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util::xml::Element Class Reference

#include <XMLDocument.h>

Inheritance diagram for util::xml::Element:

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Detailed Description

Element represents a tag in XML markup.

An opening element can have both children and attributes (which are in fact children, too). An empty element may have attributes but no other children. A closing element may have no children and no attributes.

Public Types
enum	Type { TAG_OPENING, TAG_CLOSING, TAG_EMPTY }
	Possible tag types. More...
Public Methods
	Element (std::string name, Type type=TAG_OPENING)
	Create a new element with the given name and type.
	Element (const Element &other)
	Copy an element.
Element &	operator= (const Element &other)
	Copy an element.
std::string	getAttribute (std::string name)
	Get a given attribute in this element.
Attr *	getAttributeNode (std::string name)
	Get a given attribute in this element.
void	setAttribute (std::string name, std::string value)
	Set an attribute in this element.
void	setAttributeNode (Attr *node)
	Set an attribute in this element.
void	appendChild (Node *child)
	Add a child node to this Element.
void	removeChild (Node *child)
	Remove a child node from this Element.
std::string	getName () const
	Get the tag name of this element.
void	printOut (std::ostream &out) const throw (util::io::IOException&)
	Print out an element.
Public Attributes
std::string	tagName
	The tag name of this element.
Type	tagType
	The tag type of this element.

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum util::xml::Element::Type

Possible tag types. TAG_OPENING - <tag> TAG_CLOSING - </tag> TAG_EMPTY - <tag/>

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Member Function Documentation

void util::xml::Element::appendChild (  Node *    child )

Add a child node to this Element. Overridden to handle attributes specially. Reimplemented from util::xml::Node.

string util::xml::Element::getAttribute (  std::string    name )

Get a given attribute in this element. Parameters: name  the name of the attribute Returns: the value of the attribute, or "" if there is no such attribute

Attr * util::xml::Element::getAttributeNode (  std::string    name )

Get a given attribute in this element. Parameters: name  the name of the attribute Returns: the attribute node, or NULL if there is no such attribute

void util::xml::Element::printOut (  std::ostream &    out )  const throw (util::io::IOException&) [virtual]

Print out an element. Printing an element causes its children to be printed as well. Children of type ATTRIBUTE_NODE are treated specially as they must be printed inside a tag. Implements util::xml::Node.

void util::xml::Element::removeChild (  Node *    child )

Remove a child node from this Element. Overridden to handle attributes specially. Reimplemented from util::xml::Node.

void util::xml::Element::setAttribute (  std::string    name, std::string    value )  [inline]

Set an attribute in this element. Parameters: name  the name of the attribute value  the new value for the attribute

void util::xml::Element::setAttributeNode (  Attr *    node )  [inline]

Set an attribute in this element. Parameters: node  an attribute node

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

• XMLDocument.h
• XMLDocument.cc

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