XML Wrappers for Java 1.0

Working with XML in Java sucks; XML Wrappers for Java makes it suck less.

The project is available on github and it's sync'd to Maven central, so check it out!

https://github.com/JeffreyRodriguez/XML-Wrappers-for-Java


    <dependencies>
        ...
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.jeffrodriguez</groupId>
            <artifactId>xmlwrapper</artifactId>
            <version>1.0</version>
        </dependency>
        ...
    </dependencies>

Creating an XML Instance

Wrap an existing document

XML xml = new XML(document);

Parse a string

XML xml = XML.parse("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><foo/>");

Create from scratch

XML xml = XML.create("foo");

Outputting XML

Pretty formatting

xml.toString(true);

Compact formatting

xml.toString(false);

Working with Elements

Getting the document element

XMLElement root = xml.getRoot();

Adding children to an element

root.addChild("bar"); // foo -> bar
root.addChild("baz"); // foo -> bar
                      //     -> baz

Chaining

root.addChild("bar").addChild("baz"); // foo -> bar -> baz

Navigating

root.getChild("bar").getParent(); // foo

Iterating

// Enhanced for-loop
for (XMLElement child : root.getChildren("bar")) {
    // Do something with child
}

// Traditional iterator
Iterator<XMLElement> it = root.getChildren("bar").iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
    XMLElement child = it.next();
    // Do something with child
}

Element Text

// String
root.setValue("bar");
root.getValue();      // "bar"

// Integer
root.setValue("1");
root.getValueAsInteger(); // 1

// Long
root.setValue("1");
root.getValueAsLong(); // 1L

Attributes

XMLElement element = xml.getRoot();
element.setAttribute("bar", "baz");
element.getAttribute("bar");        // "baz"

XPath Support

The xpathElements("...") method allows you to use XPath expressions on your document:

// Enhanced for-loop
for (XMLElement child : xml.xpathElements("//bar")) {
    // Do something with child
}

// Traditional iterator
Iterator<XMLElement> it = xml.xpathElements("//bar").iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
    XMLElement child = it.next();
    // Do something with child
}