Helper class for xml:lang handling.

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/org/madore/damlengine/LangHelper.java b/org/madore/damlengine/LangHelper.java
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+package org.madore.damlengine;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+public class LangHelper {
+
+    public static final String LANG = "lang";
+
+    public static String getLangNorec(Node node) {
+	if ( node instanceof Element )
+	    return ((Element)node).getAttributeNS(DamlEngine.XML_NS, LANG);
+	else
+	    return null;
+    }
+
+    public static void setLangNorec(Element node, String lang) {
+	if ( lang == null )
+	    throw new Error("lang is null in setLangNorec");
+	node.setAttributeNS(DamlEngine.XML_NS, LANG, lang);
+    }
+
+    public static void unsetLangNorec(Element node) {
+	node.removeAttributeNS(DamlEngine.XML_NS, LANG);
+    }
+
+    public static String getLangRec(Node node) {
+	// node may be null (in which case, return null)
+	while ( node != null ) {
+	    String lang = getLangNorec(node);
+	    if ( lang != null )
+		return lang;
+	    node = node.getParentNode();
+	}
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    public static void setLangRec(Element node, String lang) {
+	if ( lang == null )
+	    throw new Error("lang is null in setLangRec");
+	Node parentNode = node.getParentNode();
+	String parentLang = (parentNode!=null)?getLangNorec(parentNode):null;
+	if ( parentLang != null && lang.equals(parentLang) )
+	    unsetLangNorec(node);
+	else
+	    setLangNorec(node,lang);
+    }
+
+}