org.apache.xmlbeans

Class XmlCursor.XmlBookmark

java.lang.Object

org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlCursor.XmlBookmark

Direct Known Subclasses:

CDataBookmark, SchemaBookmark, XmlLineNumber

Enclosing interface:

XmlCursor

public abstract static class XmlCursor.XmlBookmark
extends Object

Subclasses of XmlBookmark can be used to annotate an XML document. This class is abstract to prevent parties from inadvertently interfering with each others' bookmarks without explicitly sharing a bookmark class.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
XmlCursor.XmlMark	_currentMark The mark is set by the host document; it is capable of returning an XmlCursor implementation at the location of the bookmark.
Reference	_ref If non-null, the ref is used by the host document to maintain a reference to the bookmark.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XmlBookmark() Constructs a strongly-referenced bookmark.
XmlBookmark(boolean weak) Constructs a bookmark.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
XmlCursor	createCursor() Call the createCursor method to create a new cursor which is positioned at the same splace as the bookmark.
Object	getKey() The default key for bookmarks is the class which implements them.
XmlCursor	toBookmark(XmlCursor c)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_currentMark

public XmlCursor.XmlMark _currentMark

The mark is set by the host document; it is capable of returning an XmlCursor implementation at the location of the bookmark.

_ref

public final Reference _ref

If non-null, the ref is used by the host document to maintain a reference to the bookmark. If it is a weak reference, the host document will not prevent the Bookmark from being garbage collected.

Constructor Detail

XmlBookmark

public XmlBookmark()

Constructs a strongly-referenced bookmark.

XmlBookmark

public XmlBookmark(boolean weak)

Constructs a bookmark.

Parameters:

weak - true if the document's reference to the bookmark should be a WeakReference

Method Detail

createCursor

public final XmlCursor createCursor()

Call the createCursor method to create a new cursor which is positioned at the same splace as the bookmark. It is much more efficient to call toBookmark on an existing cursor than it is to create a new cursor. However, toBookmark may fail if the bookmark is in a different document than the cursor. It is under these circumstances where createCursor needs to be called on the bookmark. Subsequent navigations to bookmark positions should attempt to reuse the last cursor to improve performace.

Returns:

the new cursor

toBookmark

public final XmlCursor toBookmark(XmlCursor c)

Parameters:

c - the cursor to be moved

Returns:

the given cursor moved to this bookmark

getKey

public Object getKey()

The default key for bookmarks is the class which implements them. This way, multiple parties using bookmarks in the same instance document will not interfere with eachother. One can, however, override getKey() to use a key other than the class.

Returns:

default key for bookmarks