org.opensourcephysics.controls

Class XMLPropertyElement

java.lang.Object

org.opensourcephysics.controls.XMLPropertyElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

XMLProperty

public class XMLPropertyElement
extends java.lang.Object
implements XMLProperty

This defines methods for storing data in an xml property element.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Douglas Brown

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.lang.String	className
protected java.util.List	content
protected java.lang.String	name
protected XMLProperty	parent
protected java.lang.String	type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMLPropertyElement(XMLProperty mother) Constructs an empty property element.
XMLPropertyElement(XMLProperty mother, java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.String propertyType, java.lang.Object value) Constructs a property element with the specified value.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected java.lang.String	getArrayString(java.lang.Object array) Returns a string representation of a primitive array.
XMLControl	getChildControl(java.lang.String name) Gets the named XMLControl child of this property.
XMLControl[]	getChildControls() Gets the XMLControl children of this property.
int	getLevel() Gets the level of this property relative to root.
XMLProperty	getParentProperty() Gets the immediate parent property.
java.lang.Class	getPropertyClass() Gets the property class.
java.util.List	getPropertyContent() Gets the xml content for this property.
java.lang.String	getPropertyName() Gets the property name.
java.lang.String	getPropertyType() Gets the property type.
protected java.lang.String	indent(int level) Returns a space for indentation.
void	setValue(java.lang.String stringValue) Sets the value of this property if property type is primitive or string.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the xml string representation of this property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

parent

protected XMLProperty parent

name

protected java.lang.String name

type

protected java.lang.String type

className

protected java.lang.String className

content

protected java.util.List content

Constructor Detail

XMLPropertyElement

public XMLPropertyElement(XMLProperty mother)

Constructs an empty property element.

Parameters:

mother - the parent

XMLPropertyElement

public XMLPropertyElement(XMLProperty mother,
                  java.lang.String propertyName,
                  java.lang.String propertyType,
                  java.lang.Object value)

Constructs a property element with the specified value.

Parameters:

mother - the parent

propertyName - the name

propertyType - the type

value - the value

Method Detail

getPropertyName

public java.lang.String getPropertyName()

Gets the property name.

Specified by:

getPropertyName in interface XMLProperty

Returns:

a name

getPropertyType

public java.lang.String getPropertyType()

Gets the property type.

Specified by:

getPropertyType in interface XMLProperty

Returns:

the type

getPropertyClass

public java.lang.Class getPropertyClass()

Gets the property class.

Specified by:

getPropertyClass in interface XMLProperty

Returns:

the class

getParentProperty

public XMLProperty getParentProperty()

Gets the immediate parent property.

Specified by:

getParentProperty in interface XMLProperty

Returns:

the type

getLevel

public int getLevel()

Gets the level of this property relative to root.

Specified by:

getLevel in interface XMLProperty

Returns:

the non-negative integer level

getPropertyContent

public java.util.List getPropertyContent()

Gets the xml content for this property. Content items may be strings, XMLControls or XMLProperties.

Specified by:

getPropertyContent in interface XMLProperty

Returns:

a list of content items

getChildControl

public XMLControl getChildControl(java.lang.String name)

Gets the named XMLControl child of this property. May return null.

Specified by:

getChildControl in interface XMLProperty

Parameters:

name - the property name

Returns:

the XMLControl

getChildControls

public XMLControl[] getChildControls()

Gets the XMLControl children of this property. The returned array has length for type "object" = 1, "collection" and "array" = 0+, other types = 0.

Specified by:

getChildControls in interface XMLProperty

Returns:

an XMLControl array

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String stringValue)

Sets the value of this property if property type is primitive or string. This does nothing for other property types.

Specified by:

setValue in interface XMLProperty

Parameters:

stringValue - the string value of a primitive or string property

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the xml string representation of this property.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the xml string

indent

protected java.lang.String indent(int level)

Returns a space for indentation.

Parameters:

level - the indent level

Returns:

the space

getArrayString

protected java.lang.String getArrayString(java.lang.Object array)

Returns a string representation of a primitive array.

Parameters:

array - the array

Returns:

the array string