org.eclipse.jdt.core.jdom
Interface IDOMNode

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IDOMCompilationUnit, IDOMField, IDOMImport, IDOMInitializer, IDOMMember, IDOMMethod, IDOMPackage, IDOMType

All Known Implementing Classes:

DOMNode

Deprecated. The JDOM was made obsolete by the addition in 2.0 of the more powerful, fine-grained DOM/AST API found in the org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom package.

public interface IDOMNode
extends java.lang.Cloneable

Nodes represent structural fragments of a Java source file, also known as document fragments. Their implementation is known as a DOM (Document Object Model) - in this case a JDOM (Java DOM). A root node (node with no parent or siblings) represents the root of a document fragment (DF). A complete Java document is represented by a compilation unit node (IDOMCompilationUnit). In this way, a DF is comprised of DFs, and a document itself (compilation unit) is also a DF.

A DF may be created empty and programmatically filled, or it may be created from a source code string. The IDOMFactory allows the creation of all kinds of nodes from source code strings. Manipulations performed on a DF are immediately reflected in the DF's contents.

Children fragments are represented as a linked list of nodes. Children are inserted via their parent node, and are automatically linked up with previous and next nodes.

The contents of any node (DF) may be retrieved at any time. In this way it is possible to retrieve source code representing fragments of the compilation unit (for example, a type or a method), since the contents of any node (not just the root node) may be obtained.

The following manipulations on DFs are distinct:

• clone - this creates a stand-alone copy of the DF that is in no way dependent on the DF that it was cloned from
• remove - this orphans a DF from its host DF. The removed DF may still be dependent on its previous host (perhaps to generate its contents), and hanging onto the fragment means that its previous host is also retained in memory.
• add/insert - this splices an un-parented DF (one that has been cloned, removed, or created stand-alone), into an existing DF such that the newly inserted DF is only dependent on its new host.

Wherever types are specified in DOM APIs, type names must be specified as they would appear in source code. The DOM does not have a notion of type signatures, only raw text. Example type names are "Object", "java.io.File", and "int[]".

Field Summary

static int	COMPILATION_UNIT Deprecated. Node type constant indicating a compilation unit.
static int	FIELD Deprecated. Node type constant indicating a field declaration.
static int	IMPORT Deprecated. Node type constant indicating an import declaration.
static int	INITIALIZER Deprecated. Node type constant indicating an initializer declaration.
static int	METHOD Deprecated. Node type constant indicating a method (or constructor) declaration.
static int	PACKAGE Deprecated. Node type constant indicating a package declaration.
static int	TYPE Deprecated. Node type constant indicating a type declaration.

Method Summary

void	addChild(IDOMNode child) Deprecated. Adds the given un-parented node (document fragment) as the last child of this node.
boolean	canHaveChildren() Deprecated. Returns whether this node is allowed to have children.
java.lang.Object	clone() Deprecated. Returns a stand-alone copy of the document fragment represented by this node that is in no way dependent on the document this node is part of.
char[]	getCharacters() Deprecated. Returns the current contents of this document fragment as a character array.
IDOMNode	getChild(java.lang.String name) Deprecated. Returns the first named child of this node with the given name.
java.util.Enumeration	getChildren() Deprecated. Returns an enumeration of children of this node.
java.lang.String	getContents() Deprecated. Returns the current contents of this document fragment.
IDOMNode	getFirstChild() Deprecated. Returns the first child of this node.
IJavaElement	getJavaElement(IJavaElement parent) Deprecated. Returns a handle for the Java element associated with this document fragment, based on the parent Java element.
java.lang.String	getName() Deprecated. Returns the name of this node.
IDOMNode	getNextNode() Deprecated. Returns the sibling node immediately following this node.
int	getNodeType() Deprecated. Returns the type of this node.
IDOMNode	getParent() Deprecated. Returns the parent of this node.
IDOMNode	getPreviousNode() Deprecated. Returns the sibling node immediately preceding this node.
void	insertSibling(IDOMNode sibling) Deprecated. Inserts the given un-parented node as a sibling of this node, immediately before this node.
boolean	isAllowableChild(IDOMNode node) Deprecated. Returns whether the given node is an allowable child for this node.
boolean	isSignatureEqual(IDOMNode node) Deprecated. Returns whether this node's signature is equivalent to the given node's signature.
void	remove() Deprecated. Separates this node from its parent and siblings, maintaining any ties that this node has to the underlying document fragment.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Deprecated. Sets the name of this node.

Field Detail

COMPILATION_UNIT

static final int COMPILATION_UNIT

Deprecated.

Node type constant indicating a compilation unit. Nodes of this type maybe by safely cast to IDOMCompilationUnit.

See Also:

getNodeType(), Constant Field Values

PACKAGE

static final int PACKAGE

Deprecated.

Node type constant indicating a package declaration. Nodes of this type maybe by safely cast to IDOMPackage.

See Also:

getNodeType(), Constant Field Values

IMPORT

static final int IMPORT

Deprecated.

Node type constant indicating an import declaration. Nodes of this type maybe by safely cast to IDOMImport.

See Also:

getNodeType(), Constant Field Values

TYPE

static final int TYPE

Deprecated.

Node type constant indicating a type declaration. Nodes of this type maybe by safely cast to IDOMType.

