org.gswing.components.common
Class DbXmlWriter

java.lang.Object
  org.gswing.utils.xml.XmlReader
      org.gswing.utils.xml.XmlWriter
          org.gswing.components.common.DbXmlWriter

public class DbXmlWriter
extends XmlWriter

Purpose: Writes election data to an XML file.

Field Summary

static String	AFFILIATION XML AFFILIATION tag.
static String	CONTEST XML CONTEST tag.
static String	CONTEST_NAME XML CONTEST_NAME tag.
static String	DATE XML DATE tag.
static String	ELECTION_NAME XML ELECTION_NAME tag.
static String	EVENT XML EVENT tag.
static String	LEADER XML LEADER tag.
static String	LEADER_NAME XML LEADER_NAME tag.
static String	LEADERSHIP XML LEADERSHIP tag.
static String	MAX_VOTES XML MAX_VOTES tag.
static String	OPTION XML OPTION tag.
static String	OPTION_NAME XML OPTION_NAME tag.
static String	PARENT XML PARENT tag.
static String	SYSTEM XML SYSTEM tag.
static String	TYPE XML TYPE tag.
static String	UNKNOWN Unknown leader string.
static String	VALID_VOTES XML VALID_VOTES tag.

Constructor Summary

DbXmlWriter(File file)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean

writeToFile(Election election, Hashtable results, Vector leaders) Write the election data to file.

Methods inherited from class org.gswing.utils.xml.XmlWriter

getNewDocument, writeToFile

Methods inherited from class org.gswing.utils.xml.XmlReader

getDocument, getFile, readFromFile

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EVENT

public static final String EVENT

XML EVENT tag.

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DATE

public static final String DATE

XML DATE tag.

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TYPE

public static final String TYPE

XML TYPE tag.

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SYSTEM

public static final String SYSTEM

XML SYSTEM tag.

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OPTION

public static final String OPTION

XML OPTION tag.

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ELECTION_NAME

public static final String ELECTION_NAME

XML ELECTION_NAME tag.

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PARENT

public static final String PARENT

XML PARENT tag.

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CONTEST

public static final String CONTEST

XML CONTEST tag.

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CONTEST_NAME

public static final String CONTEST_NAME

XML CONTEST_NAME tag.

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MAX_VOTES

public static final String MAX_VOTES

XML MAX_VOTES tag.

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OPTION_NAME

public static final String OPTION_NAME

XML OPTION_NAME tag.

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AFFILIATION

public static final String AFFILIATION

XML AFFILIATION tag.

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VALID_VOTES

public static final String VALID_VOTES

XML VALID_VOTES tag.

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LEADERSHIP

public static final String LEADERSHIP

XML LEADERSHIP tag.

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LEADER

public static final String LEADER

XML LEADER tag.

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LEADER_NAME

public static final String LEADER_NAME

XML LEADER_NAME tag.

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UNKNOWN

public static final String UNKNOWN

Unknown leader string.

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Constructor Detail

DbXmlWriter

public DbXmlWriter(File file)

Constructor. Set up the XML document.

Parameters:

file - The file to be used.

Method Detail

writeToFile

public boolean writeToFile(Election election,
                           Hashtable results,
                           Vector leaders)

Write the election data to file.

Parameters:

election - The election that the data is to be created for.

results - The hastable of results to write to file.

leaders - Vector of Candidates that are the party leaders for this election.

Returns:

True if the data is successully written to file.