org.apache.jackrabbit.core.nodetype.xml
Class NodeTypeReader

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jackrabbit.core.nodetype.xml.NodeTypeReader

public class NodeTypeReader

extends Object

Node type definition reader. This class is used to read the persistent node type definition files used by Jackrabbit.

Constructor Summary

NodeTypeReader(InputStream xml)
Creates a node type definition file reader.

Method Summary

Properties	getNamespaces() Returns the namespaces declared in the node type definition file.
NodeTypeDef[]	getNodeTypeDefs() Returns all node type definitions specified by node type elements under the current element.
static NodeTypeDef[]	read(InputStream xml) Reads a node type definition file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NodeTypeReader

public NodeTypeReader(InputStream xml)
               throws IOException

Creates a node type definition file reader.

Parameters:

xml - node type definition file

Throws:

IOException - if the node type definition file cannot be read

Method Detail

read

public static NodeTypeDef[] read(InputStream xml)
                          throws IOException,
                                 InvalidNodeTypeDefException

Reads a node type definition file. The file contents are read from the given input stream and the parsed node type definitions are returned.

Parameters:

xml - XML input stream

Returns:

node type definitions

Throws:

IOException - if the node type definitions cannot be read

InvalidNodeTypeDefException - if the node type definition format is invalid

getNamespaces

public Properties getNamespaces()

Returns the namespaces declared in the node type definition file.

getNodeTypeDefs

public NodeTypeDef[] getNodeTypeDefs()
                              throws InvalidNodeTypeDefException,
                                     IllegalNameException,
                                     UnknownPrefixException

Returns all node type definitions specified by node type elements under the current element.

Returns:

node type definitions

Throws:

InvalidNodeTypeDefException - if a definition is invalid

IllegalNameException - if a definition contains an illegal name

UnknownPrefixException - if a definition contains an unknown namespace prefix