Package org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.util

Class MetaDataUtils

java.lang.Object

org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.util.MetaDataUtils

public class MetaDataUtils
extends Object

Utility class for meta-data parsing and writing.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MetaDataUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Map<String,List<String>>	parseMetaData(XmlPullParser parser)	Parses any available meta-data and returns it as a Map of String name/value pairs.
static String	serializeMetaData(Map<String,List<String>> metaData)	Serializes a Map of String name/value pairs into the meta-data XML format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MetaDataUtils

public MetaDataUtils()

Method Details

parseMetaData

public static Map<String,List<String>> parseMetaData(XmlPullParser parser)
                                              throws XmlPullParserException,
IOException

Parses any available meta-data and returns it as a Map of String name/value pairs. The parser must be positioned at an opening meta-data tag, or the an empty map will be returned.

Parameters:

parser - the XML parser positioned at an opening meta-data tag.

Returns:

the meta-data.

Throws:

XmlPullParserException - if an error occurs while parsing the XML.

IOException - if an error occurs while parsing the XML.

serializeMetaData

public static String serializeMetaData(Map<String,List<String>> metaData)

Serializes a Map of String name/value pairs into the meta-data XML format.

Parameters:

metaData - the Map of meta-data as Map<String, List<String>>

Returns:

the meta-data values in XML form.