Package solution

Class XMLParser

java.lang.Object

solution.XMLParser

public class XMLParser
extends Object

Utility class for parsing an XML file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XMLParser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Employee	parseEmployee(Scanner scanner)	Reads the data in an Employee section and uses it to create and return a new Employee object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

XMLParser

public XMLParser()

Method Details

parseEmployee

public static Employee parseEmployee(Scanner scanner)
                              throws IllegalArgumentException,
NumberFormatException

Reads the data in an Employee section and uses it to create and return a new Employee object.

Parameters:

scanner - Scanner object positioned at the start of a nested employee element.

Returns:

New Employee object created from the information in a nested employee element.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if any of the tags needed to create an Employee are missing. This should be thrown by the constructor by the Employee subclasses.

NumberFormatException - if any number values can not be parsed correctly.