Package org.hibernate.search.util

Class XMLHelper

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.search.util.XMLHelper

public class XMLHelper
extends Object

A utility class to help with xml parsing

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XMLHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Element	elementFromString(String xml)	Converts a String representing an XML snippet into an Element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

XMLHelper

public XMLHelper()

Method Details

elementFromString

public static Element elementFromString(String xml)
                                 throws Exception

Converts a String representing an XML snippet into an Element.

Parameters:

xml - snippet as a string

Returns:

a DOM Element

Throws:

Exception - if unable to parse the String or if it doesn't contain valid XML.