org.dom4j.tree
Class BaseElement

java.lang.Object
  org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
      org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch
          org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement
              org.dom4j.tree.BaseElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Branch, Cloneable, Element, Node, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

NonLazyElement

public class BaseElement

extends AbstractElement

BaseElement is a useful base class for implemementation inheritence of an XML element.

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $

Author:

James Strachan

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected List	attributes list of attributes
protected List	content List of content nodes.

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement

EMPTY_ITERATOR, EMPTY_LIST, USE_STRINGVALUE_SEPARATOR, VERBOSE_TOSTRING

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch

DEFAULT_CONTENT_LIST_SIZE

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

BaseElement(QName qname)

BaseElement(String name)

BaseElement(String name, Namespace namespace)

Method Summary

protected List	attributeList() DOCUMENT ME!
protected List	attributeList(int size) DOCUMENT ME!
void	clearContent() Clears the content for this branch, removing any Node instances this branch may contain.
protected List	contentList() DOCUMENT ME!
Document	getDocument() getDocument returns the Document that this Node is part of if this node supports the parent relationship.
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 element which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.
protected void	setAttributeList(List attributeList)
void	setAttributes(List attributes) Sets the attributes that this element contains
void	setContent(List content) Sets the contents of this branch as a List of Node instances.
void	setDocument(Document document) setDocument sets the document of this node if the parent relationship is supported or does nothing if the parent relationship is not supported.
void	setParent(Element parent) setParent sets the parent relationship of this node if the parent relationship is supported or does nothing if the parent relationship is not supported.
void	setQName(QName name) Sets the QName of this element which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.
boolean	supportsParent() supportsParent returns true if this node supports the parent relationship.

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement

accept, add, add, add, add, add, add, add, add, add, addAttribute, addAttribute, addCDATA, addComment, addElement, addEntity, additionalNamespaces, additionalNamespaces, addNamespace, addNewNode, addNewNode, addNode, addNode, addProcessingInstruction, addProcessingInstruction, addText, appendAttributes, asXML, attribute, attribute, attribute, attribute, attributeCount, attributeIterator, attributes, attributeValue, attributeValue, attributeValue, attributeValue, childAdded, childRemoved, createAttributeList, createAttributeList, createCopy, createCopy, createCopy, createElement, createElement, createSingleIterator, declaredNamespaces, element, element, element, elementIterator, elementIterator, elementIterator, elementIterator, elements, elements, elements, elements, elementText, elementText, elementTextTrim, elementTextTrim, ensureAttributesCapacity, getData, getDocumentFactory, getName, getNamespace, getNamespaceForPrefix, getNamespaceForURI, getNamespacePrefix, getNamespacesForURI, getNamespaceURI, getNodeType, getPath, getQName, getQualifiedName, getStringValue, getUniquePath, getXPathNameStep, getXPathResult, hasMixedContent, indexOf, isRootElement, isTextOnly, node, nodeCount, nodeIterator, normalize, processingInstruction, processingInstructions, processingInstructions, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, removeNode, removeProcessingInstruction, setAttributes, setAttributeValue, setAttributeValue, setData, setName, setNamespace, setText, toString, write

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch

addElement, addElement, addElement, appendContent, content, contentRemoved, createContentList, createContentList, createEmptyList, createResultList, createSingleResultList, elementByID, elementID, getContentAsStringValue, getContentAsText, getText, getTextTrim, hasContent, invalidNodeTypeAddException, isReadOnly, setProcessingInstructions

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

asXPathResult, clone, createPattern, createXPath, createXPathFilter, createXPathResult, detach, getNodeTypeName, getPath, getUniquePath, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Element

getText, getTextTrim

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Branch

addElement, addElement, appendContent, content, elementByID, setProcessingInstructions

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

asXPathResult, clone, createXPath, detach, getNodeTypeName, getPath, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, valueOf

Field Detail

content

protected List content

List of content nodes.

attributes

protected List attributes

list of attributes

Constructor Detail

BaseElement

public BaseElement(String name)

BaseElement

public BaseElement(QName qname)

BaseElement

public BaseElement(String name,
                   Namespace namespace)

Method Detail

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

setParent

public void setParent(Element parent)

Description copied from interface: Node

setParent sets the parent relationship of this node if the parent relationship is supported or does nothing if the parent relationship is not supported.

This method should only be called from inside an Element implementation method and is not intended for general use.

Specified by:

setParent in interface Node

Overrides:

setParent in class AbstractNode

getDocument

public Document getDocument()

Description copied from interface: Node

getDocument returns the Document that this Node is part of if this node supports the parent relationship.

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

Specified by:

getDocument in interface Node

Overrides:

getDocument in class AbstractNode

setDocument

public void setDocument(Document document)

Description copied from interface: Node

setDocument sets the document of this node if the parent relationship is supported or does nothing if the parent relationship is not supported.

This method should only be called from inside a Document implementation method and is not intended for general use.

Specified by:

setDocument in interface Node

Overrides:

setDocument in class AbstractNode

supportsParent

public boolean supportsParent()

Description copied from interface: Node

supportsParent returns true if this node supports the parent relationship.

Some XML tree implementations are singly linked and only support downward navigation through children relationships. The default case is that both parent and children relationships are supported though for memory and performance reasons the parent relationship may not be supported.

Specified by:

supportsParent in interface Node

Overrides:

supportsParent in class AbstractNode

getQName

public QName getQName()

Description copied from interface: Element

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

Returns:

the QName associated with this element

setQName

public void setQName(QName name)

Description copied from interface: Element

Sets the QName of this element which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.

Parameters:

name - is the QName to be associated with this element

clearContent

public void clearContent()

Description copied from interface: Branch

Clears the content for this branch, removing any Node instances this branch may contain.

setContent

public void setContent(List content)

Description copied from interface: Branch

Sets the contents of this branch as a List of Node instances.

Parameters:

content - is the list of nodes to use as the content for this branch.

setAttributes

public void setAttributes(List attributes)

Description copied from interface: Element

Sets the attributes that this element contains

Parameters:

attributes - DOCUMENT ME!

contentList

protected List contentList()

Description copied from class: AbstractBranch

DOCUMENT ME!

Specified by:

contentList in class AbstractBranch

Returns:

the internal List used to manage the content

attributeList

protected List attributeList()

Description copied from class: AbstractElement

DOCUMENT ME!

Specified by:

attributeList in class AbstractElement

Returns:

the internal List used to store attributes or creates one if one is not available

attributeList

protected List attributeList(int size)

Description copied from class: AbstractElement

DOCUMENT ME!

Specified by:

attributeList in class AbstractElement

Parameters:

size - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

the internal List used to store attributes or creates one with the specified size if one is not available

setAttributeList

protected void setAttributeList(List attributeList)