com.threed.jpct.util
Class XMLNode

java.lang.Object
  com.threed.jpct.util.XMLNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class XMLNode

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

A XMLNode is a node of the tree-structure the XMLFactory builds when parsing a XML-file. A XMLNode represents a XML-tag with its attributes and data.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

java.util.Vector	getAttributes() Returns the collection of attributes.
java.lang.String	getAttributeValue(java.lang.String attribute) Gets the value of a node's attribute or an empty String if the node doesn't have this attribute.
java.lang.String	getData() Returns the data of the node.
int	getLevel() Gets the level of the node, i.e. the depth in the tree.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of the node.
java.util.Vector	getSubNodes() Returns all subnodes of this node.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getData

public java.lang.String getData()

Returns the data of the node. If the node doesn't have any data (i.e. it only has attributes or subnodes), an empty String will be returned.

Returns:

the data or an empty String

getSubNodes

public java.util.Vector getSubNodes()

Returns all subnodes of this node.

Returns:

the subnodes (a Vector of XMLNodes) or null if no subnodes exist.

getLevel

public int getLevel()

Gets the level of the node, i.e. the depth in the tree.

Returns:

the level

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of the node. This is the name of the tag in the XML (for example "jpct" if the tag is <jpct/>).

Returns:

the node's name

getAttributeValue

public java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String attribute)

Gets the value of a node's attribute or an empty String if the node doesn't have this attribute.

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute to get the value of

Returns:

the value or an empty String

getAttributes

public java.util.Vector getAttributes()

Returns the collection of attributes. This is a Vector of String[2]-arrays containing name ([0]) and value ([1]).

Returns:

the attributes