Node

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Object Hierarchy:

Description:

Content:

Properties:

• public ArrayList<Node> children { get; set; }
• public FormatType kind { get; set; }
  Block/format kind (PARAGRAPH, HEADING_1..6, TEXT, ITALIC, etc.). Default NONE for Document, List, ListItem.
• public virtual FormatType node_type { get; set; }
  For JSON polymorphic deserialization of children (Document→DOCUMENT, Block→BLOCK, List→LIST, ListItem→LIST_ITEM, Format→FORMAT).
• public Node? parent { get; set; }
  Set when added to a container; null for root. Exclude from JSON to avoid cycles.
• public int uid { get; set; }
  Unique id within the document; assigned when the node is created. Used for traversal and position lookup.

Creation methods:

• protected Node ()

Methods:

• public void adopt (Node child)
  Call when adding a child: child.parent = this (omit for Format if desired).
• protected virtual Node? deserialize_child (Node elem)
  Polymorphic child deserialization: dispatch by node_type. We write this JSON; one key, fixed format.
• public override bool deserialize_property (string property_name, out Value value, ParamSpec pspec, Node property_node)
• public Document? document ()
  Root document; null if this node is not in a document tree.
• public Node? next ()
  Next sibling in parent's children list; null if last or no parent.
• public override Node serialize_property (string property_name, Value value, ParamSpec pspec)
• public virtual string text_content ()
  Flattened text of this node (e.g. for ListItem: first paragraph/inline subtree as single line).
• public virtual string to_markdown ()
  Convert this node (and children) back to markdown text. Override in subclasses.

Inherited Members: