Class Name

java.lang.Object

com.icl.saxon.om.Name

public abstract class Name
extends Object

This class, a remnant of its former self, exists to contain some static methods for validating the syntax of names.

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Name()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static final String	getLocalName(String qname)	Extract the local name from a QName.
static final String	getPrefix(String qname)	Extract the prefix from a QName.
static boolean	isNCName(String name)	Validate whether a given string constitutes a valid NCName, as defined in XML Namespaces
static boolean	isQName(String name)	Validate whether a given string constitutes a valid QName, as defined in XML Namespaces

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

Name

public Name()

Method Details

isNCName

public static boolean isNCName(String name)

Validate whether a given string constitutes a valid NCName, as defined in XML Namespaces

isQName

public static boolean isQName(String name)

Validate whether a given string constitutes a valid QName, as defined in XML Namespaces

getPrefix

public static final String getPrefix(String qname)

Extract the prefix from a QName. Note, the QName is assumed to be valid.

getLocalName

public static final String getLocalName(String qname)

Extract the local name from a QName. The QName is assumed to be valid.