DocGenerator API: importing articles

Several methods allow to import articles from XML files. it is possible to:

• Import an XML article, which will be one of the articles in the generated wiki
• Include an XML article in an article created through the API
• It is even possible to import an Image definition file

Import an article

The DocGeneratorAPI.importArticle(URL) and DocGeneratorAPI.importArticle(File) will import an article defined in an XML file in the wiki.

For example:

   DocGeneratorAPI api = new DocGeneratorAPI();
   api.createModel();
         
   XMLArticle article = api.createArticle("an article about birds");
      
   try {
      File theXMLFile = ...
      XMLArticle importedArticle = api.importArticle(theXMLFile);
   } catch (DocGeneratorAPIException e) {
      System.err.println(e.getMessage());
   }

Include an article

The DocGeneratorAPI.includeArticle(XMLArticle, URL, boolean) and DocGeneratorAPI.includeArticle(XMLArticle, File, boolean) will include an article defined in an XML file in another article. The second argument specifies if the levels of the titles in the included article must be kept.



For example:

   DocGeneratorAPI api = new DocGeneratorAPI();
   api.createModel();
         
   XMLArticle article = api.createArticle("an article about birds");
      
   try {
      File theXMLFile = ...
      File includedArticle = api.article(article, theXMLFile, false);
   } catch (DocGeneratorAPIException e) {
      System.err.println(e.getMessage());
   }      

Import an Image definition file

The DocGeneratorAPI.importImageDefinition(URL) and DocGeneratorAPI.importImageDefinition(File) will import the images from an Image definition file in the wiki.

The ids of the imported image definitions will be usable in the following method:

• The DocGeneratorAPI.addImage(XMLArticle, String, boolean) method
• The DocGeneratorAPI.addImage(XMLRootElement, ParagraphElementParent, String, boolean) method

For example:

   DocGeneratorAPI api = new DocGeneratorAPI();
   api.createModel();
         
   XMLArticle article = api.createArticle("an article about birds");
      
   // import the images
   try {
      File theXMLFile = ...
      api.importImageDefinition(theXMLFile);
   } catch (DocGeneratorAPIException e) {
      System.err.println(e.getMessage());
   }     
   // use one of the images
   api.addImage(article, "myImageID", true);