org.eigenbase.xom
Class MetaDef.Definition

java.lang.Object
  org.eigenbase.xom.ElementDef
      org.eigenbase.xom.MetaDef.Definition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, NodeDef

Direct Known Subclasses:

MetaDef.FullDefinition, MetaDef.Import, MetaDef.Plugin, MetaDef.StringElement

Enclosing class:

MetaDef

public abstract static class MetaDef.Definition
extends ElementDef

The Definition class represents a generic type of element definition. The actual definition may be of a Class, Element, or String. Definitions are the basic building blocks of a model.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

String

doc Doc tags allow documentation to be added to any definition.

Constructor Summary

MetaDef.Definition()

MetaDef.Definition(DOMWrapper _def)

Method Summary

void	display(PrintWriter _out, int _indent) Outputs this node to any PrintWriter, in a formatted fashion with automatic indenting.
boolean	displayDiff(ElementDef _other, PrintWriter _out, int _indent) The displayDiff function compares this element definition against another, compiling a message containing all diffs.
void	displayXML(XMLOutput _out, int _indent) Outputs this element definition in XML to any XMLOutput.
String	getName() Returns the name of this node's tag.

Methods inherited from class org.eigenbase.xom.ElementDef

addChild, addChildren, clone, constructElement, constructElement, deepCopy, diff, displayAttribute, displayAttributeDiff, displayElement, displayElementArray, displayElementArrayDiff, displayElementDiff, displayIndent, displayString, displayStringArray, displayStringArrayDiff, displayStringDiff, displayXML, displayXMLElement, displayXMLElementArray, displayXMLString, displayXMLStringArray, equals, getChildren, getElementChildren, getElementClass, getLocation, getMixedChildren_new, getMixedChildren, getText, getType, getWrapper, hashCode, toCompactXML, toString, toXML, verifyEqual

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

doc

public String doc

Doc tags allow documentation to be added to any definition. The documentation will automatically appear in all physical forms of this model, including dtds, java classes, and the xsl transformation.

Constructor Detail

MetaDef.Definition

public MetaDef.Definition()

MetaDef.Definition

public MetaDef.Definition(DOMWrapper _def)
                   throws XOMException

Throws:

XOMException

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: NodeDef

Returns the name of this node's tag.

Specified by:

getName in interface NodeDef

Overrides:

getName in class ElementDef

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

displayDiff

public boolean displayDiff(ElementDef _other,
                           PrintWriter _out,
                           int _indent)

Description copied from class: ElementDef

The displayDiff function compares this element definition against another, compiling a message containing all diffs. It is used internally by the equals(), diff(), and verifyEquals() functions.

Overrides:

displayDiff in class ElementDef

Parameters:

_other - the ElementDef to which to compare this element.

_out - a PrintWriter to which to display any discovered differences, or null if just doing an equality check (and no diff report is needed).

_indent - the current indentation level (used for nice display of diffs).

Returns:

true if this and other match exactly, false if not.