com.jdc.gui.html
Class Tag

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

MarkupLanguage, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SimpleTag

public abstract class Tag

extends Tag

implements MarkupLanguage

The Tag class represents an HTML tag object. An HTML tag has the form: <tag>. The Tag class is a abstract class that contains methods common to all HTML tag classes.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Jay Damon

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jdc.xml.Tag

LEFT_BRACKET, RIGHT_BRACKET, SLASH, SPACE

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

XHTML

Constructor Summary

protected

Tag() Constructs a new HTML Tag object.

Method Summary

protected Tag	addAttribute(String attribute) Adds an HTML tag attribute String of the form: name="value".
protected String	create(String identifier) Creates and returns an HTML tag of the form: <tag> for the specified tag identifier.
protected String	getAttributes() Returns a String of HTML tag attributes.
protected String	getIdentifier() Returns the HTML tag identifier.
protected String	tag(String identifier) Returns a String of HTML tag attributes.

Methods inherited from class com.jdc.xml.Tag

addAttribute, create, getAttribute, setIdentifier, tag, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Tag

protected Tag()

Constructs a new HTML Tag object.

Method Detail

addAttribute

protected Tag addAttribute(String attribute)

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

Returns:

This HTML tag.

create

protected String create(String identifier)

Creates and returns an HTML tag of the form: <tag> for the specified tag identifier.

Returns:

An HTML tag String.

getAttributes

protected String getAttributes()

Returns a String of HTML tag attributes.

Overrides:

getAttributes in class Tag

Returns:

A String of HTML tag attributes.

getIdentifier

protected String getIdentifier()

Returns the HTML tag identifier.

Overrides:

getIdentifier in class Tag

Returns:

The HTML tag identifier.

tag

protected String tag(String identifier)

Returns a String of HTML tag attributes.

Returns:

An HTML tag String.