org.dom4j.util

Class UserDataAttribute

java.lang.Object

org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

org.dom4j.tree.AbstractAttribute

org.dom4j.tree.FlyweightAttribute

org.dom4j.tree.DefaultAttribute

org.dom4j.util.UserDataAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, Node

public class UserDataAttribute
extends DefaultAttribute

UserDataAttribute support the adornment of a user data object on an Element or Attribute instance such that the methods setData(Object)will get and set the values of a user data object. This can be useful for developers wishing to create XML trees and adorn the trees with user defined objects.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

James Strachan

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.FlyweightAttribute

value

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
UserDataAttribute(QName qname)
UserDataAttribute(QName qname, String text)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getData() Accesses the data of this attribute which may implement data typing bindings such as XML Schema or Java Bean bindings or will return the same value as Node.getText().
void	setData(Object data) Sets the data value of this attribute if this element supports data binding or calls Node.setText(String)if it doesn't.

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.DefaultAttribute

getParent, isReadOnly, setParent, setValue, supportsParent

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.FlyweightAttribute

getQName, getValue

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractAttribute

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

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

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

Constructor Detail

UserDataAttribute

public UserDataAttribute(QName qname)

UserDataAttribute

public UserDataAttribute(QName qname,
                 String text)

Method Detail

getData

public Object getData()

Description copied from interface: Attribute

Accesses the data of this attribute which may implement data typing bindings such as XML Schema or Java Bean bindings or will return the same value as Node.getText().

Specified by:

getData in interface Attribute

Overrides:

getData in class AbstractAttribute

Returns:

the attribute data

setData

public void setData(Object data)

Description copied from interface: Attribute

Sets the data value of this attribute if this element supports data binding or calls Node.setText(String)if it doesn't.

Specified by:

setData in interface Attribute

Overrides:

setData in class AbstractAttribute

Parameters:

data - the attribute data