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| /* |
| * $Id: XMLStringFactory.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $ |
| */ |
| package org.apache.xml.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(); |
| } |