VOElementFactory (Starlink-UK API)

java.lang.Object
- uk.ac.starlink.votable.VOElementFactory

```
public class VOElementFactory
extends Object
```
Provides methods for constructing VOElements from a variety of sources. A VOElement can be made either from an existing DOM Element or from some non-DOM source such as a file, input stream, or SAX stream. In the latter case a DOM is built using the transformToDOM(javax.xml.transform.Source,boolean) method with no validation. There are several optimisations performed by this method which distinguish it from a DOM that you'd get if you constructed it directly; the most important ones are that the data-bearing parts (children of STREAM or TABLEDATA elements) of the XML document are not included in the built DOM, and that any reference to the VOTable DTD is resolved locally rather than making a potential network connection. You almost certainly don't need to worry about this; however if for some reason you want to work on a 'normal' DOM, or if you want validation, you can construct the DOM yourself and invoke one of the non-transforming makeVOElement methods on the result.
The various makeVOElement methods may return an object of class VOElement or of one of its subclasses, according to the name of the element in question; specific subclasses are provided only where some extra functionality is available, for instance the TableElement.getData() method of the TableElement class. One upshot of this is that a tree of VOElements need not conform to the VOTable DTD, elements of any name may be in it. Wherever an element has a name which matches an element with specific significance in a VOTable document however, such as "TABLE", it is handled accordingly.

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static boolean`	`STRICT_DEFAULT` Determines whether the default strictness state is true or false when the `STRICT_PROPERTY` property has not been set.
`static String`	`STRICT_PROPERTY` Property which determines the default strictness state.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`VOElementFactory()` Constructs a new VOElementFactory with the default storage policy.
`VOElementFactory(StoragePolicy policy)` Constructs a new VOElementFactory with a given storage policy.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`StoragePolicy`	`getStoragePolicy()` Returns the storage policy currently in effect.
`boolean`	`isStrict()` Indicates whether a strict reading of the VOTable standard is in effect.
`static boolean`	`isStrictByDefault()` Indicates whether strict interpretation of the VOTable standard is on by default (if it has not been set explicitly).
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(DataSource datsrc)` Builds a custom DOM read from a DataSource and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(Document doc, String systemId)` Returns a new VOElement based on a DOM Document node.
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(DOMSource dsrc)` Returns a VOElement based on a DOM source.
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(Element el, String systemId)` Returns a VOElement based on a given DOM element.
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(File file)` Builds a custom DOM read from a file and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(InputStream strm, String systemId)` Builds a custom DOM from an input stream and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(Source xsrc)` Returns a VOElement based on an XML Source.
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(String uri)` Builds a custom DOM read from a URI and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
`VOElement`	`makeVOElement(URL url)` Builds a custom DOM read from a URL and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
`void`	`setStoragePolicy(StoragePolicy policy)` Sets the storage policy.
`void`	`setStrict(boolean strict)` Determines whether a strict reading of the VOTable standard will be enforced.
`DOMSource`	`transformToDOM(Source xsrc, boolean validate)` Gets a custom DOMSource from a generic XML Source.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - STRICT_PROPERTY
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public static final String STRICT_PROPERTY
```
    Property which determines the default strictness state. Its value may be set to "true" or "false" case-insensitively. If unset, the default will be determined by the value of STRICT_DEFAULT. The return value of the isStrict() method will be set like this unless strictness is set explicitly.
    
    See Also:
    
    setStrict(boolean), Constant Field Values
  - STRICT_DEFAULT
```
public static boolean STRICT_DEFAULT
```
    Determines whether the default strictness state is true or false when the STRICT_PROPERTY property has not been set. True by default.
- Constructor Detail
  - VOElementFactory
```
public VOElementFactory(StoragePolicy policy)
```
    Constructs a new VOElementFactory with a given storage policy. The StoragePolicy object is used to determine how row data which is found within the DOM will be cached.
    
    Parameters:
    
    policy - storage policy
  - VOElementFactory
```
public VOElementFactory()
```
    Constructs a new VOElementFactory with the default storage policy.
    
    See Also:
    
    StoragePolicy.getDefaultPolicy()
- Method Detail
  - getStoragePolicy
```
public StoragePolicy getStoragePolicy()
```
    Returns the storage policy currently in effect. This is used to determine how row data found in the DOM will be stored.
    
    Returns:
    
    current storage policy
  - setStoragePolicy
```
public void setStoragePolicy(StoragePolicy policy)
```
    Sets the storage policy. This determines how row data found in the DOM will be stored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    policy - new storage policy
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(Element el,
                               String systemId)
```
    Returns a VOElement based on a given DOM element. The systemId is also required since some elements (STREAM, LINK) may need it for URL resolution. It may be null however (which is fine if there are no relative URLs used in the document). If el is already a VOElement, it is just returned.
    
