org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes

Class ParentNode

java.lang.Object

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

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

Element, Root

public abstract class ParentNode
extends XMLNode

The base object for both Element and RootNode. The children of a ParentNode can be any type of XMLNode.

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addChild(XMLNode node) Adds the given child node to this ParentNode.
Iterator	getChildIterator() Returns an Iterator over the list of child nodes.
String	getStringValue() Returns the string value of this parent node.
boolean	hasChildNodes() Returns true if this node has any child nodes.

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

getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, 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

Method Detail

getChildIterator

public Iterator getChildIterator()

Returns an Iterator over the list of child nodes.

Returns:

an Iterator over the list of child nodes.

hasChildNodes

public boolean hasChildNodes()

Returns true if this node has any child nodes.

Returns:

True if this node has any child nodes.

getStringValue

public String getStringValue()

Returns the string value of this parent node. The string value is the concatenation of the string value of all child nodes.

Specified by:

getStringValue in class XMLNode

Returns:

The string value of the node

addChild

public void addChild(XMLNode node)

Adds the given child node to this ParentNode.

Parameters:

node - the child node to add