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Class com.ibm.xml.parser.PseudoNode

java.lang.Object
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    +----com.ibm.xml.parser.Child
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            +----com.ibm.xml.parser.PseudoNode

public class PseudoNode
extends Child
PseudoNode provides support, in place of actual DOM Nodes, for generated document objects when document validity is not an issue. PseudoNodes are useful when an application does not care about the validity of a document's structure, and wishes to quickly specify a literal string to represent the Node.

PseudoNodes can be added to TXDocument, TXElement, or DTD objects in order to expediently print text.

For example, instead of specifying an Element hierarchy as:


 TXElement root = factory.createElement("PERSON");
 TXElement item = factory.createElement("NAME");      //  Make <NAME>John Doe</NAME>
 item.addElement(factory.createText("John Doe"));
 root.addElement(item);
 item = factory.createElement("AGE");                 // Make <AGE>35</AGE>
 item.addElement(factory.createText("35"));
 root.addElement(item);
 item = factory.createElement("EMAIL");               // Make <EMAIL>John.Doe@foo.com</EMAIL>
 item.addElement(factory.createText("John.Doe@foo.com"));
 root.addElement(item);                               // Now root has NAME, AGE, and EMAIL.
 doc.addElement(root);

 

...using PsuedoNode you can instead specify:

 
 doc.addElement(new PseudoNode("<PERSON><NAME>John Doe</NAME><AGE>35</AGE><EMAIL>John.Doe@foo.com</EMAIL></PERSON>"));

 

Note that because of the requirement for validation, the object tree produced by the XML4J parser doesn't include PseudoNodes.

Version:
1.1
See Also:
Child

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.xml.parser.Child
 ATTDEF, ATTLIST, DOCUMENTTYPE, ELEMENTDEFINITION, ENTITY, GENERALREFERENCE, NOTATION, PSEUDONODE
 

Constructor Summary
 PseudoNode(java.lang.String data)
Constructor.
 

Method Summary
java.lang.Object  clone()
Clone this Pseudo Node using the appropriate factory.
java.lang.String  getData()
Returns the actual content of this Pseudo Node.
int  getNodeType()
Returns that this object is a Pseudo Node.
java.lang.String  getText()
Returns all text associated with this Node without considering entities.
void  setData(java.lang.String data)
Sets the actual content of this Pseudo Node.
 
Methods inherited from class com.ibm.xml.parser.Child
 clearDigest, clone, getChildNodes, getDigest, getFactory, getFirstChild, getNextSibling, getParentNode, getPreviousSibling, getText, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, makeXPointer, print, print, removeChild, replaceChild, searchAncestors, searchAncestors, setFactory, toString, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
 clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

PseudoNode

public PseudoNode(java.lang.String data)
Constructor.
Parameters:
data - The actual content of the Pseudo Node.
Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
Clone this Pseudo Node using the appropriate factory.

This method is defined by Child.

Returns:
Cloned Pseudo Node.
Overrides:
clone in class Child
See Also:
clone

getNodeType

public int getNodeType()
Returns that this object is a Pseudo Node.

This method is defined by DOM.

Returns:
Pseudo Node indicator.

getData

public java.lang.String getData()
Returns the actual content of this Pseudo Node.
Returns:
The actual content of this Pseudo Node, or "" if no content.
See Also:
setData

setData

public void setData(java.lang.String data)
Sets the actual content of this Pseudo Node.
Parameters:
data - The actual content of this Pseudo Node.
See Also:
getData

getText

public java.lang.String getText()
Returns all text associated with this Node without considering entities.

This method is defined by Child.

Returns:
Text associated with this object, or "" if no Text.
Overrides:
getText in class Child
See Also:
toString, getData

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