org.eigenbase.xom
Class GenericDef

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.eigenbase.xom.ElementDef
      extended by org.eigenbase.xom.GenericDef
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable, NodeDef

public class GenericDef
extends ElementDef

A GenericDef is a ElementDef whose attributes and children are stored in collections, not generated members. It is convenient for building XML documents, but is not strongly typed.

Since:
3 October, 2001
Author:
jhyde
See Also:
Serialized Form
 

Constructor Summary
GenericDef(String tagName)
           
 
Method Summary
 void addChild(NodeDef element)
           
 void display(PrintWriter out, int indent)
          Outputs this node to any PrintWriter, in a formatted fashion with automatic indenting.
 void displayXML(XMLOutput out, int indent)
          Outputs this element definition in XML to any XMLOutput.
 Object getAttribute(String key)
           
 NodeDef[] getChildren()
          Returns the children of this node.
 String getName()
          Returns the tag name of this element, or null for TEXT elements.
 int getType()
          Returns the type of this element.
 void setAttribute(String key, Object value)
           
 
Methods inherited from class org.eigenbase.xom.ElementDef
addChildren, clone, constructElement, constructElement, deepCopy, diff, displayAttribute, displayAttributeDiff, displayDiff, displayElement, displayElementArray, displayElementArrayDiff, displayElementDiff, displayIndent, displayString, displayStringArray, displayStringArrayDiff, displayStringDiff, displayXML, displayXMLElement, displayXMLElementArray, displayXMLString, displayXMLStringArray, equals, getElementChildren, getElementClass, getLocation, getMixedChildren_new, getMixedChildren, getText, getWrapper, hashCode, toCompactXML, toString, toXML, verifyEqual
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

GenericDef

public GenericDef(String tagName)
Method Detail

display

public void display(PrintWriter out,
                    int indent)
Description copied from interface: NodeDef
Outputs this node to any PrintWriter, in a formatted fashion with automatic indenting.

Parameters:
out - the PrintWriter to which to write this NodeDef.
indent - the indentation level for the printout.

displayXML

public void displayXML(XMLOutput out,
                       int indent)
Description copied from interface: NodeDef
Outputs this element definition in XML to any XMLOutput.

Specified by:
displayXML in interface NodeDef
Overrides:
displayXML in class ElementDef
Parameters:
out - the XMLOutput class to display the XML

getType

public int getType()
Description copied from interface: NodeDef
Returns the type of this element. Values are as for DOMWrapper.getType().

Specified by:
getType in interface NodeDef
Overrides:
getType in class ElementDef

getName

public String getName()
Returns the tag name of this element, or null for TEXT elements.

Specified by:
getName in interface NodeDef
Overrides:
getName in class ElementDef

addChild

public void addChild(NodeDef element)
Overrides:
addChild in class ElementDef

getChildren

public NodeDef[] getChildren()
Description copied from interface: NodeDef
Returns the children of this node.

Specified by:
getChildren in interface NodeDef
Overrides:
getChildren in class ElementDef

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(String key,
                         Object value)

getAttribute

public Object getAttribute(String key)

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