org.jibx.binding.model
Class ElementBase

java.lang.Object
  org.jibx.binding.model.ElementBase

Direct Known Subclasses:

FormatElement, NamespaceElement, NestingElementBase, ValueElement

public abstract class ElementBase
extends Object

Base class for all element structures in binding definition model. This just provides the linkages for the binding definition tree structure and related validation hooks.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Dennis M. Sosnoski

Field Summary

static int	BINDING_ELEMENT
static int	COLLECTION_ELEMENT
static String[]	ELEMENT_NAMES
static int	FORMAT_ELEMENT
static int	INCLUDE_ELEMENT
static int	INPUT_ELEMENT
static int	MAPPING_ELEMENT
static int	NAMESPACE_ELEMENT
static int	OUTPUT_ELEMENT
static int	SPLIT_ELEMENT
static int	STRUCTURE_ELEMENT
static int	TEMPLATE_ELEMENT
static int	VALUE_ELEMENT

Constructor Summary

protected

ElementBase(int type) Constructor.

Method Summary

String	getComment() Get element comment.
String	name() Get element name.
void	prevalidate(ValidationContext vctx) Prevalidate element information.
void	setComment(String text) Set element comment.
String	toString() Simple text representation of binding definition element.
int	type() Get element type.
void	validate(ValidationContext vctx) Validate element information.
protected void	validateAttributes(IUnmarshallingContext ictx, StringArray attrs) Validate attributes of element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

BINDING_ELEMENT

public static final int BINDING_ELEMENT

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COLLECTION_ELEMENT

public static final int COLLECTION_ELEMENT

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FORMAT_ELEMENT

public static final int FORMAT_ELEMENT

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MAPPING_ELEMENT

public static final int MAPPING_ELEMENT

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NAMESPACE_ELEMENT

public static final int NAMESPACE_ELEMENT

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STRUCTURE_ELEMENT

public static final int STRUCTURE_ELEMENT

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TEMPLATE_ELEMENT

public static final int TEMPLATE_ELEMENT

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VALUE_ELEMENT

public static final int VALUE_ELEMENT

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INCLUDE_ELEMENT

public static final int INCLUDE_ELEMENT

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SPLIT_ELEMENT

public static final int SPLIT_ELEMENT

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INPUT_ELEMENT

public static final int INPUT_ELEMENT

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OUTPUT_ELEMENT

public static final int OUTPUT_ELEMENT

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ELEMENT_NAMES

public static final String[] ELEMENT_NAMES

Constructor Detail

ElementBase

protected ElementBase(int type)

Constructor.

Parameters:

type - element type code

Method Detail

type

public final int type()

Get element type.

Returns:

type code for this element

name

public final String name()

Get element name.

Returns:

type code for this element

getComment

public final String getComment()

Get element comment.

Returns:

comment for this element

setComment

public final void setComment(String text)

Set element comment.

Parameters:

text - comment for this element

validateAttributes

protected void validateAttributes(IUnmarshallingContext ictx,
                                  StringArray attrs)

Validate attributes of element. This is designed to be called during unmarshalling as part of the pre-set method processing when a subclass instance is being created.

Parameters:

ictx - unmarshalling context

attrs - attributes array

prevalidate

public void prevalidate(ValidationContext vctx)

Prevalidate element information. The prevalidation step is used to check isolated aspects of an element, such as the settings for enumerated values on the element and attributes. This empty base class implementation should be overridden by each subclass that requires prevalidation handling.

Parameters:

vctx - validation context

validate

public void validate(ValidationContext vctx)

Validate element information. The validation step is used for checking the interactions between elements, such as name references to other elements. The prevalidate(org.jibx.binding.model.ValidationContext) method will always be called for every element in the binding definition before this method is called for any element. This empty base class implementation should be overridden by each subclass that requires validation handling.

Parameters:

vctx - validation context

toString

public String toString()

Simple text representation of binding definition element. This uses the element name, along with position information if present.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

text representation