com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver.xds
Class ElementImpl

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver.xds.ElementImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

XDSElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

DescriptionElement, ExceptionElement, NonXDSElement, XDSAddAssociationElement, XDSAddAttrElement, XDSAddElement, XDSAddValueElement, XDSAllowAttrElement, XDSAllowClassElement, XDSAssociationElement, XDSAttrDefElement, XDSAttrElement, XDSAuthenticationInfoElement, XDSCheckObjectPasswordElement, XDSClassDefElement, XDSComponentElement, XDSContactElement, XDSDeleteElement, XDSDriverFilterElement, XDSDriverOptionsElement, XDSDriverStateElement, XDSInitParamsElement, XDSInstanceElement, XDSModifyAssociationElement, XDSModifyAttrElement, XDSModifyElement, XDSModifyPasswordElement, XDSMoveElement, XDSNewNameElement, XDSOldPasswordElement, XDSParentElement, XDSPasswordElement, XDSProductElement, XDSPublisherOptionsElement, XDSPublisherStateElement, XDSQueryElement, XDSQueryTokenElement, XDSReadAttrElement, XDSReadParentElement, XDSRemoveAllValuesElement, XDSRemoveAssociationElement, XDSRemoveValueElement, XDSRenameElement, XDSSchemaDefElement, XDSSearchAttrElement, XDSSearchClassElement, XDSServerElement, XDSSourceElement, XDSStatusElement, XDSSubscriberOptionsElement, XDSSubscriberStateElement, XDSUserElement, XDSValueElement

public class ElementImpl

extends Object

implements XDSElement

Superclass implementation of all elements.

Method Summary

String	attributeValueGet(String attrName) Returns the value of attribute someAttrName.
String	attributeValueGet(String someNamespaceName, String someAttrName) Returns the value of attribute someAttrName in namespace someNamespaceName.
void	attributeValueSet(String name, String value) Sets this element's someAttrName attribute to value someValue.
List	childElements() Returns this element's child elements.
DocumentImpl	documentImpl() Returns the backing DOM document.
Document	domDocument() Returns a reference for this element's DOM document.
Element	domElement() Returns a DOM reference for this element.
String	localName() Returns this element's unprefixed tag name.
String	namespaceName() Returns this element's namespace name.
int	position() Returns the position of this element relative to its parent where the first position is 1.
String	tagName() Returns this element's tag name, including namespace prefix.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

tagName

public String tagName()

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns this element's tag name, including namespace prefix.

e.g. if this element's tag name were xds:tag, this method would return xds:tag

Specified by:

tagName in interface XDSElement

Returns:

will not return null

domElement

public Element domElement()

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns a DOM reference for this element.

Specified by:

domElement in interface XDSElement

Returns:

will not return null

domDocument

public Document domDocument()

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns a reference for this element's DOM document.

Specified by:

domDocument in interface XDSElement

Returns:

will not return null

position

public int position()

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns the position of this element relative to its parent where the first position is 1.

Specified by:

position in interface XDSElement

Returns:

this element's position

documentImpl

public DocumentImpl documentImpl()

Returns the backing DOM document.

Returns:

will not return null

attributeValueGet

public String attributeValueGet(String attrName)

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns the value of attribute someAttrName.

Specified by:

attributeValueGet in interface XDSElement

Parameters:

attrName - if null, returns null

Returns:

may be null

attributeValueSet

public void attributeValueSet(String name,
                              String value)

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Sets this element's someAttrName attribute to value someValue.

Specified by:

attributeValueSet in interface XDSElement

Parameters:

name - if null, no action is taken

value - if null, no action is taken

localName

public String localName()

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns this element's unprefixed tag name.

e.g. if this element's tag name were xds:tag, this method would return tag

Specified by:

localName in interface XDSElement

Returns:

will not return null

namespaceName

public String namespaceName()

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns this element's namespace name.

e.g. if this element's tag name were xds:tag, and the namespace prefix xds resolved to urn:dirxml:xds, this method would return urn:dirxml:xds

Specified by:

namespaceName in interface XDSElement

Returns:

may return null

attributeValueGet

public String attributeValueGet(String someNamespaceName,
                                String someAttrName)

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns the value of attribute someAttrName in namespace someNamespaceName.

Specified by:

attributeValueGet in interface XDSElement

Parameters:

someNamespaceName - may be null

someAttrName - if null, returns null

Returns:

may be null

childElements

public List childElements()

Description copied from interface: XDSElement

Returns this element's child elements.

Invocation Context:

READ

Specified by:

childElements in interface XDSElement

Returns:

Collections.EMPTY_LIST or a list of XDSElement and NonXDSElement objects; will not return null