com.jdc.gui.html
Class ComplexTag

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.jdc.xml.ComplexTag
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        +--com.jdc.gui.html.ComplexTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

MarkupLanguage, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Anchor, Body, EventTag, Font, Head, Html, Image, Input, Option, Select, Span, Table, TableColumn, TableRow, Textarea, Title

public abstract class ComplexTag

extends ComplexTag

implements MarkupLanguage

ComplexTag is a abstract class that contains methods common to all complex HTML tags, i.e. HTML tags that require both a start and end tag.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Jay Damon

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.jdc.gui.html.MarkupLanguage

XHTML

Constructor Summary

ComplexTag()
ComplexTag constructor.

ComplexTag(boolean format)
ComplexTag constructor.

Method Summary

protected ComplexTag	addAttribute(String attribute) Adds an HTML tag attribute String of the form: name="value".
protected String	create(String startTag, String tagBody) Return the HTML required to create a tag object in a browser.
protected String	create(String startTag, String tagBody, String endTag) Return the HTML required to create a tag object in a browser.
protected String	endTag(String identifier) Returns an HTML end tag for the specified identifier.
protected void	setFormat(boolean format) Set tag format status.
protected ComplexTag	setIdentifier(String identifier) Sets the HTML tag identifier.
protected String	startTag(String identifier) Returns an HTML start tag for the specified identifier.

Methods inherited from class com.jdc.xml.ComplexTag

addAttribute, create, create, endTag, getAttributes, getBody, getIdentifier, setBody, startTag, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ComplexTag

public ComplexTag()

ComplexTag constructor.

ComplexTag

public ComplexTag(boolean format)

ComplexTag constructor.

Method Detail

addAttribute

protected ComplexTag addAttribute(String attribute)

Adds an HTML tag attribute String of the form: name="value".

Returns:

This HTML tag.

create

protected String create(String startTag,
                        String tagBody,
                        String endTag)

Return the HTML required to create a tag object in a browser.

Returns:

String Tag object.

create

protected String create(String startTag,
                        String tagBody)

Return the HTML required to create a tag object in a browser.

Returns:

String Tag object.

startTag

protected String startTag(String identifier)

Returns an HTML start tag for the specified identifier.

Returns:

An HTML start tag.

endTag

protected String endTag(String identifier)

Returns an HTML end tag for the specified identifier.

Returns:

An HTML end tag.

setFormat

protected void setFormat(boolean format)

Set tag format status.

setIdentifier

protected ComplexTag setIdentifier(String identifier)

Sets the HTML tag identifier.

Overrides:

setIdentifier in class ComplexTag

Returns:

This HTML tag.