Package org.eigenbase.xom

Class GenericDef

java.lang.Object

org.eigenbase.xom.ElementDef

org.eigenbase.xom.GenericDef

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, NodeDef

public class GenericDef
extends ElementDef

A GenericDef is a ElementDef whose attributes and children are stored in collections, not generated members. It is convenient for building XML documents, but is not strongly typed.

Since:

3 October, 2001

Version:

$Id: //open/util/resgen/src/org/eigenbase/xom/GenericDef.java#3 $

Author:

jhyde

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GenericDef(java.lang.String tagName)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addChild(NodeDef element)
void	display(java.io.PrintWriter out, int indent)	Outputs this node to any PrintWriter, in a formatted fashion with automatic indenting.
void	displayXML(XMLOutput out, int indent)	Outputs this element definition in XML to any XMLOutput.
java.lang.Object	getAttribute(java.lang.String key)
NodeDef[]	getChildren()	Returns the children of this node.
java.lang.String	getName()	Returns the tag name of this element, or null for TEXT elements.
int	getType()	Returns the type of this element.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object value)

Methods inherited from class org.eigenbase.xom.ElementDef

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenericDef

public GenericDef(java.lang.String tagName)

Method Detail

display

public void display(java.io.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

getType

public int getType()

Description copied from interface: NodeDef

Returns the type of this element. Values are as for DOMWrapper.getType().

Specified by:

getType in interface NodeDef

Overrides:

getType in class ElementDef

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the tag name of this element, or null for TEXT elements.

Specified by:

getName in interface NodeDef

Overrides:

getName in class ElementDef

addChild

public void addChild(NodeDef element)

Overrides:

addChild in class ElementDef

getChildren

public NodeDef[] getChildren()

Description copied from interface: NodeDef

Returns the children of this node.

Specified by:

getChildren in interface NodeDef

Overrides:

getChildren in class ElementDef

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String key,
                         java.lang.Object value)

getAttribute

public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String key)