[GROOVY-2415] Add 1 argument constructor to groovy.util.Node, and corresponding groovy.util.XmlParser appendNode('someElementName') method

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.2
• Component/s: XML Processing
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Marshall Schor
• Created: 18/Dec/07 13:57
• Updated: 08/Feb/08 01:26
• Resolved: 05/Jan/08 01:33

Description

The XmlParser appendNode(...) methods come in several signatures:
appendNode('element-name', map-of-attribute-values)
appendNode('element-name', list-of-nested-elements-or-text-or-other-value-except-a-Map)
appendNode('element-name', map-of-attribute-values, list-of-nested-elements-or-text-or-other-value)

However, there is no method for adding just an element, with no attributes or values specified.

This Jira issue would add such a method, and also add a corresponding constructor to Node, which also is missing the constructor that creates a new Node without a map of attributes and without a value specification.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-2414 Extend XmlParser and Node to allow subclassing, permitting additional capabilities to reuse basic functionality
• relates to: GROOVY-2429 Allow subclasses of XmlParser to customize creation of new Nodes