Class 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:
DTD, AttributeList, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
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

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
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 Detail

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 Detail

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.