Class AbstractGroup

java.lang.Object
org.zkoss.idom.impl.AbstractItem
org.zkoss.idom.impl.AbstractGroup
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable, Node, Group, Item
Direct Known Subclasses:
Document, Element, EntityReference

public abstract class AbstractGroup extends AbstractItem implements Group
A semi-implemented item for group. A group is a item that has child items.

The default implementation of newChildren is for the semantic of Element. A deriving class has to re-implement it, if it is not applicable. Example, Document.

Author:
tomyeh
See Also:
  • Field Details

    • _children

      protected List<Item> _children
      The list of the children. Never null.
  • Constructor Details

    • AbstractGroup

      protected AbstractGroup()
      Constructor.
  • Method Details

    • newChildren

      protected List<Item> newChildren()
      Creates a list to hold child vertices. Note: the list must be able to protect itself from adding unexpected child -- read-only, wrong type, undetached...

      The default implementation obeys the semantic of Element, i.e., it doesn't allow any child that cannot be a child of Element.

      For performance issue, we introduced a map to improve the search speed for Element node associated with a tag name.

    • getChildren

      public final List<Item> getChildren()
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets all children.

      The returned list is "live". Any modification to it affects the node. On the other hand, Group.getElements(String) returns a copy.

      Unlike JDOM, it won't coalesce adjacent children automatically since it might violate the caller's expectation about List. Rather, we provide coalesce to let caller do the merging explicitly. Note: when building a iDOM tree from a source (SAXBuilder.build), coalesce() will be invoked automatically.

      Note: not all items supports children. If this item doesn't, it returns an empty list. And, if any invocation tries to add vertices to the returned list will cause UnsupportOperationException.

      Specified by:
      getChildren in interface Group
    • detachChildren

      public final List<Item> detachChildren()
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Detaches all children and returns them in a list.

      Note: you cannot add children to anther Group by doing group.addAll(e.getChildren()), because you have to detach them first. Then, you could use this method:
      group.addAll(e.detachChildren());

      Specified by:
      detachChildren in interface Group
    • anyElement

      public final boolean anyElement()
    • getElementNames

      public final Set<String> getElementNames()
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Returns a readonly set of names of element children. Then, you could use Group.getElements(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, int) to get elements.

      The returned list is a 'live-facade' of the real ones, so the performance is good, and any modification to Group.getChildren() will affect it.

      Specified by:
      getElementNames in interface Group
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    • getElements

      public final List<Element> getElements()
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Returns a cloned copy of all element children

      Unlike Group.getChildren() and Group.getElementNames(), the returned list is NOT a 'live-facade' of the real ones.

      Specified by:
      getElements in interface Group
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    • getElementIndex

      public final int getElementIndex(int indexFrom, String namespace, String name, int mode)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets the index of the Element-type first child that match the specified criteria.

      Note: only Element-type children are returned, since others have no name.

      Specified by:
      getElementIndex in interface Group
      Parameters:
      indexFrom - the index to start searching from; 0 for beginning
      namespace - the namespace URI if FIND_BY_PREFIX is not specified; the namespace prefix if FIND_BY_PREFIX specified; null to ignore
      name - the local name if FIND_BY_TAGNAME is not specified; the tag name if FIND_BY_TAGNAME specified; null to ignore
      mode - the search mode; zero or any combination of Item.FIND_xxx, except FIND_RECURSIVE
      Returns:
      the index if found; -1 if not found
    • getElementIndex

      public final int getElementIndex(int indexFrom, String tname)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets the index of the first Element-type child with the specified name.

      Note: only Element-type children are returned, since others have no name.

      getChildren().add(getElementIndex(0, "pre:name"),
          new Element("pre:another"));
      Specified by:
      getElementIndex in interface Group
      Parameters:
      indexFrom - the index to start searching from; 0 for beginning
      tname - the tag name (i.e., Namespaceable.getName)
      Returns:
      the index if found; -1 if not found
    • getElement

      public final Element getElement(String namespace, String name, int mode)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets the first Element-type child that matches the giving criteria.

      Note: only Element-type children are returned. Depending on the mode, the searching is usually linear -- take O(n) to complete.

      Specified by:
      getElement in interface Group
      Parameters:
      namespace - the namespace URI if FIND_BY_PREFIX is not specified; the namespace prefix if FIND_BY_PREFIX specified; null to ignore
      name - the local name if FIND_BY_TAGNAME is not specified; the tag name if FIND_BY_TAGNAME specified; null to ignore
      mode - the search mode; zero or any combination of FIND_xxx.
      Returns:
      the found element; null if not found or not supported
    • getElement

      public final Element getElement(String tname)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets the first Element-type child with the tag name. It is the same as childOf(nsURI, lname, null, 0).

