org.apache.commons.configuration.tree

Interface ConfigurationNode

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultConfigurationNode, HierarchicalConfiguration.Node, ViewNode, XMLPropertyListConfiguration.ArrayNode, XMLPropertyListConfiguration.PListNode

public interface ConfigurationNode

Definition of an interface for the nodes of a hierarchical configuration.

This interface defines a tree like structure for configuration data. A node has a value and can have an arbitrary number of children and attribures.

Since:

1.3

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Oliver Heger

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAttribute(ConfigurationNode attr) Adds the specified attribute to this node
void	addChild(ConfigurationNode node) Adds a child to this node.
Object	clone() Returns a copy of this node.
ConfigurationNode	getAttribute(int index) Returns the attribute node with the given index.
int	getAttributeCount() Returns the number of attributes of this node.
int	getAttributeCount(String name) Returns the number of attributes with the given name.
List	getAttributes() Returns a list with this node's attributes.
List	getAttributes(String name) Returns a list with the attribute nodes with the given name.
ConfigurationNode	getChild(int index) Returns the child node with the given index.
List	getChildren() Returns a list with the child nodes of this node.
List	getChildren(String name) Returns a list with all children of this node with the given name.
int	getChildrenCount() Returns the number of this node's children.
int	getChildrenCount(String name) Returns the number of children with the given name.
String	getName() Returns the name of this node.
ConfigurationNode	getParentNode() Returns this node's parent.
Object	getReference() Returns this node's reference.
Object	getValue() Returns the value of this node.
boolean	isAttribute() Returns a flag whether this node is an attribute.
boolean	isDefined() Returns a flag if this node is defined.
boolean	removeAttribute(ConfigurationNode node) Removes the specified attribute from this node.
boolean	removeAttribute(String name) Removes all attributes with the given name.
void	removeAttributes() Removes all attributes of this node.
boolean	removeChild(ConfigurationNode child) Removes the given node from this node's children.
boolean	removeChild(String childName) Removes all child nodes of this node with the given name.
void	removeChildren() Removes all children from this node.
void	setAttribute(boolean f) Sets a flag whether this node is an attribute.
void	setName(String name) Sets the name of this node.
void	setParentNode(ConfigurationNode parent) Sets the parent of this node.
void	setReference(Object ref) Sets this node's reference.
void	setValue(Object val) Sets the value of this node.
void	visit(ConfigurationNodeVisitor visitor) Visits this node and all its sub nodes.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of this node.

Returns:

the node name

setName

void setName(String name)

Sets the name of this node.

Parameters:

name - the node name

getValue

Object getValue()

Returns the value of this node.

Returns:

the node's value

setValue

void setValue(Object val)

Sets the value of this node.

Parameters:

val - the node's value

getReference

Object getReference()

Returns this node's reference.

Returns:

the reference

setReference

void setReference(Object ref)

Sets this node's reference. This reference can be used by concrete Configuration implementations to store data associated with each node. A XML based configuration for instance could here store a reference to the corresponding DOM element.

Parameters:

ref - the reference

getParentNode

ConfigurationNode getParentNode()

Returns this node's parent. Can be null, then this node is the top level node.

Returns:

the parent of this node

setParentNode

void setParentNode(ConfigurationNode parent)

Sets the parent of this node.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this node

addChild

void addChild(ConfigurationNode node)

Adds a child to this node.

Parameters:

node - the new child

getChildren

List getChildren()

Returns a list with the child nodes of this node. The nodes in this list should be in the order they were inserted into this node.

Returns:

a list with the children of this node (never null)

getChildrenCount

int getChildrenCount()

Returns the number of this node's children.

Returns:

the number of the children of this node

getChildren

List getChildren(String name)

Returns a list with all children of this node with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the searched children

Returns:

a list with all child nodes with this name (never null)

getChildrenCount

int getChildrenCount(String name)

Returns the number of children with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the name

Returns:

the number of children with this name

getChild

ConfigurationNode getChild(int index)

Returns the child node with the given index. If the index does not exist, an exception will be thrown.

Parameters:

index - the index of the child node (0-based)

Returns:

the child node with this index

removeChild

boolean removeChild(ConfigurationNode child)

Removes the given node from this node's children.

Parameters:

child - the child node to be removed

Returns:

a flag if the node could be removed

removeChild

boolean removeChild(String childName)

Removes all child nodes of this node with the given name.

Parameters:

childName - the name of the children to be removed

Returns:

a flag if at least one child was removed

removeChildren

void removeChildren()

Removes all children from this node.

isAttribute

boolean isAttribute()

Returns a flag whether this node is an attribute.

Returns:

a flag whether this node is an attribute

setAttribute

void setAttribute(boolean f)

Sets a flag whether this node is an attribute.

Parameters:

f - the attribute flag

getAttributes

List getAttributes()

Returns a list with this node's attributes. Attributes are also modeled as ConfigurationNode objects.

Returns:

a list with the attributes

getAttributeCount

int getAttributeCount()

Returns the number of attributes of this node.

Returns:

the number of attributes

getAttributes

List getAttributes(String name)

Returns a list with the attribute nodes with the given name. Attributes with same names can be added multiple times, so the return value of this method is a list.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

Returns:

the attribute nodes with this name (never null)

getAttributeCount

int getAttributeCount(String name)

Returns the number of attributes with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

Returns:

the number of attributes with this name

getAttribute

ConfigurationNode getAttribute(int index)

Returns the attribute node with the given index. If no such index exists, an exception will be thrown.

Parameters:

index - the index

Returns:

the attribute node with this index

removeAttribute

boolean removeAttribute(ConfigurationNode node)

Removes the specified attribute from this node.

Parameters:

node - the attribute to remove

Returns:

a flag if the node could be removed

removeAttribute

boolean removeAttribute(String name)

Removes all attributes with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attributes to be removed

Returns:

a flag if at least one attribute was removed

removeAttributes

void removeAttributes()

Removes all attributes of this node.

addAttribute

void addAttribute(ConfigurationNode attr)

Adds the specified attribute to this node

Parameters:

attr - the attribute node

isDefined

boolean isDefined()

Returns a flag if this node is defined. This means that the node contains some data.

Returns:

a flag whether this node is defined

visit

void visit(ConfigurationNodeVisitor visitor)

Visits this node and all its sub nodes. This method provides a simple means for going through a hierarchical structure of configuration nodes.

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor

See Also:

ConfigurationNodeVisitor

clone

Object clone()

Returns a copy of this node.

Returns:

the copy