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

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

SomeAttrElement, ValueElementsParent, XDSElement

public class XDSAttrElement

extends ElementImpl

implements ValueElementsParent, SomeAttrElement

An <attr> element.

See Also:

XDSInstanceElement.appendAttrElement(), XDSInstanceElement.extractAttrElements(), XDSInstanceElement.childElements()

Method Summary

XDSValueElement	appendValueElement() Appends an empty, child <value> element to this element.
XDSValueElement	appendValueElement(String someText) Appends a child <value> element to this element.
XDSValueElement	appendValueElement(ValueType someType, String someText) Appends a child <value> element to this element.
List	childElements() Returns this element's child elements.
List	extractValueElements() Returns this element's child <value> elements.
String	getAttrName() Gets the value of this element's attr-name attribute.
void	setAttrName(String someName) Sets this element's attr-name attribute to someName.

Methods inherited from class com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver.xds.ElementImpl

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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

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

Method Detail

extractValueElements

public List extractValueElements()

Description copied from interface: ValueElementsParent

Returns this element's child <value> elements.

Invocation Context:

READ

Specified by:

extractValueElements in interface ValueElementsParent

Returns:

a list of one or more XDSValueElement objects; will not return null

childElements

public List childElements()

Description copied from interface: ValueElementsParent

Returns this element's child elements.

Invocation Context:

READ

Specified by:

childElements in interface ValueElementsParent

Overrides:

childElements in class ElementImpl

getAttrName

public String getAttrName()

Description copied from interface: SomeAttrElement

Gets the value of this element's attr-name attribute.

Invocation Context:

READ

Specified by:

getAttrName in interface SomeAttrElement

Returns:

will not return null; will not return ""

setAttrName

public void setAttrName(String someName)

Description copied from interface: SomeAttrElement

Sets this element's attr-name attribute to someName.

Invocation Context:

WRITE

Specified by:

setAttrName in interface SomeAttrElement

Parameters:

someName - if null or "", no action is taken

appendValueElement

public XDSValueElement appendValueElement()

Description copied from interface: ValueElementsParent

Appends an empty, child <value> element to this element.

Invocation Context:

WRITE

Specified by:

appendValueElement in interface ValueElementsParent

Returns:

will not return null

appendValueElement

public XDSValueElement appendValueElement(String someText)

Description copied from interface: ValueElementsParent

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

Invocation Context:

WRITE

Specified by:

appendValueElement in interface ValueElementsParent

Parameters:

someText - if null or "", an empty <value> element is appended

Returns:

will not return null

appendValueElement

public XDSValueElement appendValueElement(ValueType someType,
                                          String someText)

Description copied from interface: ValueElementsParent

Appends a child <value> element to this element. The <value> element contains the text someText. The <value> element's type attribute is set to someType.

Invocation Context:

WRITE

Specified by:

appendValueElement in interface ValueElementsParent

Parameters:

someType - if null, a type attribute is omitted

someText - if null or "", an empty <value> element is appended

Returns:

will not return null