org.apache.tapestry.dom
Class Node

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tapestry.dom.Node

Direct Known Subclasses:

CData, Comment, Document, Element, Raw, Text

public abstract class Node
extends Object

A node within the DOM.

Constructor Summary

protected

Node(Node container) Creates a new node, setting its container to the provided value.

Method Summary

String	getChildMarkup()
List<Node>	getChildren()
Node	getContainer()
abstract void	toMarkup(PrintWriter writer) Writes the markup for this node to the writer.
String	toString() Invokes toMarkup(PrintWriter), collecting output in a string, which is returned.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Node

protected Node(Node container)

Creates a new node, setting its container to the provided value. Container may also be null, but that is only used for Document nodes (the topmost node of a DOM).

Parameters:

container -

Method Detail

getContainer

public Node getContainer()

getChildMarkup

public final String getChildMarkup()

Returns:

the concatenation of the String representations toString() of its children.

toString

public String toString()

Invokes toMarkup(PrintWriter), collecting output in a string, which is returned.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getChildren

public List<Node> getChildren()

toMarkup

public abstract void toMarkup(PrintWriter writer)

Writes the markup for this node to the writer.