Class Element


  • public class Element
    extends Object
    The internal representation of an actual element (not an element type). An Element has an element type, attributes, and a successor Element for use in constructing stacks and queues of Elements.
    See Also:
    ElementType, AttributesImpl
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      Element​(ElementType type, boolean defaultAttributes)
      Return an Element from a specified ElementType.
    • Constructor Detail

      • Element

        public Element​(ElementType type,
                       boolean defaultAttributes)
        Return an Element from a specified ElementType.
        Parameters:
        type - The element type of the newly constructed element
        defaultAttributes - True if default attributes are wanted
    • Method Detail

      • type

        public ElementType type()
        Return the element type.
        Returns:
        The element type.
      • atts

        public AttributesImpl atts()
        Return the attributes as an AttributesImpl object. Returning an AttributesImpl makes the attributes mutable.
        Returns:
        The attributes
        See Also:
        AttributesImpl
      • next

        public Element next()
        Return the next element in an element stack or queue.
        Returns:
        The next element
      • setNext

        public void setNext​(Element next)
        Change the next element in an element stack or queue.
        Parameters:
        next - The new next element
      • name

        public String name()
        Return the name of the element's type. Convenience method.
        Returns:
        The element type name
      • namespace

        public String namespace()
        Return the namespace name of the element's type. Convenience method.
        Returns:
        The element type namespace name
      • localName

        public String localName()
        Return the local name of the element's type. Convenience method.
        Returns:
        The element type local name
      • model

        public int model()
        Return the content model vector of the element's type. Convenience method.
        Returns:
        The content model vector
      • memberOf

        public int memberOf()
        Return the member-of vector of the element's type. Convenience method.
        Returns:
        The member-of vector
      • flags

        public int flags()
        Return the flags vector of the element's type. Convenience method.
        Returns:
        The flags vector
      • parent

        public ElementType parent()
        Return the parent element type of the element's type. Convenience method.
        Returns:
        The parent element type
      • canContain

        public boolean canContain​(Element other)
        Return true if the type of this element can contain the type of another element. Convenience method.
        Parameters:
        other - The other element
      • setAttribute

        public void setAttribute​(String name,
                                 String type,
                                 String value)
        Set an attribute and its value into this element.
        Parameters:
        name - The attribute name (Qname)
        type - The attribute type
        value - The attribute value
      • anonymize

        public void anonymize()
        Make this element anonymous. Remove any id or name attribute present in the element's attributes.
      • clean

        public void clean()
        Clean the attributes of this element. Attributes with null name (the name was ill-formed) or null value (the attribute was present in the element type but not in this actual element) are removed.
      • preclose

        public void preclose()
        Force this element to preclosed status, meaning that an end-tag has been seen but the element cannot yet be closed for structural reasons.
      • isPreclosed

        public boolean isPreclosed()
        Return true if this element has been preclosed.