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

All Superinterfaces:
TextParent, XDSElement
All Known Implementing Classes:
NonXDSElement, XDSPasswordElement, XDSServerElement, XDSUserElement

public interface ParamElement
extends TextParent

Any element that contains driver option, driver state, or authentication information.

A child element of <driver-options>, <publisher-options>, <subscriber-options>, <driver-state>, <publisher-state>, <subscriber-state>, or <authentication-info> elements.


Method Summary
 String getDisplayName()
          Returns the display-name attribute value.
 boolean hasContent()
          Does this element the parent of child nodes?
 boolean isContentSensitive()
           
 boolean isPasswordRef()
           
 
Methods inherited from interface com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver.xds.TextParent
appendText, extractText
 
Methods inherited from interface com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver.xds.XDSElement
attributeValueGet, attributeValueGet, attributeValueSet, childElements, domDocument, domElement, localName, namespaceName, position, tagName
 

Method Detail

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()
Returns the display-name attribute value.

Returns:
may return null; will not return "" (empty string)

isContentSensitive

public boolean isContentSensitive()

isPasswordRef

public boolean isPasswordRef()

hasContent

public boolean hasContent()
Does this element the parent of child nodes?

Returns:
true if it does; false otherwise