arcade.mod.model
Class XMLModel

java.lang.Object
  arcade.mod.model.XMLModel

All Implemented Interfaces:

IModel

public class XMLModel
extends java.lang.Object
implements IModel

Model created from an XML file. The ResourceNodes are created from the Elements of the DOM parsed Document.

Constructor Summary

XMLModel(java.io.File file)
Creates a new instance of XMLModel from a given file

XMLModel(java.lang.String pathName)
Creates a new instance of XMLModel from a filePath

Method Summary

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getCategories() Returns a collection of strings which are all available categories in the XML file
java.util.List<IResourceNode>	getResourcesFromCategory(java.lang.String category) Return the ResourceNodes that exist as children of a category
void	writeResources(java.io.File file) Write resources to a specified file

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLModel

public XMLModel(java.lang.String pathName)
         throws javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException,
                org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                java.io.IOException

Creates a new instance of XMLModel from a filePath

Parameters:

pathName - of the file from which to create the new XMLModel

Throws:

javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

org.xml.sax.SAXException

java.io.IOException

XMLModel

public XMLModel(java.io.File file)
         throws javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException,
                org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                java.io.IOException

Creates a new instance of XMLModel from a given file

Parameters:

file - from which to create the new XMLModel

Throws:

javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

org.xml.sax.SAXException

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

getCategories

public java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getCategories()

Returns a collection of strings which are all available categories in the XML file

Specified by:

getCategories in interface IModel

Returns:

a collection of strings which are all available categories in the XML file

getResourcesFromCategory

public java.util.List<IResourceNode> getResourcesFromCategory(java.lang.String category)

Return the ResourceNodes that exist as children of a category

Specified by:

getResourcesFromCategory in interface IModel

Parameters:

string - category which is the category from which to draw children

Returns:

List children within a specified category

writeResources

public void writeResources(java.io.File file)

Write resources to a specified file

Specified by:

writeResources in interface IModel

Parameters:

File - on which to write resources