Class AbstractNode

java.lang.Object
org.htmlparser.nodes.AbstractNode
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable, Node
Direct Known Subclasses:
RemarkNode, TagNode, TextNode

public abstract class AbstractNode extends Object implements Node, Serializable
The concrete base class for all types of nodes (tags, text remarks). This class provides basic functionality to hold the Page, the starting and ending position in the page, the parent and the list of children.
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  • Field Details

    • mPage

      protected Page mPage
      The page this node came from.
    • nodeBegin

      protected int nodeBegin
      The beginning position of the tag in the line
    • nodeEnd

      protected int nodeEnd
      The ending position of the tag in the line
    • parent

      protected Node parent
      The parent of this node.
    • children

      protected NodeList children
      The children of this node.
  • Constructor Details

    • AbstractNode

      public AbstractNode(Page page, int start, int end)
      Create an abstract node with the page positions given. Remember the page and start invalid input: '&' end cursor positions.
      Parameters:
      page - The page this tag was read from.
      start - The starting offset of this node within the page.
      end - The ending offset of this node within the page.
  • Method Details

    • clone

      public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
      Clone this object. Exposes java.lang.Object clone as a public method.
      Specified by:
      clone in interface Node
      Overrides:
      clone in class Object
      Returns:
      A clone of this object.
      Throws:
      CloneNotSupportedException - This shouldn't be thrown since the Node interface extends Cloneable.
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    • toPlainTextString

      public abstract String toPlainTextString()
      Returns a string representation of the node. It allows a simple string transformation of a web page, regardless of node type.
      Typical application code (for extracting only the text from a web page) would then be simplified to:
       Node node;
       for (Enumeration e = parser.elements (); e.hasMoreElements (); )
       {
           node = (Node)e.nextElement();
           System.out.println (node.toPlainTextString ());
           // or do whatever processing you wish with the plain text string
       }
       
      Specified by:
      toPlainTextString in interface Node
      Returns:
      The 'browser' content of this node.
    • toHtml

      public String toHtml()
      Return the HTML for this node. This should be the sequence of characters that were encountered by the parser that caused this node to be created. Where this breaks down is where broken nodes (tags and remarks) have been encountered and fixed. Applications reproducing html can use this method on nodes which are to be used or transferred as they were received or created.
      Specified by:
      toHtml in interface Node
      Returns:
      The sequence of characters that would cause this node to be returned by the parser or lexer.
    • toHtml

      public abstract String toHtml(boolean verbatim)
      Return the HTML for this node. This should be the exact sequence of characters that were encountered by the parser that caused this node to be created. Where this breaks down is where broken nodes (tags and remarks) have been encountered and fixed. Applications reproducing html can use this method on nodes which are to be used or transferred as they were received or created.
      Specified by:
      toHtml in interface Node
      Parameters:
      verbatim - If true return as close to the original page text as possible.
      Returns:
      The (exact) sequence of characters that would cause this node to be returned by the parser or lexer.
    • toString

      public abstract String toString()
      Return a string representation of the node. Subclasses must define this method, and this is typically to be used in the manner
      System.out.println(node)
      Specified by:
      toString in interface Node
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      A textual representation of the node suitable for debugging
    • collectInto

      public void collectInto(NodeList list, NodeFilter filter)
      Collect this node and its child nodes (if-applicable) into the collectionList parameter, provided the node satisfies the filtering criteria.

      This mechanism allows powerful filtering code to be written very easily, without bothering about collection of embedded tags separately. e.g. when we try to get all the links on a page, it is not possible to get it at the top-level, as many tags (like form tags), can contain links embedded in them. We could get the links out by checking if the current node is a CompositeTag, and going through its children. So this method provides a convenient way to do this.

      Using collectInto(), programs get a lot shorter. Now, the code to extract all links from a page would look like:

       NodeList collectionList = new NodeList();
       NodeFilter filter = new TagNameFilter ("A");
       for (NodeIterator e = parser.elements(); e.hasMoreNodes();)
            e.nextNode().collectInto(collectionList, filter);
       
      Thus, collectionList will hold all the link nodes, irrespective of how deep the links are embedded.

