org.apache.xml.utils

Class XMLStringFactory

Known Direct Subclasses:
XMLStringFactoryDefault, XMLStringFactoryImpl

public abstract class XMLStringFactory
extends java.lang.Object

A concrete class that implements this interface creates XMLString objects.

Method Summary

abstract XMLString
emptystr()
Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
abstract XMLString
newstr(String string)
Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
abstract XMLString
newstr(char[] string, int start, int length)
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
abstract XMLString
newstr(FastStringBuffer string, int start, int length)
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Method Details

emptystr

public abstract XMLString emptystr()
Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
Returns:
An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".

newstr

public abstract XMLString newstr(String string)
Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
Parameters:
string - Java String reference, which must be non-null.
Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the String reference.

newstr

public abstract XMLString newstr(char[] string,
                                 int start,
                                 int length)
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
Parameters:
string - FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
start - The start position in the array.
length - The number of characters to read from the array.
Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.

newstr

public abstract XMLString newstr(FastStringBuffer string,
                                 int start,
                                 int length)
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
Parameters:
string - FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
start - The start position in the array.
length - The number of characters to read from the array.
Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.

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