public void buildXML() {
   Element root = new Element("ChannelInfo");
   doc = new org.jdom.Document(root);
   // costructring descriptor
   Element desc = new Element("desc");
   Element name = (new Element("name")).setText(getName());
   Element topicitem = (new Element("topic")).setText(getTopic());
   Element pipeUri = (new Element("pipeID")).setText(getPipeUri());
   desc.addContent(name);
   desc.addContent(pipeUri);
   desc.addContent(topicitem);
   desc.addContent(mkTimeStampXML());
   desc.addContent(mkFounderXML(founderName, founderAddress, founderPeerID));
   root.addContent(desc);
   // end descriptor
   Element userList = new Element("userlist");
   Set<Entry<String, UserInfo>> entrySet = chUsers.entrySet();
   for (Entry<String, UserInfo> e : entrySet) {
     UserInfo val = e.getValue();
     String s = new Integer(val.getStatus()).toString();
     Element user = mkUserInfoXML(val.getName(), val.getAddress(), val.getPeerID(), s);
     userList.addContent(user);
   }
   root.addContent(userList);
 }
 public void parse(String s) throws JDOMException, IOException {
   docIn = new StringReader(s);
   System.out.println(s);
   SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
   Document doc = builder.build(docIn);
   Element root = doc.getRootElement();
   // getting channel descriptor and rebuilding it
   Element chDesc = root;
   // .getChild("desc");
   // getting Channel Name
   // FIXME: there's a bug ...this a workaround.
   Element chName = chDesc.getChild("name");
   if (chName == null) {
     chDesc = root.getChild("desc");
     chName = chDesc.getChild("name");
   }
   channelName = new String(chName.getText());
   // getting channel topic
   Element chTopic = chDesc.getChild("topic");
   Element pipeUri = chDesc.getChild("pipeID");
   pipeURI = new String(pipeUri.getText());
   channelTopic = new String(chTopic.getText());
   Element chDateTime = chDesc.getChild("timestamp");
   nanotime = Long.parseLong(chDateTime.getText().trim());
   Element chFounder = chDesc.getChild("founder");
   if (chFounder == null) return;
   founderName = chFounder.getChildText("name");
   founderAddress = chFounder.getChildText("email");
   founderPeerID = chFounder.getChildText("peerid");
   Element userListItem = root.getChild("userlist");
   if (userListItem == null) return;
   List userList = userListItem.getChildren();
   for (Object o : userList) {
     Element e = (Element) o;
     UserInfo infoItem = mkUserInfo(e);
     chUsers.put(infoItem.getAddress(), infoItem);
   }
 }