org.dom4j.bean
Class BeanAttribute

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
      extended byorg.dom4j.tree.AbstractAttribute
          extended byorg.dom4j.bean.BeanAttribute
All Implemented Interfaces:
Attribute, Cloneable, Node, Serializable

public class BeanAttribute
extends AbstractAttribute

BeanAttribute represents a mutable XML attribute which is backed by a property of the JavaBean of its parent element.

Version:
$Revision: 1.7 $
Author:
James Strachan
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
NODE_TYPE_NAMES
 
Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
ANY_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, MAX_NODE_TYPE, NAMESPACE_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE, UNKNOWN_NODE
 
Constructor Summary
BeanAttribute(BeanAttributeList beanList, int index)
           
 
Method Summary
 Object getData()
           Accesses the data of this attribute which may implement data typing bindings such as XML Schema or Java Bean bindings or will return the same value as Node#getText().
 Element getParent()
           getParent returns the parent Element if this node supports the parent relationship or null if it is the root element or does not support the parent relationship.
 QName getQName()
           Returns the QName of this attribute which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.
 String getValue()
           Returns the value of the attribute.
 void setData(Object data)
           Sets the data value of this attribute if this element supports data binding or calls Node#setText(String)if it doesn't.
 void setValue(String data)
           Sets the value of this attribute or this method will throw an UnsupportedOperationException if it is read-only.
 
Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractAttribute
accept, asXML, createXPathResult, getName, getNamespace, getNamespacePrefix, getNamespaceURI, getNodeType, getPath, getQualifiedName, getText, getUniquePath, setNamespace, setText, toString, write
 
Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
asXPathResult, clone, createPattern, createXPath, createXPathFilter, detach, getDocument, getDocumentFactory, getNodeTypeName, getPath, getStringValue, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setName, setParent, supportsParent, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
asXPathResult, clone, createXPath, detach, getDocument, getNodeTypeName, getPath, getStringValue, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setName, setParent, supportsParent, valueOf
 

Constructor Detail

BeanAttribute

public BeanAttribute(BeanAttributeList beanList,
                     int index)
Method Detail

getQName

public QName getQName()
Description copied from interface: Attribute

Returns the QName of this attribute which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.

Returns:
the QName associated with this attribute

getParent

public Element getParent()
Description copied from interface: Node

getParent returns the parent Element if this node supports the parent relationship or null if it is the root element or does not support the parent relationship.

This method is an optional feature and may not be supported for all Node implementations.

Specified by:
getParent in interface Node
Overrides:
getParent in class AbstractNode

getValue

public String getValue()
Description copied from interface: Attribute

Returns the value of the attribute. This method returns the same value as the Node.getText()method.

Returns:
the value of the attribute

setValue

public void setValue(String data)
Description copied from interface: Attribute

Sets the value of this attribute or this method will throw an UnsupportedOperationException if it is read-only.

Specified by:
setValue in interface Attribute
Overrides:
setValue in class AbstractAttribute

getData

public Object getData()
Description copied from interface: Attribute

Accesses the data of this attribute which may implement data typing bindings such as XML Schema or Java Bean bindings or will return the same value as Node.getText().

Specified by:
getData in interface Attribute
Overrides:
getData in class AbstractAttribute

setData

public void setData(Object data)
Description copied from interface: Attribute

Sets the data value of this attribute if this element supports data binding or calls Node.setText(String)if it doesn't.

Specified by:
setData in interface Attribute
Overrides:
setData in class AbstractAttribute


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