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| <p>You can use a cursor to insert bookmarks that annotate XML with markers containing |
| information you design. These bookmarks aren't written into the XML itself, |
| but in a sense "hang" from the location where it was inserted. In this way |
| you can associate arbitrary pieces of information with specific parts of the |
| XML.</p> |
| <P>You design your own bookmark classes by extending <span class="langinline"><a href="../reference/org/apache/xmlbeans/XmlCursor.XmlBookmark.html">XmlBookmark</a></span>, |
| a nested class of <span class="langinline"><a href="../reference/org/apache/xmlbeans/XmlCursor.html">XmlCursor</a></span>. |
| You can design your bookmark class to contain information specific to your |
| needs. </P> |
| <P>In the following example, <span class="langinline">OrderBookmark</span> is |
| an inner class that extends <span class="langinline">XmlCursor.XmlBookmark</span>. |
| It merely stores a piece of text.</P> |
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| /* |
| * The OrderBookmark class includes a constructor through which you will |
| * insert your bookmark's content. It also includes get and set methods |
| * you can use to retrieve and change the content. |
| */ |
| static class OrderBookmark extends XmlCursor.XmlBookmark { |
| public OrderBookmark (String text) { TEXT = text; } |
| public String TEXT; |
| public String getText() { return TEXT; } |
| public void setText(String newText) { TEXT = newText; } |
| } |
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| <p>You can use instances of this class to store bookmarks at places in your |
| XML. The following excerpt of code creates a cursor and an instance of the |
| <span class="langinline">OrderBookmark</span> class. Then it uses the cursor |
| to insert the bookmark at the cursor's current location.</p> |
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| XmlCursor orderCursor = xmlDoc.newCursor(); |
| OrderBookmark thisBookmark = new OrderBookmark("foo"); |
| orderCursor.setBookmark(thisAnnotation); |
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| <p class=relatedtopics>Related Topics</p> |
| <p><a href="conNavigatingXMLwithCursors.html">Navigating XML with Cursors</a></p> |
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