org.itsnat.core.domutil

Interface ElementListStructure

public interface ElementListStructure

Used by ElementList objects to obtain the content parent element of a child element of the list.

Author:

Jose Maria Arranz Santamaria

See Also:

ElementList.setElementListStructure(ElementListStructure), ElementGroupManager.createDefaultElementListStructure()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Element	getContentElement(ElementList list, int index, Element itemElem) Returns the content element of a child element.

Method Detail

getContentElement

Element getContentElement(ElementList list,
                        int index,
                        Element itemElem)

Returns the content element of a child element.

The content element is the parent element containing the markup of the associated value usually a text node. This element is passed to the renderer method ElementListRenderer.renderList(ElementList,int,Object,Element,boolean).

Default implementation returns the first <td> child if itemElem is a <tr> element otherwise returns itemElem.

Parameters:

list - the target list, may be used to provide contextual information. Default implementation ignores it.

index - the child element position.

itemElem - the direct child element in this position. This element is a hint, if provided, should be the same as returned by list.getElementAt(index).

Returns:

the content parent element. Default implementation returns the first cell if itemElem is a table row, otherwise returns the itemElem parameter.