      Another way to accomplish the same objective is:

       NodeList collectionList = new NodeList();
       NodeFilter filter = new TagClassFilter (LinkTag.class);
       for (NodeIterator e = parser.elements(); e.hasMoreNodes();)
            e.nextNode().collectInto(collectionList, filter);
       
      This is slightly less specific because the LinkTag class may be registered for more than one node name, e.g. <LINK> tags too.
      Specified by:
      collectInto in interface Node
      Parameters:
      list - The node list to collect acceptable nodes into.
      filter - The filter to determine which nodes are retained.
    • getPage

      public Page getPage()
      Get the page this node came from.
      Specified by:
      getPage in interface Node
      Returns:
      The page that supplied this node.
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    • setPage

      public void setPage(Page page)
      Set the page this node came from.
      Specified by:
      setPage in interface Node
      Parameters:
      page - The page that supplied this node.
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    • getStartPosition

      public int getStartPosition()
      Gets the starting position of the node.
      Specified by:
      getStartPosition in interface Node
      Returns:
      The start position.
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    • setStartPosition

      public void setStartPosition(int position)
      Sets the starting position of the node.
      Specified by:
      setStartPosition in interface Node
      Parameters:
      position - The new start position.
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    • getEndPosition

      public int getEndPosition()
      Gets the ending position of the node.
      Specified by:
      getEndPosition in interface Node
      Returns:
      The end position.
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    • setEndPosition

      public void setEndPosition(int position)
      Sets the ending position of the node.
      Specified by:
      setEndPosition in interface Node
      Parameters:
      position - The new end position.
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    • accept

      public abstract void accept(NodeVisitor visitor)
      Visit this node.
      Specified by:
      accept in interface Node
      Parameters:
      visitor - The visitor that is visiting this node.
    • getParent

      public Node getParent()
      Get the parent of this node. This will always return null when parsing without scanners, i.e. if semantic parsing was not performed. The object returned from this method can be safely cast to a CompositeTag.
      Specified by:
      getParent in interface Node
      Returns:
      The parent of this node, if it's been set, null otherwise.
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    • setParent

      public void setParent(Node node)
      Sets the parent of this node.
      Specified by:
      setParent in interface Node
      Parameters:
      node - The node that contains this node. Must be a CompositeTag.
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    • getChildren

      public NodeList getChildren()
      Get the children of this node.
      Specified by:
      getChildren in interface Node
      Returns:
      The list of children contained by this node, if it's been set, null otherwise.
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    • setChildren

      public void setChildren(NodeList children)
      Set the children of this node.
      Specified by:
      setChildren in interface Node
      Parameters:
      children - The new list of children this node contains.
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    • getFirstChild

      public Node getFirstChild()
      Get the first child of this node.
      Specified by:
      getFirstChild in interface Node
      Returns:
      The first child in the list of children contained by this node, null otherwise.
    • getLastChild

      public Node getLastChild()
      Get the last child of this node.
      Specified by:
      getLastChild in interface Node
      Returns:
      The last child in the list of children contained by this node, null otherwise.
    • getPreviousSibling

      public Node getPreviousSibling()
      Get the previous sibling to this node.
      Specified by:
      getPreviousSibling in interface Node
      Returns:
      The previous sibling to this node if one exists, null otherwise.
    • getNextSibling

      public Node getNextSibling()
      Get the next sibling to this node.
      Specified by:
      getNextSibling in interface Node
      Returns:
      The next sibling to this node if one exists, null otherwise.
    • getText

      public String getText()
      Returns the text of the node.
      Specified by:
      getText in interface Node
      Returns:
      The text of this node. The default is null.
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    • setText

      public void setText(String text)
      Sets the string contents of the node.
      Specified by:
      setText in interface Node
      Parameters:
      text - The new text for the node.
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    • doSemanticAction

      public void doSemanticAction() throws ParserException
      Perform the meaning of this tag. The default action is to do nothing.
      Specified by:
      doSemanticAction in interface Node
      Throws:
      ParserException - Not used. Provides for subclasses that may want to indicate an exceptional condition.