org.josef.web.html

Class HtmlEmptyElement

java.lang.Object

org.josef.web.html.HtmlEmptyElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

HtmlElement

public class HtmlEmptyElement
extends Object

Represents an empty HTML element, that is to say, an element without content and without children.
The element may have attributes though.

Version:

1.0 $Revision: 5772 $

Author:

Kees Schotanus

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HtmlEmptyElement(String name) Constructs this empty HTML element from the supplied (element) name.
HtmlEmptyElement(String name, HtmlAttribute... attributes) Constructs this empty HTML element from the supplied (element) name and attributes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Gets the name of this HTML element.
String	toHtml() Creates an HTML representation of this HTML element.
String	toString() Creates a String representation if this HTML element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HtmlEmptyElement

public HtmlEmptyElement(String name)

Constructs this empty HTML element from the supplied (element) name.

Parameters:

name - Name of this HTML element.

Throws:

NullPointerException - When the supplied name is null.

IllegalArgumentException - When the supplied name is empty.

HtmlEmptyElement

public HtmlEmptyElement(String name,
                        HtmlAttribute... attributes)

Constructs this empty HTML element from the supplied (element) name and attributes.

Parameters:

name - Name of this HTML element.

attributes - The HTML attributes of this HTML element.

Throws:

NullPointerException - When the supplied name is null.

IllegalArgumentException - When the supplied name is empty.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of this HTML element.

Returns:

The name of this HTML element.

toHtml

public String toHtml()

Creates an HTML representation of this HTML element.

Returns:

An HTML representation of this HTML element. A break element would be returned as: <br>.
Here is an example with attributes: <input type="text">

toString

public String toString()

Creates a String representation if this HTML element.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A String representation if this HTML element.

See Also:

toHtml()