er.xiss

Class ERXML.Item

java.lang.Object

er.xiss.ERXML.Item

Direct Known Subclasses:

ERXML.Declaration, ERXML.Doc, ERXML.Node

Enclosing class:

ERXML

public abstract static class ERXML.Item
extends Object

Item is the base class of everything that can appear in an XML document.

Author:

mschrag

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Item() Constructs a new Item.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ERXML.Doc	doc() Returns the XML document, or null if it isn't in a document.
ERXML.Item	parent() Returns the parent of this item, or null if there isn't one.
protected void	setParent(ERXML.Item parent) Sets the parent of the this item.
String	toString() Generates a formatted representation of this item.
abstract void	visit(ERXML.Visitor visitor) Visits this item and any of its children (if the visitor allows).
abstract void	write(PrintWriter writer, int indent) Writes this item to the given writer with a certain indentation.
protected void	writeEscapedString(String value, PrintWriter writer) Writes the given escaped String to the writer.
protected void	writeIndent(int indent, PrintWriter writer) Writes an indentation to the writer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Item

public Item()

Constructs a new Item.

Method Detail

setParent

protected void setParent(ERXML.Item parent)

Sets the parent of the this item.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of the this item

parent

public ERXML.Item parent()

Returns the parent of this item, or null if there isn't one.

Returns:

the parent of this item, or null if there isn't one

doc

public ERXML.Doc doc()

Returns the XML document, or null if it isn't in a document.

Returns:

the XML document, or null if it isn't in a document

write

public abstract void write(PrintWriter writer,
                           int indent)

Writes this item to the given writer with a certain indentation. All items are pretty printed.

Parameters:

writer - the writer to write to

indent - the current indentation

visit

public abstract void visit(ERXML.Visitor visitor)

Visits this item and any of its children (if the visitor allows).

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor to visit with

writeEscapedString

protected void writeEscapedString(String value,
                                  PrintWriter writer)

Writes the given escaped String to the writer.

Parameters:

value - the string value to escape

writer - the writer to write to

writeIndent

protected void writeIndent(int indent,
                           PrintWriter writer)

Writes an indentation to the writer.

Parameters:

indent - the indentation to write

writer - the writer to write to

toString

public String toString()

Generates a formatted representation of this item.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a formatted representation of this item