com.adventnet.utilities.xml.dom
Class XMLNode

java.lang.Object
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public class XMLNode

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

This represents an XML data element .

nodeType variable identifies the type of the data element. Valid values are ELEMENT, DOCUMENT, ENTITYREF, COMMENT, PCDATA, CDATA

attributeList Hashtable stores the attributes of an element.

parentNode provides a referenence to the parent XMLNode

childNodes Vector provides references to its child nodes

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

(package private) java.util.Vector	attrNameVector
static int	CDATA
static int	COMMENT Comment Node
static int	DOCUMENT Document Node
static int	ELEMENT Element Node
static int	ENTITYREF Entity Reference
static int	PCDATA

Constructor Summary

XMLNode()
Constructor to create a new instance of XMLNode

Method Summary

void	addChildNode(XMLNode childNode) Adds a node as a child node to this node.
java.util.Enumeration	children() Returns an Enumeration of child nodes
java.lang.Object	clone() Clones the XML node along with its children
void	deleteChildNode(XMLNode node) Deletes the specified node from the childList
void	deleteNode() Deletes all the children of this node
java.lang.Object	getAttribute(java.lang.String attrName) Gets the value of the attribute for the specified attrName
java.util.Hashtable	getAttributeList() Gets the attribute list of this node
java.util.Vector	getAttrKeysVector() Gets the attribute keys as a Vector
int	getChildCount() Gets the number of children for this node
XMLNode	getChildNode(java.lang.String s) Gets the child node with tag name childName.
java.util.Vector	getChildNodes() Gets all the children under this node
java.lang.String	getNodeName() Gets the name of the node
int	getNodeType() Gets the node type, For eg: ELEMENT
java.lang.String	getNodeValue() Gets the value of the node.
XMLNode	getParentNode() Gets the parent node for this node.
boolean	isLeaf()
void	removeAttribute(java.lang.String attrName) Method to remove a attribute from the attribute list if an entry exists with this attrName as a key
int	removeFromParent()
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, java.lang.Object attrValue) Sets the attrName and a value which is an Object type data in the the attribute list for this node.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, java.lang.String attrValue) Sets the attrName and attrValue in the attribute list for this node.
void	setAttributeList(java.util.Hashtable attrList) Sets a attribute list for this node
void	setChildNodes(java.util.Vector childNodesV) Sets the children for this node as a Vector
void	setNodeName(java.lang.String nName) Sets the name of the node
void	setNodeType(int nType) Sets the node's type
void	setNodeValue(java.lang.String nValue) Sets a value for the node.
void	setParentNode(XMLNode pNode) Sets the parent node for this node
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the node name of this node

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ELEMENT

public static final int ELEMENT

Element Node

DOCUMENT

public static final int DOCUMENT

Document Node

ENTITYREF

public static final int ENTITYREF

Entity Reference

COMMENT

public static final int COMMENT

Comment Node

PCDATA

public static final int PCDATA

CDATA

public static final int CDATA

attrNameVector

java.util.Vector attrNameVector

Constructor Detail

XMLNode

public XMLNode()

Constructor to create a new instance of XMLNode

Method Detail

getNodeType

public int getNodeType()

Gets the node type, For eg: ELEMENT

setNodeType

public void setNodeType(int nType)

Sets the node's type

getNodeValue

public java.lang.String getNodeValue()

Gets the value of the node. For a comment node, this method will return the comment text.

Returns:

returns null for ELEMENT node.

setNodeValue

public void setNodeValue(java.lang.String nValue)

Sets a value for the node.

getNodeName

public java.lang.String getNodeName()

Gets the name of the node

setNodeName

public void setNodeName(java.lang.String nName)

Sets the name of the node

getAttributeList

public java.util.Hashtable getAttributeList()

Gets the attribute list of this node

setAttributeList

public void setAttributeList(java.util.Hashtable attrList)

Sets a attribute list for this node

getChildNodes

public java.util.Vector getChildNodes()

Gets all the children under this node

getChildNode

public XMLNode getChildNode(java.lang.String s)

Gets the child node with tag name childName. It will just search one level below ie only among this nodes children.

setChildNodes

public void setChildNodes(java.util.Vector childNodesV)

Sets the children for this node as a Vector

getParentNode

public XMLNode getParentNode()

Gets the parent node for this node.

setParentNode

public void setParentNode(XMLNode pNode)

Sets the parent node for this node

getAttribute

public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String attrName)

Gets the value of the attribute for the specified attrName

getAttrKeysVector

public java.util.Vector getAttrKeysVector()

Gets the attribute keys as a Vector

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                         java.lang.String attrValue)

Sets the attrName and attrValue in the attribute list for this node.

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                         java.lang.Object attrValue)

Sets the attrName and a value which is an Object type data in the the attribute list for this node.

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(java.lang.String attrName)

Method to remove a attribute from the attribute list if an entry exists with this attrName as a key

addChildNode

public void addChildNode(XMLNode childNode)

Adds a node as a child node to this node.

deleteNode

public void deleteNode()

Deletes all the children of this node

deleteChildNode

public void deleteChildNode(XMLNode node)

Deletes the specified node from the childList

isLeaf

public boolean isLeaf()

removeFromParent

public int removeFromParent()

getChildCount

public int getChildCount()

Gets the number of children for this node

children

public java.util.Enumeration children()

Returns an Enumeration of child nodes

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Clones the XML node along with its children

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a duplicate instance of this XMLNode.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the node name of this node

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object