org.mortbay.html
Class Block

java.lang.Object
  org.mortbay.html.Element
      org.mortbay.html.Composite
          org.mortbay.html.Block

Direct Known Subclasses:

Applet, Font, Form, Heading, Link, List, Script, Select, Style, Table, Target, TextArea

public class Block
extends Composite

HTML Block Composite. Block of predefined or arbitrary type. Block types are predefined for PRE, BLOCKQUOTE, CENTER, LISTING, PLAINTEXT, XMP, DIV (Left and Right) and SPAN.

See Also:

Composite

Field Summary

static String	Bold Bold
static String	Center Center the block
static String	Div Basic Division
static String	Italic Italic
static String	Left Left align
static String	Listing Code listing style
static String	Plain Plain text
static String	Pre Preformatted text
static String	Quote Quoted Text
static String	Right Right align
static String	Span Span
static String	Xmp Old pre format - preserve line breaks

Fields inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Composite

elements, nest

Fields inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Element

ALIGN, attributeMap, BGCOLOR, BOTTOM, CENTER, CLASS, COLOR, HEIGHT, ID, LEFT, MIDDLE, noAttributes, RIGHT, SIZE, STYLE, TOP, VALIGN, WIDTH

Constructor Summary

Block(String tag)
Construct a block using the passed string as the tag.

Block(String tag, String attributes)
Construct a block using the passed string as the tag.

Method Summary

void	write(Writer out) Write the composite.

Methods inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Composite

add, contents, nest, replace, reset, setNest, size, unnest

Methods inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Element

attribute, attribute, attribute, attributes, attributes, bgColor, bottom, center, color, cssClass, cssID, height, height, height, left, middle, right, setAttributesFrom, size, size, style, top, toString, width, width, width, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Pre

public static final String Pre

Preformatted text

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Constant Field Values

Quote

public static final String Quote

Quoted Text

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Center

public static final String Center

Center the block

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Listing

public static final String Listing

Code listing style

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Plain

public static final String Plain

Plain text

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Xmp

public static final String Xmp

Old pre format - preserve line breaks

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Div

public static final String Div

Basic Division

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Left

public static final String Left

Left align

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Right

public static final String Right

Right align

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Bold

public static final String Bold

Bold

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Italic

public static final String Italic

Italic

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Span

public static final String Span

Span

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Constructor Detail

Block

public Block(String tag)

Construct a block using the passed string as the tag.

Parameters:

tag - The tag to use to open and close the block.

Block

public Block(String tag,
             String attributes)

Construct a block using the passed string as the tag.

Parameters:

tag - The tag to use to open and close the block.

attributes - String of attributes for opening tag.

Method Detail

write

public void write(Writer out)
           throws IOException

Description copied from class: Composite

Write the composite. The default implementation writes the elements sequentially. May be overridden for more specialized behaviour.

Overrides:

write in class Composite

Parameters:

out - Writer to write the element to.

Throws:

IOException