org.atteo.xmlcombiner

Enum CombineChildren

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<CombineChildren>

org.atteo.xmlcombiner.CombineChildren

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<CombineChildren>

public enum CombineChildren
extends Enum<CombineChildren>

Controls the behavior of merging child elements.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
APPEND Always append child elements from both recessive and dominant elements.
MERGE Merge subelements from both elements.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	ATTRIBUTE_NAME

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static CombineChildren	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static CombineChildren[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

MERGE

public static final CombineChildren MERGE

Merge subelements from both elements.

This is the default. Those subelements which can be uniquely paired between two documents using the key (tag+selected attributes) will be merged, those that cannot be paired will be appended.
Example:
First:

 
  <config>
     <service id="1">
         <parameter>parameter</parameter>
     </service>
  </config>
 
 

Second:

 
  <config>
     <service id="1"/>
         <parameter>other value</parameter>
     </service>
  </config>
 
 

Result:

 
  <config>
     <service id="1"/>
         <parameter>other value</parameter>
     </service>
  </config>
 
 

APPEND

public static final CombineChildren APPEND

Always append child elements from both recessive and dominant elements.

Example:
First:

 
 <config>
     <service id="1" combine.children="append">
         <parameter>parameter</parameter>
     </service>
  </config>
 
 

Second:

 
 <config>
     <service id="1">
         <parameter>parameter</parameter>
     </service>
  </config>
 
 

Result:

 
 <config>
     <service id="1" combine.children="append">
         <parameter>parameter</parameter>
         <parameter>parameter</parameter>
     </service>
  </config>
 
 

Field Detail

ATTRIBUTE_NAME

public static final String ATTRIBUTE_NAME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

values

public static CombineChildren[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (CombineChildren c : CombineChildren.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static CombineChildren valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null