Collection

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Description:

Content:

Properties:

• public abstract DomElement element { get; set construct; }
  A GXml.DomElement with all child elements in collection.
• public abstract string items_name { get; }
  Local name of DomElement objects of element, which could be contained in this collection.
• public abstract Type items_type { get; set construct; }
  A GLib.Type of DomElement child objects of element, which could be contained in this collection.
• public virtual int length { get; }
  Number of items referenced in nodes_index
• public abstract Queue<int> nodes_index { get; }
  A list of child DomElement objects of element

Methods:

• public abstract void append (DomElement node) throws Error
  Adds a DomElement node to this collection. Depending on type of collection, this method will take information from node to initialize how to find it.
• public abstract void clear () throws Error
  Clear this collection in prepareation for a search
• public virtual DomElement? create_item ()
  Creates a new instance of items_type, with same DomNode.owner_document than element. New instance is not set as a child of collection's element; to do so, use append
• public virtual DomElement? get_item (int index) throws Error
  Gets a child DomElement of element referenced in nodes_index.
• public abstract void initialize (Type t) throws Error
  Initialize collection to use a given GXml.Collection derived type. Internally, this method create an instance of given type to initialize items_type and items_name.
• public abstract void search () throws Error
  Search and add references to all GomObject nodes as child of element with same, case insensitive, name of items_name
• public abstract bool validate_append (int index, DomElement element) throws Error
  Validate if given node and index, should be added to collection.

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