Package com.jedox.etl.components.scriptapi

Class Element

java.lang.Object

com.jedox.etl.components.scriptapi.Element

public class Element
extends Object

An element of a tree-based source, represents an IElement.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	getAttributeValue(String attributeName)	Returns the value of an attribute of this element.
int	getChildCount()	Returns the number of children of this element.
Element[]	getChildren()	Returns the children of this element.
String	getName()	Returns the name of this element.
int	getParentCount()	Returns the number of parents of this element.
Element[]	getParents()	Returns the parents of this element.
int	getPosition()	Returns the position of this element in a tree.
IElement.ElementType	getType()	Returns the type of this element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this element.

Returns:

the element name

getType

public IElement.ElementType getType()

Returns the type of this element.

Returns:

the IElement.ElementType

getAttributeValue

public Object getAttributeValue(String attributeName)

Returns the value of an attribute of this element.

Parameters:

attributeName - name of the attribute

Returns:

the value of the attribute

getChildren

public Element[] getChildren()

Returns the children of this element.

Returns:

the array of child elements

getParents

public Element[] getParents()

Returns the parents of this element.

Returns:

the array of parent elements

getChildCount

public int getChildCount()

Returns the number of children of this element.

Returns:

the number of children

getParentCount

public int getParentCount()

Returns the number of parents of this element.

Returns:

the number of parents

getPosition

public int getPosition()

Returns the position of this element in a tree.

Returns:

the position in a tree as a positive integer value