cookxml.core.taglibrary
Class InheritableTagLibrary

java.lang.Object
  cookxml.core.taglibrary.SingleNSTagLibrary
      cookxml.core.taglibrary.InheritableTagLibrary

All Implemented Interfaces:

TagLibrary

public class InheritableTagLibrary

extends SingleNSTagLibrary

This tag library class avoids the hassele of setting up all the things (adders and setters) for a tag. It suited perfectly for Swing in which most components inherit JComponent.

Since:

CookXml 1.0

Constructor Summary

InheritableTagLibrary()
Construct a tag library that doesn't have a parent.

InheritableTagLibrary(TagLibrary parentTagLibrary)
Construct a tag library with a parent.

Method Summary

void	addAdder(String tag, Adder adder) Instead of creating an adder that does it all, this function internally creates a compound adder that combine the functionalities of individual specialized adders.
Adder	getAdder(String ns, String tag) Get the Adder delegate associated with the namespace and tag.
LinkedList	getParentTags(String tag) Retrieve the direct parent tags.
Setter	getSetter(String ns, String tag, String attrNS, String attr) Get the Setter delegate associated with the namespace and tag.
void	inheritTag(String parentTag, String thisTag) create a tag inheritance.
void	inheritTag(String ns, String parentTag, String thisTag) Create a tag inheritance.

Methods inherited from class cookxml.core.taglibrary.SingleNSTagLibrary

getConverter, getCreator, getNameSpace, getSpecialCreator, setAdder, setConverter, setCreator, setNameSpace, setSetter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InheritableTagLibrary

public InheritableTagLibrary()

Construct a tag library that doesn't have a parent.

InheritableTagLibrary

public InheritableTagLibrary(TagLibrary parentTagLibrary)

Construct a tag library with a parent.

Method Detail

inheritTag

public void inheritTag(String ns,
                       String parentTag,
                       String thisTag)

Create a tag inheritance. Adder and setters are inherited.

Cycles must not exist!

Parameters:

ns - the optional namespace of the parent tag.

parentTag - the parent tag name

thisTag - the child tag name

inheritTag

public void inheritTag(String parentTag,
                       String thisTag)

create a tag inheritance. Adder and setters are inherited. Cycles must not exist!

Parameters:

parentTag - the parent tag name

thisTag - the child tag name

getSetter

public Setter getSetter(String ns,
                        String tag,
                        String attrNS,
                        String attr)

Description copied from interface: TagLibrary

Get the Setter delegate associated with the namespace and tag.

Specified by:

getSetter in interface TagLibrary

Overrides:

getSetter in class SingleNSTagLibrary

getAdder

public Adder getAdder(String ns,
                      String tag)

Description copied from interface: TagLibrary

Get the Adder delegate associated with the namespace and tag.

Specified by:

getAdder in interface TagLibrary

Overrides:

getAdder in class SingleNSTagLibrary

addAdder

public void addAdder(String tag,
                     Adder adder)

Instead of creating an adder that does it all, this function internally creates a compound adder that combine the functionalities of individual specialized adders. The adder added later has precedence over adders added earlier.

Parameters:

tag - the tag name.

adder - the individual Adder.

getParentTags

public LinkedList getParentTags(String tag)

Retrieve the direct parent tags. If the parent tag is in a different namespace, the entry will be in tag:ns format.

Parameters:

tag - the tag name

Returns:

direct parent tags