    Parameters:
    
    el - DOM element on which the new object will be based
    
    systemId - the location of the document
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(Document doc,
                               String systemId)
```
    Returns a new VOElement based on a DOM Document node. The systemId is also required since some elements (STREAM, LINK) may need it for URL resolution. It may be null however (which is fine if there are no relative URLs used in the document).
    
    Parameters:
    
    doc - DOM document node
    
    systemId - the location of the document
    
    Returns:
    
    VOElement based on doc
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(DOMSource dsrc)
```
    Returns a VOElement based on a DOM source.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dsrc - DOM source representing an Element or Document node
    
    Returns:
    
    VOElement based on dsrc
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(Source xsrc)
                        throws SAXException,
                               IOException
```
    Returns a VOElement based on an XML Source. If the source is a SAX or Stream source, this will involve a parse.
    
    Parameters:
    
    xsrc - the XML source representing the element
    
    Returns:
    
    VOElement based on xsrc
    
    Throws:
    
    SAXException - if xsrc is not a DOM source and there is a parse error transforming it to a DOM
    
    IOException - if xsrc is not a DOM source and there is an I/O error transforming to a DOM
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(InputStream strm,
                               String systemId)
                        throws SAXException,
                               IOException
```
    Builds a custom DOM from an input stream and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element. The systemId is also required since some elements (STREAM, LINK) may need it for URL resolution. It may be null however (which is fine if there are no relative URLs used in the document).
    
    Parameters:
    
    strm - stream containing XML data
    
    systemId - the location of the document
    
    Returns:
    
    new VOElement
    
    Throws:
    
    SAXException
    
    IOException
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(String uri)
                        throws SAXException,
                               IOException
```
    Builds a custom DOM read from a URI and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - location of the document
    
    Returns:
    
    new VOElement
    
    Throws:
    
    SAXException
    
    IOException
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(URL url)
                        throws SAXException,
                               IOException
```
    Builds a custom DOM read from a URL and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - location of the document
    
    Returns:
    
    new VOElement
    
    Throws:
    
    SAXException
    
    IOException
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(File file)
                        throws SAXException,
                               IOException
```
    Builds a custom DOM read from a file and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - file containing XML document
    
    Returns:
    
    new VOElement
    
    Throws:
    
    SAXException
    
    IOException
  - makeVOElement
```
public VOElement makeVOElement(DataSource datsrc)
                        throws SAXException,
                               IOException
```
    Builds a custom DOM read from a DataSource and returns a new VOElement based on its top-level element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    datsrc - data source containing XML
    
    Returns:
    
    new VOElement
    
    Throws:
    
    SAXException
    
    IOException
  - transformToDOM
```
public DOMSource transformToDOM(Source xsrc,
                                boolean validate)
                         throws SAXException,
                                IOException
```
    Gets a custom DOMSource from a generic XML Source. All elements in the returned DOM will be instances of VOElement or one of its specialist subclasses.
    The clever bit is that during the parse (if xsrc is not already a DOMSource) it intercepts SAX events which indicate the start and end of any DATA events it finds so that they are not incorporated as part of the DOM. Such elements it parses directly on the basis of what it knows about items that crop up in VOTables. This keeps the resulting DOM to a reasonable size.
    
    Parameters:
    
    xsrc - input XML source
    
    validate - whether to use a validating parser if the transformation needs to be done (that is, if xsrc is not already a DOMSource)
    
    Returns:
    
    a DOMSource representing the XML document held by xsrc The DOMSource's node will be either a VOElement or a VODocument
    
    Throws:
    
    SAXException
    
    IOException
  - setStrict
```
public void setStrict(boolean strict)
```
    Determines whether a strict reading of the VOTable standard will be enforced. Currently if strict is set to false the following standard-violating assumptions will be made:
    - A FIELD or PARAM element with a datatype attribute of "char" or "unicodeChar" but no arraysize attribute will be assumed to represent a character array (arraysize="*") rather than a single-character value.
    Parameters:
    
    strict - true iff you want a strict reading of the VOTable standard
    
    See Also:
    
    isStrict(), STRICT_PROPERTY
  - isStrict
```
public boolean isStrict()
```
    Indicates whether a strict reading of the VOTable standard is in effect. If it has not been set explicitly, this will return the result of isStrictByDefault().
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the VOTable standard is being interpreted strictly
    
    See Also:
    
    setStrict(boolean)
  - isStrictByDefault
```
public static boolean isStrictByDefault()
```
    Indicates whether strict interpretation of the VOTable standard is on by default (if it has not been set explicitly). The return value will be the value of the system property named STRICT_PROPERTY, or of STRICT_DEFAULT if that is not set.
    
    Returns:
    
    whether VOTable strict interpretation is on by default
    
    See Also:
    
    setStrict(boolean)

Class VOElementFactory

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

STRICT_PROPERTY

STRICT_DEFAULT

Constructor Detail

VOElementFactory

VOElementFactory

Method Detail

getStoragePolicy

setStoragePolicy

makeVOElement

makeVOElement

makeVOElement

makeVOElement

makeVOElement

makeVOElement

makeVOElement

makeVOElement

makeVOElement

transformToDOM

setStrict

isStrict

isStrictByDefault