Package org.apache.poi.poifs.property

Interface Parent

All Superinterfaces:

Child

All Known Implementing Classes:

DirectoryProperty, RootProperty

public interface Parent
extends Child

Behavior for parent (directory) properties

Author:

Marc Johnson27591@hotmail.com

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addChild(Property property)	Add a new child to the collection of children
java.util.Iterator	getChildren()	Get an iterator over the children of this Parent; all elements are instances of Property.
void	setNextChild(Child child)	Set the next Child
void	setPreviousChild(Child child)	Set the previous Child

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.poi.poifs.property.Child

getNextChild, getPreviousChild

Method Detail

getChildren

java.util.Iterator getChildren()

Get an iterator over the children of this Parent; all elements are instances of Property.

Returns:

Iterator of children; may refer to an empty collection

addChild

void addChild(Property property)
       throws java.io.IOException

Add a new child to the collection of children

Parameters:

property - the new child to be added; must not be null

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the Parent already has a child with the same name

setPreviousChild

void setPreviousChild(Child child)

Set the previous Child

Specified by:

setPreviousChild in interface Child

Parameters:

child - the new 'previous' child; may be null, which has the effect of saying there is no 'previous' child

setNextChild

void setNextChild(Child child)

Set the next Child

Specified by:

setNextChild in interface Child

Parameters:

child - the new 'next' child; may be null, which has the effect of saying there is no 'next' child