org.eclipse.jet.core.parser.ast
Class XMLElement

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.jet.core.parser.ast.JETASTElement
      org.eclipse.jet.core.parser.ast.BodyElement
          org.eclipse.jet.core.parser.ast.XMLElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

XMLBodyElement, XMLEmptyElement

public abstract class XMLElement
extends BodyElement

An abstract implementation representing all XML-based elements in the JET AST

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients

Since:

0.8.0

Method Summary

java.util.Map	getAttributes() Return a read-only map of the attributes (name to value map)
java.lang.String	getName() Return the QName of the element
java.lang.String	getNSPrefix() Return the XML Namespace prefixe of the element
TagDefinition	getTagDefinition()
java.lang.String	getTagNCName() Return the NCName (unqualified name) of the element.
boolean	removeLineWhenOtherwiseEmpty() Indicate whether the the surrounding whitespace, including the trailing new line should be removed from the template output.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jet.core.parser.ast.JETASTElement

accept, accept0, getAst, getColumn, getEnd, getLine, getNextElement, getParent, getPrevElement, getStart

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getName

public final java.lang.String getName()

Return the QName of the element

Returns:

a string

getAttributes

public final java.util.Map getAttributes()

Return a read-only map of the attributes (name to value map)

Returns:

a Map with String keys (attribute name) and String values

getTagNCName

public java.lang.String getTagNCName()

Return the NCName (unqualified name) of the element.

Returns:

the name with any XML namespace prefix (prefix:) removed

getNSPrefix

public java.lang.String getNSPrefix()

Return the XML Namespace prefixe of the element

Returns:

the namespace prefix or the empty string if there is no namespace prefix.

getTagDefinition

public final TagDefinition getTagDefinition()

Returns:

Returns the td.

removeLineWhenOtherwiseEmpty

public final boolean removeLineWhenOtherwiseEmpty()

Description copied from class: JETASTElement

Indicate whether the the surrounding whitespace, including the trailing new line should be removed from the template output. In general, elements that create output should return false, while element that do should should return true.

Specified by:

removeLineWhenOtherwiseEmpty in class JETASTElement

Returns:

true if the containing line should be removed if otherwise empty.