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org.eclipse.jst.pagedesigner.converter
Interface ITagConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractTagConverter, DefaultUnknownTagConverter, DumDeepTagConverter, DumDescriptionTagConverter, DumTagConverter, HiddenTagConverter, HiddenTagConverter2, HTMLStringTagConverter, TagConverterToDumBlock, TagConverterToInlineBlock, TagConverterToSpan

public interface ITagConverter

ITagConverter is used to convert a custom tag to a HTML tag. Each ITagConverter instance will be dedicated to a single custom tag element.

Version:
1.5

Method Summary
 void convertRefresh (java.lang.Object context)
          refresh the internal state of this ITagConverter.
 void dispose ()
          API contract needed here
 java.util.List getChildModeList ()
           
  ConvertPosition getChildVisualPosition (org.w3c.dom.Node childModel)
          For child nodes that need further convert, return their position in the converted DOM tree.
 org.w3c.dom.Element getHostElement ()
           
 java.util.List getNonVisualChildren ()
           
 org.w3c.dom.Element getResultElement ()
           
 Image getVisualImage ()
          if isVisualByHTML() return false, then this method should return an image to be displayed in designer.
 boolean isMultiLevel ()
          When the convert result in multi-level element.
 boolean isVisualByHTML ()
          for some tags, they don't convert to HTML.
 boolean isWidget ()
           
 void setDestDocument (IDOMDocument document)
          Set the target document where the converted node should belong to.
 void setMode (int mode)
           
 

Method Detail

setDestDocument

void setDestDocument(IDOMDocument document)
Set the target document where the converted node should belong to.

Parameters:
document -

convertRefresh

void convertRefresh(java.lang.Object context)
refresh the internal state of this ITagConverter. This method normally is called when the host element change.

Parameters:
context -

getHostElement

org.w3c.dom.Element getHostElement()
Returns:
The host element being converted.

isVisualByHTML

boolean isVisualByHTML()
for some tags, they don't convert to HTML. In that case, this method should return false for them. And if this method return false, then should return an image in getVisualImage() for displaying in the designer.

Returns:
true if the tag represents something that will be rendered visually at runtime

getVisualImage

Image getVisualImage()
if isVisualByHTML() return false, then this method should return an image to be displayed in designer. Normally this image will be a shared image for those hidden elements. It is this class's responsibility to dispose the image if the image is not a shared one.

Returns:
the placeholder image for non-visual tags

getResultElement

org.w3c.dom.Element getResultElement()
Returns:
the result element after conversion

getChildModeList

java.util.List getChildModeList()
Returns:
the list of children that should be continuely converted.

getNonVisualChildren

java.util.List getNonVisualChildren()
Returns:
a list of Element tags that map to non-visual children Type should be always be Element.

getChildVisualPosition


ConvertPosition getChildVisualPosition(org.w3c.dom.Node childModel)
For child nodes that need further convert, return their position in the converted DOM tree.

Parameters:
childModel -
Returns:
the position of child nodes

isMultiLevel

boolean isMultiLevel()
When the convert result in multi-level element. If this method return false, then the caller should not use child nodes of getHostElement()

Returns:
true if the host element has convertable children

isWidget

boolean isWidget()
Returns:
true if the host element is a widget

dispose

void dispose()
API contract needed here


setMode

void setMode(int mode)
Parameters:
mode -



 
 
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