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package javax.xml.soap;

/**

 * <code>SOAPElementFactory</code> is a factory for XML fragments that

 * will eventually end up in the SOAP part. These fragments

 * can be inserted as children of the <code>SOAPHeader</code> or

 * <code>SOAPBody</code> or <code>SOAPEnvelope</code>.

 *

 * <p>Elements created using this factory do not have the properties

 * of an element that lives inside a SOAP header document. These

 * elements are copied into the XML document tree when they are

 * inserted.

 * @deprecated - Use <code>javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory</code> for creating SOAPElements.

 * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory

 */

public class SOAPElementFactory {

    private SOAPFactory soapFactory;

    private SOAPElementFactory(SOAPFactory soapFactory) {

        this.soapFactory = soapFactory;

    }

    /**

     * Create a <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the

     * given <code>Name</code> object.

     *

     * @param name a <code>Name</code> object with the XML name for

     *             the new element

     *

     * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was

     *         created

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     *            <code>SOAPElement</code> object

     *

     * @deprecated Use

     * javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory.createElement(javax.xml.soap.Name)

     * instead

     *

     * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory#createElement(javax.xml.soap.Name)

     * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory#createElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)

     */

    public SOAPElement create(Name name) throws SOAPException {

        return soapFactory.createElement(name);

    }

    /**

     * Create a <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the

     * given local name.

     *

     * @param localName a <code>String</code> giving the local name for

     *             the new element

     *

     * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was

     *         created

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     *            <code>SOAPElement</code> object

     *

     * @deprecated Use

     * javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory.createElement(String localName) instead

     *

     * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory#createElement(java.lang.String)

     */

    public SOAPElement create(String localName) throws SOAPException {

        return soapFactory.createElement(localName);

    }

    /**

     * Create a new <code>SOAPElement</code> object with the given

     * local name, prefix and uri.

     *

     * @param localName a <code>String</code> giving the local name

     *                  for the new element

     * @param prefix the prefix for this <code>SOAPElement</code>

     * @param uri a <code>String</code> giving the URI of the

     *            namespace to which the new element belongs

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     *            <code>SOAPElement</code> object

     *

     * @deprecated Use

     * javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory.createElement(String localName,

     *                      String prefix,

     *                      String uri)

     * instead

     *

     * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory#createElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

     */

    public SOAPElement create(String localName, String prefix, String uri)

        throws SOAPException {

        return soapFactory.createElement(localName, prefix, uri);

    }

    /**

     * Creates a new instance of <code>SOAPElementFactory</code>.

     *

     * @return a new instance of a <code>SOAPElementFactory</code>

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there was an error creating the

     *            default <code>SOAPElementFactory</code>

     */

    public static SOAPElementFactory newInstance() throws SOAPException {

        try {

            return new SOAPElementFactory(SOAPFactory.newInstance());

        } catch (Exception ex) {

            throw new SOAPException(

                "Unable to create SOAP Element Factory: " + ex.getMessage());

        }

    }

}