Package org.dom4j

Interface ElementPath

public interface ElementPath

This interface is used by ElementHandlerinstances to retrieve information about the current path hierarchy they are to process. It's primary use is to retrieve the current Elementbeing processed.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addHandler(java.lang.String path, ElementHandler handler)	Adds the ElementHandler to be called when the specified path is encounted.
Element	getCurrent()	DOCUMENT ME!
Element	getElement(int depth)	DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getPath()	DOCUMENT ME!
void	removeHandler(java.lang.String path)	Removes the ElementHandler from the event based processor, for the specified path.
int	size()	DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

size

int size()

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Returns:

the number of elements in the path

getElement

Element getElement(int depth)

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Parameters:

depth - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

the element at the specified depth index, 0 = root element

getPath

java.lang.String getPath()

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Returns:

the path as a string

getCurrent

Element getCurrent()

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Returns:

the current element

addHandler

void addHandler(java.lang.String path,
                ElementHandler handler)

Adds the ElementHandler to be called when the specified path is encounted. The path can be either an absolute path (i.e. prefixed with "/") or a relative path (i.e. assummed to be a child of the current path as retrieved by getPath .

Parameters:

path - is the path to be handled

handler - is the ElementHandler to be called by the event based processor.

removeHandler

void removeHandler(java.lang.String path)

Removes the ElementHandler from the event based processor, for the specified path. The path can be either an absolute path (i.e. prefixed with "/") or a relative path (i.e. assummed to be a child of the current path as retrieved by getPath .

Parameters:

path - is the path to remove the ElementHandler for.