nextapp.echo.webcontainer.util
Class XmlRequestParser

java.lang.Object
  nextapp.echo.webcontainer.util.XmlRequestParser

public class XmlRequestParser
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for parsing XML InputStreams from browsers. This object is necessary to accommodate certain browsers that provide invalid information.

Constructor Summary

XmlRequestParser()

Method Summary

static org.w3c.dom.Document

parse(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, java.lang.String characterEncoding) Generates a DOM representation of the XML input POSTed to a servlet.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlRequestParser

public XmlRequestParser()

Method Detail

parse

public static org.w3c.dom.Document parse(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                         java.lang.String characterEncoding)
                                  throws java.io.IOException

Generates a DOM representation of the XML input POSTed to a servlet.

Parameters:

request - the incoming HttpServletRequest

characterEncoding - the character encoding of the incoming request (specifying this is necessary for certain misbehaving browsers)

Returns:

a DOM representation of the POSTed XML input

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the input is invalid