org.jibx.binding.model
Class NestingElementBase

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

BindingElement, ContainerElementBase, IncludeElement, InputElement, OutputElement, SplitElement

public abstract class NestingElementBase
extends ElementBase

Model component for elements that can contain other component elements. TODO: The list of child elements here conflicts with that in BindingElement; should change the type hierarchy to better reflect usage

Author:

Dennis M. Sosnoski

Field Summary

static StringArray

s_allowedAttributes Enumeration of allowed attribute names

Fields inherited from class org.jibx.binding.model.ElementBase

BINDING_ELEMENT, COLLECTION_ELEMENT, ELEMENT_NAMES, FORMAT_ELEMENT, INCLUDE_ELEMENT, INPUT_ELEMENT, MAPPING_ELEMENT, NAMESPACE_ELEMENT, OUTPUT_ELEMENT, SPLIT_ELEMENT, STRUCTURE_ELEMENT, TEMPLATE_ELEMENT, VALUE_ELEMENT

Constructor Summary

protected

NestingElementBase(int type) Constructor.

Method Summary

void	addChild(Object child) Add child element.
Iterator	childIterator() Get iterator for child elements.
ArrayList	children() Get list of child elements.
int	getDefaultStyle() Get default style value for child components.
DefinitionContext	getDefinitions() Get definition context.
int	getStyle() Get style value set on this nesting element.
String	getStyleName() Get style name set on this nesting element.
void	prevalidate(ValidationContext vctx) Prevalidate element information.
void	setStyleName(String name) Set style name on this nesting element.
void	validate(ValidationContext vctx) Validate element information.

Methods inherited from class org.jibx.binding.model.ElementBase

getComment, name, setComment, toString, type, validateAttributes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

s_allowedAttributes

public static final StringArray s_allowedAttributes

Enumeration of allowed attribute names

Constructor Detail

NestingElementBase

protected NestingElementBase(int type)

Constructor.

Parameters:

type - element type code

Method Detail

addChild

public final void addChild(Object child)

Add child element. TODO: should be ElementBase argument, but JiBX doesn't allow yet

Parameters:

child - element to be added as child of this element

children

public final ArrayList children()

Get list of child elements.

Returns:

list of child elements (never null)

childIterator

public final Iterator childIterator()

Get iterator for child elements.

Returns:

iterator for child elements

getDefinitions

public final DefinitionContext getDefinitions()

Get definition context. This method may only be called after validation.

Returns:

definition context, or null if no definition context for this element

getStyleName

public String getStyleName()

Get style name set on this nesting element.

Returns:

style string value (null if undefined at this level)

getStyle

public int getStyle()

Get style value set on this nesting element. This call is only meaningful after validation.

Returns:

style value (-1 if undefined at this level)

setStyleName

public void setStyleName(String name)

Set style name on this nesting element.

Parameters:

name - style name (null to undefine style at this level)

getDefaultStyle

public int getDefaultStyle()

Get default style value for child components. This call is only meaningful after validation.

Returns:

default style value for child components (-1 if not defined at this level)

prevalidate

public void prevalidate(ValidationContext vctx)

Description copied from class: ElementBase

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.

Overrides:

prevalidate in class ElementBase

Parameters:

vctx - validation context

validate

public void validate(ValidationContext vctx)

Description copied from class: ElementBase

Validate element information. The validation step is used for checking the interactions between elements, such as name references to other elements. The ElementBase.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.

Overrides:

validate in class ElementBase

Parameters:

vctx - validation context