com.askren.genealogy.parser
Class GedComConverter

java.lang.Object
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public class GedComConverter

extends java.lang.Object

This class converts GedCom files to XML so they can later be processed by XSLT

Author:

Jay Askren

Field Summary

static int	XML_BODY a constant representing the body of an xml tag
static int	XML_TAG_NAME a constant representing the name of an xml tag

Constructor Summary

GedComConverter()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	convertFile(java.lang.String inputFileName, java.lang.String outputFileName)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

XML_BODY

public static int XML_BODY

a constant representing the body of an xml tag

XML_TAG_NAME

public static int XML_TAG_NAME

a constant representing the name of an xml tag

Constructor Detail

GedComConverter

public GedComConverter()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

convertFile

public static java.lang.String convertFile(java.lang.String inputFileName,
                                           java.lang.String outputFileName)

Parameters:

inputFileName - a gedcom file

outputFileName - the name of the file we wish to create

Returns:

a valid xml document made from the gedcom file.
The gedcom file is converted to XML and written to disk with the file name given.