com.esri.gpt.catalog.gxe
Class XmlElement

java.lang.Object
  com.esri.gpt.catalog.gxe.XmlNode
      com.esri.gpt.catalog.gxe.XmlElement

public class XmlElement
extends XmlNode

Represents an XML element.

Constructor Summary

XmlElement()
Default constructor

XmlElement(XmlElement objectToDuplicate, XmlElement parent)
Construct by duplicating an existing object.

Method Summary

void	appendChildren(XmlElements elements) Appends child elements.
XmlElement	duplicate(XmlElement parent) Produces a deep clone of the object.
XmlAttributes	ensureAttributes() Ensures that the attribute collection is not null and returns the collection.
XmlElements	ensureChildren() Ensures that the child collection is not null and returns the collection.
XmlAttributes	getAttributes() Gets the attributes.
String	getAttributeValue(String namespaceURI, String name) Gets a child attribute value
XmlElements	getChildren() Gets the children.
void	importAttributes(XmlAttributes base, boolean preserveLocals) Imports attributes from a base collection into the local collection.
void	importChildren(XmlElements base) Imports elements from a base collection into the local collection.
void	setAttributes(XmlAttributes attributes) Sets the attributes.
void	setChildren(XmlElements children) Sets the children.

Methods inherited from class com.esri.gpt.catalog.gxe.XmlNode

ensureNodeInfo, getNodeInfo, getParent, setNodeInfo, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlElement

public XmlElement()

Default constructor

XmlElement

public XmlElement(XmlElement objectToDuplicate,
                  XmlElement parent)

Construct by duplicating an existing object.

Parameters:

objectToDuplicate - the object to duplicate

parent - the parent

Method Detail

getAttributes

public XmlAttributes getAttributes()

Gets the attributes.

Returns:

the attributes

setAttributes

public void setAttributes(XmlAttributes attributes)

Sets the attributes.

Parameters:

attributes - the attributes

getChildren

public XmlElements getChildren()

Gets the children.

Returns:

the children

setChildren

public void setChildren(XmlElements children)

Sets the children.

Parameters:

children - the children

appendChildren

public void appendChildren(XmlElements elements)

Appends child elements.

Parameters:

elements - the elements to append

duplicate

public XmlElement duplicate(XmlElement parent)

Produces a deep clone of the object.
The duplication constructor is invoked.
return new XmlElement(this,parent);

Overrides:

duplicate in class XmlNode

Parameters:

parent - the parent

Returns:

the duplicated object

ensureAttributes

public XmlAttributes ensureAttributes()

Ensures that the attribute collection is not null and returns the collection.

Returns:

the attributes

ensureChildren

public XmlElements ensureChildren()

Ensures that the child collection is not null and returns the collection.

Returns:

the children

getAttributeValue

public String getAttributeValue(String namespaceURI,
                                String name)

Gets a child attribute value

Parameters:

namespaceURI - the namespace URI

name - the attribute name

Returns:

the associated value (can be null);

importAttributes

public void importAttributes(XmlAttributes base,
                             boolean preserveLocals)

Imports attributes from a base collection into the local collection.
When preserveLocals=true, the local attributes take precedence (i.e. an attribute that is in both collections will not be overriden locally).

Parameters:

base - the base collection

preserveLocals - true if local attributes should be preserved

importChildren

public void importChildren(XmlElements base)

Imports elements from a base collection into the local collection.

Parameters:

base - the base collection