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/*
 *  $Id: HTMLAtomicElement.h,v 1.7 2007/07/02 18:48:18 sebdiaz Exp $
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 *  Copyright (C) 1996 - 2004 Stephen F. Booth <sbooth@gnu.org>
 *                       2007 Sebastien DIAZ <sebastien.diaz@gmail.com>
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#ifndef _HTMLATOMICELEMENT_H_
#define _HTMLATOMICELEMENT_H_ 1

/*! \file HTMLAtomicElement.h
 * \brief Template class for concrete atomic HTMLElement subclasses
 *
 */

#include <new>

#include "cgicc/HTMLElement.h"

namespace cgicc {

  // ============================================================
  // Template for concrete atomic HTML element classes
  // ============================================================
  
  /*! \class HTMLAtomicElement HTMLAtomicElement.h cgicc/HTMLAtomicElement.h
   * \brief Template for concrete atomic HTMLElement subclasses
   *
   * An atomic HTML element is an element in which the opening and closing 
   * tags are combined.  For example, in the HTML code
   \verbatim
   <meta link="made" href="mailto:sbooth@gnu.org" />
   \endverbatim
   * The \c meta tag is an atomic HTML element because the opening and closing
   * tags appear together.
   * \sa HTMLElement
   * \sa HTMLBooleanElement
   */
  template<class Tag>
  class HTMLAtomicElement : public HTMLElement 
  {
  public:
    
    // ============================================================
    
    /*! \name Constructors and Destructor */
    //@{
    
    /*!
     * \brief Create a new empty atomic element. 
     *
     */
    HTMLAtomicElement()
      : HTMLElement(0, 0, 0, eAtomic)
    {}
    
    /*!
     * \brief Create a new element, specifying the HTMLAttributes.
     *
     * \param attributes The HTMLAttributes contained within the element.
     */
    HTMLAtomicElement(const HTMLAttributeList& attributes)
      : HTMLElement(&attributes, 0, 0, eAtomic)
    {}
    
    
    /*!
     * \brief Destructor 
     *
     */
    virtual ~HTMLAtomicElement()
    {}
    //@}
    
    /*! 
     * \brief Clone this element
     *
     * \return A newly-allocated copy of this element
     */
    virtual inline HTMLElement* 
    clone() 					const
    { return new HTMLAtomicElement<Tag>(*this); }
    
    
    /*!
     * \brief Get the name of this element.  
     *
     * For example, \c meta.
     * \return The name of this element
     */
    virtual inline const char* 
    getName() 					const
    { return Tag::getName(); }
  };
  
} // namespace cgicc

#endif /* ! _HTMLATOMICELEMENT_H_ */