Class: RTF::ContainerNode

Inherits:
Node
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Enumerable
Defined in:
lib/rtf/node.rb

Overview

This class represents a Node that can contain other Node objects. Its a base class for more specific Node types.

Direct Known Subclasses

CommandNode, TableNode, TableRowNode

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Attributes inherited from Node

#parent

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Node

#is_root?, #next_node, #previous_node, #root

Constructor Details

#initialize(parent) ⇒ ContainerNode

This is the constructor for the ContainerNode class.

Parameters

parent

A reference to the parent node that owners the new ContainerNode object.



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 154

def initialize(parent)
   super(parent)
   @children = []
   @children.concat(yield) if block_given?
end

Instance Attribute Details

#children ⇒ Object

Children elements of the node



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 147

def children
  @children
end

Instance Method Details

#[](index) ⇒ Object

This method overloads the array dereference operator to allow for access to the child elements of a ContainerNode object.

Parameters

index

The offset from the first child of the child object to be returned. Negative index values work from the back of the list of children. An invalid index will cause a nil value to be returned.



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 205

def [](index)
   @children[index]
end

#each ⇒ Object

This method provides for iteration over the contents of a ContainerNode object.



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 187

def each
   @children.each {|child| yield child}
end

#first ⇒ Object

This method fetches the first node child for a ContainerNode object. If a container contains no children this method returns nil.



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 175

def first
   @children[0]
end

#last ⇒ Object

This method fetches the last node child for a ContainerNode object. If a container contains no children this method returns nil.



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 181

def last
   @children.last
end

#size ⇒ Object

This method returns a count of the number of children a ContainerNode object contains.



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 193

def size
   @children.size
end

#store(node) ⇒ Object

This method adds a new node element to the end of the list of nodes maintained by a ContainerNode object. Nil objects are ignored.

Parameters

node

A reference to the Node object to be added.



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 165

def store(node)
   if node != nil
      @children.push(node) if @children.include?(Node) == false
      node.parent = self if node.parent != self
   end
   node
end

#to_rtf ⇒ Object

This method generates the RTF text for a ContainerNode object.



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# File 'lib/rtf/node.rb', line 210

def to_rtf
   RTFError.fire("#{self.class.name}.to_rtf method not yet implemented.")
end