edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat
Class BasicElement

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

DBSAXElement, ReaderElement

public class BasicElement

extends java.lang.Object

A Class that represents an XML element and its contents

Constructor Summary

BasicElement()
Construct a Basic Element

BasicElement(long element_id, java.lang.String tagname, long parent_id, int nodeIndex)
Construct a Basic Element

BasicElement(java.lang.String tagname, long parent_id, int nodeIndex)
Construct a Basic Element

Method Summary

void	appendContent(char[] cbuf, int start, int len) Append to the content of the element
void	appendContent(java.lang.String new_content) Append to the content of the element
java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String attName) Get an attribute value by name
java.lang.String	getAttributes() Get the attributes as a string
java.lang.String	getContent() Get the content of the element
long	getElementID() Get the id of this element
int	getNodeIndex() Get nodeIndex of the element
long	getParentID() Get the parent id of this element
java.lang.String	getTagName() Get the name of this element
int	incChildNum() increase childNum when new child for the element is created
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String attName, java.lang.String attValue) Add a new attribute to this element, or set its value
void	setElementID(long element_id) Set the id of this element
void	setParentID(long parent_id) Set the parent id of this element
void	setTagName(java.lang.String tagname) Set the tagname of this element
java.lang.String	toString() convert the element to a string representation for display

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicElement

public BasicElement()

Construct a Basic Element

BasicElement

public BasicElement(java.lang.String tagname,
                    long parent_id,
                    int nodeIndex)

Construct a Basic Element

Parameters:

tagname - the name of the element

parent_id - the id number of the parent element

nodeIndex - - number of the element in the order for a given parent node Every element initializes childNum to 0 when created and has interface incChildNum when new child is created

BasicElement

public BasicElement(long element_id,
                    java.lang.String tagname,
                    long parent_id,
                    int nodeIndex)

Construct a Basic Element

Parameters:

element_id - the id number of the element

tagname - the name of the element

parent_id - the id number of the parent element

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

convert the element to a string representation for display

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getElementID

public long getElementID()

Get the id of this element

setElementID

public void setElementID(long element_id)

Set the id of this element

getParentID

public long getParentID()

Get the parent id of this element

setParentID

public void setParentID(long parent_id)

Set the parent id of this element

getTagName

public java.lang.String getTagName()

Get the name of this element

setTagName

public void setTagName(java.lang.String tagname)

Set the tagname of this element

getAttributes

public java.lang.String getAttributes()

Get the attributes as a string

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String attName,
                         java.lang.String attValue)

Add a new attribute to this element, or set its value

getAttribute

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

Get an attribute value by name

appendContent

public void appendContent(char[] cbuf,
                          int start,
                          int len)

Append to the content of the element

appendContent

public void appendContent(java.lang.String new_content)

Append to the content of the element

getContent

public java.lang.String getContent()

Get the content of the element

getNodeIndex

public int getNodeIndex()

Get nodeIndex of the element

incChildNum

public int incChildNum()

increase childNum when new child for the element is created