FileDocCategorySizeDatePackage
ViewElementDescriptor.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API6101Wed May 06 22:41:10 BST 2009com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.layout.descriptors

ViewElementDescriptor.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.layout.descriptors;

import com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.descriptors.AttributeDescriptor;
import com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.descriptors.ElementDescriptor;
import com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.layout.uimodel.UiViewElementNode;
import com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.uimodel.UiElementNode;

/**
 * {@link ViewElementDescriptor} describes the properties expected for a given XML element node
 * representing a class in an XML Layout file.
 * 
 * @see ElementDescriptor
 */
public final class ViewElementDescriptor extends ElementDescriptor {
    
    private String mCanonicalClassName;

    /** The list of layout attributes. Can be empty but not null. */
    private AttributeDescriptor[] mLayoutAttributes;

    
    /**
     * Constructs a new {@link ViewElementDescriptor} based on its XML name, UI name,
     * the canonical name of the class it represents, its tooltip, its SDK url, its attributes list,
     * its children list and its mandatory flag.
     * 
     * @param xml_name The XML element node name. Case sensitive.
     * @param ui_name The XML element name for the user interface, typically capitalized.
     * @param canonicalClassName The canonical class name the {@link ViewElementDescriptor} is
     * representing.
     * @param tooltip An optional tooltip. Can be null or empty.
     * @param sdk_url An optional SKD URL. Can be null or empty.
     * @param attributes The list of allowed attributes. Can be null or empty.
     * @param layoutAttributes The list of layout attributes. Can be null or empty.
     * @param children The list of allowed children. Can be null or empty.
     * @param mandatory Whether this node must always exist (even for empty models). A mandatory
     *  UI node is never deleted and it may lack an actual XML node attached. A non-mandatory
     *  UI node MUST have an XML node attached and it will cease to exist when the XML node
     *  ceases to exist.
     */
    public ViewElementDescriptor(String xml_name, String ui_name,
            String canonicalClassName,
            String tooltip, String sdk_url,
            AttributeDescriptor[] attributes, AttributeDescriptor[] layoutAttributes,
            ElementDescriptor[] children, boolean mandatory) {
        super(xml_name, ui_name, tooltip, sdk_url, attributes, children, mandatory);
        mCanonicalClassName = canonicalClassName;
        mLayoutAttributes = layoutAttributes != null ? layoutAttributes : new AttributeDescriptor[0];
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@link ElementDescriptor} based on its XML name, the canonical
     * name of the class it represents, and its children list.
     * The UI name is build by capitalizing the XML name.
     * The UI nodes will be non-mandatory.
     * 
     * @param xml_name The XML element node name. Case sensitive.
     * @param canonicalClassName The canonical class name the {@link ViewElementDescriptor} is
     * representing.
     * @param children The list of allowed children. Can be null or empty.
     * @param mandatory Whether this node must always exist (even for empty models). A mandatory
     *  UI node is never deleted and it may lack an actual XML node attached. A non-mandatory
     *  UI node MUST have an XML node attached and it will cease to exist when the XML node
     *  ceases to exist.
     */
    public ViewElementDescriptor(String xml_name, String canonicalClassName,
            ElementDescriptor[] children,
            boolean mandatory) {
        super(xml_name, children, mandatory);
        mCanonicalClassName = canonicalClassName;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@link ElementDescriptor} based on its XML name and children list.
     * The UI name is build by capitalizing the XML name.
     * The UI nodes will be non-mandatory.
     * 
     * @param xml_name The XML element node name. Case sensitive.
     * @param canonicalClassName The canonical class name the {@link ViewElementDescriptor} is
     * representing.
     * @param children The list of allowed children. Can be null or empty.
     */
    public ViewElementDescriptor(String xml_name, String canonicalClassName,
            ElementDescriptor[] children) {
        super(xml_name, children);
        mCanonicalClassName = canonicalClassName;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@link ElementDescriptor} based on its XML name and on the canonical
     * name of the class it represents.
     * The UI name is build by capitalizing the XML name.
     * The UI nodes will be non-mandatory.
     * 
     * @param xml_name The XML element node name. Case sensitive.
     * @param canonicalClassName The canonical class name the {@link ViewElementDescriptor} is
     * representing.
     */
    public ViewElementDescriptor(String xml_name, String canonicalClassName) {
        super(xml_name);
        mCanonicalClassName = canonicalClassName;
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the canonical name of the class represented by this element descriptor.
     */
    public String getCanonicalClassName() {
        return mCanonicalClassName;
    }
    
    /** Returns the list of layout attributes. Can be empty but not null. */
    public AttributeDescriptor[] getLayoutAttributes() {
        return mLayoutAttributes;
    }

    /**
     * @return A new {@link UiViewElementNode} linked to this descriptor.
     */
    @Override
    public UiElementNode createUiNode() {
        return new UiViewElementNode(this);
    }
}