source: trunk/autoquest-plugin-html/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/html/guimodel/HTMLGUIElementSpec.java @ 1276

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package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.plugin.html.guimodel;

import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.IGUIElementSpec;

/**
 * <p>
 * base class for all GUI element specifications in the context of HTML
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Patrick Harms
 */
public class HTMLGUIElementSpec implements IGUIElementSpec {

    /**
     * <p>
     * default serial version UID
     * </p>
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * the type of GUI element represented by this specification, which is usually the tag name of
     * the HTML GUI element
     * </p>
     */
    private String type;
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * instantiated the specification with the type, i.e., tag name of the represented GUI element
     * </p>
     *
     * @param type  the type, i.e., tag name of the represented GUI element
     * 
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the provided type is null
     */
    public HTMLGUIElementSpec(String type) {
        if (type == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("type must not be null");
        }

        this.type = type;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.IGUIElementSpec#getType()
     */
    @Override
    public String getType() {
        return type;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.IGUIElementSpec#getSimilarity(IGUIElementSpec)
     */
    @Override
    public boolean getSimilarity(IGUIElementSpec other) {
        if (other instanceof HTMLGUIElementSpec) {
            HTMLGUIElementSpec otherSpec = (HTMLGUIElementSpec) other;
            return type.equals(otherSpec.type);
        }
        
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.IGUIElementSpec#getTypeHierarchy()
     */
    @Override
    public String[] getTypeHierarchy() {
        return new String[] { type };
    }

}