org.apache.xml.utils
Class XMLCharacterRecognizer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.xml.utils.XMLCharacterRecognizer

public class XMLCharacterRecognizer

extends Object

Class used to verify whether the specified ch conforms to the XML 1.0 definition of whitespace.

Constructor Summary

XMLCharacterRecognizer()

Method Summary

static boolean	isWhiteSpace(char ch) Returns whether the specified ch conforms to the XML 1.0 definition of whitespace.
static boolean	isWhiteSpace(char[] ch, int start, int length) Tell if the string is whitespace.
static boolean	isWhiteSpace(String s) Tell if the string is whitespace.
static boolean	isWhiteSpace(StringBuffer buf) Tell if the string is whitespace.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLCharacterRecognizer

public XMLCharacterRecognizer()

Method Detail

isWhiteSpace

public static boolean isWhiteSpace(char ch)

Returns whether the specified ch conforms to the XML 1.0 definition of whitespace. Refer to the definition of S for details.

Parameters:

ch - Character to check as XML whitespace.

Returns:

=true if ch is XML whitespace; otherwise =false.

isWhiteSpace

public static boolean isWhiteSpace(char[] ch,
                                   int start,
                                   int length)

Tell if the string is whitespace.

Parameters:

ch - Character array to check as XML whitespace.

start - Start index of characters in the array

length - Number of characters in the array

Returns:

True if the characters in the array are XML whitespace; otherwise, false.

isWhiteSpace

public static boolean isWhiteSpace(StringBuffer buf)

Tell if the string is whitespace.

Parameters:

buf - StringBuffer to check as XML whitespace.

Returns:

True if characters in buffer are XML whitespace, false otherwise

isWhiteSpace

public static boolean isWhiteSpace(String s)

Tell if the string is whitespace.

Returns:

True if characters in buffer are XML whitespace, false otherwise