Package org.deltava.taglib

Class XMLRenderer

java.lang.Object

org.deltava.taglib.XMLRenderer

public class XMLRenderer
extends Object

A helper class to generate XML elements with attributes.

Since:

1.0

Version:

5.0

Author:

Luke

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XMLRenderer(String name)	Creates a new XML element, with a lowercase name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear()	Clears all element attributes.
String	close()	Renders the close element tag as XML.
String	get(String name)	Gets an element attribute.
String	getName()	Returns the XML element name.
boolean	has(String name)	Returns whether the element has a particular attribute.
String	open(boolean completeTag)	Renders the open element tag as XML.
String	open(boolean completeTag, boolean finishTag)	Renders the open element tag as XML.
void	remove(String name)	Removes an attribute from the element.
void	setAttribute(String name, String value)	Sets an element attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

XMLRenderer

public XMLRenderer(String name)

Creates a new XML element, with a lowercase name.

Parameters:

name - the element nam

Throws:

NullPointerException - if name is null

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Returns the XML element name.

Returns:

the element name

has

public boolean has(String name)

Returns whether the element has a particular attribute.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

Returns:

TRUE if the attribute exists, otherwise FALSE

clear

public void clear()

Clears all element attributes.

remove

public void remove(String name)

Removes an attribute from the element.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(String name,
 String value)

Sets an element attribute.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

value - the attribute value

get

public String get(String name)

Gets an element attribute.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

Returns:

the attribute value, or null if none

open

public String open(boolean completeTag,
 boolean finishTag)

Renders the open element tag as XML.

Parameters:

completeTag - TRUE if the tag should be completed, otherwise FALSE

finishTag - TRUE if the tag should be finished, otherwise FALSE

Returns:

the element rendered to XML

open

public String open(boolean completeTag)

Renders the open element tag as XML.

Parameters:

completeTag - TRUE if the tag should be completed, otherwise FALSE

Returns:

the element rendered to XML

close

public String close()

Renders the close element tag as XML.

Returns:

the close tag