com.ximpleware

Class TextIter

java.lang.Object

com.ximpleware.TextIter

public class TextIter
extends java.lang.Object

This class iterates through all text nodes of an element. VTDNav has getText() which is inadequate for mixed content style of XML. text nodes include character_data and CDATA. Since version 2.8, selectText(), selectComment(), and selectPI() were added Creation date: (12/5/03 5:53:41 PM)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TextIter() TextIter constructor comment.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getNext() Get the index vals for the text, PI name, or comment node in document order.
void	selectComment() Ask textIter to return comment nodes
void	selectNode()
void	selectPI0() Ask TextIter to return processing instruction name no value
void	selectPI1(java.lang.String s)
void	selectText() Ask textIter to return character data or CDATA nodes
void	touch(VTDNav v) Obtain the current navigation position and element info from VTDNav.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextIter

public TextIter()

TextIter constructor comment. Text type is selected by default

Method Detail

getNext

public int getNext()

Get the index vals for the text, PI name, or comment node in document order. Creation date: (12/5/03 6:11:50 PM)

Returns:

int (-1 if no more left)

selectComment

public void selectComment()

Ask textIter to return comment nodes

selectNode

public void selectNode()

selectPI0

public void selectPI0()

Ask TextIter to return processing instruction name no value

selectPI1

public void selectPI1(java.lang.String s)

selectText

public void selectText()

Ask textIter to return character data or CDATA nodes

touch

public void touch(VTDNav v)

Obtain the current navigation position and element info from VTDNav. So one can instantiate it once and use it for many different elements Creation date: (12/5/03 6:20:44 PM)

Parameters:

v - com.ximpleware.VTDNav