org.mortbay.html
Class Element

java.lang.Object
  org.mortbay.html.Element

Direct Known Subclasses:

Composite, DefList, Include, Tag

Deprecated. Unless somebody steps forward to update and maintain this package

public abstract class Element
extends Object

HTML Element.

This abstract class is the base for all HTML Elements. The feature of an abstract HTML Element is that it can be added to HTML Pages, HTML Composites and several other HTML Elements derivations. Elements may also have attributes set, which are handled by the derived Element.

Version:

$Id: Element.java,v 1.10 2005/08/13 00:01:23 gregwilkins Exp $

Author:

Greg Wilkins

See Also:

Page, Composite

Field Summary

static String	ALIGN Deprecated.
protected Hashtable	attributeMap Deprecated.
static String	BGCOLOR Deprecated.
static String	BOTTOM Deprecated.
static String	CENTER Deprecated.
static String	CLASS Deprecated.
static String	COLOR Deprecated.
static String	HEIGHT Deprecated.
static String	ID Deprecated.
static String	LEFT Deprecated.
static String	MIDDLE Deprecated.
static String	noAttributes Deprecated.
static String	RIGHT Deprecated.
static String	SIZE Deprecated.
static String	STYLE Deprecated.
static String	TOP Deprecated.
static String	VALIGN Deprecated.
static String	WIDTH Deprecated.

Constructor Summary

Element()
Deprecated. Default constructor.

Element(String attributes)
Deprecated. Construct with attributes.

Method Summary

Element	attribute(String attributes) Deprecated. Add element Attributes.
Element	attribute(String attribute, long value) Deprecated. Add quoted element Attributes and value.
Element	attribute(String attribute, Object value) Deprecated. Add quoted element Attributes and value.
String	attributes() Deprecated.
Element	attributes(String attributes) Deprecated. Use attribute(String).
Element	bgColor(String color) Deprecated. set BGCOLOR.
Element	bottom() Deprecated. Bottom align.
Element	center() Deprecated. Center.
Element	color(String color) Deprecated. set color.
Element	cssClass(String c) Deprecated. set CSS CLASS.
Element	cssID(String id) Deprecated. set CSS ID.
int	height() Deprecated.
Element	height(int h) Deprecated. set height.
Element	height(String h) Deprecated. set height.
Element	left() Deprecated. left justify.
Element	middle() Deprecated. Middle align.
Element	right() Deprecated. right justify.
Element	setAttributesFrom(Element e) Deprecated. Set attributes from another Element.
int	size() Deprecated.
Element	size(int s) Deprecated. set size.
Element	size(String s) Deprecated. set size.
Element	style(String style) Deprecated. set Style.
Element	top() Deprecated. Top align.
String	toString() Deprecated. Convert Element to String.
int	width() Deprecated.
Element	width(int w) Deprecated. set width.
Element	width(String w) Deprecated. set width.
void	write(OutputStream out) Deprecated. Write Element to an OutputStream.
void	write(OutputStream out, String encoding) Deprecated. Write Element to an OutputStream.
abstract void	write(Writer out) Deprecated. Write element to a Writer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

noAttributes

public static final String noAttributes

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

ALIGN

public static final String ALIGN

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

LEFT

public static final String LEFT

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

RIGHT

public static final String RIGHT

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

CENTER

public static final String CENTER

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

VALIGN

public static final String VALIGN

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

TOP

public static final String TOP

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

BOTTOM

public static final String BOTTOM

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

MIDDLE

public static final String MIDDLE

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

WIDTH

public static final String WIDTH

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

HEIGHT

public static final String HEIGHT

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

SIZE

public static final String SIZE

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

COLOR

public static final String COLOR

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

BGCOLOR

public static final String BGCOLOR

Deprecated.

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STYLE

public static final String STYLE

Deprecated.

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CLASS

public static final String CLASS

Deprecated.

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ID

public static final String ID

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

attributeMap

protected Hashtable attributeMap

Deprecated.

Constructor Detail

Element

public Element()

Deprecated.

Default constructor.

Element

public Element(String attributes)

Deprecated.

Construct with attributes.

