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oracle.jbo.common
Class ClientElement

java.lang.Object
oracle.jbo.common.ClientElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ClientElement

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Internal: Applications should not use this class.

Defines a simple XML element.

ClientElement instances are serialized to the client from the middle tier. The middle-tier provides an XML parser and can construct an XML hierarchy tree from XML, or convert a tree into XML.

Since:

Jdeveloper 3.0

See Also:

ClientDocument, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ClientElement()
Creates an empty ClientElement instance.

ClientElement(java.lang.String name)
Creates a named ClientElement instance.

Method Summary

void	addAttribute(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Adds an attribute to this element.
void	addChild(ClientElement element) Adds a subsidiary element to this element.
java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Finds an attribute with given name.
ClientElement[]	getElementsOfType(java.lang.String tagName) Creates an array of all subsidiary elements having given name
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of this element.
void	removeAttribute(java.lang.String key) Removes an attribute from this element.
void	removeChild(ClientElement element) Removes a subsidiary element from this element.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Sets the name of this element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClientElement

public ClientElement()

Creates an empty ClientElement instance.

ClientElement

public ClientElement(java.lang.String name)

Creates a named ClientElement instance.

Parameters:

name - the instance's name.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of this element.

Returns:

this element's name.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Sets the name of this element.

Parameters:

name - this element's new name.

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(java.lang.String key,
                         java.lang.String value)

Adds an attribute to this element.

Parameters:

key - the attribute's name.

value - the attribute's encoded value.

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(java.lang.String key)

Removes an attribute from this element.

Parameters:

key - the attribute's name.

addChild

public void addChild(ClientElement element)

Adds a subsidiary element to this element.

Parameters:

element - an element.

removeChild

public void removeChild(ClientElement element)

Removes a subsidiary element from this element.

Parameters:

element - a child of this element.

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Finds an attribute with given name.

Parameters:

name - the attribute's key.

Returns:

the attribute's string-encoded value, or null if not found.

getElementsOfType

public ClientElement[] getElementsOfType(java.lang.String tagName)

Creates an array of all subsidiary elements having given name

Parameters:

tagName - the name to use to select elements.

Returns:

the array of elements

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