org.teleal.lemma.reader
Class AbstractReader

java.lang.Object
  org.teleal.lemma.reader.AbstractReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Reader

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractJavadocReader, PlaintextReader, XMLReader

public abstract class AbstractReader
extends Object
implements Reader

Provides shared operations for reading and wrapping citation content.

Author:

Christian Bauer

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractReader()

Method Summary

protected void	appendTitle(org.teleal.common.xhtml.XHTMLElement parent, String titleString) Appends a new child element to the given element, wrapping the title string.
org.teleal.common.xhtml.XHTMLParser	getParser()
XPath	getXPath()
protected File	resolveFile(String path, File baseDirectory) Resolves a file with the given path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.teleal.lemma.reader.Reader

read

Constructor Detail

AbstractReader

protected AbstractReader()

Method Detail

getParser

public org.teleal.common.xhtml.XHTMLParser getParser()

getXPath

public XPath getXPath()

resolveFile

protected File resolveFile(String path,
                           File baseDirectory)

Resolves a file with the given path.

First, the given path is resolved against the given base directory (looked up in the context). If no file can be found in this base directory that matches the path, a classpath lookup is attempted.

Parameters:

path - The path of the file to be resolved.

baseDirectory - The base directory of any file.

Returns:

The found file.

appendTitle

protected void appendTitle(org.teleal.common.xhtml.XHTMLElement parent,
                           String titleString)

Appends a new child element to the given element, wrapping the title string.

Parameters:

parent - The parent element to which the title child element is appended.

titleString - The title string, any XHTML elements within will be parsed.