uk.ac.starlink.ast.xml

Class XAstReader

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.ast.xml.XAstReader

public class XAstReader
extends Object

Provides convenience methods for reading an AstObject from an XML source. The hard work is done by XmlChan.

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XAstReader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AstObject	makeAst(Element el) Constructs an AstObject from an Element.
AstObject	makeAst(Source xsrc) Constructs an AstObject from an XML Source.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XAstReader

public XAstReader()

Method Detail

makeAst

public AstObject makeAst(Element el)
                  throws IOException

Constructs an AstObject from an Element.

Parameters:

el - the Element to transform

Returns:

the AstObject constructed from el

Throws:

IOException - if el does not have the correct structure to be an AstObject

makeAst

public AstObject makeAst(Source xsrc)
                  throws IOException

Constructs an AstObject from an XML Source.

Parameters:

xsrc - the XML Source to transform

Returns:

the AstObject constructed from xsrc

Throws:

IOException - if xsrc does not have the right structure to be an AstObject