org.autoplot.pds.DocumentUtil

Document and XML utilities.

DocumentUtil( )

cleanDescriptionString

cleanDescriptionString( String desc ) → String

remove whitespace intended to format nicely with fixed-with fonts and replace with <br>.

Parameters

desc - a String

Returns:

a String

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convertDocumentToMap

convertDocumentToMap( org.w3c.dom.Node root ) → java.util.Map

Create map from the document so that it can be used as metadata. Note this looks for the DESCRIPTION (or description) node and will remove extra whitespace which was used to format assuming a fixed-width font.

Parameters

root - the document.

Returns:

a map representing the document.

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createTitleFrom

createTitleFrom( String desc ) → String

Misguided attempt to create a title assuming the first sentence is a summary. For example: 

RTN normal component of the magnetic field component in nT. The normal component (N) completes the right handed ...
becomes 
RTN normal component of the magnetic field component in nT.
In this day of ChatGPT, this seems quite silly, but what else can be done?

Parameters

desc - a longer description.

Returns:

a title

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dumpToXML

dumpToXML( org.w3c.dom.Document doc, java.io.File f ) → void

dump the document to an XML file

Parameters

doc - a Document
f - a File

Returns:

void (returns nothing)

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isLeaf

isLeaf( org.w3c.dom.Node node ) → boolean

return true if the node has no children other than the text node.

Parameters

node - the node

Returns:

a boolean

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readXML

readXML( java.io.File f ) → org.w3c.dom.Document

Read the XML file into a document.

Parameters

f - the file

Returns:

the document object

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