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org.dom4j.tree

public abstract Class AbstractCDATA

extends AbstractCharacterData
implements CDATA
Class Inheritance
All Implemented Interfaces
org.dom4j.CDATA, org.dom4j.CharacterData, org.dom4j.Node, java.lang.Cloneable
Known Direct Subclasses
org.dom4j.tree.FlyweightCDATA
Imports
java.io.IOException, .StringWriter, .Writer, org.dom4j.CDATA, .Visitor

AbstractCDATA is an abstract base class for tree implementors to use for implementation inheritence.

Author
James Strachan
Version
$Revision: 1.12 $

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
AbstractCDATA()

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public void
accept(Visitor
is the visitor in the Visitor Pattern
visitor)

Implements org.dom4j.Node.accept.

accept is the method used in the Visitor Pattern.

public String
asXML()

Implements org.dom4j.Node.asXML.

asXML returns the textual XML representation of this node.

public short
getNodeType()

Overrides org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode.getNodeType.

Implements org.dom4j.Node.getNodeType.

Returns the code according to the type of node.
public String
toString()

Overrides java.lang.Object.toString.

Returns a string representation of the object.
public void
write(Writer
is the Writer to output the XML to
writer)

Overrides org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode.write.

Implements org.dom4j.Node.write.

write writes this node as the default XML notation for this node.

Inherited from org.dom4j.tree.AbstractCharacterData:
appendTextgetPathgetUniquePath

Constructor Detail

AbstractCDATAback to summary
public AbstractCDATA()

Method Detail

acceptback to summary
public void accept(Visitor visitor)

Implements org.dom4j.Node.accept.

Doc from org.dom4j.Node.accept.

accept is the method used in the Visitor Pattern.

Parameters
visitor:Visitor

is the visitor in the Visitor Pattern

asXMLback to summary
public String asXML()

Implements org.dom4j.Node.asXML.

Doc from org.dom4j.Node.asXML.

asXML returns the textual XML representation of this node.

Returns:String

the XML representation of this node

getNodeTypeback to summary
public short getNodeType()

Overrides org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode.getNodeType.

Implements org.dom4j.Node.getNodeType.

Doc from org.dom4j.Node.getNodeType.

Returns the code according to the type of node. This makes processing nodes polymorphically much easier as the switch statement can be used instead of multiple if (instanceof) statements.

Returns:short

a W3C DOM complient code for the node type such as ELEMENT_NODE or ATTRIBUTE_NODE

toStringback to summary
public String toString()

Overrides java.lang.Object.toString.

Doc from java.lang.Object.toString.

Returns a string representation of the object.

Returns:String

a string representation of the object.

writeback to summary
public void write(Writer writer) throws IOException

Overrides org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode.write.

Implements org.dom4j.Node.write.

Doc from org.dom4j.Node.write.

write writes this node as the default XML notation for this node. If you wish to control the XML output (such as for pretty printing, changing the indentation policy etc.) then please use org.dom4j.io.XMLWriter or its derivations.

Parameters
writer:Writer

is the Writer to output the XML to

Exceptions
IOException:
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