Jiffie: Java InterFace For Internet Explorer

net.sf.jiffie
Interface ElementFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultElementFactory, TrackingElementFactory

public interface ElementFactory

Classes implementing this interface are used to create object instances representing various HTML elements.

Method Summary

IDispatch	createElement(InternetExplorer parentBrowser, Dispatch dispatch) Create an object representing an HTML element.
IDispatch	createElement(InternetExplorer parentBrowser, Variant dispatch) Create an object representing an HTML element.
ElementList	createElementList(InternetExplorer parentBrowser, Variant variant) Create a class implementing the ElementList interface which may contain, zero, one or many IHTMLElement instances.

Method Detail

createElement

IDispatch createElement(InternetExplorer parentBrowser,
                        Dispatch dispatch)
                        throws JiffieException

Create an object representing an HTML element.

Parameters:

parentBrowser - parent browser

dispatch - dispatch interface for HTML element COM object

Returns:

HTML element object

Throws:

JiffieException - if an exception occurs creating the element

createElement

IDispatch createElement(InternetExplorer parentBrowser,
                        Variant dispatch)
                        throws JiffieException

Create an object representing an HTML element.

Parameters:

parentBrowser - parent browser

dispatch - variant representing the dispatch interface for HTML element COM object

Returns:

HTML element object

Throws:

JiffieException - if an exception occurs creating the element

createElementList

ElementList createElementList(InternetExplorer parentBrowser,
                              Variant variant)
                              throws JiffieException

Create a class implementing the ElementList interface which may contain, zero, one or many IHTMLElement instances.

Parameters:

parentBrowser - parent browser

variant - variant representing a dispatch interface

Returns:

object implementing the ElementList interface

Throws:

JiffieException - if an exception occurs creating the list