org.deckfour.spex
Class SXNode

java.lang.Object
  org.deckfour.spex.SXNode

Direct Known Subclasses:

SXCommentNode, SXDocument, SXTag, SXTextNode

public abstract class SXNode
extends Object

Abstract superclass for nodes in an XML document.

Author:

Christian W. Guenther (christian@deckfour.org)

Field Summary

protected int	tabLevel Tabulator indentation level of this node.
protected String	tabString Tabulator string.
protected Writer	writer Writer used for serializing document.

Constructor Summary

protected

SXNode(Writer aWriter, int aTabLevel, String aTabString) Creates a new node.

Method Summary

abstract void	close() Explicitly closes this node.
int	getTabLevel() Returns the indentation level of this node.
protected void	indentLine() Convenience method for indenting a line according to this node's tabulator depth level.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

tabLevel

protected int tabLevel

Tabulator indentation level of this node.

tabString

protected String tabString

Tabulator string.

writer

protected Writer writer

Writer used for serializing document.

Constructor Detail

SXNode

protected SXNode(Writer aWriter,
                 int aTabLevel,
                 String aTabString)

Creates a new node.

Parameters:

aWriter - The writer used for serializing output.

aTabLevel - Indentation level of this node.

aTabString - Tabulator string used in document.

Method Detail

close

public abstract void close()
                    throws IOException

Explicitly closes this node.

Throws:

IOException

getTabLevel

public int getTabLevel()

Returns the indentation level of this node.

Returns:

The tabulator indentation level of this node.

indentLine

protected void indentLine()
                   throws IOException

Convenience method for indenting a line according to this node's tabulator depth level.

Throws:

IOException