VASSAL.build.module
Class ExtensionElement

java.lang.Object
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  +--VASSAL.build.module.ExtensionElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Buildable

public class ExtensionElement

extends java.lang.Object

implements Buildable

An element of a ModuleExtension that extends an individual Buildable component of the GameModule

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

TARGET An identifier for the component to be extended

Constructor Summary

ExtensionElement()

ExtensionElement(Buildable extension, Configurable[] targetPath)

Method Summary

void	add(Buildable child) Adds a child component.
void	addTo(Buildable parent) Adds this component to its parent.
void	build(org.w3c.dom.Element e) Build the object
org.w3c.dom.Element	getBuildElement(org.w3c.dom.Document doc)
Buildable	getExtension()
Configurable[]	getTargetPath()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TARGET

public static final java.lang.String TARGET

An identifier for the component to be extended

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ExtensionElement

public ExtensionElement()

ExtensionElement

public ExtensionElement(Buildable extension,
                        Configurable[] targetPath)

Method Detail

add

public void add(Buildable child)

Description copied from interface: Buildable

Adds a child component. Both this method and Buildable.addTo(VASSAL.build.Buildable) are invoked when adding a child to a parent

Specified by:

add in interface Buildable

build

public void build(org.w3c.dom.Element e)

Description copied from interface: Buildable

Build the object

Specified by:

build in interface Buildable

Parameters:

e - the XML element containing the object data

getExtension

public Buildable getExtension()

getTargetPath

public Configurable[] getTargetPath()

getBuildElement

public org.w3c.dom.Element getBuildElement(org.w3c.dom.Document doc)

Specified by:

getBuildElement in interface Buildable

Returns:

an XML element from which this component can be built

addTo

public void addTo(Buildable parent)

Description copied from interface: Buildable

Adds this component to its parent. In order to make Buildable objects extensible, the child is reponsible for adding itself to the parent. That way, Buildable subcomponents can be defined in an extension package without needing to modify the containing class.

Specified by:

addTo in interface Buildable