///
/// <summary> * get a span, create it if it does not exist
/// * </summary>
/// * <param name="String">
/// * strName name of the span element </param>
/// * <param name="JDFSpanBase">
/// * ::EnumDataType nType datatype of the new span </param>
/// * <returns> JDFSpanBase the JDFSpanBase </returns>
///
internal virtual JDFSpanBase getCreateSpan(string strName, JDFSpanBase.EnumDataType nType)
{
// / note that this is the inherited version from JDFResource!
JDFSpanBase e = (JDFSpanBase)this.getCreateElement_JDFResource(strName, JDFConstants.EMPTYSTRING, 0);
e.setDataType(nType);
return(e);
}
///
/// <summary> * Append a span if it does not yet exist, else return the existing element
/// * </summary>
/// * <param name="String">
/// * strName name of the span element </param>
/// * <param name="JDFSpanBase">
/// * .EnumDataType nType datatype of the new span </param>
/// * <returns> JDFSpanBase the JDFSpanBase </returns>
///
public virtual JDFSpanBase appendSpan(string strName, JDFSpanBase.EnumDataType nType)
{
// / note that this is the inherited version from JDFResource!
JDFSpanBase e = (JDFSpanBase)appendElement(strName, JDFConstants.EMPTYSTRING);
if (nType != null)
{
e.setDataType(nType);
}
return(e);
}
///
/// <summary> * get a span
/// * </summary>
/// * <param name="String">
/// * strName name of the span element </param>
/// * <returns> JDFSpanBase the JDFSpanBase </returns>
///
public virtual JDFSpanBase getSpan(string strName, JDFSpanBase.EnumDataType nType)
{
// / note that this is the inherited version from JDFResource!
JDFSpanBase e = (JDFSpanBase)getElement(strName, JDFConstants.EMPTYSTRING, 0);
if (e != null && nType != null)
{
JDFSpanBase.EnumDataType dataType = e.getDataType();
if (!dataType.Equals(nType))
{
throw new JDFException("JDFIntentResource.getSpan incompatible datatypes" + e.getAttribute(AttributeName.DATATYPE));
}
}
return(e);
}
