Package org.json

Class XMLTokener


  • public class XMLTokener
    extends JSONTokener
    The XMLTokener extends the JSONTokener to provide additional methods for the parsing of XML texts.
    Since:
    Ptolemy II 10.0
    Version:
    $Id$, 2010-01-30
    Author:
    JSON.org
    • Field Detail

      • entity

        public static final java.util.HashMap entity
        The table of entity values. It initially contains Character values for amp, apos, gt, lt, quot.
    • Constructor Detail

      • XMLTokener

        public XMLTokener​(java.lang.String s)
        Construct an XMLTokener from a string.
        Parameters:
        s - A source string.
    • Method Detail

      • nextCDATA

        public java.lang.String nextCDATA()
                                   throws JSONException
        Get the text in the CDATA block.
        Returns:
        The string up to the ]]>.
        Throws:
        JSONException - If the ]]> is not found.
      • nextContent

        public java.lang.Object nextContent()
                                     throws JSONException
        Get the next XML outer token, trimming whitespace. There are two kinds of tokens: the '<' character which begins a markup tag, and the content text between markup tags.
        Returns:
        A string, or a '<' Character, or null if there is no more source text.
        Throws:
        JSONException
      • nextEntity

        public java.lang.Object nextEntity​(char a)
                                    throws JSONException
        Return the next entity. These entities are translated to Characters: & ' > < ".
        Parameters:
        a - An ampersand character.
        Returns:
        A Character or an entity String if the entity is not recognized.
        Throws:
        JSONException - If missing ';' in XML entity.
      • nextMeta

        public java.lang.Object nextMeta()
                                  throws JSONException
        Returns the next XML meta token. This is used for skipping over <!...> and <?...?> structures.
        Returns:
        Syntax characters (< > / = ! ?) are returned as Character, and strings and names are returned as Boolean. We don't care what the values actually are.
        Throws:
        JSONException - If a string is not properly closed or if the XML is badly structured.
      • nextToken

        public java.lang.Object nextToken()
                                   throws JSONException
        Get the next XML Token. These tokens are found inside of angle brackets. It may be one of these characters: / > = ! ? or it may be a string wrapped in single quotes or double quotes, or it may be a name.
        Returns:
        a String or a Character.
        Throws:
        JSONException - If the XML is not well formed.
      • skipPast

        public boolean skipPast​(java.lang.String to)
                         throws JSONException
        Skip characters until past the requested string. If it is not found, we are left at the end of the source with a result of false.
        Parameters:
        to - A string to skip past.
        Throws:
        JSONException