Package groovy.util

Class NodeBuilder

java.lang.Object

groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport

groovy.util.BuilderSupport

groovy.util.NodeBuilder

All Implemented Interfaces:

GroovyObject

public class NodeBuilder
extends BuilderSupport

A helper class for creating nested trees of Node objects for handling arbitrary data

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NodeBuilder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Object	createNode(Object name)	Creates a node with the given name.
protected Object	createNode(Object name, Object value)	Creates a node with the given name and value.
protected Object	createNode(Object name, Map attributes)	Creates a node with the given name and attributes.
protected Object	createNode(Object name, Map attributes, Object value)	Creates a node with the given name, attributes, and value.
protected Node	getCurrentNode()	Returns the current node being built.
static NodeBuilder	newInstance()	Creates a new NodeBuilder.
protected void	setParent(Object parent, Object child)	Links a newly created child node to its parent.

Methods inherited from class groovy.util.BuilderSupport

doInvokeMethod, getCurrent, getName, invokeMethod, invokeMethod, nodeCompleted, postNodeCompletion, setClosureDelegate, setCurrent

Methods inherited from class groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport

getMetaClass, setMetaClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface groovy.lang.GroovyObject

getProperty, setProperty

Constructor Details

NodeBuilder

public NodeBuilder()

Method Details

newInstance

public static NodeBuilder newInstance()

Creates a new NodeBuilder.

Returns:

a new builder instance

setParent

protected void setParent(Object parent,
 Object child)

Links a newly created child node to its parent.

Specified by:

setParent in class BuilderSupport

Parameters:

parent - the parent node

child - the child node

createNode

protected Object createNode(Object name)

Creates a node with the given name.

Specified by:

createNode in class BuilderSupport

Parameters:

name - the node name

Returns:

the created node

createNode

protected Object createNode(Object name,
 Object value)

Creates a node with the given name and value.

Specified by:

createNode in class BuilderSupport

Parameters:

name - the node name

value - the node value

Returns:

the created node

createNode

protected Object createNode(Object name,
 Map attributes)

Creates a node with the given name and attributes.

Specified by:

createNode in class BuilderSupport

Parameters:

name - the node name

attributes - the node attributes

Returns:

the created node

createNode

protected Object createNode(Object name,
 Map attributes,
 Object value)

Creates a node with the given name, attributes, and value.

Specified by:

createNode in class BuilderSupport

Parameters:

name - the node name

attributes - the node attributes

value - the node value

Returns:

the created node

getCurrentNode

protected Node getCurrentNode()

Returns the current node being built.

Returns:

the current node, or null if none is active