CTFUtils (Castor JavaDoc)

java.lang.Object
- org.castor.xmlctf.util.CTFUtils

```
public class CTFUtils
extends java.lang.Object
```
This class contains utility methods needed by the CTF.

Version:

$Revision: 6787 $ $Date: 2005-03-05 06:42:06 -0700 (Sat, 05 Mar 2005) $

Author:

Keith Visco, Arnaud Blandin

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`BOOLEAN`	The Java primitives.
`static java.lang.String`	`BYTE`
`static java.lang.String`	`CHARACTER`
`static java.lang.String`	`DOUBLE`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLOAT`
`static java.lang.String`	`INT`
`static java.lang.String`	`LONG`
`static java.lang.String`	`SHORT`
`static java.lang.String`	`STRING`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static int`	`compare(java.lang.String document1, java.lang.String document2)`	Compares two XML documents located at 2 given URLs, returning the number of differences or 0 if both documents are 'XML equivalent'.
`static java.lang.Class`	`getClass(java.lang.String name, java.lang.ClassLoader loader)`	Returns the class associated with the given name.
`static java.lang.Object`	`instantiateObject(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String value, java.lang.ClassLoader loader)`	Converts the given value to a Java representation that corresponds to the given type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - BOOLEAN
```
public static final java.lang.String BOOLEAN
```
    The Java primitives.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - BYTE
```
public static final java.lang.String BYTE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - CHARACTER
```
public static final java.lang.String CHARACTER
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DOUBLE
```
public static final java.lang.String DOUBLE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - FLOAT
```
public static final java.lang.String FLOAT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - INT
```
public static final java.lang.String INT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - LONG
```
public static final java.lang.String LONG
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SHORT
```
public static final java.lang.String SHORT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - STRING
```
public static final java.lang.String STRING
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public static int compare(java.lang.String document1,
                          java.lang.String document2)
                   throws java.io.IOException
```
    Compares two XML documents located at 2 given URLs, returning the number of differences or 0 if both documents are 'XML equivalent'.
    
    Parameters:
    
    document1 - the URL of the first XML document.
    
    document2 - the URL of the second XML document.
    
    Returns:
    
    an int indicating the number of differences or 0 if both documents are 'XML equivalent'.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an error occurs reading either XML document
  - getClass
```
public static java.lang.Class getClass(java.lang.String name,
                                       java.lang.ClassLoader loader)
                                throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
```
    Returns the class associated with the given name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the fully qualified name of the class to return. Primitives are handled through their name and not their class name. For instance 'boolean' should be used instead of 'java.lang.Boolean.TYPE'.
    
    loader - the ClassLoader to use if the class needs to be loaded
    
    Returns:
    
    the class associated with given name.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the given class cannot be loaded using the provided class loader.
  - instantiateObject
```
public static java.lang.Object instantiateObject(java.lang.String type,
                                                 java.lang.String value,
                                                 java.lang.ClassLoader loader)
                                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                                 MarshalException
```
    Converts the given value to a Java representation that corresponds to the given type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to be converted
    
    type - a string representation of the java type.
    
    loader - an optional ClassLoader used in case we need to use the Unmarshaller to retrieve a complex java object.
    
    Returns:
    
    an java object that corresponds to the given value converted to a java type according to the type passed as parameter.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the type is not a recognized primitive type and the class loader provided cannot load the type
    
    MarshalException - if the type is not a recognized primitive type and no Marshaller can be found for that type

Class CTFUtils

Field Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

BOOLEAN

BYTE

CHARACTER

DOUBLE

FLOAT

INT

LONG

SHORT

STRING

Method Detail

compare

getClass

instantiateObject