org.jscience.architecture.traffic.xml
Class XMLElement

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.architecture.traffic.xml.XMLElement

public class XMLElement
extends java.lang.Object

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Field Summary

protected java.util.Vector	attributes DOCUMENT ME!
protected java.lang.String	name DOCUMENT ME!

Constructor Summary

XMLElement(java.lang.String name)
Make a new XMLElement

XMLElement(java.lang.String name, XMLAttribute[] attList)
Make a new XMLElement with the specified name and attributes

Method Summary

void	addAttribute(XMLAttribute attribute) Add a new attribute to the attribute list
java.lang.Object	clone()
XMLAttribute	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Get the (first) attribute with a certain name
protected int	getAttributeIndex(java.lang.String name) Get the index of an attribute in the attribute array
XMLAttribute[]	getAttributesArray() DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getCloseTag() DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getName() DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getOpenTag() DOCUMENT ME!
static XMLElement	parse(java.lang.String string) Parse a new XML element from a string which contains a XML tag
void	removeAllAttributes() Reset the attribute list (make it empty)
void	removeAttribute(java.lang.String name) Remove the (first) attribute with this name
void	setAttribute(XMLAttribute attribute) Change the attribute with the name of the parameter attribute to the value of the parameter attribute.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Change the name of this XML element
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected java.lang.String name

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attributes

protected java.util.Vector attributes

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Constructor Detail

XMLElement

public XMLElement(java.lang.String name)

Make a new XMLElement

Parameters:

name - The name of the new element

XMLElement

public XMLElement(java.lang.String name,
                  XMLAttribute[] attList)

Make a new XMLElement with the specified name and attributes

Parameters:

name - The name of the new element

attList - An array that contains the attributes for this element (instances of gld.xml.XMLAttribute)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

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Returns:

The name of this XML element

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Change the name of this XML element

Parameters:

name - The new name

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(XMLAttribute attribute)

Add a new attribute to the attribute list

Parameters:

attribute - The new attribute

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)
                     throws java.util.NoSuchElementException

Remove the (first) attribute with this name

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute which has to be removed

Throws:

java.util.NoSuchElementException - If an attribute with that name cannot be found.

getAttributeIndex

protected int getAttributeIndex(java.lang.String name)
                         throws java.util.NoSuchElementException

Get the index of an attribute in the attribute array

Parameters:

name - The name to search for

Returns:

The index of the attribute

Throws:

java.util.NoSuchElementException - If an attribute with that name cannot be found.

getAttribute

public XMLAttribute getAttribute(java.lang.String name)
                          throws java.util.NoSuchElementException

Get the (first) attribute with a certain name

Parameters:

name - The name to search for

Returns:

The found attribute

Throws:

java.util.NoSuchElementException - If an attribute with that name cannot be found.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

removeAllAttributes

public void removeAllAttributes()

Reset the attribute list (make it empty)

getAttributesArray

public XMLAttribute[] getAttributesArray()

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Returns:

The attribute list in array form

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(XMLAttribute attribute)

Change the attribute with the name of the parameter attribute to the value of the parameter attribute. If an attribute with the name of the parameter doesn't exist, then add the parameter attribute to the attribute list.

Parameters:

attribute - The attribute to set.

getOpenTag

public java.lang.String getOpenTag()

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Returns:

a string which represents the XML tag which opens this element in the XML file

getCloseTag

public java.lang.String getCloseTag()

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Returns:

Returns a string which represents the XML tag which closes this element in the XML file.

parse

public static XMLElement parse(java.lang.String string)
                        throws XMLTreeException

Parse a new XML element from a string which contains a XML tag

Parameters:

string - The string to parse

Returns:

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Throws:

XMLTreeException - If the string doesn't contain a valid XML tag.