components
Class XMLReader

java.lang.Object
  org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
      components.XMLReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContentHandler, DTDHandler, EntityResolver, ErrorHandler

public class XMLReader
extends DefaultHandler

This class is used to read xml data and load it into a GameSpace. Given a string name this class can be used to parse the xml in that file, and load it into the gamespace. Defautl setings are used if parameters are missing. The XMLReader also supports any arbitary object property, but it will only be set if it actually used in the object being loaded.

This class has no specfields

Constructor Summary

XMLReader()
Constructs a new XMLReader object

Method Summary

GameSpace	readXMLFile(String file) Given a valid XML file returns a GameSpace that contains everything.
void	startElement(String namespaceURI, String sName, String qName, Attributes attrs) Reads the title of an XMLtag and determines the appropiate objects to add to gamespace, or the appropriate settings to modify.

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

characters, endDocument, endElement, endPrefixMapping, error, fatalError, ignorableWhitespace, notationDecl, processingInstruction, resolveEntity, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startPrefixMapping, unparsedEntityDecl, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLReader

public XMLReader()

Constructs a new XMLReader object

Method Detail

readXMLFile

public GameSpace readXMLFile(String file)
                      throws SAXException,
                             ParserConfigurationException,
                             IOException

Given a valid XML file returns a GameSpace that contains everything.

Throws:

SAXException

ParserConfigurationException

IOException

Requires:

file is the location of a valid xml file

startElement

public void startElement(String namespaceURI,
                         String sName,
                         String qName,
                         Attributes attrs)
                  throws SAXException

Reads the title of an XMLtag and determines the appropiate objects to add to gamespace, or the appropriate settings to modify. This is based on the assumping that the filename follows the proper format, which was proved in readXML
This is an inherited method from DefaultHandler

Specified by:

startElement in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

startElement in class DefaultHandler

Throws:

SAXException