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The W3CDomHandler.java Java example source code

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package javax.xml.bind.annotation;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

import javax.xml.bind.ValidationEventHandler;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMResult;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;

/**
 * {@link DomHandler} implementation for W3C DOM (<code>org.w3c.dom package.)
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 * @since JAXB2.0
 */
public class W3CDomHandler implements DomHandler<Element,DOMResult> {

    private DocumentBuilder builder;

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     *
     * It is up to a JAXB provider to decide which DOM implementation
     * to use or how that is configured.
     */
    public W3CDomHandler() {
        this.builder = null;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that allows applications to specify which DOM implementation
     * to be used.
     *
     * @param builder
     *      must not be null. JAXB uses this {@link DocumentBuilder} to create
     *      a new element.
     */
    public W3CDomHandler(DocumentBuilder builder) {
        if(builder==null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        this.builder = builder;
    }

    public DocumentBuilder getBuilder() {
        return builder;
    }

    public void setBuilder(DocumentBuilder builder) {
        this.builder = builder;
    }

    public DOMResult createUnmarshaller(ValidationEventHandler errorHandler) {
        if(builder==null)
            return new DOMResult();
        else
            return new DOMResult(builder.newDocument());
    }

    public Element getElement(DOMResult r) {
        // JAXP spec is ambiguous about what really happens in this case,
        // so work defensively
        Node n = r.getNode();
        if( n instanceof Document ) {
            return ((Document)n).getDocumentElement();
        }
        if( n instanceof Element )
            return (Element)n;
        if( n instanceof DocumentFragment )
            return (Element)n.getChildNodes().item(0);

        // if the result object contains something strange,
        // it is not a user problem, but it is a JAXB provider's problem.
        // That's why we throw a runtime exception.
        throw new IllegalStateException(n.toString());
    }

    public Source marshal(Element element, ValidationEventHandler errorHandler) {
        return new DOMSource(element);
    }
}