com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver.xds
Interface AssociationElementsParent

All Superinterfaces:

XDSElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

XDSModifyAssociationElement

public interface AssociationElementsParent

extends XDSElement

Any XDS element that contains zero or more child <association> elements.

This class represents the occurrence indicators association (zero or more) and association+ (one or more) as well as a sequence that contains multiple association elements (association, association). Currently, the only implementing class implements a sequence.

Method Summary

XDSAssociationElement	appendAssociationElement(String someText) Appends a child <association> element to this element.
List	childElements() Returns this element's child elements.
List	extractAssociationElements() Returns this element's child <association> elements.

Methods inherited from interface com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver.xds.XDSElement

attributeValueGet, attributeValueGet, attributeValueSet, domDocument, domElement, localName, namespaceName, position, tagName

Method Detail

extractAssociationElements

public List extractAssociationElements()

Returns this element's child <association> elements.

Invocation Context:

READ

Returns:

a list of two XDSAssociationElement objects; will not return null

appendAssociationElement

public XDSAssociationElement appendAssociationElement(String someText)

Appends a child <association> element to this element. The <association> element contains the text someText.

Invocation Context:

WRITE

Parameters:

someText - the association value; if null or "", an empty, child <association> element is appended

Returns:

will not return null

childElements

public List childElements()

Returns this element's child elements.

Invocation Context:

READ

Specified by:

childElements in interface XDSElement

Returns:

a list of two XDSAssociationElement and zero or more NonXDSElement objects; will not return null