Class: JEXML::Element

Inherits:
Node show all
Defined in:
lib/jexml/element.rb

Overview

Wraps an underlying org.w3c.dom.Element (java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/org/w3c/dom/Element.html).

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Node

#java_node

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Node

#<<, #add_child_node, #child_elements, #child_nodes, create, #document, #element, #elements, #first_child_element, #first_child_node, #initialize, #name, #node, #nodes, #normalize, #remove_child_nodes, #replace_child_node, #text, #text=, #type_code, #value

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from JEXML::Node

Instance Method Details

#attribute(name) ⇒ Object

Get the value of the attribute with the specified name.



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# File 'lib/jexml/element.rb', line 5

def attribute(name)
  value = java_node.getAttribute(name.to_s)
  # For some reason, the Java SDK returns a blank string if an attribute is not found.
  # Let's map that back to the more meaningful nil value.
  if not value.blank?
    value
  else
    nil
  end
end

#set_attribute(name, value) ⇒ Object

Get the value of the attribute with the specified name.



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# File 'lib/jexml/element.rb', line 17

def set_attribute(name, value)
  java_node.setAttribute(name.to_s, value)
end