1 /*
2 * Copyright 2007 Edward Kuns
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 *
16 * $Id: Root.java 0000 2007-01-11 00:00:00Z ekuns $
17 */
18 package org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes;
19
20
21 /**
22 * A representation of a Root node.
23 *
24 * @author <a href="mailto:edward.kuns@aspect.com">Edward Kuns</a>
25 * @version $Revision: 0000 $ $Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00 -0600 (Thu, 11 Jan 2007) $
26 * @since Castor 1.1
27 */
28 public class Root extends ParentNode {
29
30 /** Serial Version UID. */
31 private static final long serialVersionUID = -4945943618209646133L;
32 /** Local name for a root object is special. */
33 private static final String ROOT_NAME = "#root";
34
35 /**
36 * Creates a new Root Node. Basically, a root node can contain only
37 * Elements and nothing else.
38 */
39 public Root() {
40 super(null, ROOT_NAME, XMLNode.ROOT);
41 }
42
43 /**
44 * Returns the root node, i.e., <code>this</code>.
45 * @return The root node.
46 */
47 public XMLNode getRootNode() {
48 return this;
49 }
50
51 }