org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes

Class Element


public class Element
extends ParentNode

A representation of an Element XML node.
Version:
$Revision: 0000 $ $Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00 -0600 (Thu, 11 Jan 2007) $
Author:
Edward Kuns
Since:
Castor 1.1

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.XMLNode

ATTRIBUTE, ELEMENT, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, ROOT, TEXT

Constructor Summary

Element(String namespace, String localName)
Creates a new Element.

Method Summary

void
addAttribute(Attribute attr)
Adds the given Attribute to this Element.
void
addNamespace(Namespace namespace)
Adds the given Namespace to this Element.
String
getAttribute(String uri, String localName)
Returns the value of the named attribute, or null if the node has no such attribute.
Iterator
getAttributeIterator()
Returns an Iterator over the List of Attributes.
Location
getLocation()
Returns the location of this Element in the document.
String
getNamespacePrefix(String uri)
Returns the namespace prefix associated with this namespace URI, as defined in the context of this node.
String
getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
Returns the namespace URI associated with this namespace prefix, as defined in the context of this node.
void
setLocation(Location location)
Sets the location of this Element in the document.

Methods inherited from class org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.ParentNode

addChild, getChildIterator, getStringValue, hasChildNodes

Methods inherited from class org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.XMLNode

getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNamespaceURI, getNodeLocation, getNodeType, getParentNode, getRootNode, getStringValue, getXPath, setNamespace, setParent

Constructor Details

Element

public Element(String namespace,
               String localName)
Creates a new Element.
Parameters:
namespace - the namespace URI for this node. (May be null.)
localName - the localname of this node. (Cannot be null.)

Method Details

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(Attribute attr)
Adds the given Attribute to this Element.
Parameters:
attr - the Attribute to add

addNamespace

public void addNamespace(Namespace namespace)
Adds the given Namespace to this Element.
Parameters:
namespace - the Namespace to add

getAttribute

public String getAttribute(String uri,
                           String localName)
Returns the value of the named attribute, or null if the node has no such attribute. If the argument uri is null, the node's namespace URI will be used.
Parameters:
uri - The attribute's namespace URI, or null
localName - The attribute's local name
Returns:
The attribute's value, or null if no such attribute exists

getAttributeIterator

public Iterator getAttributeIterator()
Returns an Iterator over the List of Attributes.
Returns:
an Iterator over the List of Attributes.

getLocation

public Location getLocation()
Returns the location of this Element in the document.
Returns:
the location of this Element in the document.

getNamespacePrefix

public String getNamespacePrefix(String uri)
Returns the namespace prefix associated with this namespace URI, as defined in the context of this node. Returns null if no prefix is defined for this namespace URI. Returns an empty string if the default prefix is associated with this namespace URI.
Parameters:
uri - The namespace URI
Returns:
The namespace prefix, or null

getNamespaceURI

public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
Returns the namespace URI associated with this namespace prefix, as defined in the context of this node. Returns null if the prefix is undefined. Returns an empty String if the prefix is defined and associated with no namespace.
Overrides:
getNamespaceURI in interface XMLNode
Parameters:
prefix - The namespace prefix
Returns:
The namespace URI, or null.

setLocation

public void setLocation(Location location)
Sets the location of this Element in the document.
Parameters:
location - the location of this Element in the document.

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