Class BeanAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, Node

public class BeanAttribute extends AbstractAttribute

BeanAttribute represents a mutable XML attribute which is backed by a property of the JavaBean of its parent element.

Version:
$Revision: 1.7 $
Author:
James Strachan
See Also:
  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getQName

      public QName getQName()
      Description copied from interface: Attribute
      Returns the QName of this attribute which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.
      Returns:
      the QName associated with this attribute
    • getParent

      public Element getParent()
      Description copied from interface: Node

      getParent returns the parent Element if this node supports the parent relationship or null if it is the root element or does not support the parent relationship.

      This method is an optional feature and may not be supported for all Node implementations.

      Specified by:
      getParent in interface Node
      Overrides:
      getParent in class AbstractNode
      Returns:
      the parent of this node or null if it is the root of the tree or the parent relationship is not supported.
    • getValue

      public String getValue()
      Description copied from interface: Attribute
      Returns the value of the attribute. This method returns the same value as the Node.getText()method.
      Returns:
      the value of the attribute
    • setValue

      public void setValue(String data)
      Description copied from interface: Attribute
      Sets the value of this attribute or this method will throw an UnsupportedOperationException if it is read-only.
      Specified by:
      setValue in interface Attribute
      Overrides:
      setValue in class AbstractAttribute
      Parameters:
      data - is the new value of this attribute
    • getData

      public Object getData()
      Description copied from interface: Attribute
      Accesses the data of this attribute which may implement data typing bindings such as XML Schema or Java Bean bindings or will return the same value as Node.getText().
      Specified by:
      getData in interface Attribute
      Overrides:
      getData in class AbstractAttribute
      Returns:
      the attribute data
    • setData

      public void setData(Object data)
      Description copied from interface: Attribute
      Sets the data value of this attribute if this element supports data binding or calls Node.setText(String)if it doesn't.
      Specified by:
      setData in interface Attribute
      Overrides:
      setData in class AbstractAttribute
      Parameters:
      data - the attribute data