uk.ac.starlink.votable

Class LinkElement

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.votable.dom.DelegatingNode

uk.ac.starlink.votable.dom.DelegatingElement

uk.ac.starlink.votable.VOElement

uk.ac.starlink.votable.LinkElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element, Node

public class LinkElement
extends VOElement

Object representing a LINK element in a VOTable.

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getHandle() Returns the title attribute if there is one, otherwise defers to superclass implementation.
URL	getHref() Returns the value of this LinkElement's 'href' attribute as a URL.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.votable.VOElement

getChildByName, getChildren, getChildrenByName, getDescription, getElementsByVOTagName, getElementSequence, getID, getName, getParent, getReferencedElement, getSystemId, getVOTagName, toString

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.votable.dom.DelegatingElement

getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.votable.dom.DelegatingNode

appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

Method Detail

getHref

public URL getHref()
            throws MalformedURLException

Returns the value of this LinkElement's 'href' attribute as a URL. It is resolved against the base URL of this VOTable if it represents a relative URL.

Returns:

the URL represented by this LinkElement's 'href' attribute, or null if it has none

Throws:

MalformedURLException - in the case of a badly-formed URL

getHandle

public String getHandle()

Returns the title attribute if there is one, otherwise defers to superclass implementation.

Overrides:

getHandle in class VOElement

Returns:

a label for this element