uk.ac.starlink.ast.xml

Class XAstWriter

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.ast.xml.XAstWriter

public class XAstWriter
extends Object

Provides convenience methods for serializing AstObjects to XML. The hard work is done by XmlChan.

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XAstWriter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
XmlChan	getXmlChan() Returns the XmlChan used by this writer.
Element	makeElement(AstObject obj) Turns an AstObject into an Element.
Source	makeSource(AstObject obj) Turns an AstObject into an XML Source.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XAstWriter

public XAstWriter()

Method Detail

getXmlChan

public XmlChan getXmlChan()

Returns the XmlChan used by this writer. Its attributes may be modified to affect the details of the XML that is written.

Returns:

channel object

makeElement

public Element makeElement(AstObject obj)

Turns an AstObject into an Element.

Parameters:

obj - the AstObject to be serialised

Returns:

an Element representing obj

makeSource

public Source makeSource(AstObject obj)

Turns an AstObject into an XML Source.

Parameters:

obj - the AstObject to be serialised

Returns:

a Source representing obj