See Also:

getNodeType(), Constant Field Values

FIELD

static final int FIELD

Deprecated.

Node type constant indicating a field declaration. Nodes of this type maybe by safely cast to IDOMField.

See Also:

getNodeType(), Constant Field Values

METHOD

static final int METHOD

Deprecated.

Node type constant indicating a method (or constructor) declaration. Nodes of this type maybe by safely cast to IDOMMethod.

See Also:

getNodeType(), Constant Field Values

INITIALIZER

static final int INITIALIZER

Deprecated.

Node type constant indicating an initializer declaration. Nodes of this type maybe by safely cast to IDOMInitializer.

See Also:

getNodeType(), Constant Field Values

Method Detail

addChild

void addChild(IDOMNode child)
              throws DOMException,
                     java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Deprecated.

Adds the given un-parented node (document fragment) as the last child of this node.

Parameters:

child - the new child node

Throws:

DOMException - if any of the following conditions hold:

• this node is not allowed to have children,
• the child is not of an allowable type
• the child already has a parent
• the child is an ancestor of this node

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the child is null

See Also:

insertSibling(IDOMNode), remove()

canHaveChildren

boolean canHaveChildren()

Deprecated.

Returns whether this node is allowed to have children.

Returns:

true if this node can have children

clone

java.lang.Object clone()

Deprecated.

Returns a stand-alone copy of the document fragment represented by this node that is in no way dependent on the document this node is part of.

Returns:

a copy of type IDOMNode

See Also:

addChild(IDOMNode), insertSibling(IDOMNode), remove()

getCharacters

char[] getCharacters()

Deprecated.

Returns the current contents of this document fragment as a character array.

Note: To obtain complete source for the source file, ask a compilation unit node for its contents.

Returns:

the contents, or null if this node has no contents

getChild

IDOMNode getChild(java.lang.String name)

Deprecated.

Returns the first named child of this node with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the name

Returns:

the child node, or null if no such child exists

getChildren

java.util.Enumeration getChildren()

Deprecated.

Returns an enumeration of children of this node. Returns an empty enumeration if this node has no children (including nodes that cannot have children). Children appear in the order in which they are declared in the source code.

Returns:

an enumeration of the children

getContents

java.lang.String getContents()

Deprecated.

Returns the current contents of this document fragment.

Note: To obtain complete source for the source file, ask a compilation unit node for its contents.

Returns:

the contents, or null if this node has no contents

getFirstChild

IDOMNode getFirstChild()

Deprecated.

Returns the first child of this node. Children appear in the order in which they exist in the source code.

Returns:

the first child, or null if this node has no children

See Also:

getChildren()

getJavaElement

IJavaElement getJavaElement(IJavaElement parent)
                            throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Deprecated.

Returns a handle for the Java element associated with this document fragment, based on the parent Java element.

Parameters:

parent - the parent Java element

Returns:

a handle for the Java element associated with this document fragment, based on the parent Java element

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the parent element is not of a valid parent type for this node

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Deprecated.

Returns the name of this node. More details are provided in each of the subtypes.

Returns:

the name, or null if it has no name

getNextNode

IDOMNode getNextNode()

Deprecated.

Returns the sibling node immediately following this node.

Returns:

the next node, or null if there is no following node

getNodeType

int getNodeType()

Deprecated.

Returns the type of this node.

Returns:

one of the node type constants defined in IDOMNode

getParent

IDOMNode getParent()

Deprecated.

Returns the parent of this node.

Returns:

the parent node, or null if this node does not have a parent

getPreviousNode

IDOMNode getPreviousNode()

Deprecated.

Returns the sibling node immediately preceding this node.

Returns:

the previous node, or null if there is no preceding node

insertSibling

void insertSibling(IDOMNode sibling)
                   throws DOMException,
                          java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Deprecated.

Inserts the given un-parented node as a sibling of this node, immediately before this node.

Parameters:

sibling - the new sibling node

Throws:

DOMException - if any of the following conditions hold:

• this node is a document fragment root
• the sibling is not of the correct type
• the sibling already has a parent
• this sibling is an ancestor of this node

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the sibling is null

See Also:

addChild(IDOMNode), clone(), remove()

isAllowableChild

boolean isAllowableChild(IDOMNode node)

Deprecated.

Returns whether the given node is an allowable child for this node.

Parameters:

node - the potential child node

Returns:

true if the given node is an allowable child

isSignatureEqual

boolean isSignatureEqual(IDOMNode node)

Deprecated.

Returns whether this node's signature is equivalent to the given node's signature. In other words, if the nodes were siblings, would the declarations collide because they represent the same declaration.

Parameters:

node - the other node

Returns:

true if the nodes have equivalent signatures

remove

void remove()

Deprecated.

Separates this node from its parent and siblings, maintaining any ties that this node has to the underlying document fragment. A document fragment that is removed from its host document may still be dependent on that host document until it is inserted into a different document. Removing a root node has no effect.

See Also:

addChild(IDOMNode), clone(), insertSibling(IDOMNode)

setName

void setName(java.lang.String name)

Deprecated.

Sets the name of this node. Name format depends on node type. More details are provided in each of the subtypes.

Parameters:

name - the name, or null to clear the name