the outputter's specified encoding.
Parameters:
entity - EntityRef to format.

outputString

public String outputString(ProcessingInstruction pi)
Return a string representing a PI. Warning: a String is Unicode, which may not match the outputter's specified encoding.
Parameters:
pi - ProcessingInstruction to format.

outputString

public String outputString(Text text)
Return a string representing a Text node. Warning: a String is Unicode, which may not match the outputter's specified encoding.
Parameters:
text - Text to format.

printAttributes

protected void printAttributes(Writer out,
                               List attributes,
                               Element parent,
                               org.jdom.output.NamespaceStack namespaces)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing of a Attribute list.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use
attributes - List of Attribute objcts

printCDATA

protected void printCDATA(Writer out,
                          CDATA cdata)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing of CDATA text.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use.
cdata - CDATA to output.

printComment

protected void printComment(Writer out,
                            Comment comment)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing of comments.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use.
comment - Comment to write.

printDeclaration

protected void printDeclaration(Writer out,
                                Document doc,
                                String encoding)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing of the declaration. Assumes XML version 1.0 since we don't directly know.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use.
doc - Document whose declaration to write.
encoding - The encoding to add to the declaration

printDocType

protected void printDocType(Writer out,
                            DocType docType)
            throws IOException
This handle printing the DOCTYPE declaration if one exists.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use.
docType - Document whose declaration to write.

printElement

protected void printElement(Writer out,
                            Element element,
                            int level,
                            org.jdom.output.NamespaceStack namespaces)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing of a Element, its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use.
element - Element to output.
level - int level of indention.
namespaces - List stack of Namespaces in scope.

printEntityRef

protected void printEntityRef(Writer out,
                              EntityRef entity)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing a EntityRef. Only the entity reference such as &entity; will be printed. However, subclasses are free to override this method to print the contents of the entity instead.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use.
entity - EntityRef to output.

printProcessingInstruction

protected void printProcessingInstruction(Writer out,
                                          ProcessingInstruction pi)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing of processing instructions.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use.
pi - ProcessingInstruction to write.

printText

protected void printText(Writer out,
                         Text text)
            throws IOException
This will handle printing of Text strings.
Parameters:
out - Writer to use.
text - Text to write.

setFormat

public void setFormat(Format newFormat)
Sets the new format logic for the outputter. Note the Format object is cloned internally before use.
Parameters:
newFormat - the format to use for output

toString

public String toString()
Return a string listing of the settings for this XMLOutputter instance.
Returns:
a string listing the settings for this XMLOutputter instance

Copyright B) 2007 Jason Hunter, Brett McLaughlin. All Rights Reserved.