com.novell.xml.util
Class NamespaceName

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.xml.util.NamespaceName

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

public class NamespaceName

extends Object

implements Comparable

Class to encapsulate a namespace URI string This caches the URI strings and uses integers internally for quick equality comparisons

Field Summary

static NamespaceName	NULL_NAMESPACE A convenience constant for the null namespace
static NamespaceName	XML_NAMESPACE String representing default XML namespace URI
static NamespaceName	XMLNS_NAMESPACE String representing the xmlns namespace URI

Constructor Summary

NamespaceName(String namespaceName)
Construct a NamespaceName object for the passed URI

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object rhs) Compare this object to another object for order
boolean	equals(NamespaceName rhs) Does this object equal the passed NamespaceName?
boolean	equals(Object rhs) Does this object equal the passed object?
boolean	equals(String rhs) Does this object's URI value match the passed string
String	getString() Return the string value of this NamespaceName
int	hashCode() Return a hash code for this object
boolean	isEmpty() Return true if this NamespaceName represents an empty namespace URI.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

XML_NAMESPACE

public static final NamespaceName XML_NAMESPACE

String representing default XML namespace URI

See Also:

XML Names

XMLNS_NAMESPACE

public static final NamespaceName XMLNS_NAMESPACE

String representing the xmlns namespace URI

See Also:

DOM Level 2 Core

NULL_NAMESPACE

public static final NamespaceName NULL_NAMESPACE

A convenience constant for the null namespace

Constructor Detail

NamespaceName

public NamespaceName(String namespaceName)

Construct a NamespaceName object for the passed URI

Parameters:

namespaceName - The namespace URI

Method Detail

getString

public String getString()

Return the string value of this NamespaceName

Returns:

The URI value of this NamespaceName

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Return true if this NamespaceName represents an empty namespace URI.

Returns:

True if this NamespaceName is empty

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return a hash code for this object

Returns:

The hash code for this object

equals

public boolean equals(Object rhs)

Does this object equal the passed object? This will match another NamespaceName or a string that matches the URI value.

Parameters:

rhs - The object to compare against

Returns:

True if object is equal to URI string value

equals

public boolean equals(NamespaceName rhs)

Does this object equal the passed NamespaceName?

Parameters:

rhs - The NamespaceName to compare against

Returns:

True if object is equal to URI string value

equals

public boolean equals(String rhs)

Does this object's URI value match the passed string

Parameters:

rhs - The URI string to compare against

Returns:

True if object is equal to URI string value

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object rhs)

Compare this object to another object for order

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Parameters:

rhs - The object to compare against. This will order NamespaceNames and Strings

Returns:

< 0 if this object comes before rhs object, == 0 if rhs object is equal > 0 if this object comes after rhs object