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

All Superinterfaces:

XDSElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

XDSAddElement, XDSCheckObjectPasswordElement, XDSModifyPasswordElement

public interface PasswordElementParent

extends XDSElement

Any XDS element with zero or one child <password> elements.

This class represents the password? occurrence indicator (zero or one) or a sequence that contains a password element only once (password).

Method Summary

XDSPasswordElement	appendPasswordElement(String someText) Appends a child <password> element to this element.
XDSPasswordElement	extractPasswordElement() Returns this element's child <password> element.
String	extractPasswordText() Returns the concatenated child text nodes from this element's child <password> element.

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

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

Method Detail

appendPasswordElement

public XDSPasswordElement appendPasswordElement(String someText)

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

Invocation Context:

WRITE

Parameters:

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

Returns:

will not return null

extractPasswordText

public String extractPasswordText()

Returns the concatenated child text nodes from this element's child <password> element.

Invocation Context:

READ

Returns:

may return null; will not return ""

extractPasswordElement

public XDSPasswordElement extractPasswordElement()

Returns this element's child <password> element.

Invocation Context:

READ

Returns:

may return null