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DOM_NodeList Class Reference

List of all members.

Public Methods
Constructors and assignment operator
	DOM_NodeList ()
	DOM_NodeList (const DOM_NodeList &other)
DOM_NodeList &	operator= (const DOM_NodeList &other)
DOM_NodeList &	operator= (const DOM_NullPtr *val)
Destructor.
	~DOM_NodeList ()
Comparison operators.
bool	operator== (const DOM_NodeList &other) const
bool	operator== (const DOM_NullPtr *nullPtr) const
bool	operator!= (const DOM_NodeList &other) const
bool	operator!= (const DOM_NullPtr *nullPtr) const
Get functions.
DOM_Node	item (unsigned int index) const
unsigned int	getLength () const
Protected Methods
	DOM_NodeList (NodeListImpl *impl)
Friends
class	DOM_Document
class	DOM_Element
class	DOM_Node
class	DOM_Entity

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Detailed Description

The NodeList interface provides the abstraction of an ordered collection of nodes. NodeLists are created by DOM_Document::getElementsByTagName(), DOM_Node::getChildNodes(),

The items in the NodeList are accessible via an integral index, starting from 0.

NodeLists are "live", in that any changes to the document tree are immediately reflected in any NodeLists that may have been created for that tree.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

DOM_NodeList::DOM_NodeList (    )

Default constructor for DOM_NodeList. The resulting object does not refer to an actual NodeList; it will compare == to 0, and is similar to a null object reference variable in Java. It may subsequently be assigned to refer to an actual NodeList.

DOM_NodeList::DOM_NodeList (  const DOM_NodeList &    other )

Copy constructor. Parameters: other  The object to be copied.

DOM_NodeList::~DOM_NodeList (    )

Destructor for DOM_NodeList. The object being destroyed is the reference object, not the underlying NodeList node itself. Like most other DOM types in this implementation, memory management of Node Lists is automatic. Instances of DOM_NodeList function as references to an underlying heap based implementation object, and should never be explicitly new-ed or deleted in application code, but should appear only as local variables or function parameters.

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Member Function Documentation

unsigned int DOM_NodeList::getLength (    )  const

Returns the number of nodes in the list. The range of valid child node indices is 0 to length-1 inclusive.

DOM_Node DOM_NodeList::item (  unsigned int    index )  const

Returns the indexth item in the collection. If index is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in the list, this returns null. Parameters: index  Index into the collection. Returns: The node at the indexth position in the NodeList, or null if that is not a valid index.

bool DOM_NodeList::operator!= (  const DOM_NullPtr *    nullPtr )  const

Use this comparison operator to test whether a Node List reference is not null. Parameters: nullPtr  The value to be compared, which must be 0 or null. Returns: Returns true if node list reference is not null

bool DOM_NodeList::operator!= (  const DOM_NodeList &    other )  const

Inequality operator. Compares whether two node list variables refer to the same underlying node list. It does not compare the contents of the node lists themselves. Parameters: other  The value to be compared Returns: Returns true if node list refers to a different underlying node list

DOM_NodeList & DOM_NodeList::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.

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

Assignment operator. Parameters: other  The object to be copied.

bool DOM_NodeList::operator== (  const DOM_NullPtr *    nullPtr )  const

Use this comparison operator to test whether a Node List reference is null. Parameters: nullPtr  The value to be compared, which must be 0 or null. Returns: Returns true if node list reference is null

bool DOM_NodeList::operator== (  const DOM_NodeList &    other )  const

Equality operator. Compares whether two node list variables refer to the same underlying node list. It does not compare the contents of the node lists themselves. Parameters: other  The value to be compared Returns: Returns true if node list refers to same underlying node list

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

• DOM_NodeList.hpp
• DOM_NodeList.cpp

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