com.jdc.gui.html.tag
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.jdc.xml.tag.Attribute
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        +--com.jdc.gui.html.tag.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

MarkupLanguage, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Align, Class, Color, Cols, ColumnSpan, Event, FontSize, Form.Action, Form.Method, Form.Target, Frame, Height, Id, MaxLength, Multiple, Name, Readonly, Rows, Selected, Size, Source, Style, Title, Type, URL, Value, VerticalAlign, Width

public class Attribute

extends Attribute

implements MarkupLanguage

The Attribute class represents an attribute associated with an HTML tag object. An HTML tag attribute has the form: name="value". HTML tag attribute values may be enclosed in double quotes, single quotes, or no quotes at all. The default is double quotes as specified by the XHTML attribute in the MarkupLanguage interface.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Jay Damon

See Also:

Attribute, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected static String

SINGLE_QUOTE A single quote character for constructing an attribute of the form: name='value'.

Fields inherited from class com.jdc.xml.tag.Attribute

DOUBLE_QUOTE, EQUALS

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

XHTML

Constructor Summary

	Attribute() Constructs a new HTML tag Attribute object.
protected	Attribute(boolean useSingleQuotes) Constructs a new HTML tag Attribute object for constructing an attribute of the form: name='value' or name=value.

Method Summary

protected String	create(String name, int value) Creates and returns an HTML tag attribute of the form name="value" for a numeric attribute value.
protected String	create(String name, int value, String qualifier) Creates and returns an HTML tag attribute of the form name="value+qualifier" for a value with a qualifier.
String	getName() Returns the HTML tag attribute name.
protected String	getQuoteCharacter() Returns the HTML tag attribute quote character.
String	getQuotedValue() Returns the HTML tag attribute quoted value.
String	getValue() Returns the HTML tag attribute value.

Methods inherited from class com.jdc.xml.tag.Attribute

create, create, create, create, create, getQualifier, setName, setQualifier, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SINGLE_QUOTE

protected static final String SINGLE_QUOTE

A single quote character for constructing an attribute of the form: name='value'.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute()

Constructs a new HTML tag Attribute object.

Attribute

protected Attribute(boolean useSingleQuotes)

Constructs a new HTML tag Attribute object for constructing an attribute of the form: name='value' or name=value.

Method Detail

create

protected String create(String name,
                        int value)

Creates and returns an HTML tag attribute of the form name="value" for a numeric attribute value. The numeric attribute value must a positive integer value.

Overrides:

create in class Attribute

Returns:

An HTML tag attribute String.

create

protected String create(String name,
                        int value,
                        String qualifier)

Creates and returns an HTML tag attribute of the form name="value+qualifier" for a value with a qualifier. The numeric attribute value must a positive integer value.

Overrides:

create in class Attribute

Returns:

An HTML tag attribute String.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the HTML tag attribute name.

Overrides:

getName in class Attribute

getQuoteCharacter

protected String getQuoteCharacter()

Returns the HTML tag attribute quote character.

getQuotedValue

public String getQuotedValue()

Returns the HTML tag attribute quoted value.

Overrides:

getQuotedValue in class Attribute

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns the HTML tag attribute value.

Overrides:

getValue in class Attribute