org.mortbay.html
Class Composite

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.mortbay.html.Element
      extended by org.mortbay.html.Composite
Direct Known Subclasses:
Block, Comment, Page, Text

public class Composite
extends Element

HTML Composite Element.

This class is can be used a either an abstract or concrete holder of other HTML elements. Used directly, it allow multiple HTML Elements to be added which are produced sequentially. Derived used of Composite may wrap each contain Element in special purpose HTML tags (e.g. list).

Notes
Elements are added to the Composite either as HTML Elements or as Strings. Other objects added to the Composite are converted to Strings

Version:
$Id: Composite.java,v 1.6 2004/05/09 20:31:28 gregwilkins Exp $
Author:
Greg Wilkins
See Also:
Element

Field Summary
protected  ArrayList elements
          The vector of elements in this Composite.
protected  Composite nest
           
 
Fields inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Element
ALIGN, attributeMap, BGCOLOR, BOTTOM, CENTER, CLASS, COLOR, HEIGHT, ID, LEFT, MIDDLE, noAttributes, RIGHT, SIZE, STYLE, TOP, VALIGN, WIDTH
 
Constructor Summary
Composite()
          Default constructor.
Composite(String attributes)
          Default constructor.
 
Method Summary
 Composite add(Object o)
          Add an Object to the Composite by converting it to a Element or.
 String contents()
          Contents of the composite.
 Composite nest(Composite c)
          Nest a Composite within a Composite.
 boolean replace(Object oldObj, Object newObj)
          Replace an object within the composite.
 Composite reset()
          Empty the contents of this Composite .
 Composite setNest(Composite c)
          Explicit set of the Nested component.
 int size()
          The number of Elements in this Composite.
 Composite unnest()
          Recursively unnest the composites.
 void write(Writer out)
          Write the composite.
 
Methods inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Element
attribute, attribute, attribute, attributes, attributes, bgColor, bottom, center, color, cssClass, cssID, height, height, height, left, middle, right, setAttributesFrom, size, size, style, top, toString, width, width, width, write, write
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

elements

protected ArrayList elements
The vector of elements in this Composite.


nest

protected Composite nest
Constructor Detail

Composite

public Composite()
Default constructor.


Composite

public Composite(String attributes)
Default constructor.

Method Detail

add

public Composite add(Object o)
Add an Object to the Composite by converting it to a Element or. String

Parameters:
o - The Object to add. If it is a String or Element, it is added directly, otherwise toString() is called.
Returns:
This Composite (for chained commands)

nest

public Composite nest(Composite c)
Nest a Composite within a Composite. The passed Composite is added to this Composite. Adds to this composite are actually added to the nested Composite. Calls to nest are passed the nested Composite

Returns:
The Composite to unest on to return to the original state.

setNest

public Composite setNest(Composite c)
Explicit set of the Nested component. No add is performed. setNest() obeys any current nesting and sets the nesting of the nested component.


unnest

public Composite unnest()
Recursively unnest the composites.


size

public int size()
The number of Elements in this Composite.

Overrides:
size in class Element
Returns:
The number of elements in this Composite

write

public void write(Writer out)
           throws IOException
Write the composite. The default implementation writes the elements sequentially. May be overridden for more specialized behaviour.

Specified by:
write in class Element
Parameters:
out - Writer to write the element to.
Throws:
IOException

contents

public String contents()
Contents of the composite.


reset

public Composite reset()
Empty the contents of this Composite .


replace

public boolean replace(Object oldObj,
                       Object newObj)
Replace an object within the composite.