FIM.Util.WWW.Form
Class TextElement

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Element, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

InputHiddenElement, InputTextElement, TextareaElement

public class TextElement

extends FormElement

Parent class for HTML elements containing text.

Version:

1.0, 1.7.2000

Author:

Michael Sonntag

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String

currentText The current text of the element.

Fields inherited from class FIM.Util.WWW.Form.FormElement

attributes, children

Constructor Summary

TextElement(HTMLDocument doc, Element parent, int startOffs, int endOffs, String name, String initialText)
Creates a new element for storing text.

Method Summary

String	getEncoded() Retrieve the encoded form of the element: =.
String	getText() retrieve the current text of the element.
int	match(String[] matchStr) Matches this element against a number of strings and returns a measure for matching them. 0=no match, 100=perfect match. Extension to FormElement: Current text match=50 exact, 40 substring
void	reset() Resets the element to the original text.
void	setText(String newText) Set the current text of the element.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the text element.

Methods inherited from class FIM.Util.WWW.Form.FormElement

getAttributes, getDocument, getElement, getElementCount, getElementIndex, getEndOffset, getLabel, getName, getParentElement, getStartOffset, isLeaf, setLabel

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

currentText

protected String currentText

The current text of the element.

Constructor Detail

TextElement

public TextElement(HTMLDocument doc,
                   Element parent,
                   int startOffs,
                   int endOffs,
                   String name,
                   String initialText)

Creates a new element for storing text.

Parameters:

doc - the document this element belongs to

parent - the parent of this element

startOffs - start offset of the element in the document

endOffs - end offset of the element in the document

name - the name of the element

initialText - the initial text content of the element

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Resets the element to the original text.

Overrides:

reset in class FormElement

getText

public String getText()

retrieve the current text of the element.

Returns:

the current text of the element

setText

public void setText(String newText)

Set the current text of the element.

Parameters:

newText - the new text

getEncoded

public String getEncoded()

Retrieve the encoded form of the element: =.

Overrides:

getEncoded in class FormElement

Returns:

the name and the text in encoded form

match

public int match(String[] matchStr)

Matches this element against a number of strings and returns a measure for matching them. 0=no match, 100=perfect match.
Extension to FormElement: Current text match=50 exact, 40 substring

Overrides:

match in class FormElement

Parameters:

matchStr - an array of strings which are matched against this element

Returns:

measure how much this element matches the parameter

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the text element.

Overrides:

toString in class FormElement

Returns:

string representation of the form element