net.sf.xmlmatcher.matcher
Class MatcherImpl

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.xmlmatcher.matcher.MatcherImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Matcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributesMatcher, JsProcessor, MatcherChain, StrategyBasedMatcher, TagNamesMatcher

public abstract class MatcherImpl
extends java.lang.Object
implements Matcher

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.xmlmatcher.Matcher

XML_NAMESPACE_URI

Constructor Summary

MatcherImpl()

Method Summary

void	addListener(MatcherListener listnr)
Matcher	getTopLevelMatcher() Matchers may be organized into tree using MatcherChain class.
void	match(org.w3c.dom.Element template, org.w3c.dom.Element actual) Compare two XML trees specified by given elements.
abstract void	matchElements(org.w3c.dom.Element template, org.w3c.dom.Element actual) Compare two XML trees specified by given elements.
void	removeListener(MatcherListener listnr)
void	setTopLevelMatcher(Matcher matcher)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MatcherImpl

public MatcherImpl()

Method Detail

getTopLevelMatcher

public Matcher getTopLevelMatcher()

Matchers may be organized into tree using MatcherChain class. When this happens each matcher in the tree stores reference to top-level matcher (usually instance of MatcherChain).

Specified by:

getTopLevelMatcher in interface Matcher

setTopLevelMatcher

public void setTopLevelMatcher(Matcher matcher)

Specified by:

setTopLevelMatcher in interface Matcher

See Also:

getTopLevelMatcher()

addListener

public void addListener(MatcherListener listnr)

Specified by:

addListener in interface Matcher

removeListener

public void removeListener(MatcherListener listnr)

Specified by:

removeListener in interface Matcher

matchElements

public abstract void matchElements(org.w3c.dom.Element template,
                                   org.w3c.dom.Element actual)
                            throws MatcherException

Compare two XML trees specified by given elements. Verifies that template and actual elements have the same tag name and namespace, then invokes most appropriate comparator based on template element.

Parameters:

template - Template Element

actual - Actual Element (instance)

Throws:

MatcherException

match

public final void match(org.w3c.dom.Element template,
                        org.w3c.dom.Element actual)
                 throws MatcherException

Description copied from interface: Matcher

Compare two XML trees specified by given elements. Verifies that template and actual elements have the same tag name and namespace, then invokes most appropriate comparator based on template element.

Specified by:

match in interface Matcher

Parameters:

template - Template Element

actual - Actual Element (instance)

Throws:

MatcherException