Method getEmptyElement

src/test/java/gate/util/TestFiles.java:181–194

Helper method to extract an empty element from a string containing XML

(String xml, String elementName)

   * containing XML
   */
  String getEmptyElement(String xml, String elementName) {
    // find the index of "<elementName"; find the next ">"
    int start = xml.indexOf("<" + elementName);
    int end = xml.indexOf(">", start);

    // get the range between the two indices
    StringBuffer xmlBuf = new StringBuffer(xml);
    String substr = xmlBuf.substring(start, end + 1);
    if(DEBUG) {
      Out.prln("start=" + start + "; end=" + end + "; substr=" + substr);
    }

    return substr;
  } // getEmptyElement

} // class TestFiles