Class ParentNode

java.lang.Object

nu.validator.saxtree.Node

nu.validator.saxtree.ParentNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

Locator

Direct Known Subclasses:

CDATA, Document, DocumentFragment, DTD, Element, Entity

public abstract class ParentNode
extends Node

Common superclass for parent nodes.

Version:

$Id$

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Locator	endLocator	The end locator.
private Node	firstChild	The first child.
private Node	lastChild	The last child (for efficiency).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ParentNode(Locator locator)	The constuctor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Node	appendChild(Node child)	Append a child to this node and return the child.
void	appendChildren(Node parent)	Append the children of another node to this node removing them from the other node .
void	copyEndLocator(ParentNode another)	Copies the endLocator from another node.
final Node	getFirstChild()	Returns the firstChild.
final Node	getLastChild()	Returns the lastChild.
Node	insertBefore(Node child, Node sibling)	Insert a new child before a pre-existing child and return the newly inserted child.
Node	insertBetween(Node child, Node prev, Node next)
(package private) void	removeChild(Node node)	Remove a child from this node.
void	setEndLocator(Locator endLocator)	Sets the endLocator.

Methods inherited from class Node

detach, getAttributes, getColumnNumber, getData, getLineNumber, getLocalName, getName, getNextSibling, getNodeType, getParentNode, getPrefixMappings, getPreviousSibling, getPublicId, getPublicIdentifier, getQName, getSystemId, getSystemIdentifier, getTarget, getUri, revisit, setNextSibling, setParentNode, visit

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

endLocator

protected Locator endLocator

The end locator.

firstChild

private Node firstChild

The first child.

lastChild

private Node lastChild

The last child (for efficiency).

Constructor Details

ParentNode

ParentNode(Locator locator)

The constuctor.

Parameters:

locator - the locator

Method Details

setEndLocator

public void setEndLocator(Locator endLocator)

Sets the endLocator.

Parameters:

endLocator - the endLocator to set

copyEndLocator

public void copyEndLocator(ParentNode another)

Copies the endLocator from another node.

Parameters:

another - the another node

getFirstChild

public final Node getFirstChild()

Returns the firstChild.

Overrides:

getFirstChild in class Node

Returns:

the firstChild

getLastChild

public final Node getLastChild()

Returns the lastChild.

Returns:

the lastChild

insertBefore

public Node insertBefore(Node child,
 Node sibling)

Insert a new child before a pre-existing child and return the newly inserted child.

Parameters:

child - the new child

sibling - the existing child before which to insert (must be a child of this node) or null to append

Returns:

child

insertBetween

public Node insertBetween(Node child,
 Node prev,
 Node next)

appendChild

public Node appendChild(Node child)

Append a child to this node and return the child.

Parameters:

child - the child to append.

Returns:

child

appendChildren

public void appendChildren(Node parent)

Append the children of another node to this node removing them from the other node .

Parameters:

parent - the other node whose children to append to this one

removeChild

void removeChild(Node node)

Remove a child from this node.

Parameters:

node - the child to remove