Class AbstractSVGItem

java.lang.Object

org.apache.batik.dom.svg.AbstractSVGItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

SVGItem

Direct Known Subclasses:

SVGPathSegItem, SVGPointItem

public abstract class AbstractSVGItem
extends Object
implements SVGItem

Adapter for the SVGItem interface.

Version:

$Id$

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected String	itemStringValue	String representation of the item.
protected AbstractSVGList	parent	List the item belongs to.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractSVGItem()	Creates a new AbstractSVGList.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AbstractSVGList	getParent()	Returns the parent list of this item.
protected abstract String	getStringValue()	Return the string representation of the item.
String	getValueAsString()	Returns the cached representation of the item if valid, otherwise recomputes the String representation of the item.
protected void	resetAttribute()	Notifies the parent list that the item has changed.
void	setParent(AbstractSVGList list)	Assigns a parent list to this item.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

parent

protected AbstractSVGList parent

List the item belongs to.

itemStringValue

protected String itemStringValue

String representation of the item. This is a cached representation of the item while it is not changed.

Constructor Details

AbstractSVGItem

protected AbstractSVGItem()

Creates a new AbstractSVGList.

Method Details

getStringValue

protected abstract String getStringValue()

Return the string representation of the item.

setParent

public void setParent(AbstractSVGList list)

Assigns a parent list to this item.

Specified by:

setParent in interface SVGItem

Parameters:

list - The list the item belongs.

getParent

public AbstractSVGList getParent()

Returns the parent list of this item.

Specified by:

getParent in interface SVGItem

Returns:

list the item belongs to. This could be if the item belongs to no list.

resetAttribute

protected void resetAttribute()

Notifies the parent list that the item has changed. This discards the cached representation of the item.

getValueAsString

public String getValueAsString()

Returns the cached representation of the item if valid, otherwise recomputes the String representation of the item.

Specified by:

getValueAsString in interface SVGItem

Returns:

textual representation of the item to be inserted in the attribute value representing the list.