Class SimpleSelector

java.lang.Object

javafx.css.Selector

javafx.css.SimpleSelector

public final class SimpleSelector extends Selector

A simple selector which behaves according to the CSS standard.

Since:: 9

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`applies(Styleable styleable)`	Gets whether this `Selector` applies to the given `Styleable`.
`boolean`	`applies(Styleable styleable, Set<PseudoClass>[] pseudoClasses, int depth)`	Gets whether this `Selector` applies to the given `Styleable`.
`Match`	`createMatch()`	Creates a `Match`.
`String`	`getId()`	Gets the value of the selector id.
`String`	`getName()`	Gets the name of the java class to which this selector is applied, or *.
`NodeOrientation`	`getNodeOrientation()`	Gets the `NodeOrientation` of this `Selector`.
`List<String>`	`getStyleClasses()`	Gets an immutable list of style-classes of the `Selector`.
`Set<StyleClass>`	`getStyleClassSet()`	Gets the immutable `Set` of `StyleClass`es of the `Selector`.
`boolean`	`stateMatches(Styleable styleable, Set<PseudoClass> states)`	Determines whether the current state of the `Node` and its parents matches the pseudo-classes defined (if any) for this selector.
`String`	`toString()`	Converts this object to a string.
`protected final void`	`writeBinary(DataOutputStream os, StyleConverter.StringStore stringStore)`	Writes `Selector` data in binary form to given `DataOutputStream`.

Methods declared in class javafx.css.Selector

createSelector, getOrdinal, getRule, setOrdinal

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of the java class to which this selector is applied, or *.

Returns:: the name of the java class

getStyleClasses

public List<String> getStyleClasses()

Gets an immutable list of style-classes of the Selector.

Returns:: an immutable list of style-classes of the Selector

getStyleClassSet

public Set<StyleClass> getStyleClassSet()

Gets the immutable Set of StyleClasses of the Selector.

Returns:: the Set of StyleClasses

getId

public String getId()

Gets the value of the selector id.

Returns:: the value of the selector id, which may be an empty string

getNodeOrientation

public NodeOrientation getNodeOrientation()

Gets the NodeOrientation of this Selector.

Returns:: the NodeOrientation

createMatch

public Match createMatch()

Description copied from class: Selector

Creates a Match.

Specified by:: createMatch in class Selector
Returns:: a match, never null

applies

public boolean applies(Styleable styleable)

Description copied from class: Selector

Gets whether this Selector applies to the given Styleable.

Specified by:: applies in class Selector
Parameters:: styleable - the Styleable to match
Returns:: true if this Selector applies to the given Styleable

applies

public boolean applies(Styleable styleable, Set<PseudoClass>[] pseudoClasses, int depth)

Description copied from class: Selector

Gets whether this Selector applies to the given Styleable. It is the same as the Selector.applies(javafx.css.Styleable) method except it also returns PseudoClass state that it finds along the way.

Specified by:: applies in class Selector
Parameters:: styleable - the Styleable to match; pseudoClasses - a set of PseudoClass states; depth - depth of the Node heirarchy to look for
Returns:: true if this Selector and a set of PseudoClass applies to the given Styleable

stateMatches

public boolean stateMatches(Styleable styleable, Set<PseudoClass> states)

Description copied from class: Selector

Determines whether the current state of the Node and its parents matches the pseudo-classes defined (if any) for this selector.

Specified by:: stateMatches in class Selector
Parameters:: styleable - the styleable; states - the state
Returns:: true if the current state of the node and its parents matches the pseudo-classes defined (if any) for this selector

toString

public String toString()

Converts this object to a string.

Overrides:: toString in class Object

writeBinary

protected final void writeBinary(DataOutputStream os, StyleConverter.StringStore stringStore) throws IOException

Description copied from class: Selector

Writes Selector data in binary form to given DataOutputStream.

Overrides:: writeBinary in class Selector
Parameters:: os - DataOutputStream to write Selector data to; stringStore - unused
Throws:: IOException - if writing to DataOutputStream fails

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