JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

javax.swing.text.html.parser
Class Element

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--javax.swing.text.html.parser.Element
All Implemented Interfaces:
DTDConstants, Serializable

public final class Element
extends Object
implements DTDConstants, Serializable

An element as described in a DTD using the ELEMENT construct. This is essentiall 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:
DTD, AttributeList

Field Summary
 AttributeList atts
           
 ContentModel content
           
 Object data
          A field to store user data.
 BitSet exclusions
           
 BitSet inclusions
           
 int index
           
 String name
           
 boolean oEnd
           
 boolean oStart
           
 int type
           
 
Fields inherited from 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
 AttributeList getAttribute(String name)
          Get an attribute by name.
 AttributeList getAttributeByValue(String name)
          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)
           
 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 inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

index

public int index

name

public String name

oStart

public boolean oStart

oEnd

public boolean oEnd

inclusions

public BitSet inclusions

exclusions

public BitSet exclusions

type

public int type

content

public ContentModel content

atts

public AttributeList atts

data

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

Method Detail

getName

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


omitStart

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


omitEnd

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


getType

public int getType()
Get type.


getContent

public ContentModel getContent()
Get content model


getAttributes

public AttributeList getAttributes()
Get the attributes.


getIndex

public int getIndex()
Get index.


isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()
Check if empty


toString

public String toString()
Convert to a string.

Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
a string representation of the object.

getAttribute

public AttributeList getAttribute(String name)
Get an attribute by name.


getAttributeByValue

public AttributeList getAttributeByValue(String name)
Get an attribute by value.


name2type

public static int name2type(String nm)

JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

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