/**
* Method that reads a XML-file, and returns a Model that contains the information
*
* @param file
* @return
* @return
*/
public static Model readXML(String file) {
// initialize table to be filled with content of XML file
Model t = new Model();
try {
// Create file to be parsed by document parser
File xmlfile = new File(file);
// create parser
DocumentBuilder parser = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
// parse the file
Document parsedfile = parser.parse(xmlfile);
// normalize the parsed file (make it more user-friendly)
parsedfile.getDocumentElement().normalize();
NodeList cells = parsedfile.getElementsByTagName("CELL");
for (int i = 0; i < cells.getLength(); i++) {
// Get cell at list index i
Node currentcell = cells.item(i);
// read the elements "location" attributes row/column
if (Node.ELEMENT_NODE == currentcell.getNodeType()) {
Element cellinfo = (Element) currentcell;
// get the row number from node attribute
int row = Integer.parseInt(cellinfo.getAttribute("row")) - 1;
// get the column number from the node attribute
int col = Integer.parseInt(cellinfo.getAttribute("column")) - 1;
// get content from node
String content = cellinfo.getTextContent();
if (content != null) {
content = content.replace("\n", "");
}
// Make the content an Integer (if it is a number), easier
// for
// using it later on
// put content in table, with row/column inserted as x/y
t.setContent(row, col, (String) content);
}
}
} catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
System.out.println("Fileparser could not be made");
} catch (IOException f) {
System.out.println("File could not be parsed, did you enter the correct file name?");
} catch (SAXException g) {
System.out.println("Something went wrong in parsing the file");
}
return t;
}
