net.sf.saxon.om
Class Name

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.om.Name

public abstract class Name
extends Object

This class exists to contain some static methods for validating the syntax of names.

Author:

Constructor Summary

Name()

Method Summary

static String	getPrefix(String qname) Extract the prefix from a QName.
static String[]	getQNameParts(String qname) Validate a QName, and return the prefix and local name.
static boolean	isQName(String name) Validate whether a given string constitutes a valid QName, as defined in XML Namespaces.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Name

public Name()

Method Detail

isQName

public static final boolean isQName(String name)

Validate whether a given string constitutes a valid QName, as defined in XML Namespaces. Note that this does not test whether the prefix is actually declared.

Parameters:

name - the name to be tested

Returns:

true if the name is a lexically-valid QName

getPrefix

public static final String getPrefix(String qname)

Extract the prefix from a QName. Note, the QName is assumed to be valid.

Parameters:

qname - The lexical QName whose prefix is required

Returns:

the prefix, that is the part before the colon. Returns an empty string if there is no prefix

getQNameParts

public static final String[] getQNameParts(String qname)
                                    throws QNameException

Validate a QName, and return the prefix and local name.

Parameters:

qname - the lexical QName whose parts are required

Returns:

an array of two strings, the prefix and the local name. The first item is a zero-length string if there is no prefix.

Throws:

QNameException - if not a valid QName.