net.sourceforge.ajaxtags.xml
Class BaseXmlBuilder<V>

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.ajaxtags.xml.BaseXmlBuilder<V>

Type Parameters:

V - type of list elements (Item, TreeItem)

Direct Known Subclasses:

AjaxTreeXmlBuilder, AjaxValueListXmlBuilder

public abstract class BaseXmlBuilder<V>
extends Object

Helper class to build valid XML as a base for all XML builders.

Constructor Summary

BaseXmlBuilder()

Method Summary

BaseXmlBuilder<V>	add(V item) Add item to list.
void	clear() Delete all items.
V	get(int index) Return the item at index.
String	getEncoding()
protected List<V>	getItems()
protected List<V>	getList()
protected abstract String	getXMLString()
boolean	isEmpty() Check if list contains no elements (is empty).
void	setEncoding(String encoding) Set the XML encoding.
protected void	setList(List<V> list)
int	size()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseXmlBuilder

public BaseXmlBuilder()

Method Detail

getList

protected List<V> getList()

setList

protected void setList(List<V> list)

getEncoding

public String getEncoding()

Returns:

the XML encoding

setEncoding

public void setEncoding(String encoding)

Set the XML encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - the XML encoding

getItems

protected List<V> getItems()

Returns:

the item list

getXMLString

protected abstract String getXMLString()

Returns:

the XML body, XML encoding is added by toString()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the full XML document

add

public BaseXmlBuilder<V> add(V item)

Add item to list.

Parameters:

item - the item to add

Returns:

BaseXmlBuilder

See Also:

ArrayList.add(Object)

clear

public void clear()

Delete all items.

get

public V get(int index)

Return the item at index.

Parameters:

index - the index

Returns:

the item at index

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Check if list contains no elements (is empty).

Returns:

true if it is empty else false

size

public int size()

Returns:

the item count