All Known Subinterfaces:

DDBeanRoot

public interface DDBean

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	addXpathListener (String xpath, XpathListener xpl) Register a listener for a specific XPath.
  String[]	getAttributeNames () Returns the list of attribute names associated with the XML element.
  String	getAttributeValue (String attrName) Returns the string value of the named attribute.
  DDBean[]	getChildBean (String xpath) Return a list of DDBeans based upon the XPath.
  String	getId () Returns a tool-specific reference for attribute ID on an element in the deployment descriptor.
  DDBeanRoot	getRoot () Return the root element for this DDBean.
  String	getText () Returns the XML text for by this bean.
  String[]	getText (String xpath) Return a list of text values for a given XPath in the deployment descriptor.
  String	getXpath () Returns the original xpath string provided by the DConfigBean.
  void	removeXpathListener (String xpath, XpathListener xpl) Unregister a listener for a specific XPath.

• Method Detail

  • getXpath

    String getXpath()

    Returns the original xpath string provided by the DConfigBean.

    Returns:

    The XPath of this Bean.

  • getText

    String getText()

    Returns the XML text for by this bean.

    Returns:

    The XML text for this Bean.

  • getId

    String getId()

    Returns a tool-specific reference for attribute ID on an element in the deployment descriptor. This attribute is defined for J2EE 1.2 and 1.3 components.

    Returns:

    The XML text for this Bean or 'null' if no attribute was specifed with the tag.

  • getRoot

    DDBeanRoot getRoot()

    Return the root element for this DDBean.

    Returns:

    The DDBeanRoot at the root of this DDBean tree.

  • getChildBean

    DDBean[] getChildBean(String xpath)

    Return a list of DDBeans based upon the XPath.

    Parameters:

    xpath - An XPath string referring to a location in the same deployment descriptor as this standard bean.

    Returns:

    a list of DDBeans or 'null' if no matching XML data is found.

  • getText

    String[] getText(String xpath)

    Return a list of text values for a given XPath in the deployment descriptor.

    Parameters:

    xpath - An XPath.

    Returns:

    The list text values for this XPath or 'null' if no matching XML data is found.

  • addXpathListener

    void addXpathListener(String xpath,
     XpathListener xpl)

    Register a listener for a specific XPath.

    Parameters:

    xpath - The XPath this listener is to be registered for.

    xpl - The listener object.

  • removeXpathListener

    void removeXpathListener(String xpath,
     XpathListener xpl)

    Unregister a listener for a specific XPath.

    Parameters:

    xpath - The XPath from which this listener is to be unregistered.

    xpl - The listener object.

  • getAttributeNames

    String[] getAttributeNames()

    Returns the list of attribute names associated with the XML element.

    Returns:

    a list of attribute names on this element. Null is returned if there are no attributes.

  • getAttributeValue

    String getAttributeValue(String attrName)

    Returns the string value of the named attribute.

    Returns:

    a the value of the attribute. Null is returned if there is no such attribute.