Parameters:

attributes - The initial attributes of the element

Method Detail

write

public abstract void write(Writer out)
                    throws IOException

Deprecated.

Write element to a Writer. This abstract method is called by the Page or other containing Element to write the HTML for this element. This must be implemented by the derived Element classes.

Parameters:

out - Writer to write the element to.

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(OutputStream out)
           throws IOException

Deprecated.

Write Element to an OutputStream. Calls print(Writer) and checks errors Elements that override this method should also override write(Writer) to avoid infinite recursion.

Parameters:

out - OutputStream to write the element to.

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(OutputStream out,
                  String encoding)
           throws IOException

Deprecated.

Write Element to an OutputStream. Calls print(Writer) and checks errors Elements that override this method should also override write(Writer) to avoid infinite recursion.

Parameters:

out - OutputStream to write the element to.

Throws:

IOException

attributes

public String attributes()

Deprecated.

attributes

public Element attributes(String attributes)

Deprecated. Use attribute(String).

Add element Attributes. The attributes are added to the Element attributes (separated with a space). The attributes are available to the derived class in the protected member String attributes

Parameters:

attributes - String of HTML attributes to add to the element.

Returns:

This Element so calls can be chained.

setAttributesFrom

public Element setAttributesFrom(Element e)

Deprecated.

Set attributes from another Element.

Parameters:

e - Element

Returns:

This Element

attribute

public Element attribute(String attributes)

Deprecated.

Add element Attributes. The attributes are added to the Element attributes (separated with a space). The attributes are available to the derived class in the protected member String attributes

Parameters:

attributes - String of HTML attributes to add to the element. A null attribute clears the current attributes.

Returns:

This Element so calls can be chained.

attribute

public Element attribute(String attribute,
                         Object value)

Deprecated.

Add quoted element Attributes and value.

Parameters:

attribute - String of HTML attribute tag

value - String value of the attribute to be quoted

Returns:

This Element so calls can be chained.

attribute

public Element attribute(String attribute,
                         long value)

Deprecated.

Add quoted element Attributes and value.

Parameters:

attribute - String of HTML attribute tag

value - String value of the attribute to be quoted

Returns:

This Element so calls can be chained.

toString

public String toString()

Deprecated.

Convert Element to String. Uses write() to convert the HTML Element to a string.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String of the HTML element

left

public Element left()

Deprecated.

left justify. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("align","left"). Not applicable to all Elements.

right

public Element right()

Deprecated.

right justify. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("align","right"). Not applicable to all Elements.

center

public Element center()

Deprecated.

Center. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("align","center"). Not applicable to all Elements.

top

public Element top()

Deprecated.

Top align. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("valign","top"). Not applicable to all Elements.

bottom

public Element bottom()

Deprecated.

Bottom align. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("valign","bottom"). Not applicable to all Elements.

middle

public Element middle()

Deprecated.

Middle align. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("valign","middle"). Not applicable to all Elements.

width

public Element width(int w)

Deprecated.

set width. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("width",w). Not applicable to all Elements.

width

public Element width(String w)

Deprecated.

set width. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("width",w). Not applicable to all Elements.

width

public int width()

Deprecated.

height

public Element height(int h)

Deprecated.

set height. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("height",h). Not applicable to all Elements.

height

public Element height(String h)

Deprecated.

set height. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("height",h). Not applicable to all Elements.

height

public int height()

Deprecated.

size

public Element size(int s)

Deprecated.

set size. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("size",s). Not applicable to all Elements.

size

public Element size(String s)

Deprecated.

set size. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("size",s). Not applicable to all Elements.

size

public int size()

Deprecated.

color

public Element color(String color)

Deprecated.

set color. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("color",color). Not applicable to all Elements.

bgColor

public Element bgColor(String color)

Deprecated.

set BGCOLOR. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("bgcolor",color). Not applicable to all Elements.

cssClass

public Element cssClass(String c)

Deprecated.

set CSS CLASS.

cssID

public Element cssID(String id)

Deprecated.

set CSS ID. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("id",id).

style

public Element style(String style)

Deprecated.

set Style. Convenience method equivalent to attribute("style",style).