org.macroing.cel4j.java.binary.support.xml

Class XMLReader

java.lang.Object

org.macroing.cel4j.java.binary.support.xml.XMLReader

public final class XMLReader
extends java.lang.Object

An XMLReader is used for reading XML-files into ClassFiles.

This class requires the XML-file to be formatted in the same way as produced by the class XMLWriter.

Note: This API is a work in progress, which means it does not work as expected yet.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Jörgen Lundgren

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMLReader() Constructs a new XMLReader instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ClassFile	readClassFile(java.io.File file) Reads a ClassFile from an XML-file pointed to by file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLReader

public XMLReader()

Constructs a new XMLReader instance.

Method Detail

readClassFile

public ClassFile readClassFile(java.io.File file)

Reads a ClassFile from an XML-file pointed to by file.

Returns a ClassFile instance.

If file is null, a NullPointerException will be thrown.

If a problem occurs while trying to read the XML-file, an XMLReaderException will be thrown.

Parameters:

file - a File pointing to an XML-file

Returns:

a ClassFile instance

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - thrown if, and only if, file is null

XMLReaderException - thrown if, and only if, a problem occurred while trying to read the XML-file