Class AbstractText

java.lang.Object

org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

org.dom4j.tree.AbstractCharacterData

org.dom4j.tree.AbstractText

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, CharacterData, Node, Text

Direct Known Subclasses:

FlyweightText

public abstract class AbstractText
extends AbstractCharacterData
implements Text

AbstractText is an abstract base class for tree implementors to use for implementation inheritence.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class AbstractNode

NODE_TYPE_NAMES

Fields inherited from interface Node

ANY_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, MAX_NODE_TYPE, NAMESPACE_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE, UNKNOWN_NODE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractText()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	accept(Visitor visitor)	accept is the method used in the Visitor Pattern.
String	asXML()	asXML returns the textual XML representation of this node.
short	getNodeType()	Returns the code according to the type of node.
String	toString()
void	write(Writer writer)	write writes this node as the default XML notation for this node.

Methods inherited from class AbstractCharacterData

appendText, getPath, getUniquePath

Methods inherited from class AbstractNode

asXPathResult, clone, createPattern, createXPath, createXPathFilter, createXPathResult, detach, getDocument, getDocumentFactory, getName, getNodeTypeName, getParent, getPath, getStringValue, getText, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setName, setParent, setText, supportsParent, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Methods inherited from interface CharacterData

appendText

Methods inherited from interface Node

asXPathResult, clone, createXPath, detach, getDocument, getName, getNodeTypeName, getParent, getPath, getPath, getStringValue, getText, getUniquePath, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setName, setParent, setText, supportsParent, valueOf

Constructor Details

AbstractText

public AbstractText()

Method Details

getNodeType

public short getNodeType()

Description copied from interface: Node

Returns the code according to the type of node. This makes processing nodes polymorphically much easier as the switch statement can be used instead of multiple if (instanceof) statements.

Specified by:

getNodeType in interface Node

Overrides:

getNodeType in class AbstractNode

Returns:

a W3C DOM complient code for the node type such as ELEMENT_NODE or ATTRIBUTE_NODE

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

asXML

public String asXML()

Description copied from interface: Node

asXML returns the textual XML representation of this node.

Specified by:

asXML in interface Node

Returns:

the XML representation of this node

write

public void write(Writer writer)
           throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Node

write writes this node as the default XML notation for this node. If you wish to control the XML output (such as for pretty printing, changing the indentation policy etc.) then please use XMLWriter or its derivations.

Specified by:

write in interface Node

Overrides:

write in class AbstractNode

Parameters:

writer - is the Writer to output the XML to

Throws:

IOException - DOCUMENT ME!

accept

public void accept(Visitor visitor)

Description copied from interface: Node

accept is the method used in the Visitor Pattern.

Specified by:

accept in interface Node

Parameters:

visitor - is the visitor in the Visitor Pattern