DOMBuilder (JDOM v1.SNAPSHOT)

java.lang.Object
- org.jdom.input.DOMBuilder

```
public class DOMBuilder
extends java.lang.Object
```
Builds a JDOM org.jdom.Document from a pre-existing DOM org.w3c.dom.Document. Also handy for testing builds from files to sanity check SAXBuilder.

Version:

$Revision: 1.60 $, $Date: 2007/11/10 05:29:00 $

Author:

Brett McLaughlin, Jason Hunter, Philip Nelson, Kevin Regan, Yusuf Goolamabbas, Dan Schaffer, Bradley S. Huffman

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`DOMBuilder()`	This creates a new DOMBuilder which will attempt to first locate a parser via JAXP, then will try to use a set of default parsers.
`DOMBuilder(java.lang.String adapterClass)`	This creates a new DOMBuilder using the specified DOMAdapter implementation as a way to choose the underlying parser.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Document`	`build(org.w3c.dom.Document domDocument)`	This will build a JDOM tree from an existing DOM tree.
`Element`	`build(org.w3c.dom.Element domElement)`	This will build a JDOM Element from an existing DOM Element
`JDOMFactory`	`getFactory()`	Returns the current `JDOMFactory` in use.
`void`	`setFactory(JDOMFactory factory)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - DOMBuilder
```
public DOMBuilder()
```
    This creates a new DOMBuilder which will attempt to first locate a parser via JAXP, then will try to use a set of default parsers. The underlying parser will not validate.
  - DOMBuilder
```
public DOMBuilder(java.lang.String adapterClass)
```
    This creates a new DOMBuilder using the specified DOMAdapter implementation as a way to choose the underlying parser. The underlying parser will not validate.
    
    Parameters:
    
    adapterClass - String name of class to use for DOM building.
- Method Detail
  - setFactory
```
public void setFactory(JDOMFactory factory)
```
  - getFactory
```
public JDOMFactory getFactory()
```
    Returns the current JDOMFactory in use.
    
    Returns:
    
    the factory in use
  - build
```
public Document build(org.w3c.dom.Document domDocument)
```
    This will build a JDOM tree from an existing DOM tree.
    
    Parameters:
    
    domDocument - org.w3c.dom.Document object
    
    Returns:
    
    Document - JDOM document object.
  - build
```
public Element build(org.w3c.dom.Element domElement)
```
    This will build a JDOM Element from an existing DOM Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    domElement - org.w3c.dom.Element object
    
    Returns:
    
    Element - JDOM Element object