Class Element

java.lang.Object
javax.swing.text.html.parser.Element
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, DTDConstants 
public final class Element extends Object implements DTDConstants, Serializable
An element as described in a DTD using the ELEMENT construct. This is essential the description of a tag. It describes the type, content model, attributes, attribute types etc. It is used to correctly parse a document by the Parser.
See Also:

Field Summary

Modifier and Type Field Description
AttributeList atts
The attributes
ContentModel content
The content model
Object data
A field to store user data.
BitSet exclusions
The set of elements that must not occur inside the element
BitSet inclusions
The set of elements that can occur inside the element
int index
The element index
String name
The name of the element
boolean oEnd
true if the end tag can be omitted
boolean oStart
true if the start tag can be omitted
int type
The element type

Fields declared in interface javax.swing.text.html.parser.DTDConstants

ANY, CDATA, CONREF, CURRENT, DEFAULT, EMPTY, ENDTAG, ENTITIES, ENTITY, FIXED, GENERAL, ID, IDREF, IDREFS, IMPLIED, MD, MODEL, MS, NAME, NAMES, NMTOKEN, NMTOKENS, NOTATION, NUMBER, NUMBERS, NUTOKEN, NUTOKENS, PARAMETER, PI, PUBLIC, RCDATA, REQUIRED, SDATA, STARTTAG, SYSTEM

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method Description
AttributeList getAttribute(String name)
Get an attribute by name.
AttributeList getAttributeByValue(String value)
Get an attribute by value.
AttributeList getAttributes()
Get the attributes.
ContentModel getContent()
Get content model
int getIndex()
Get index.
String getName()
Get the name of the element.
int getType()
Get type.
boolean isEmpty()
Check if empty
static int name2type(String nm)
Converts nm to type.
boolean omitEnd()
Return true if the end tag can be omitted.
boolean omitStart()
Return true if the start tag can be omitted.
String toString()
Convert to a string.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

index

public int index
The element index

name

public String name
The name of the element

oStart

public boolean oStart
true if the start tag can be omitted

oEnd

public boolean oEnd
true if the end tag can be omitted

inclusions

public BitSet inclusions
The set of elements that can occur inside the element

exclusions

public BitSet exclusions
The set of elements that must not occur inside the element

type

public int type
The element type

content

public ContentModel content
The content model

atts

public AttributeList atts
The attributes

data

public Object data
A field to store user data. Mostly used to store style sheets.

Method Details

getName

public String getName()
Get the name of the element.
Returns:
the name of the element

omitStart

public boolean omitStart()
Return true if the start tag can be omitted.
Returns:
true if the start tag can be omitted

omitEnd

public boolean omitEnd()
Return true if the end tag can be omitted.
Returns:
true if the end tag can be omitted

getType

public int getType()
Get type.
Returns:
the type of the element

getContent

public ContentModel getContent()
Get content model
Returns:
the content model

getAttributes

public AttributeList getAttributes()
Get the attributes.
Returns:
the AttributeList specifying the element

getIndex

public int getIndex()
Get index.
Returns:
the element index

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()
Check if empty
Returns:
true if the current element is empty

toString

public String toString()
Convert to a string.
Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
a string representation for the given Element instance

getAttribute

public AttributeList getAttribute(String name)
Get an attribute by name.
Parameters:
name - the attribute name
Returns:
the AttributeList for the given name

getAttributeByValue

public AttributeList getAttributeByValue(String value)
Get an attribute by value.
Parameters:
value - the string representation of value
Returns:
the AttributeList for the given value

name2type

public static int name2type(String nm)
Converts nm to type. Returns appropriate DTDConstants if the nm is equal to CDATA, RCDATA, EMPTY or ANY, 0 otherwise.
Parameters:
nm - a name
Returns:
appropriate DTDConstants if the nm is equal to CDATA, RCDATA, EMPTY or ANY, 0 otherwise.

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