1. A sample validation hook
The sample validation hook used in this tutorial:
checks that the src attribute of the img element is not an absolute file path;
checks that the value of the name attribute of a a element is not already in use;
checks that for each href attribute of a a element starting with '#' (local reference), there is an element with such name or id.
This sample validation hook implements the documentChecked method and not the checkingDocument method. The following code compiles just fine because interface ValidateHook contains default —dummy— implementations of both the checkingDocument and documentChecked methods.
Excerpts from CheckLinks.java:
public class CheckLinks implements ValidateHook {
private static final Name SRC = Name.get("src");
private static final Name NAME = Name.get("name");
private static final Name ID = Name.get("id");
private static final Name HREF = Name.get("href");
@Override
public Diagnostic[] documentChecked(Document doc, boolean canceled,
Diagnostic[] diagnostics) {
if (canceled) {
return diagnostics;
}
final ArrayList<DiagnosticImpl> warnings =
new ArrayList<DiagnosticImpl>();
final ArrayList<Element> links = new ArrayList<Element>();
final HashMap<String,List<Element>> anchors =
new HashMap<String,List<Element>>();
Traversal.traverse(doc.getRootElement(), new Traversal.HandlerBase() {
public Object enterElement(Element element) {
String localName = element.getLocalName();
String anchorName = null;
if ("img".equals(localName)) {
String src = element.getAttribute(SRC);
if (src != null) {
if (src.startsWith("file:/") ||
src.startsWith("/") ||
src.startsWith("\\\\") ||
(src.length() >= 3 &&
Character.isLetter(src.charAt(0)) &&
src.regionMatches(1, ":\\", 0, 2))) {
warnings.add(new DiagnosticImpl(
element,
"src attribute looks like an absolute file path",
Diagnostic.Severity.SEMANTIC_WARNING));
}
}
} else if ("a".equals(localName)) {
String href = element.getAttribute(HREF);
if (href != null) {
if (href.startsWith("#")) {
links.add(element);
}
} else {
anchorName = element.getAttribute(NAME);
if (anchorName != null) {
List<Element> elements = anchors.get(anchorName);
if (elements == null) {
elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
anchors.put(anchorName, elements);
}
elements.add(element);
}
}
}
String id = element.getAttribute(ID);
if (id != null && !id.equals(anchorName)) {
List<Element> elements = anchors.get(id);
if (elements == null) {
elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
anchors.put(id, elements);
}
elements.add(element);
}
return null;
}
});
int count = links.size();
for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
Element element = links.get(i);
String id = element.getAttribute(HREF).substring(1);
if (!anchors.containsKey(id)) {
warnings.add(new DiagnosticImpl(
element,
"reference to non-existent name or id '" + id + "'",
Diagnostic.Severity.SEMANTIC_WARNING));
}
}
Iterator<Map.Entry<String,List<Element>>> iter =
anchors.entrySet().iterator();
while (iter.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry<String,List<Element>> entry = iter.next();
String id = entry.getKey();
List<Element> elements = entry.getValue();
count = elements.size();
for (int i = 1; i < count; ++i) {
warnings.add(new DiagnosticImpl(
elements.get(i),
"name or id '" + id + "' already defined",
Diagnostic.Severity.SEMANTIC_WARNING));
}
}
int warningCount = warnings.size();
if (warningCount > 0) {
int diagnosticCount = diagnostics.length;
Diagnostic[] diagnostics2 =
new Diagnostic[diagnosticCount + warningCount];
System.arraycopy(diagnostics, 0, diagnostics2, 0, diagnosticCount);
for (int i = 0; i < warningCount; ++i) {
diagnostics2[diagnosticCount+i] = warnings.get(i);
}
diagnostics = diagnostics2;
}
return diagnostics;
}
} | If the checkingDocument method has been invoked, the documentChecked method is guaranteed to be invoked too, even if the passed canceled argument is true . |
| Document is traversed using the Traversal utility. The anonymous Traversal.Handler
will check <img src="..."> and will possibly add semantic warnings to ArrayList warnings, will add elements <a href="#..."> to ArrayList links, will add elements <a name="..."> or elements having an id attribute to HashMap anchors.
|
| Img elements are checked here.
If the value of the src attribute looks like an absolute file path, a DiagnosticImpl structure describing the semantic warning is added to ArrayList warnings. |
| Elements <a href="#..."> are added to the ArrayList links here. Verification is done in a subsequent pass. |
| Elements <a name="..."> are added to HashMap anchors here. Verification is done in a subsequent pass. |
| Elements having an id attribute are added to HashMap anchors here. Verification is done in a subsequent pass. Note that a a element often has both a name and an id attribute set to the same value and that this should not be considered as an error. |
| Elements contained in ArrayList links referencing an unknown name or id are detected here. |
| Elements contained in HashMap anchors having a name or id already in use are detected here. |
| If semantic warnings have been found for the document, they are added to the list of Diagnostic passed as an argument and the augmented list is returned as the result of the documentChecked method. |
