Rule

Class

A CSS style rule. A block is created with provided selector(s), which can then have individual key/value rules written to it.

Basic rules can be created with the constructor. Advanced rules can be created via the static methods.

These rules can be written into a style element.

Extends

Object

Implements

Writable

Modifiers

public

Rule.of(DIV).rule("border-bottom", "2px solid black")
Rule.of(P, Qualifier.ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS.of("blob", "hello")).rule("color", "blue")
new Rule(DIV).rule("background", "red")

Constructors


new Rule (Object...)

Constructor

A rule with multiple selectors. These will be written as first second third {...}.

This can accept HTMElements or string tag names.

IndexTypeName
1Object[]object
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public varargs

// Randomly-generated example
final Rule rule = new Rule(object);
rule.toString();
assert rule.write(stream, charset) == null;
rule.rule(key, value, important);

new Rule (String...)

Constructor

A rule with multiple selectors. These will be written as first second third {...}.

IndexTypeName
1String[]string
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public varargs

// Randomly-generated example
final Rule rule = new Rule(string);
rule.toString();
assert rule.write(stream, charset) == null;
rule.rule(key, value, important);

Methods


toString ()

Method
No description is available for this element.
Return Type

String

Modifiers

public

of (HTMElement, TargetQualifier)

Method

Writes a new selector with an advanced qualifier. These can be simple tags such as p::before or advanced attribute selectors like div[name=bean].

These can be written using the Qualifier enum.

IndexTypeName
1HTMElementbefore
2TargetQualifierqualifier
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

Rule.of(DIV, ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS.of("name", "hello"))
div[name=hello] {
}

of (HTMElement)

Method

Writes a simple selector for this element's tag.

IndexTypeName
1HTMElementelement
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

of (String, TargetQualifier)

Method

Writes a selector for the string tag with a qualifier.

This can be used to build complex selectors.

IndexTypeName
1Stringbefore
2TargetQualifierqualifier
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

of (TargetQualifier)

Method

Writes a selector for a qualifier.

This can be used to select special elements.

IndexTypeName
1TargetQualifierqualifier
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

exact (HTMElement)

Method

Writes an exact selector for the tag, properties and classes of this element.

IndexTypeName
1HTMElementelement
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

Rule.exact(DIV
    .classes("bean")
    .set("blob", "hello")
)

div[blob=hello].bean {
}

before (HTMElement, HTMElement)

Method

Writes a new selector for tags immediately before each other.

IndexTypeName
1HTMElementbefore
2HTMElementafter
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

Rule.before(UL, P)
p ~ ul {
}

after (HTMElement, HTMElement)

Method

Writes a new selector for tags immediately after each other.

IndexTypeName
1HTMElementbefore
2HTMElementafter
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

Rule.after(UL, P)
ul + p {
}

child (HTMElement, HTMElement)

Method

Writes a new selector for child tags inside an immediate parent tag.

IndexTypeName
1HTMElementparent
2HTMElementchild
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

Rule.child(DIV, P)
div > p {
}

all (HTMElement...)

Method

Writes a selector for all of the given elements.

IndexTypeName
1HTMElement[]elements
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static varargs

Rule.all(UL, P, DIV, BR)
ul, p, div, br {
}

rule (String, String, boolean)

Method

Adds a new rule to the block with the !important tag.

IndexTypeName
1Stringkey
2Stringvalue
3booleanimportant
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public

new Rule(DIV).rule("background", "red", true)
div {
    background: red !important;
}

rule (String, String)

Method

Adds a new rule to the block.

IndexTypeName
1Stringkey
2Stringvalue
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public

new Rule(DIV).rule("background", "red")
div {
    background: red;
}

inside (HTMElement, HTMElement)

Method

Writes a new selector for inner tags inside an outer tag.

IndexTypeName
1HTMElementouter
2HTMElementinner
Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

Rule.inside(DIV, P)
div p {
}

everything ()

Method

Writes a selector for everything.

Return Type

Rule

Modifiers

public static

Rule.everything()
* {
}