      Note: only Element-type children are returned. Also, we did some optimization for this method so its access time is nearly constant.

      Specified by:
      getElement in interface Group
      Parameters:
      tname - the tag name (i.e., Namespaceable.getName)
      Returns:
      the found element; null if not found or not supported
    • getElements

      public final List<Element> getElements(String namespace, String name, int mode)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets a readonly list of Element-type children that match the giving criteria.

      Unlike Element.getElementsByTagName(java.lang.String), this method only returns child elements, excluding grand children and other descendants.

      The returned list is a 'live-facade' of the real ones, so the performance is good, and any modification to Group.getChildren() will affect it.

      Note: only Element-type children are returned. Depending on the mode, the searching is usually linear -- take O(n) to complete.

      Specified by:
      getElements in interface Group
      Parameters:
      namespace - the namespace URI if FIND_BY_PREFIX is not specified; the namespace prefix if FIND_BY_PREFIX specified; null to ignore
      name - the local name if FIND_BY_TAGNAME is not specified; the tag name if FIND_BY_TAGNAME specified; null to ignore
      mode - the search mode; zero or any combination of FIND_xxx.
      Returns:
      a read-only list containing all matched children; an empty list if not found or not supported
    • getElements

      public final List<Element> getElements(String tname)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets a readonly list of children with the tag name.

      Unlike Element.getElementsByTagName(java.lang.String), this method only returns child elements, excluding grand children and other descendants.

      The returned list is a 'live-facade' of the real ones, so the performance is good, and any modification to Group.getChildren() will affect it.

      Note: only Element-type children are returned. Also, we did some optimization for this method so its access time is nearly constant.

      Specified by:
      getElements in interface Group
      Parameters:
      tname - the tag name (i.e., Namespaceable.getName)
    • getElementValue

      public final String getElementValue(String namespace, String name, int mode, boolean trim)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets the value of the first Element-type child that matches the giving criteria, with a trimming option.
      Specified by:
      getElementValue in interface Group
      Parameters:
      namespace - the namespace URI if FIND_BY_PREFIX is not specified; the namespace prefix if FIND_BY_PREFIX specified; null to ignore
      name - the local name if FIND_BY_TAGNAME is not specified; the tag name if FIND_BY_TAGNAME specified; null to ignore
      Returns:
      the value of the first Element-type child ; null if not found
    • getElementValue

      public final String getElementValue(String tname, boolean trim)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Gets the text of the first Element-type child with the tag name, with a trimming option.
      Specified by:
      getElementValue in interface Group
      Parameters:
      tname - the tag name (i.e., Namespaceable.getName)
      Returns:
      the text of the first Element-type child with the tag name; null if not found
    • coalesce

      public final int coalesce(boolean recursive)
      Description copied from interface: Group
      Coalesces children if they are siblings with the same type instances of Textual, Textual.isCoalesceable returns true.

      SAXBuilder.build will do the merging automatically.

      Specified by:
      coalesce in interface Group
      Parameters:
      recursive - true to coalesce all descendants; false to coalesce only the direct children
    • getChildNodes

      public final NodeList getChildNodes()
      Specified by:
      getChildNodes in interface Node
      Overrides:
      getChildNodes in class AbstractItem
    • getFirstChild

      public final Node getFirstChild()
      Specified by:
      getFirstChild in interface Node
      Overrides:
      getFirstChild in class AbstractItem
    • getLastChild

      public final Node getLastChild()
      Specified by:
      getLastChild in interface Node
      Overrides:
      getLastChild in class AbstractItem
    • hasChildNodes

      public final boolean hasChildNodes()
      Specified by:
      hasChildNodes in interface Node
      Overrides:
      hasChildNodes in class AbstractItem
    • insertBefore

      public final Node insertBefore(Node newChild, Node refChild)
      Specified by:
      insertBefore in interface Node
      Overrides:
      insertBefore in class AbstractItem
    • replaceChild

      public final Node replaceChild(Node newChild, Node oldChild)
      Specified by:
      replaceChild in interface Node
      Overrides:
      replaceChild in class AbstractItem
    • removeChild

      public final Node removeChild(Node oldChild)
      Specified by:
      removeChild in interface Node
      Overrides:
      removeChild in class AbstractItem
    • appendChild

      public final Node appendChild(Node newChild)
      Specified by:
      appendChild in interface Node
      Overrides:
      appendChild in class AbstractItem
    • clone

      public Object clone()
      Description copied from class: AbstractItem
      Clones this object (a deep cloning not including contents contained in Textual nodes). Note: after cloning, the read-only flag always becomes false, and the parent becomes null (i.e., detached).
      Specified by:
      clone in interface Item
      Overrides:
      clone in class AbstractItem