net.n3.nanoxml
Class XMLElement

java.lang.Object
  net.n3.nanoxml.XMLElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, IXMLElement

public class XMLElement

extends java.lang.Object

implements IXMLElement, java.io.Serializable

XMLElement is an XML element. The standard NanoXML builder generates a tree of such elements.

See Also:

StdXMLBuilder, Serialized Form

NO_LINE

public static final int NO_LINE

No line number defined.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

XMLElement

public XMLElement()

Creates an empty element to be used for #PCDATA content.

XMLElement

public XMLElement(java.lang.String fullName)

Creates an empty element.

Parameters:

fullName - the name of the element.

XMLElement

public XMLElement(java.lang.String fullName,
                  java.lang.String systemID,
                  int lineNr)

Creates an empty element.

Parameters:

fullName - the name of the element.

systemID - the system ID of the XML data where the element starts.

lineNr - the line in the XML data where the element starts.

XMLElement

public XMLElement(java.lang.String fullName,
                  java.lang.String namespace)

Creates an empty element.

Parameters:

fullName - the full name of the element

namespace - the namespace URI.

XMLElement

public XMLElement(java.lang.String fullName,
                  java.lang.String namespace,
                  java.lang.String systemID,
                  int lineNr)

Creates an empty element.

Parameters:

fullName - the full name of the element

namespace - the namespace URI.

systemID - the system ID of the XML data where the element starts.

lineNr - the line in the XML data where the element starts.

createPCDataElement

public IXMLElement createPCDataElement()

Creates an element to be used for #PCDATA content.

Specified by:

createPCDataElement in interface IXMLElement

createElement

public IXMLElement createElement(java.lang.String fullName)

Creates an empty element.

Specified by:

createElement in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

fullName - the name of the element.

createElement

public IXMLElement createElement(java.lang.String fullName,
                                 java.lang.String systemID,
                                 int lineNr)

Creates an empty element.

Specified by:

createElement in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

fullName - the name of the element.

systemID - the system ID of the XML data where the element starts.

lineNr - the line in the XML data where the element starts.

createElement

public IXMLElement createElement(java.lang.String fullName,
                                 java.lang.String namespace)

Creates an empty element.

Specified by:

createElement in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

fullName - the full name of the element

namespace - the namespace URI.

createElement

public IXMLElement createElement(java.lang.String fullName,
                                 java.lang.String namespace,
                                 java.lang.String systemID,
                                 int lineNr)

Creates an empty element.

Specified by:

createElement in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

fullName - the full name of the element

namespace - the namespace URI.

systemID - the system ID of the XML data where the element starts.

lineNr - the line in the XML data where the element starts.

finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws java.lang.Throwable

Cleans up the object when it's destroyed.

Overrides:

finalize in class java.lang.Object

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable

getParent

public IXMLElement getParent()

Returns the parent element. This method returns null for the root element.

Specified by:

getParent in interface IXMLElement

getFullName

public java.lang.String getFullName()

Returns the full name (i.e. the name including an eventual namespace prefix) of the element.

Specified by:

getFullName in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the name, or null if the element only contains #PCDATA.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the element.

Specified by:

getName in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the name, or null if the element only contains #PCDATA.

getNamespace

public java.lang.String getNamespace()

Returns the namespace of the element.

Specified by:

getNamespace in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the namespace, or null if no namespace is associated with the element.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Sets the full name. This method also sets the short name and clears the namespace URI.

Specified by:

setName in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String fullName,
                    java.lang.String namespace)

Sets the name.

Specified by:

setName in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

fullName - the non-null full name.

namespace - the namespace URI, which may be null.

addChild

public void addChild(IXMLElement child)

Adds a child element.

Specified by:

addChild in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

child - the non-null child to add.

insertChild

public void insertChild(IXMLElement child,
                        int index)

Inserts a child element.

Parameters:

child - the non-null child to add.

index - where to put the child.

removeChild

public void removeChild(IXMLElement child)

Removes a child element.

Specified by:

removeChild in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

child - the non-null child to remove.

removeChildAtIndex

public void removeChildAtIndex(int index)

Removes the child located at a certain index.

Specified by:

removeChildAtIndex in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

index - the index of the child, where the first child has index 0.

enumerateChildren

public java.util.Enumeration enumerateChildren()

Returns an enumeration of all child elements.

Specified by:

enumerateChildren in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the non-null enumeration

isLeaf

public boolean isLeaf()

Returns whether the element is a leaf element.

Specified by:

isLeaf in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

true if the element has no children.

hasChildren

public boolean hasChildren()

Returns whether the element has children.

Specified by:

hasChildren in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

true if the element has children.

getChildrenCount

public int getChildrenCount()

Returns the number of children.

Specified by:

getChildrenCount in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the count.

getChildren

public java.util.Vector getChildren()

Returns a vector containing all the child elements.

Specified by:

getChildren in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the vector.

getChildAtIndex

public IXMLElement getChildAtIndex(int index)
                            throws java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the child at a specific index.

Specified by:

getChildAtIndex in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

index - the index of the child

Returns:

the non-null child

Throws:

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of bounds.

getFirstChildNamed

public IXMLElement getFirstChildNamed(java.lang.String name)

Searches a child element.

Specified by:

getFirstChildNamed in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the full name of the child to search for.

Returns:

the child element, or null if no such child was found.

getFirstChildNamed

public IXMLElement getFirstChildNamed(java.lang.String name,
                                      java.lang.String namespace)

Searches a child element.

