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The XMLStringFactory.java Java example source code

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 * $Id: XMLStringFactory.java,v 1.2.4.1 2005/09/15 08:16:03 suresh_emailid Exp $
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package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils;

/**
 * A concrete class that implements this interface creates XMLString objects.
 */
public abstract class XMLStringFactory
{

  /**
   * Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
   *
   *
   * @param string Java String reference, which must be non-null.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the String reference.
   */
  public abstract XMLString newstr(String string);

  /**
   * Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
   *
   *
   * @param string FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
   * @param start The start position in the array.
   * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
   */
  public abstract XMLString newstr(FastStringBuffer string, int start,
                                   int length);

  /**
   * Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
   *
   *
   * @param string FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
   * @param start The start position in the array.
   * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
   */
  public abstract XMLString newstr(char[] string, int start,
                                   int length);

  /**
   * Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
   *
   * @return An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".
   */
  public abstract XMLString emptystr();
}