org.apache.xml.utils
Class XMLStringFactory

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

XMLStringFactoryDefault, XMLStringFactoryImpl

public abstract class XMLStringFactory

extends java.lang.Object

A concrete class that implements this interface creates XMLString objects.

Constructor Summary

XMLStringFactory()

Method Summary

abstract XMLString	emptystr() Get a cheap representation of an empty 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.
abstract XMLString	newstr(java.lang.String string) Create a new XMLString from a Java string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLStringFactory

public XMLStringFactory()

Method Detail

newstr

public abstract XMLString newstr(java.lang.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(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.

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.

emptystr

public abstract XMLString emptystr()

Get a cheap representation of an empty string.

Returns:

An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".