oracle.jdeveloper.html
Class HTMLElement

java.lang.Object
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  +--oracle.jdeveloper.html.HTMLElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

DHTMLElement, HTMLElementContainer, HTMLImageURL, HTMLInputElement, HTMLSelect, HTMLTable, HTMLTableCell, HTMLTextAreaElement, HTMLTextElement, HTMLTextURL

public abstract class HTMLElement

extends java.lang.Object

A class representing the base root class used by all HTML generation classes. Is is never instantiated, it simply provides some common services shared by all derived classes.

Version:

PUBLIC

Field Summary

Type	Field
protected java.lang.String	sClassName

Constructor Summary

HTMLElement()

Method Summary

Type	Method
static java.lang.String	fixFieldValueForHTML(java.lang.String sValue) Fixes a URL value that is to be embedded in an HTML page.
java.lang.String	getAsString()
java.lang.String	getCSSClassName()
static java.lang.String	quote(java.lang.String x) Quote metacharacters in HTML.
void	render(java.io.OutputStream out) Renders the object to the HTML output stream.
abstract void	render(java.io.PrintWriter out)
void	setCSSClassName(java.lang.String sClass) Sets the CSS class name for this element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

sClassName

protected java.lang.String sClassName

Constructor Detail

HTMLElement

public HTMLElement()

Method Detail

render

public abstract void render(java.io.PrintWriter out)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

getAsString

public java.lang.String getAsString()

getCSSClassName

public java.lang.String getCSSClassName()

Returns:

the CSS class name for this element

setCSSClassName

public void setCSSClassName(java.lang.String sClass)

Sets the CSS class name for this element.

fixFieldValueForHTML

public static java.lang.String fixFieldValueForHTML(java.lang.String sValue)

Fixes a URL value that is to be embedded in an HTML page. URL values need to be fixed up prior to being embedded in an HTML page. This function replaces all 'special' characters so that they don't become altered when they are subsequently passed back to the HTTP server.

quote

public static java.lang.String quote(java.lang.String x)

Quote metacharacters in HTML.

render

public void render(java.io.OutputStream out)
            throws java.lang.Exception

Renders the object to the HTML output stream. Render is the key function that needs to be implemented by all derived classes. It basically renders the HTML representation of the given HTML object.