tuwien.auto.calimero.xml.def
Class DefaultElement

java.lang.Object
  tuwien.auto.calimero.xml.def.DefaultElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element

public class DefaultElement
extends java.lang.Object
implements Element

Default implementation of XML element.

Constructor Summary

DefaultElement(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new element name.

Method Summary

void	addAttribute(Attribute a) Adds a new attribute associated with this element.
java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Returns the value of the attribute with name.
java.lang.String	getCharacterData() Returns the character data contained in this element.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this element, the element type.
boolean	hasAttribute(java.lang.String name) Returns whether an attribute with the given name is associated with this element.
boolean	isEmptyElementTag() Returns whether this element uses an empty element tag to indicate an empty element.
void	setCharacterData(java.lang.String data) Sets the character data contained in this element.
void	setEmptyElementTag(boolean empty) Determines if this element uses an empty element tag.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultElement

public DefaultElement(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new element name.

Parameters:

name - name of element, the element's type

Method Detail

addAttribute

public final void addAttribute(Attribute a)

Description copied from interface: Element

Adds a new attribute associated with this element.

Specified by:

addAttribute in interface Element

Parameters:

a - the attribute to add

getAttribute

public final java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: Element

Returns the value of the attribute with name.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface Element

Parameters:

name - name of attribute to get attribute value

Returns:

value as String, or null if no such attribute

getCharacterData

public final java.lang.String getCharacterData()

Description copied from interface: Element

Returns the character data contained in this element.

Character data is the element's content without markup. No formatting is done on character data.
Put it more simple, character data is the actual value information (in textual format) of an element.

Specified by:

getCharacterData in interface Element

Returns:

character data as String or null if no data available

getName

public final java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: Element

Returns the name of this element, the element type.

Specified by:

getName in interface Element

Returns:

name as string, the element's type

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: Element

Returns whether an attribute with the given name is associated with this element.

Specified by:

hasAttribute in interface Element

Parameters:

name - attribute name

Returns:

true if an attribute with the given name is associated with this element, false otherwise

isEmptyElementTag

public final boolean isEmptyElementTag()

Description copied from interface: Element

Returns whether this element uses an empty element tag to indicate an empty element.

An element with no content is said to be empty. An empty element tag is of the form '<' Name (S Attribute)* S? '/>', with S being space. Note that if this method returns false, it does not imply this element has any content, returned by Element.getCharacterData().

Specified by:

isEmptyElementTag in interface Element

Returns:

true if empty element with empty element tag, false otherwise

setCharacterData

public final void setCharacterData(java.lang.String data)

Description copied from interface: Element

Sets the character data contained in this element.

If new character data is set, the empty element tag is set false.

Specified by:

setCharacterData in interface Element

Parameters:

data - character data of this element, null for no data

setEmptyElementTag

public final void setEmptyElementTag(boolean empty)

Description copied from interface: Element

Determines if this element uses an empty element tag.

If empty element tag is used, this element also has no content.

Specified by:

setEmptyElementTag in interface Element

Parameters:

empty - true if empty element, false otherwise