Libraries.Data.Formats.Element Documentation

Inheriting from the Element class provides a basic blueprint for a XML element.

Example Code

use Libraries.Data.Formats

class MyElement is Element
//implementation goes here
end

Inherits from: Libraries.Language.Object

Actions Documentation

Compare(Libraries.Language.Object object)

This action compares two object hash codes and returns an integer. The result is larger if this hash code is larger than the object passed as a parameter, smaller, or equal. In this case, -1 means smaller, 0 means equal, and 1 means larger. This action was changed in Quorum 7 to return an integer, instead of a CompareResult object, because the previous implementation was causing efficiency issues.

Parameters

Return

integer: The Compare result, Smaller, Equal, or Larger.

Example

Object o
Object t
integer result = o:Compare(t) //1 (larger), 0 (equal), or -1 (smaller)

Equals(Libraries.Language.Object object)

This action determines if two objects are equal based on their hash code values.

Parameters

Return

boolean: True if the hash codes are equal and false if they are not equal.

Example

use Libraries.Language.Object
use Libraries.Language.Types.Text
Object o
Text t
boolean result = o:Equals(t)

GetAttributes()

This action gets the attributes of the element.

Return

Libraries.Data.Formats.AttributesImplementation: The AttributesImplementation for the element.

Example

use Libraries.Data.Formats
Element bookElement
AttributesImplementation value = bookElement:GetAttributes()

GetHashCode()

This action gets the hash code for an object.

Return

integer: The integer hash code of the object.

Example

Object o
integer hash = o:GetHashCode()

GetName()

This action gets the name of the element.

Return

text: The name of the element.

Example

use Libraries.Data.Formats
Element bookElement
text value = bookElement:GetName()

GetValue()

This action gets the value of the element.

Return

text: The value of the element.

Example

use Libraries.Data.Formats
Element bookElement
text value = bookElement:GetValue()