org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes

Class Element

java.lang.Object

org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.XMLNode

org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.ParentNode

org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.Element

public class Element
extends ParentNode

A representation of an Element XML node.

Since:

Castor 1.1

Version:

$Revision: 0000 $ $Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00 -0600 (Thu, 11 Jan 2007) $

Author:

Edward Kuns

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.XMLNode

ATTRIBUTE, ELEMENT, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, ROOT, TEXT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Element(String namespace, String localName) Creates a new Element.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAttribute(Attribute attr) Adds the given Attribute to this Element.
void	addNamespace(Namespace namespace) Adds the given Namespace to this Element.
String	getAttribute(String uri, String localName) Returns the value of the named attribute, or null if the node has no such attribute.
Iterator	getAttributeIterator() Returns an Iterator over the List of Attributes.
Location	getLocation() Returns the location of this Element in the document.
String	getNamespacePrefix(String uri) Returns the namespace prefix associated with this namespace URI, as defined in the context of this node.
String	getNamespaceURI(String prefix) Returns the namespace URI associated with this namespace prefix, as defined in the context of this node.
void	setLocation(Location location) Sets the location of this Element in the document.

Methods inherited from class org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.ParentNode

addChild, getChildIterator, getStringValue, hasChildNodes

Methods inherited from class org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.XMLNode

getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNodeLocation, getNodeType, getParentNode, getRootNode, getXPath, setNamespace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Element

public Element(String namespace,
               String localName)

Creates a new Element.

Parameters:

namespace - the namespace URI for this node. (May be null.)

localName - the localname of this node. (Cannot be null.)

Method Detail

getAttributeIterator

public Iterator getAttributeIterator()

Returns an Iterator over the List of Attributes.

Returns:

an Iterator over the List of Attributes.

getAttribute

public String getAttribute(String uri,
                           String localName)

Returns the value of the named attribute, or null if the node has no such attribute. If the argument uri is null, the node's namespace URI will be used.

Parameters:

uri - The attribute's namespace URI, or null

localName - The attribute's local name

Returns:

The attribute's value, or null if no such attribute exists

getNamespaceURI

public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)

Returns the namespace URI associated with this namespace prefix, as defined in the context of this node. Returns null if the prefix is undefined. Returns an empty String if the prefix is defined and associated with no namespace.

Overrides:

getNamespaceURI in class XMLNode

Parameters:

prefix - The namespace prefix

Returns:

The namespace URI, or null.

getNamespacePrefix

public String getNamespacePrefix(String uri)

Returns the namespace prefix associated with this namespace URI, as defined in the context of this node. Returns null if no prefix is defined for this namespace URI. Returns an empty string if the default prefix is associated with this namespace URI.

Parameters:

uri - The namespace URI

Returns:

The namespace prefix, or null

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(Attribute attr)

Adds the given Attribute to this Element.

Parameters:

attr - the Attribute to add

addNamespace

public void addNamespace(Namespace namespace)

Adds the given Namespace to this Element.

Parameters:

namespace - the Namespace to add

setLocation

public void setLocation(Location location)

Sets the location of this Element in the document.

Parameters:

location - the location of this Element in the document.

getLocation

public Location getLocation()

Returns the location of this Element in the document.

Returns:

the location of this Element in the document.