org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes
Class XMLNode

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes.XMLNode

Direct Known Subclasses:

Attribute, ParentNode, ProcessingInstruction, Text

public abstract class XMLNode
extends Object

The base node for all XMLNode types.

Since:

Castor 1.1

Version:

$Revision: 0000 $ $Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00 -0600 (Thu, 11 Jan 2007) $

Author:

Edward Kuns

Field Summary

static int	ATTRIBUTE Node is an attribute.
static int	ELEMENT Node is an element.
static int	PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION Node is a processing instruction.
static int	ROOT Node is a root node.
static int	TEXT Node is a text node.

Method Summary

String	getLocalName() Returns the local name of the node.
String	getNamespaceURI() Returns the namespace URI the node.
String	getNamespaceURI(String prefix) Returns the namespace URI associated with this namespace prefix, as defined in the context of this node.
String	getNodeLocation() Finds and returns the location of this node in its root's tree.
int	getNodeType() Returns the type of this node.
ParentNode	getParentNode() Returns the parent node, or null if the node has no parent.
XMLNode	getRootNode() Returns the root node.
abstract String	getStringValue() Returns the string value of the node.
protected String	getXPath() Returns the XPath from the root node to this node.
void	setNamespace(String namespace) Sets the namespace URI for this XMLNode.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ROOT

public static final int ROOT

Node is a root node.

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ELEMENT

public static final int ELEMENT

Node is an element.

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ATTRIBUTE

public static final int ATTRIBUTE

Node is an attribute.

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TEXT

public static final int TEXT

Node is a text node.

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PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION

public static final int PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION

Node is a processing instruction.

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Method Detail

getNodeType

public final int getNodeType()

Returns the type of this node.

Returns:

The type of this node

getLocalName

public String getLocalName()

Returns the local name of the node. Returns the local name of an element or attribute, the prefix of a namespace node, the target of a processing instruction, or null for all other node types.

Returns:

The local name of the node, or null if the node has no name

getNamespaceURI

public String getNamespaceURI()

Returns the namespace URI the node. Returns the namespace URI of an element, attribute or namespace node, or null for all other node types.

Returns:

The namespace URI of the node, or null if the node has no namespace URI

getParentNode

public ParentNode getParentNode()

Returns the parent node, or null if the node has no parent. This method is valid on all node types except the root node. Attribute and namespace nodes have the element as their parent node.

Returns:

The parent node, or null

getRootNode

public XMLNode getRootNode()

Returns the root node.

Returns:

The root node

getStringValue

public abstract String getStringValue()

Returns the string value of the node. The string value of a text node or an attribute node is its text value. The string value of an element or a root node is the concatenation of the string value of all its child nodes. The string value of a namespace node is its namespace URI. The string value of a processing instruction is the instruction, and the string value of a comment is the comment text.

Returns:

The string value of the node

getNamespaceURI

public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)

Returns the namespace URI associated with this namespace prefix, as defined in the context of this node. Returns null if the prefix is undefined. Returns empty if the prefix is defined and associated with no namespace. This method is valid only for element nodes.

Parameters:

prefix - The namespace prefix

Returns:

The namespace URI, or null

setNamespace

public void setNamespace(String namespace)

Sets the namespace URI for this XMLNode.

Parameters:

namespace - the Namespace URI

getNodeLocation

public String getNodeLocation()

Finds and returns the location of this node in its root's tree.

Returns:

the location of this node in its root's tree.

getXPath

protected String getXPath()

Returns the XPath from the root node to this node.

Returns:

the XPath from the root node to this node.