Class XmlRef

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Comparable<AstNode>, java.lang.Iterable<Node>
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    XmlElemRef, XmlPropRef

    public abstract class XmlRef
    extends AstNode
    Base class for E4X XML attribute-access or property-get expressions. Such expressions can take a variety of forms. The general syntax has three parts:

    1. optional: an @
    2. (specifying an attribute access)
    3. optional: a namespace (a Name) and double-colon
    4. required: either a Name or a bracketed [expression]
    The property-name expressions (examples: ns::name, @name) are represented as XmlPropRef nodes. The bracketed-expression versions (examples: ns::[name], @[name]) become XmlElemRef nodes.

    This node type (or more specifically, its subclasses) will sometimes be the right-hand child of a PropertyGet node or an XmlMemberGet node. The XmlRef node may also be a standalone primary expression with no explicit target, which is valid in certain expression contexts such as company..employee.(@id &lt; 100) - in this case, the @id is an XmlRef that is part of an infix '<' expression whose parent is an XmlDotQuery node.

    • Constructor Detail

      • XmlRef

        public XmlRef()
      • XmlRef

        public XmlRef​(int pos)
      • XmlRef

        public XmlRef​(int pos,
                      int len)
    • Method Detail

      • getNamespace

        public Name getNamespace()
        Return the namespace. May be @null.
      • setNamespace

        public void setNamespace​(Name namespace)
        Sets namespace, and sets its parent to this node. Can be null.
      • isAttributeAccess

        public boolean isAttributeAccess()
        Returns true if this expression began with an @-token.
      • getAtPos

        public int getAtPos()
        Returns position of @-token, or -1 if this is not an attribute-access expression.
      • setAtPos

        public void setAtPos​(int atPos)
        Sets position of @-token, or -1
      • getColonPos

        public int getColonPos()
        Returns position of :: token, or -1 if not present. It will only be present if the namespace node is non-null.
      • setColonPos

        public void setColonPos​(int colonPos)
        Sets position of :: token, or -1 if not present