org.ceryle.xtm
Class XtmComment

java.lang.Object
  org.ceryle.xtm.XtmNode
      org.ceryle.xtm.XtmComment

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterator, Constants

public class XtmComment
extends XtmNode

Defines a comment occurring in a topic map, essentially a container for an ignoreable PCDATA comment as might occur in an XTM document.

Since:

JDK1.3

Version:

$Id: XtmComment.java,v 3.3 2007-06-15 12:10:34 altheim Exp $

Author:

Murray Altheim

Field Summary

protected String

content A String containing the content of this comment.

Fields inherited from class org.ceryle.xtm.XtmNode

ASSOCIATION_NODE, BASENAME_NODE, BASENAMESTRING_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, GrpSep, GRPSEP, id, INSTANCEOF_NODE, MEMBER_NODE, MERGEMAP_NODE, NODE, NonType, NONTYPE, OCCURRENCE_NODE, PARAMETERS_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, RecSep, RECSEP, REFERENCE_NODE, RESOURCEDATA_NODE, RESOURCEREF_NODE, ROLESPEC_NODE, SCOPE_NODE, SUBJECTIDENTITY_NODE, SUBJECTINDICATORREF_NODE, TOPIC_NODE, TOPICMAP_NODE, TOPICREF_NODE, VARIANT_NODE, VARIANTNAME_NODE

Fields inherited from interface org.ceryle.util.Constants

Amp, AMP, Apos, APOS, APP_NAME, APP_VERSION_NAME, APP_VERSION_NUMBER, AT, BANG, BAR, BIT_dev, BIT_http, BIT_ignoreCom, BIT_merge, BIT_none, BIT_noPreload, BIT_simple, BIT_ui, BIT_unused1, BIT_unused2, BIT_unused3, BIT_validating, BIT_verbose, BIT_xcatalog, BIT_xlink, BIT_xmlnsAware, BIT_xsd, BROKB, BSlash, BSLASH, CERYLE_CREDITS_FILE, CERYLE_DATA_DIR, CERYLE_HIST_FILE, CERYLE_LICENSE_FILE, CERYLE_PREF_FILE, CERYLE_PROP, CERYLE_PROP_BASE, CERYLE_PROP_FILE, CERYLE_RSRC_DIR, CERYLE_THANKS_FILE, CFLEX, Colon, COLON, Comma, COMMA, CR, CRet, Dash, DASH, DEFAULT_DIRECTORY, DEVELOPER, DOLR, Dot, DOT, EIGHT, Ellip, EOF, EqQuot, EQUAL, Equals, False, FALSE, FileProt, Filesep, FileURL, Five, FIVE, FONTSIZES, Four, FOUR, FSchar, GCOL_PROP, GRAPH_PROP, GRAVE, GT, Hash, HASH, HOME_DIRECTORY, HOME_DIRECTORY_PATH, HOME_DIRECTORY_URL, HTML, HttpProt, HttpURL, INDENT, INDENT_0, INDENT_1, INDENT_10, INDENT_2, INDENT_3, INDENT_4, INDENT_5, INDENT_6, INDENT_7, INDENT_8, INDENT_9, INIT, LCURL, LCurly, LF, LFS, Localhost, LPAR, LParen, LS, LSBrkt, LSBrkt2, LSQB, LT, MT, NBSP, NEL, NINE, NL, NL20x, NLchar, No, Null, NULL, NULL_STATE, NumParams, One, ONE, Pathsep, Percent, PERO, PLUS, Prcnt, PS, QMark, QMARK, Quot, QUOT, RCURL, RCurly, RESOURCE_BUNDLE, RPAR, RParen, RSBrkt, RSBrkt2, RSQB, Semi, SEMI, SEVEN, SIX, Slash, SLASH, SP, SPACE, Stago, Star, STAR, Tab, TAB, Tee, Three, THREE, Tilde, TILDE, TM_PROP, True, TRUE, Two, TWO, Under, UNDER, URI, URL, VBar, WIKI_PROP, XNodePfx, XNodeURL, XtmExt, Yes, Zero, ZERO

Constructor Summary

XtmComment(String comment)
Constructor with no provided ID.

Method Summary

String	getContent() Return as a String representing the content of this XtmComment.
short	getNodeType() A short integer indicating what type of node this is.
int	length() Return the length of this comment in characters as an int.

Methods inherited from class org.ceryle.xtm.XtmNode

addPI, getID, getName, getPI, getPIs, hasNext, next, remove, removePI, setID

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

content

protected String content

A String containing the content of this comment.

Constructor Detail

XtmComment

public XtmComment(String comment)

Constructor with no provided ID.

null values will create an empty XtmComment.

Method Detail

getNodeType

public short getNodeType()

A short integer indicating what type of node this is. The named constants for this value are defined in the org.ceryle.XtmNode class.

Overrides:

getNodeType in class XtmNode

getContent

public String getContent()

Return as a String representing the content of this XtmComment.

Returns:

A String representing the content of this XtmComment.

length

public int length()

Return the length of this comment in characters as an int.

Returns:

An int indicating the number of characters in this comment, zero if null or empty.