au.com.forward.webstringtemplate.filters
Class WSTXmlFilter

java.lang.Object
  au.com.forward.webstringtemplate.filters.WSTPlainFilter
      au.com.forward.webstringtemplate.filters.WSTXmlFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IWSTFilter

public class WSTXmlFilter

extends WSTPlainFilter

This filter escapes < > & and "

Author:

matthew ford

Field Summary

static java.util.logging.Logger

logger The Java logger for this class

Constructor Summary

WSTXmlFilter()
Default constructor for the WSTXmlFilter object

WSTXmlFilter(java.lang.Object obj)
Constructor for the WSTXmlFilter object

WSTXmlFilter(java.lang.Object[] obj)
Constructor for the WSTXmlFilter object

Method Summary

IWSTFilter	newInstance() Returns a new instance of this filter.
java.lang.String	toString() Escapes < > and & and ' " for html/xml use.

Methods inherited from class au.com.forward.webstringtemplate.filters.WSTPlainFilter

convertToString, getObject, getPath, setObject, setPath

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

logger

public static final java.util.logging.Logger logger

The Java logger for this class

Constructor Detail

WSTXmlFilter

public WSTXmlFilter()

Default constructor for the WSTXmlFilter object

WSTXmlFilter

public WSTXmlFilter(java.lang.Object obj)

Constructor for the WSTXmlFilter object

Parameters:

obj - the object to filter, can be null

WSTXmlFilter

public WSTXmlFilter(java.lang.Object[] obj)

Constructor for the WSTXmlFilter object

Parameters:

obj - the object to filter, can be null

Method Detail

newInstance

public IWSTFilter newInstance()

Returns a new instance of this filter.
The object and path themselves are not copied. This usually correct as the object will be reset and the path. Any other other objects in the filter are need to be copied across in the over of this method.

Specified by:

newInstance in interface IWSTFilter

Overrides:

newInstance in class WSTPlainFilter

Returns:

a new instance of this filter

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Escapes < > and & and ' " for html/xml use.
Handles null input.
If an error occures calling obj.toString(), return the error message as the string.

Specified by:

toString in interface IWSTFilter

Overrides:

toString in class WSTPlainFilter

Returns:

the escaped string, or "" (empty string) if input was null. If obj.toString() throws an exception, then the exception message is returned.