org.dom4j.tree

Class FlyweightAttribute

java.lang.Object

org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

org.dom4j.tree.AbstractAttribute

org.dom4j.tree.FlyweightAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, Node

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultAttribute

public class FlyweightAttribute
extends AbstractAttribute

FlyweightAttribute is a Flyweight pattern implementation of a singly linked, read-only XML Attribute.

This node could be shared across documents and elements though it does not support the parent relationship.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

James Strachan

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected String	value The value of the Attribute

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

NODE_TYPE_NAMES

Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

ANY_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, MAX_NODE_TYPE, NAMESPACE_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE, UNKNOWN_NODE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FlyweightAttribute(QName qname)
FlyweightAttribute(QName qname, String value)
FlyweightAttribute(String name, String value) Creates the Attribute with the specified local name and value.
FlyweightAttribute(String name, String value, Namespace namespace) Creates the Attribute with the specified local name, value and Namespace.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
QName	getQName() Returns the QName of this attribute which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.
String	getValue() Returns the value of the attribute.

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractAttribute

accept, asXML, createXPathResult, getData, getName, getNamespace, getNamespacePrefix, getNamespaceURI, getNodeType, getPath, getQualifiedName, getText, getUniquePath, setData, setNamespace, setText, setValue, toString, write

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

asXPathResult, clone, createPattern, createXPath, createXPathFilter, detach, getDocument, getDocumentFactory, getNodeTypeName, getParent, getPath, getStringValue, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setName, setParent, supportsParent, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

asXPathResult, clone, createXPath, detach, getDocument, getNodeTypeName, getParent, getPath, getStringValue, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setName, setParent, supportsParent, valueOf

Field Detail

value

protected String value

The value of the Attribute

Constructor Detail

FlyweightAttribute

public FlyweightAttribute(QName qname)

FlyweightAttribute

public FlyweightAttribute(QName qname,
                  String value)

FlyweightAttribute

public FlyweightAttribute(String name,
                  String value)

Creates the Attribute with the specified local name and value.

Parameters:

name - is the name of the attribute

value - is the value of the attribute

FlyweightAttribute

public FlyweightAttribute(String name,
                  String value,
                  Namespace namespace)

Creates the Attribute with the specified local name, value and Namespace.

Parameters:

name - is the name of the attribute

value - is the value of the attribute

namespace - is the namespace of the attribute

Method Detail

getValue

public String getValue()

Description copied from interface: Attribute

Returns the value of the attribute. This method returns the same value as the Node.getText()method.

Returns:

the value of the attribute

getQName

public QName getQName()

Description copied from interface: Attribute

Returns the QName of this attribute which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.

Returns:

the QName associated with this attribute