org.apache.xml.utils

Class XMLStringFactory

Known Direct Subclasses:
XMLStringFactoryDefault, XMLStringFactoryImpl

public abstract class XMLStringFactory
extends java.lang.Object

A concrete class that implements this interface creates XMLString objects.

Method Summary

XMLString
emptystr()
Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
XMLString
newstr(String string)
Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
XMLString
newstr(char[] string, int start, int length)
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
XMLString
newstr(FastStringBuffer string, int start, int length)
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Method Details

emptystr

public XMLString emptystr()
Get a cheap representation of an empty string.

Returns:
An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".


newstr

public XMLString newstr(String string)
Create a new XMLString from a Java string.

Parameters:
string - Java String reference, which must be non-null.

Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the String reference.


newstr

public XMLString newstr(char[] string,
                        int start,
                        int length)
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Parameters:
string - FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
start - The start position in the array.
length - The number of characters to read from the array.

Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.


newstr

public XMLString newstr(FastStringBuffer string,
                        int start,
                        int length)
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Parameters:
string - FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
start - The start position in the array.
length - The number of characters to read from the array.

Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.


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