uk.org.ogsadai.converters.databaseschema.fromxml
Class XMLToSchemaConverter

java.lang.Object
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public class XMLToSchemaConverter

extends java.lang.Object

Convert a fragment of XML in a org.w3c.dom.Element into a DatabaseSchemaMetaData object.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Team.

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TableMetaData

COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

private static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

Copyright statement.

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Constant Field Values

DATABASE_SCHEMA_ELT

public static final java.lang.String DATABASE_SCHEMA_ELT

Local name of JDBC database schema

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Constant Field Values

LOGICAL_SCHEMA_ELT

public static final java.lang.String LOGICAL_SCHEMA_ELT

Local name of JDBC logical schema

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Constant Field Values

XMLToSchemaConverter

public XMLToSchemaConverter()

convert

public static DatabaseSchemaMetaData convert(org.w3c.dom.Element schema)
                                      throws RelationalSchemaParseException

Converts an XML element into a database schema object.

Parameters:

schema - XML representation of a database schema.

Returns:

database schema object.

Throws:

RelationalSchemaParseException - if there is a problem during the parse, in particular if an expected element is missing from the XML.

getLogicalSchemaElement

private static org.w3c.dom.Element getLogicalSchemaElement(org.w3c.dom.Element databaseSchema)
                                                    throws RelationalSchemaParseException

Extracts the logicalSchema element from the databaseSchema element.

Parameters:

databaseSchema - Element corresponding to the databaseSchema element.

Returns:

Element corresponding to the logicalSchema element.

Throws:

RelationalSchemaParseException - if there is a problem during the parse, in particular if an expected element is missing from the XML.