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DOM_CharacterData Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for DOM_CharacterData:

List of all members.

Public Methods
Constructors and assignment operator
	DOM_CharacterData ()
	DOM_CharacterData (const DOM_CharacterData &other)
DOM_CharacterData &	operator= (const DOM_CharacterData &other)
DOM_CharacterData &	operator= (const DOM_NullPtr *val)
Destructor.
	~DOM_CharacterData ()
Getter functions.
DOMString	getData () const
unsigned int	getLength () const
DOMString	substringData (unsigned int offset, unsigned int count) const
Functions that set or change data.
void	appendData (const DOMString &arg)
void	insertData (unsigned int offset, const DOMString &arg)
void	deleteData (unsigned int offset, unsigned int count)
void	replaceData (unsigned int offset, unsigned int count, const DOMString &arg)
void	setData (const DOMString &data)
Protected Methods
	DOM_CharacterData (CharacterDataImpl *impl)

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Detailed Description

The DOM_CharacterData interface extends Node with a set of methods for accessing character data in the DOM.

For clarity this set is defined here rather than on each class that uses these methods. No DOM objects correspond directly to CharacterData, though Text and others do inherit the interface from it. All offsets in this interface start from 0, and index in terms of Unicode 16 bit storage units.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

DOM_CharacterData::DOM_CharacterData (    )

Default constructor for DOM_CharacterData. While there can be no actual DOM nodes of type CharacterData, the C++ objects function more like reference variables, and instances of DOM_CharacterData can exist. They will be null when created by this constructor, and can then be assigned to refer to Text or CDATASection nodes.

DOM_CharacterData::DOM_CharacterData (  const DOM_CharacterData &    other )

Copy constructor Parameters: other  The object to be copied

DOM_CharacterData::~DOM_CharacterData (    )

Destructor for DOM_CharacterData. The object being destroyed is the reference to the Character Data node, not the character data itself.

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Member Function Documentation

void DOM_CharacterData::appendData (  const DOMString &    arg )

Append the string to the end of the character data of the node. Upon success, data provides access to the concatenation of data and the DOMString specified. Parameters: arg  The DOMString to append. Exceptions: DOMException  NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.

void DOM_CharacterData::deleteData (  unsigned int    offset, unsigned int    count )

Remove a range of characters from the node. Upon success, data and length reflect the change. Parameters: offset  The offset from which to remove characters. count  The number of characters to delete. If the sum of offset and count exceeds length then all characters from offset to the end of the data are deleted. Exceptions: DOMException  INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset is negative or greater than the number of characters in data, or if the specified count is negative. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.

DOMString DOM_CharacterData::getData (    )  const

Returns the character data of the node that implements this interface. The DOM implementation may not put arbitrary limits on the amount of data that may be stored in a CharacterData node. However, implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may not fit into a single DOMString. In such cases, the user may call substringData to retrieve the data in appropriately sized pieces. Exceptions: DOMException  NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly. DOMException  DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than fit in a DOMString variable on the implementation platform.

unsigned int DOM_CharacterData::getLength (    )  const

Returns the number of characters that are available through data and the substringData method below. This may have the value zero, i.e., CharacterData nodes may be empty.

void DOM_CharacterData::insertData (  unsigned int    offset, const DOMString &    arg )

Insert a string at the specified character offset. Parameters: offset  The character offset at which to insert. arg  The DOMString to insert. Exceptions: DOMException  INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset is negative or greater than the number of characters in data. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.

DOM_CharacterData & DOM_CharacterData::operator= (  const DOM_NullPtr *    val )

Assignment operator. This overloaded variant is provided for the sole purpose of setting a DOM_Node reference variable to zero. Nulling out a reference variable in this way will decrement the reference count on the underlying Node object that the variable formerly referenced. This effect is normally obtained when reference variable goes out of scope, but zeroing them can be useful for global instances, or for local instances that will remain in scope for an extended time, when the storage belonging to the underlying node needs to be reclaimed. Parameters: val  Only a value of 0, or null, is allowed. Reimplemented from DOM_Node. Reimplemented in DOM_CDATASection, DOM_Comment, and DOM_Text.

DOM_CharacterData & DOM_CharacterData::operator= (  const DOM_CharacterData &    other )

Assignment operator Parameters: other  The object to be copied

void DOM_CharacterData::replaceData (  unsigned int    offset, unsigned int    count, const DOMString &    arg )

Replace the characters starting at the specified character offset with the specified string. Parameters: offset  The offset from which to start replacing. count  The number of characters to replace. If the sum of offset and count exceeds length , then all characters to the end of the data are replaced (i.e., the effect is the same as a remove method call with the same range, followed by an append method invocation). arg  The DOMString with which the range must be replaced. Exceptions: DOMException  INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset is negative or greater than the number of characters in data, or if the specified count is negative. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.

void DOM_CharacterData::setData (  const DOMString &    data )

Sets the character data of the node that implements this interface. Parameters: data  The DOMString to set.

DOMString DOM_CharacterData::substringData (  unsigned int    offset, unsigned int    count )  const

Extracts a range of data from the node. Parameters: offset  Start offset of substring to extract. count  The number of characters to extract. Returns: The specified substring. If the sum of offset and count exceeds the length, then all characters to the end of the data are returned. Exceptions: DOMException  INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset is negative or greater than the number of characters in data, or if the specified count is negative. DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified range of text does not fit into a DOMString.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• DOM_CharacterData.hpp
• DOM_CharacterData.cpp

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