Class XMLDistributionReader

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    org.xml.sax.ContentHandler, org.xml.sax.DTDHandler, org.xml.sax.EntityResolver, org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler

    public class XMLDistributionReader
    extends org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
    A SAX parser that reads an XML representation of a Distribution from a file and recreates it as a Distribution Object. Handles OrderNDistributions and Simple Distributions but ensure the OrderNDistributions being read in was made using conditioning and conditioned Alphabets.
    Since:
    1.3
    Author:
    Russell Smithies, Mark Schreiber, Matthew Pocock
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      Distribution parseXML​(java.io.InputStream is)
      Reads an XML representation of a Distribution from a file.
      void startElement​(java.lang.String nameSpaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String rawName, org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes)
      Required by SAXParser to be public.
      • Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

        characters, endDocument, endElement, endPrefixMapping, error, fatalError, ignorableWhitespace, notationDecl, processingInstruction, resolveEntity, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startPrefixMapping, unparsedEntityDecl, warning
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Constructor Detail

      • XMLDistributionReader

        public XMLDistributionReader()
    • Method Detail

      • parseXML

        public Distribution parseXML​(java.io.InputStream is)
                              throws java.io.IOException,
                                     org.xml.sax.SAXException
        Reads an XML representation of a Distribution from a file.
        Parameters:
        is - input in XML format
        Returns:
        dist the Distribution created.
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - if an error occurs during reading.
        org.xml.sax.SAXException - if the XML is not as expected.
      • startElement

        public void startElement​(java.lang.String nameSpaceURI,
                                 java.lang.String localName,
                                 java.lang.String rawName,
                                 org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes)
                          throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
        Required by SAXParser to be public.

        It is not reccomended that you use this method directly. Use ParseXML instead.

        Specified by:
        startElement in interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler
        Overrides:
        startElement in class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
        Throws:
        org.xml.sax.SAXException