Class %XGEN.AbstractElement

abstract class %XGEN.AbstractElement extends %RegisteredObject, %XML.Adaptor

Note: This class is included because it is needed by other parts of the library. You should not use this or any other class within this package within your applications as a future version will be incompatible. If you are interested in this functionality please contact InterSystems.

This is the base class for all elements within an XGEN document.
There are 3 type of element within XGEN document:

document: a container for the entire XGEN document. These are subclasses of %XGEN.AbstractDocument.
sequence: a collection of one or more elements. These are subclasses of %XGEN.AbstractSequence.
node: a single activity within an XGEN document. These are subclasses of %XGEN.AbstractNode.

See %XGEN.AbstractDocument for an overview of XGEN.

Inventory

Parameters	Properties	Methods	Queries	Indices	ForeignKeys	Triggers
3	2	2

Summary

Properties
name

Methods
%%OIDGet	%AddToSaveSet	%ClassIsLatestVersion	%ClassName
%ConstructClone	%DispatchClassMethod	%DispatchGetModified	%DispatchGetProperty
%DispatchMethod	%DispatchSetModified	%DispatchSetMultidimProperty	%DispatchSetProperty
%Extends	%GetParameter	%Indent	%IsA
%IsModified	%New	%NormalizeObject	%ObjectModified
%OriginalNamespace	%PackageName	%RemoveFromSaveSet	%SerializeObject
%SetModified	%ValidateObject	XMLDTD	XMLExport
XMLExportToStream	XMLExportToString	XMLNew	XMLSchema
XMLSchemaNamespace	XMLSchemaType

Subclasses
%XGEN.AbstractNode

Parameters

• parameter XGENDOCUMENT;

This is the name of the XGEN document class that this node belongs to.

• parameter XMLIGNOREINVALIDATTRIBUTE = 0;

By setting this to 0, we disallow use of invalid attribute names.

• parameter XMLIGNORENULL = 1;

By setting this 1, we ignore the difference between null and empty nodes within XGEN.

Properties

• property name as %String(MAXLEN="");

This is the logical name of this node. This provides a common way to name elements within an XGEN document.

Methods

• method %Indent(pIndent As %Integer = 0) as %String

Helper method.
Returns a string containing the correct number of tabs for indenting code for this node.


[BASEXML] > [%XGEN] > [AbstractElement]		Private Storage