net.shibboleth.metadata.dom
Class DomElementItem

java.lang.Object
  net.shibboleth.metadata.AbstractItem<Element>
      net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomElementItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Item<Element>

@ThreadSafe
public class DomElementItem
extends AbstractItem<Element>

A Item whose data is a DOM, version 3, Element. The Element wrapped by this Item is always the document element of the document that owns the Element.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

private static long

serialVersionUID Serial version UID.

Constructor Summary

DomElementItem(Document document)
Constructor.

DomElementItem(Element element)
Constructor.

Method Summary

Item<Element>

copy() Performs a copy of this Item.

Methods inherited from class net.shibboleth.metadata.AbstractItem

getItemMetadata, setData, unwrap

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

Serial version UID.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DomElementItem

public DomElementItem(Document document)

Constructor. The document element of the given document becomes the Element value for this item.

Parameters:

document - document whose document element becomes the value for this Item; may not be null and must have a document element

DomElementItem

public DomElementItem(Element element)

Constructor. A new Document is created and the given Element is deep-imported in to the new document via Document.importNode(org.w3c.dom.Node, boolean), and the resultant Element is set as the new document's root.

Parameters:

element - element that is copied to become the value of this Item

Method Detail

copy

public Item<Element> copy()

Performs a copy of this Item. All member fields, except ItemMetadata, should be deep cloned. ItemMetadata objects must be shared between the clone and the original.

Returns:

the clone of this element