net.sf.practicalxml.builder

Class Node

java.lang.Object

net.sf.practicalxml.builder.Node

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributeNode, CommentNode, ElementNode, PINode, TextNode

public abstract class Node
extends Object
implements Serializable

A lightweight counterpart of a DOM Node, focused on creation rather than manipulation. To that end, all except for ElementNode are immutable, and require their parent to provide context (ie, no back- pointers).

Node is defined as an abstract class (rather than an interface) to allow declaration of protected methods and to provide helper methods.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Node()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract void	appendToElement(Element elem) This method is called internally by ElementNode, to append its children to the DOM subtree rooted at the specified element.
protected static String	getLocalName(String qname) Utility method to return a local name from either a qualified or non-qualified name.
protected void	toSAX(ContentHandler handler) Invokes the passed ContentHandler for this element and its children.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Node

public Node()

Method Detail

appendToElement

protected abstract void appendToElement(Element elem)

This method is called internally by ElementNode, to append its children to the DOM subtree rooted at the specified element.

toSAX

protected void toSAX(ContentHandler handler)
              throws SAXException

Invokes the passed ContentHandler for this element and its children. Default implementation does nothing (appropriate for attributes only).

Throws:

SAXException

getLocalName

protected static String getLocalName(String qname)

Utility method to return a local name from either a qualified or non-qualified name.