antsnest.datastructure
Interface AntElement

All Superinterfaces:

AntNode, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAntElement

public interface AntElement
extends AntNode

Represents a type or task node

Author:

Chris Clohosy

See Also:

AntNode

Method Summary

String	getID() Get the ID of this element
String	getTaskname() Get the taskname of this element
void	introduceAttributes() Lets all the node's attributes discover the status of each other
boolean	isProperty() Finds out whether this element is a property
void	setID(String id) Set the ID of this element
void	setTaskname(String taskname) Set the taskname of this element

Methods inherited from interface antsnest.datastructure.AntNode

addAttribute, addAttribute, addNode, addNode, changeAttribute, cloneNode, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributeSize, getData, getDescription, getIDPool, getName, getNode, getNodeID, getNodeSize, getNodeText, getParent, getType, getTypeAt, indexOfAttribute, indexOfNode, moveAttribute, moveNode, removeAttribute, removeAttribute, removeNode, removeNode, setData, setDescription, setIDPool, setName, setNodeID, setParent

Method Detail

getID

String getID()

Get the ID of this element

Returns:

a String, the ID

setID

void setID(String id)

Set the ID of this element

Parameters:

id - the new ID

getTaskname

String getTaskname()

Get the taskname of this element

Returns:

a String, the taskname

setTaskname

void setTaskname(String taskname)

Set the taskname of this element

Parameters:

taskname - the new taskname

isProperty

boolean isProperty()

Finds out whether this element is a property

Returns:

a boolean, whether this element is a property

introduceAttributes

void introduceAttributes()

Lets all the node's attributes discover the status of each other