com.myjavatools.xml
Interface XmlData

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicXmlData

public interface XmlData

Nested Class Summary

static interface

XmlData.Condition XmlData.Condition has just one method that checks whether XmlData satisfies a condition.

Method Summary

XmlData	addKid(XmlData kid) Adds a kid to the set of kids.
void	addKids(java.util.Collection kids) Adds all XmlData elements from given Collection to the set of kids, skipping elements that are not XmlData.
java.lang.Object	clone() Clones XmlData, same thing as deepCopy.
java.util.Collection	getAllKids() Gets a collection of all kids of XmlData.
java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Gets the value of a specified attribute.
java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String defaultValue) Gets the value of a specified attribute; if there is none, returns default value.
java.util.Map	getAttributes()
java.lang.String	getId() Gets the id of XmlData, which is the value of attribute "id".
XmlData	getKid(java.lang.String type) Gets a kid of specified type, if any.
XmlData	getKid(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String id) Gets a kid having specified type and specified id.
XmlData	getKid(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String attribute, java.lang.String value) Gets a kid of specified type that has an attribute with a specified value.
int	getKidCount(java.lang.String type) Gets the number of kids of specified type.
java.util.Collection	getKids(java.lang.String type) Gets a Collection of kids of specified type.
java.lang.String	getKidValue(java.lang.String type) Gets the value of a kid of specified type, if any.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of XmlData, which is the value of attribute "name".
java.lang.String	getType() Gets XmlData type, which is just a String.
java.lang.String	getValue() Gets a value of XmlData, which is just a String.
XmlData	getXmlContent() Gets the contents of this XmlData (probably, itself).
void	removeKid(XmlData kid) Removes a kid from the set of kids.
java.util.Collection	removeKids(java.lang.String type) Removes all kids of given type.
XmlData	selectTree(XmlData.Condition condition)
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
void	setAttributes(org.xml.sax.AttributeList attributes) Sets attributes from an AttributeList.
void	setAttributes(java.util.Map attributes) Sets attributes from a Map, name -> value.
void	setAttributes(java.lang.String[] attributes) Sets attributes from an array of name-value pairs.
XmlData	setValue(java.lang.String v) Sets the value of XmlData.
void	setXmlContent(XmlData org) Sets the contents from another XmlData.

Method Detail

setXmlContent

public void setXmlContent(XmlData org)

Sets the contents from another XmlData.

Parameters:

org - original XmlData

getXmlContent

public XmlData getXmlContent()

Gets the contents of this XmlData (probably, itself).

Returns:

itself

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Clones XmlData, same thing as deepCopy.

Returns:

deep copy of itself

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.String value)

setAttributes

public void setAttributes(java.lang.String[] attributes)

Sets attributes from an array of name-value pairs. The preexisting attributes are not removed by this operation.

Parameters:

attributes - a String array consisting of name-value pairs.

setAttributes

public void setAttributes(org.xml.sax.AttributeList attributes)

Sets attributes from an AttributeList.

Parameters:

attributes - AttributeList

setAttributes

public void setAttributes(java.util.Map attributes)

Sets attributes from a Map, name -> value. The preexisting attributes are not removed by this operation.

Parameters:

attributes - a Map, attributeName -> attributeValue.

getAttributes

public java.util.Map getAttributes()

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Gets XmlData type, which is just a String.

Returns:

the type string

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Gets a value of XmlData, which is just a String.

Returns:

the value

setValue

public XmlData setValue(java.lang.String v)

Sets the value of XmlData.

Parameters:

v - new value for XmlData

Returns:

itself

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Gets the value of a specified attribute.

Parameters:

name - attribute name

Returns:

attribute value

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                     java.lang.String defaultValue)

Gets the value of a specified attribute; if there is none, returns default value.

Parameters:

name - attribute name

defaultValue -

Returns:

attribute value or defaultValue

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of XmlData, which is the value of attribute "name".

Returns:

the name string

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

Gets the id of XmlData, which is the value of attribute "id".

Returns:

the id string

getAllKids

public java.util.Collection getAllKids()

Gets a collection of all kids of XmlData. Normally you would not need it; retrieving kids by type is what one normally does, but you never know...

Returns:

a Collection of XmlData that contains all kids

getKids

public java.util.Collection getKids(java.lang.String type)

Gets a Collection of kids of specified type.

Parameters:

type - type of the kids to choose

Returns:

all kids that have specified type

getKidCount

public int getKidCount(java.lang.String type)

Gets the number of kids of specified type.

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

the number of such kids

getKid

public XmlData getKid(java.lang.String type)

Gets a kid of specified type, if any.

Parameters:

type - type of the kid to chose

Returns:

any kid that has this type or null if there is no such kid

getKidValue

public java.lang.String getKidValue(java.lang.String type)

Gets the value of a kid of specified type, if any.

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

the value of a kid of specified type or null if there's none

getKid

public XmlData getKid(java.lang.String type,
                      java.lang.String attribute,
                      java.lang.String value)

Gets a kid of specified type that has an attribute with a specified value.

Parameters:

type - type of the kid to choose

attribute - attribute name

value - attribute value

Returns:

such a kid, if found, or null otherwise

getKid

public XmlData getKid(java.lang.String type,
                      java.lang.String id)

Gets a kid having specified type and specified id.

Parameters:

type - kid type

id - kid id

Returns:

a kid of specified type that has the value named "id" equal to id

addKid

public XmlData addKid(XmlData kid)

Adds a kid to the set of kids.

Parameters:

kid - kid to add

Returns:

the kid

removeKid

public void removeKid(XmlData kid)

Removes a kid from the set of kids.

Parameters:

kid - kid to remove

addKids

public void addKids(java.util.Collection kids)

Adds all XmlData elements from given Collection to the set of kids, skipping elements that are not XmlData.

Parameters:

kids -

removeKids

public java.util.Collection removeKids(java.lang.String type)

Removes all kids of given type.

Parameters:

type - type of kids to remove

Returns:

Collection of removed kids

selectTree

public XmlData selectTree(XmlData.Condition condition)