Applying CSS To Java Objects

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Applying CSS To Java Objects

The CSS selector mechanism was designed to match elements in HTML or XML documents. It can also be used to match a hierarchy of Java objects accessible from a model interface. In this context, the CSS level 2 recommendation is transposed for the Java language and used to set Bean properties according to the Java object hierarchy and state.

In applying CSS to Java objects, the term model object is used as the equivalent of the term element in the W3C recommendation.

The CSS declarations for each model object are sorted and used according to the application that controls the CSS engine. The declarations represent property settings on a target object. The target object concerned depends on the way the CSS engine is used.

ILOG JViews Diagrammer uses CSS declarations to create and customize one graphic object for each object in the data model, and to create and customize renderers according to user settings.

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