src/xercesc/idom/IDOM_Attr.hpp

#ifndef IDOM_Attr_HEADER_GUARD_
#define IDOM_Attr_HEADER_GUARD_

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/*
 * $Log$
 * Revision 1.2  2002/02/04 21:11:55  tng
 * Remove the phrase "Experimental".
 *
 * Revision 1.1.1.1  2002/02/01 22:21:55  peiyongz
 * sane_include
 *
 * Revision 1.2  2001/05/11 13:25:48  tng
 * Copyright update.
 *
 * Revision 1.1.1.1  2001/04/03 00:14:27  andyh
 * IDOM
 *
 */


#include <xercesc/util/XercesDefs.hpp>
#include "IDOM_Node.hpp"

class IDOM_Element;


/**
* The <code>IDOM_Attr</code> class refers to an attribute of an XML element.
*
* Typically the allowable values for the
* attribute are defined in a documenttype definition.
* <p><code>IDOM_Attr</code> objects inherit the <code>DOM_Node</code>  interface, but
* since attributes are not actually child nodes of the elements they are associated with, the
* DOM does not consider them part of the document  tree.  Thus, the
* <code>DOM_Node</code> attributes <code>parentNode</code>,
* <code>previousSibling</code>, and <code>nextSibling</code> have a  null
* value for <code>IDOM_Attr</code> objects. The DOM takes the  view that
* attributes are properties of elements rather than having a  separate
* identity from the elements they are associated with;  this should make it
* more efficient to implement such features as default attributes associated
* with all elements of a  given type.  Furthermore, attribute nodes
* may not be immediate children of a <code>DocumentFragment</code>. However,
* they can be associated with <code>Element</code> nodes contained within a
* <code>DocumentFragment</code>. In short, users of the DOM
* need to be aware that  <code>Attr</code> nodes have some things in  common
* with other objects inheriting the <code>Node</code> interface, but they
* also are quite distinct.
*
*/
class CDOM_EXPORT IDOM_Attr: public IDOM_Node {

protected:
    IDOM_Attr() {};
    IDOM_Attr(const IDOM_Attr &other) {};
    IDOM_Attr & operator = (const IDOM_Attr &other) {return *this;};


public:
  /** @name Destructor */
  //@{
	
  /**
    * Destructor.  The object being destroyed is a reference to the Attribute
    * "node", not the underlying attribute itself.
    *
    */
    virtual ~IDOM_Attr() {};
	//@}

  /** @name Getter functions */
  //@{
    /**
    * Returns the name of this attribute.
    */
    virtual const XMLCh *       getName() const = 0;

    /**
    *
    * Returns true if the attribute received its value explicitly in the
    * XML document, or if a value was assigned programatically with
    * the setValue function.  Returns false if the attribute value
    * came from the default value declared in the document's DTD.
    */
    virtual bool            getSpecified() const = 0;

    /**
	* Returns the value of the attribute.
	*
    * The value of the attribute is returned as a string.
    * Character and general entity references are replaced with their values.
    */
    virtual const XMLCh *       getValue() const = 0;

	//@}
  /** @name Setter functions */
  //@{
    /**
	* Sets the value of the attribute.  A text node with the unparsed contents
    * of the string will be created.
	*
    * @param value The value of the DOM attribute to be set
    */
    virtual void            setValue(const XMLCh *value) = 0;
	//@}

    /** @name Functions introduced in DOM Level 2. */
    //@{
    /**
     * The <code>DOM_Element</code> node this attribute is attached to or
     * <code>null</code> if this attribute is not in use.
     *
     */
    virtual IDOM_Element     *getOwnerElement() const = 0;
    //@}

};

#endif