Package cdc.util.data

Interface Child

All Superinterfaces:

Node

All Known Subinterfaces:

Leaf

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChild, AbstractContentNode, Comment, Element, Text

public interface Child
extends Node

Interface implemented by child nodes: they have an optional parent.

This may be:

• Element
• Text
• Comment

Author:

Damien Carbonne

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface cdc.util.data.Node

ANY_NODE, IS_COMMENT, IS_ELEMENT, IS_EMPTY_ELEMENT, IS_IGNORABLE_TEXT, IS_TEXT

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Child	clone(boolean recurse)	Return a clone of this node.
int	getIndex()
Parent	getParent()
default <E extends Parent> E	getParent(java.lang.Class<E> parentClass)	Returns the parent of this child, cast to a target class.
Child	getRootChild()	Returns the highest ancestor of this child that is a child.
void	remove()	Detach this child from its parent.
void	setIndex(int to)	Set the index of this child.
void	setParent(Parent parent)	Sets or changes the parent of this child.

Methods inherited from interface cdc.util.data.Node

deepEquals, getDocument, getRootElement, getType

Method Detail

clone

Child clone(boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Node

Return a clone of this node.

Specified by:

clone in interface Node

Parameters:

recurse - If true, also clone children nodes.

Returns:

A clone of this node, and optionally its children.

getRootChild

Child getRootChild()

Returns the highest ancestor of this child that is a child.

This may be this child.

Returns:

The root child of this child.

getParent

Parent getParent()

Returns:

The parent of this child. It may be null.

getParent

default <E extends Parent> E getParent(java.lang.Class<E> parentClass)

Returns the parent of this child, cast to a target class.

Type Parameters:

E - The target type.

Parameters:

parentClass - The target class.

Returns:

The parent of this child as a parentClass object.

setParent

void setParent(Parent parent)

Sets or changes the parent of this child.

Parameters:

parent - The new parent. May be null.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - When parent can not not be set.

getIndex

int getIndex()

Returns:

The index of this child or -1.

setIndex

void setIndex(int to)

Set the index of this child.

Parameters:

to - The new index of this child.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - When this child has no parent,
or to < 0 or to >= getParent().getChildrenCount().

remove

void remove()

Detach this child from its parent.

Equivalent to setParent(null).