Interface ElementPath

public interface ElementPath
This interface is used by ElementHandlerinstances to retrieve information about the current path hierarchy they are to process. It's primary use is to retrieve the current Elementbeing processed.
Version:
$Revision: 1.6 $
Author:
Dave White

  • Method Details

    • size

      int size()
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      Returns:
      the number of elements in the path

    • getElement

      Element getElement(int depth)
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      Parameters:
      depth - DOCUMENT ME!
      Returns:
      the element at the specified depth index, 0 = root element

    • getPath

      String getPath()
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      Returns:
      the path as a string

    • getCurrent

      Element getCurrent()
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      Returns:
      the current element

    • addHandler

      void addHandler(String path, ElementHandler handler)
      Adds the ElementHandler to be called when the specified path is encounted. The path can be either an absolute path (i.e. prefixed with "/") or a relative path (i.e. assummed to be a child of the current path as retrieved by getPath .
      Parameters:
      path - is the path to be handled
      handler - is the ElementHandler to be called by the event based processor.

    • removeHandler

      void removeHandler(String path)
      Removes the ElementHandler from the event based processor, for the specified path. The path can be either an absolute path (i.e. prefixed with "/") or a relative path (i.e. assummed to be a child of the current path as retrieved by getPath .
      Parameters:
      path - is the path to remove the ElementHandler for.