Element (Java Platform SE 7 b138)

java.lang.Object
- javax.swing.text.html.parser.Element

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, DTDConstants
```
public final class Element
extends Object
implements DTDConstants, Serializable
```
An element as described in a DTD using the ELEMENT construct. This is essentiall the description of a tag. It describes the type, content model, attributes, attribute types etc. It is used to correctly parse a document by the Parser.

See Also:
DTD, AttributeList

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`AttributeList`	`atts`
`ContentModel`	`content`
`Object`	`data` A field to store user data.
`BitSet`	`exclusions`
`BitSet`	`inclusions`
`int`	`index`
`String`	`name`
`boolean`	`oEnd`
`boolean`	`oStart`
`int`	`type`

Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.text.html.parser.DTDConstants
ANY, CDATA, CONREF, CURRENT, DEFAULT, EMPTY, ENDTAG, ENTITIES, ENTITY, FIXED, GENERAL, ID, IDREF, IDREFS, IMPLIED, MD, MODEL, MS, NAME, NAMES, NMTOKEN, NMTOKENS, NOTATION, NUMBER, NUMBERS, NUTOKEN, NUTOKENS, PARAMETER, PI, PUBLIC, RCDATA, REQUIRED, SDATA, STARTTAG, SYSTEM

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`AttributeList`	`getAttribute(String name)` Get an attribute by name.
`AttributeList`	`getAttributeByValue(String name)` Get an attribute by value.
`AttributeList`	`getAttributes()` Get the attributes.
`ContentModel`	`getContent()` Get content model
`int`	`getIndex()` Get index.
`String`	`getName()` Get the name of the element.
`int`	`getType()` Get type.
`boolean`	`isEmpty()` Check if empty
`static int`	`name2type(String nm)`
`boolean`	`omitEnd()` Return true if the end tag can be omitted.
`boolean`	`omitStart()` Return true if the start tag can be omitted.
`String`	`toString()` Convert to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

index
```
public int index
```

name
```
public String name
```

oStart
```
public boolean oStart
```

oEnd
```
public boolean oEnd
```

inclusions
```
public BitSet inclusions
```

exclusions
```
public BitSet exclusions
```

type
```
public int type
```

content
```
public ContentModel content
```

atts
```
public AttributeList atts
```

data
```
public Object data
```
A field to store user data. Mostly used to store style sheets.

Method Detail
- getName
```
public String getName()
```
  Get the name of the element.
- omitStart
```
public boolean omitStart()
```
  Return true if the start tag can be omitted.
- omitEnd
```
public boolean omitEnd()
```
  Return true if the end tag can be omitted.
- getType
```
public int getType()
```
  Get type.
- getContent
```
public ContentModel getContent()
```
  Get content model
- getAttributes
```
public AttributeList getAttributes()
```
  Get the attributes.
- getIndex
```
public int getIndex()
```
  Get index.
- isEmpty
```
public boolean isEmpty()
```
  Check if empty
- toString
```
public String toString()
```
  Convert to a string.
  
  Overrides:
  
  toString in class Object
  
  Returns:
  a string representation of the object.
- getAttribute
```
public AttributeList getAttribute(String name)
```
  Get an attribute by name.
- getAttributeByValue
```
public AttributeList getAttributeByValue(String name)
```
  Get an attribute by value.
- name2type
```
public static int name2type(String nm)
```

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DRAFT ea-b138

Class Element

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.text.html.parser.DTDConstants

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

index

name

oStart

oEnd

inclusions

exclusions

type

content

atts

data

Method Detail

getName

omitStart

omitEnd

getType

getContent

getAttributes

getIndex

isEmpty

toString

getAttribute

getAttributeByValue

name2type