uk.ac.ox.cs.diadem.webapi.dom.finder

Class DOMNodeUtils

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.ox.cs.diadem.webapi.dom.finder.DOMNodeUtils

public class DOMNodeUtils
extends Object

A collection of DOM helpers, such as the lowest common ancestor computation.

Author:

Christian Schallhart

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DOMNodeUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static DOMNode	getElementAncestor(DOMNode node)
static DOMNode	getLowestCommonAncestor(Collection<DOMNode> nodes) Gets the lowest common ancestor of a list of DOM nodes.
static DOMNode	getLowestCommonAncestor(DOMNode node, DOMNode... nodes)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DOMNodeUtils

public DOMNodeUtils()

Method Detail

getLowestCommonAncestor

public static DOMNode getLowestCommonAncestor(Collection<DOMNode> nodes)
                                       throws WebAPIException

Gets the lowest common ancestor of a list of DOM nodes.

Parameters:

nodes - the collection of DOM nodes

Returns:

the DOM node representing the lowest common ancestor of all DOM nodes in the collection

Throws:

WebAPIException - if the node collections is empty.

getLowestCommonAncestor

public static DOMNode getLowestCommonAncestor(DOMNode node,
                                              DOMNode... nodes)
                                       throws WebAPIException

Throws:

WebAPIException

getElementAncestor

public static DOMNode getElementAncestor(DOMNode node)