Specified by:

getFirstChildNamed in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the name of the child to search for.

namespace - the namespace, which may be null.

Returns:

the child element, or null if no such child was found.

getChildrenNamed

public java.util.Vector getChildrenNamed(java.lang.String name)

Returns a vector of all child elements named name.

Specified by:

getChildrenNamed in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the full name of the children to search for.

Returns:

the non-null vector of child elements.

getChildrenNamed

public java.util.Vector getChildrenNamed(java.lang.String name,
                                         java.lang.String namespace)

Returns a vector of all child elements named name.

Specified by:

getChildrenNamed in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the name of the children to search for.

namespace - the namespace, which may be null.

Returns:

the non-null vector of child elements.

getAttributeCount

public int getAttributeCount()

Returns the number of attributes.

Specified by:

getAttributeCount in interface IXMLElement

getAttribute

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

Deprecated. As of NanoXML/Java 2.1, replaced by getAttribute(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) Returns the value of an attribute.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name of the attribute.

Returns:

the value, or null if the attribute does not exist.

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                     java.lang.String defaultValue)

Returns the value of an attribute.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null full name of the attribute.

defaultValue - the default value of the attribute.

Returns:

the value, or defaultValue if the attribute does not exist.

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                     java.lang.String namespace,
                                     java.lang.String defaultValue)

Returns the value of an attribute.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name of the attribute.

namespace - the namespace URI, which may be null.

defaultValue - the default value of the attribute.

Returns:

the value, or defaultValue if the attribute does not exist.

getAttribute

public int getAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                        int defaultValue)

Returns the value of an attribute.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null full name of the attribute.

defaultValue - the default value of the attribute.

Returns:

the value, or defaultValue if the attribute does not exist.

getAttribute

public int getAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String namespace,
                        int defaultValue)

Returns the value of an attribute.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name of the attribute.

namespace - the namespace URI, which may be null.

defaultValue - the default value of the attribute.

Returns:

the value, or defaultValue if the attribute does not exist.

getAttributeType

public java.lang.String getAttributeType(java.lang.String name)

Returns the type of an attribute.

Specified by:

getAttributeType in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null full name of the attribute.

Returns:

the type, or null if the attribute does not exist.

getAttributeNamespace

public java.lang.String getAttributeNamespace(java.lang.String name)

Returns the namespace of an attribute.

Specified by:

getAttributeNamespace in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null full name of the attribute.

Returns:

the namespace, or null if there is none associated.

getAttributeType

public java.lang.String getAttributeType(java.lang.String name,
                                         java.lang.String namespace)

Returns the type of an attribute.

Specified by:

getAttributeType in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name of the attribute.

namespace - the namespace URI, which may be null.

Returns:

the type, or null if the attribute does not exist.

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.String value)

Sets an attribute.

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null full name of the attribute.

value - the non-null value of the attribute.

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String fullName,
                         java.lang.String namespace,
                         java.lang.String value)

Sets an attribute.

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

fullName - the non-null full name of the attribute.

namespace - the namespace URI of the attribute, which may be null.

value - the non-null value of the attribute.

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Removes an attribute.

Specified by:

removeAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name of the attribute.

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String namespace)

Removes an attribute.

Specified by:

removeAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name of the attribute.

namespace - the namespace URI of the attribute, which may be null.

enumerateAttributeNames

public java.util.Enumeration enumerateAttributeNames()

Returns an enumeration of all attribute names.

Specified by:

enumerateAttributeNames in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the non-null enumeration.

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Returns whether an attribute exists.

Specified by:

hasAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name of the attribute.

Returns:

true if the attribute exists.

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String namespace)

Returns whether an attribute exists.

Specified by:

hasAttribute in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

name - the non-null name of the attribute.

namespace - the namespace URI of the attribute, which may be null.

Returns:

true if the attribute exists.

getAttributes

public java.util.Properties getAttributes()

Returns all attributes as a Properties object.

Specified by:

getAttributes in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the non-null set.

getAttributesInNamespace

public java.util.Properties getAttributesInNamespace(java.lang.String namespace)

Returns all attributes in a specific namespace as a Properties object.

Specified by:

getAttributesInNamespace in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

namespace - the namespace URI of the attributes, which may be null.

Returns:

the non-null set.

getSystemID

public java.lang.String getSystemID()

Returns the system ID of the data where the element started.

Specified by:

getSystemID in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the system ID, or null if unknown.

See Also:

getLineNr()

getLineNr

public int getLineNr()

Returns the line number in the data where the element started.

Specified by:

getLineNr in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the line number, or NO_LINE if unknown.

See Also:

NO_LINE, getSystemID()

getContent

public java.lang.String getContent()

Return the #PCDATA content of the element. If the element has a combination of #PCDATA content and child elements, the #PCDATA sections can be retrieved as unnamed child objects. In this case, this method returns null.

Specified by:

getContent in interface IXMLElement

Returns:

the content.

setContent

public void setContent(java.lang.String content)

Sets the #PCDATA content. It is an error to call this method with a non-null value if there are child objects.

Specified by:

setContent in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

content - the (possibly null) content.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object rawElement)

Returns true if the element equals another element.

Specified by:

equals in interface IXMLElement

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

rawElement - the element to compare to

equalsXMLElement

public boolean equalsXMLElement(IXMLElement elt)

Returns true if the element equals another element.

Specified by:

equalsXMLElement in interface IXMLElement

Parameters:

elt - the element to compare to