org.apache.batik.dom.svg
Class AbstractSVGItem

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

SVGItem

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractSVGPathSegList.SVGPathSegItem, AbstractSVGPointList.SVGPointItem

public abstract class AbstractSVGItem

extends java.lang.Object

implements SVGItem

Adapter for the SVGItem interface.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	itemStringValue String representation of the item.
protected AbstractSVGList	parent List the item belongs to.

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractSVGItem()

Method Summary

AbstractSVGList	getParent() Return the parent list of the item.
protected abstract java.lang.String	getStringValue() Return the string representation of the item.
java.lang.String	getValueAsString() Return the cached representation of the item if valid otherwise re-computes the String representation of the item.
protected void	resetAttribute() Notifies the parent list that the item has changed.
void	setParent(AbstractSVGList list) Assign a parent list to this item.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

parent

protected AbstractSVGList parent

List the item belongs to.

itemStringValue

protected java.lang.String itemStringValue

String representation of the item. This is a cached representation of the item while it is not changed.

Constructor Detail

AbstractSVGItem

protected AbstractSVGItem()

Method Detail

getStringValue

protected abstract java.lang.String getStringValue()

Return the string representation of the item.

setParent

public void setParent(AbstractSVGList list)

Assign a parent list to this item.

Specified by:

setParent in interface SVGItem

Parameters:

list - : list the item belongs.

getParent

public AbstractSVGList getParent()

Return the parent list of the item.

Specified by:

getParent in interface SVGItem

Returns:

list the item belongs.

resetAttribute

protected void resetAttribute()

Notifies the parent list that the item has changed. Discard the cached representation of the item.

getValueAsString

public java.lang.String getValueAsString()

Return the cached representation of the item if valid otherwise re-computes the String representation of the item.

Specified by:

getValueAsString in interface SVGItem

Returns:

textual representation of the item to be inserted in the attribute value representing the list.