org.griphyn.vdl.classes
Class Leaf

java.lang.Object
  org.griphyn.vdl.Chimera
      org.griphyn.vdl.classes.VDL
          org.griphyn.vdl.classes.Leaf

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

LFN, Text, Use

public abstract class Leaf
extends VDL
implements Cloneable, Serializable

Leaf is an abstract base class for leaf nodes in the instance tree. FIXME: The content value is actually handled in the child classes, and needs to be unified into this class.

Version:

$Revision: 50 $

Author:

Jens-S. V??ckler, Yong Zhao

See Also:

Text, Use, LFN, Serialized Form

Field Summary

private String

m_value Deprecated. Originally we thought to employ this value, but it is currently unused.

Constructor Summary

Leaf()

Method Summary

abstract Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object.
String	getValue() Deprecated. the attribute is currently unused.
void	setValue(String value) Deprecated. the name attribute is currently unused.

Methods inherited from class org.griphyn.vdl.Chimera

escape, quote, toString, toString, toXML, toXML, toXML, writeAttribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

m_value

private transient String m_value

Deprecated. Originally we thought to employ this value, but it is currently unused.

This is the name for a value element.

Constructor Detail

Leaf

public Leaf()

Method Detail

clone

public abstract Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a new instance.

getValue

public String getValue()

Deprecated. the attribute is currently unused.

Accessor method. Obtains the current state of the thus named attribute.

Returns:

the current state of the m_name attribute.

See Also:

setValue(String)

setValue

public void setValue(String value)

Deprecated. the name attribute is currently unused.

Accessor method. Sets the attribute of same name to a new value.

Parameters:

value - is the new value to overwrite the current state with.

See Also:

getValue()