Multivalent API

Uses of Package
multivalent

Packages that use multivalent
multivalent Core system classes. 
multivalent.devel Developer tools, templates, and examples: MyBehavior template, document tree viewer, DebugMode, .... 
multivalent.devel.lens Document inspection lenses: bbox bounds, character numbers, ruler for layout measuring. 
multivalent.gui Graphical user interface widgets, natively implemented as Nodes. 
multivalent.net Network-related behaviors: cookies, referer, return code, server. 
multivalent.node Many types of tree nodes: scrolled panel, fixed format document nodes, media leaves. 
multivalent.std Standard system functionality that is guaranteed to be available locally during runtime. 
multivalent.std.adaptor Media adaptors guaranteed to be available locally: HTML, UNIX manual page, directory, FTP directory, ... 
multivalent.std.adaptor.pdf PDF manipulation: read, render, modify, write.
multivalent.std.lens Lens superclass and standard lenses, such as Magnify and Rot-13. 
multivalent.std.span A collection of general-use spans: hyperlink, highlight, font, color. 
multivalent.std.ui Standard user interface controls, such as forward/back buttons and bookmarks. 
phelps.doc Classes related to documents. 
phelps.net Generally useful utility classes related to networking. 
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Browser
          This class implements a browser window.
CHashMap
          Map that canonicalizes keys that are of type String to all lowercase
CLGeneral
          Generic context modifier, for runtime creation of new spans and structure, as by style sheets.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
ContextListener
          Implemented by everything that can affect appearance through the graphics context, especially structural behaviors, lenses, spans.
CursorMark
          Blinking cursor.
Document
          An independent document, generally with content subtree, stylesheet, URI (not URL), Layers of behaviors that implementing genre- or document-specific functionality, and document-wide variables.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
EventListener
          Classes can implement this in order to be able to seize the grab.
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
IScrollPane
          An internal node that scrolls its content as necessary.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
Leaf
          Leaf nodes are words of text, XDOC words, images, and so on.
Mark
          (Leaf, offset) pair.
MediaAdaptor
          Superclass for media adaptors: behaviors that parse some concrete document format and build a document tree.
Multivalent
          Execute application startup, and act as a central repository for resources shared among all browser windows.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
Span
          A Span (aka Range aka Tk tag), such as a hyperlink or executable copy editor mark, is a linear range of content that can control appearance and receives events.
StyleSheet
          Map structural name pattern into ContextListener to add to Context's list of active behaviors.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.devel
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
Document
          An independent document, generally with content subtree, stylesheet, URI (not URL), Layers of behaviors that implementing genre- or document-specific functionality, and document-wide variables.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
EventListener
          Classes can implement this in order to be able to seize the grab.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.devel.lens
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
ContextListener
          Implemented by everything that can affect appearance through the graphics context, especially structural behaviors, lenses, spans.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.gui
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Browser
          This class implements a browser window.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
EventListener
          Classes can implement this in order to be able to seize the grab.
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
IScrollPane
          An internal node that scrolls its content as necessary.
Leaf
          Leaf nodes are words of text, XDOC words, images, and so on.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.net
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.node
Browser
          This class implements a browser window.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
Document
          An independent document, generally with content subtree, stylesheet, URI (not URL), Layers of behaviors that implementing genre- or document-specific functionality, and document-wide variables.
EventListener
          Classes can implement this in order to be able to seize the grab.
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
IScrollPane
          An internal node that scrolls its content as necessary.
Leaf
          Leaf nodes are words of text, XDOC words, images, and so on.
Mark
          (Leaf, offset) pair.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.std
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
DocInfo
          Record of various data about a Document, for parameters for loading and for reports of general information for various behaviors.
Document
          An independent document, generally with content subtree, stylesheet, URI (not URL), Layers of behaviors that implementing genre- or document-specific functionality, and document-wide variables.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
IScrollPane
          An internal node that scrolls its content as necessary.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
Span
          A Span (aka Range aka Tk tag), such as a hyperlink or executable copy editor mark, is a linear range of content that can control appearance and receives events.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.std.adaptor
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
CLGeneral
          Generic context modifier, for runtime creation of new spans and structure, as by style sheets.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
ContextListener
          Implemented by everything that can affect appearance through the graphics context, especially structural behaviors, lenses, spans.
Document
          An independent document, generally with content subtree, stylesheet, URI (not URL), Layers of behaviors that implementing genre- or document-specific functionality, and document-wide variables.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
MediaAdaptor
          Superclass for media adaptors: behaviors that parse some concrete document format and build a document tree.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
StyleSheet
          Map structural name pattern into ContextListener to add to Context's list of active behaviors.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.std.adaptor.pdf
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
ContextListener
          Implemented by everything that can affect appearance through the graphics context, especially structural behaviors, lenses, spans.
Document
          An independent document, generally with content subtree, stylesheet, URI (not URL), Layers of behaviors that implementing genre- or document-specific functionality, and document-wide variables.
EventListener
          Classes can implement this in order to be able to seize the grab.
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
Leaf
          Leaf nodes are words of text, XDOC words, images, and so on.
MediaAdaptor
          Superclass for media adaptors: behaviors that parse some concrete document format and build a document tree.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
ParseException
          MediaAdaptors should return this when encountering an unfixable/unrecoverable parsing error.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
Span
          A Span (aka Range aka Tk tag), such as a hyperlink or executable copy editor mark, is a linear range of content that can control appearance and receives events.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.std.lens
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
ContextListener
          Implemented by everything that can affect appearance through the graphics context, especially structural behaviors, lenses, spans.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.std.span
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
ContextListener
          Implemented by everything that can affect appearance through the graphics context, especially structural behaviors, lenses, spans.
Document
          An independent document, generally with content subtree, stylesheet, URI (not URL), Layers of behaviors that implementing genre- or document-specific functionality, and document-wide variables.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
EventListener
          Classes can implement this in order to be able to seize the grab.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
Leaf
          Leaf nodes are words of text, XDOC words, images, and so on.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
Span
          A Span (aka Range aka Tk tag), such as a hyperlink or executable copy editor mark, is a linear range of content that can control appearance and receives events.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by multivalent.std.ui
Behavior
          The Behavior is the primary way to extend the system.
Context
          Graphics context object passed from node to node.
Document
          An independent document, generally with content subtree, stylesheet, URI (not URL), Layers of behaviors that implementing genre- or document-specific functionality, and document-wide variables.
ESISNode
          Simple tree node for use in building parse tree: attributes, children, write linearized tree to string.
EventListener
          Classes can implement this in order to be able to seize the grab.
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
Layer
          Special behavior type that groups (1) behaviors (which can be nested Layer's) and (2) data trees of ESISNodes, and dispatches (round robin) protocol events over its collection.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
SemanticEvent
          A semantic event, as opposed to a low-level mouse and keyboard events, defines a logical action, such as opening a new document.
Span
          A Span (aka Range aka Tk tag), such as a hyperlink or executable copy editor mark, is a linear range of content that can control appearance and receives events.
VObject
          Objects with a name and attributes.
 

Classes in multivalent used by phelps.doc
INode
          Internal nodes have children.
Mark
          (Leaf, offset) pair.
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
 

Classes in multivalent used by phelps.net
Node
          Base class for nodes of the document tree (both user interface and content), providing common tree manipulation methods as well as implementing before and after phases of tree walk protocols, calling another method that can be easily overridden.
 


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