org.springframework.extensions.config.element
Class GenericConfigElement

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.extensions.config.element.ConfigElementAdapter
      org.springframework.extensions.config.element.GenericConfigElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ConfigElement

public class GenericConfigElement
extends ConfigElementAdapter

Implementation of a generic configuration element. This class can handle the representation of any config element in a generic manner.

Author:

gavinc

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.extensions.config.element.ConfigElementAdapter

attributes, children, name, value

Constructor Summary

GenericConfigElement(String name)
Default constructor

Method Summary

void	addAttribute(String name, String value) Adds the attribute with the given name and value
void	addChild(ConfigElement configElement) Adds the given config element as a child of this element
ConfigElement	combine(ConfigElement configElement) Combines the given config element with this config element and returns a new instance containing the resulting combination.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.extensions.config.element.ConfigElementAdapter

getAttribute, getAttributeCount, getAttributes, getChild, getChildCount, getChildren, getChildren, getChildrenMap, getChildValue, getName, getValue, hasAttribute, hasChildren, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenericConfigElement

public GenericConfigElement(String name)

Default constructor

Parameters:

name - Name of the config element

Method Detail

combine

public ConfigElement combine(ConfigElement configElement)

Description copied from interface: ConfigElement

Combines the given config element with this config element and returns a new instance containing the resulting combination. The combination of the two objects MUST NOT change this instance.

Specified by:

combine in interface ConfigElement

Specified by:

combine in class ConfigElementAdapter

Parameters:

configElement - The config element to combine into this one

Returns:

The combined ConfigElement

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(String name,
                         String value)

Adds the attribute with the given name and value

Parameters:

name - Name of the attribute

value - Value of the attribute

addChild

public void addChild(ConfigElement configElement)

Adds the given config element as a child of this element

Parameters:

configElement - The child config element