Class Element
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,Cloneable
,Parent
- Version:
- $Revision: 1.159 $, $Date: 2007/11/14 05:02:08 $
- Author:
- Brett McLaughlin, Jason Hunter, Lucas Gonze, Kevin Regan, Dan Schaffer, Yusuf Goolamabbas, Kent C. Johnson, Jools Enticknap, Alex Rosen, Bradley S. Huffman, Victor Toni
- See Also:
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Field Summary
Fields -
Constructor Summary
ConstructorsModifierConstructorDescriptionprotected
Element()
This protected constructor is provided in order to support an Element subclass that wants full control over variable initialization.Create a new element with the supplied (local) name and no namespace.Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and a namespace given by a URI.Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and a namespace given by the supplied prefix and URI combination.Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and namespace. -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionaddContent
(int index, Collection newContent) Inserts the content in a collection into the content list at the given index.addContent
(int index, Content child) Inserts the child into the content list at the given index.addContent
(String str) This adds text content to this element.addContent
(Collection newContent) Appends all children in the given collection to the end of the content list.addContent
(Content child) Appends the child to the end of the element's content list.void
addNamespaceDeclaration
(Namespace additionalNamespace) Adds a namespace declarations to this element.clone()
This returns a deep clone of this element.Returns a list containing detached clones of this parent's content list.Returns a list of the additional namespace declarations on this element.getAttribute
(String name) This returns the attribute for this element with the given name and within no namespace, or null if no such attribute exists.getAttribute
(String name, Namespace ns) This returns the attribute for this element with the given name and within the given Namespace, or null if no such attribute exists.This returns the complete set of attributes for this element, as aList
ofAttribute
objects in no particular order, or an empty list if there are none.getAttributeValue
(String name) This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and within no namespace, null if there is no such attribute, and the empty string if the attribute value is empty.getAttributeValue
(String name, String def) This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and within no namespace, or the passed-in default if there is no such attribute.getAttributeValue
(String name, Namespace ns) This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and within the given Namespace, null if there is no such attribute, and the empty string if the attribute value is empty.getAttributeValue
(String name, Namespace ns, String def) This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and within the given Namespace, or the passed-in default if there is no such attribute.This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace.This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace.This returns aList
of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element, asElement
objects.getChildren
(String name) This returns aList
of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace, returned asElement
objects.getChildren
(String name, Namespace ns) This returns aList
of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element with the given local name and belonging to the given Namespace, returned asElement
objects.getChildText
(String name) Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.getChildText
(String name, Namespace ns) Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.getChildTextNormalize
(String name) Returns the normalized textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.getChildTextNormalize
(String name, Namespace ns) Returns the normalized textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.getChildTextTrim
(String name) Returns the trimmed textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.getChildTextTrim
(String name, Namespace ns) Returns the trimmed textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.This returns the full content of the element as a List which may contain objects of typeText
,Element
,Comment
,ProcessingInstruction
,CDATA
, andEntityRef
.getContent
(int index) Returns the child at the given index.getContent
(Filter filter) Return a filter view of thisElement
's content.int
Returns the number of children in this parent's content list.Returns an iterator that walks over all descendants in document order.getDescendants
(Filter filter) Returns an iterator that walks over all descendants in document order applying the Filter to return only elements that match the filter rule.getName()
Returns the (local) name of the element (without any namespace prefix).Returns the element'sNamespace
.getNamespace
(String prefix) Returns theNamespace
corresponding to the given prefix in scope for this element.Returns the namespace prefix of the element or an empty string if none exists.Returns the namespace URI mapped to this element's prefix (or the in-scope default namespace URI if no prefix).Returns the full name of the element, in the form [namespacePrefix]:[localName].getText()
Returns the textual content directly held under this element as a string.Returns the textual content of this element with all surrounding whitespace removed and internal whitespace normalized to a single space.Returns the textual content of this element with all surrounding whitespace removed.getValue()
Returns the XPath 1.0 string value of this element, which is the complete, ordered content of all text node descendants of this element (i.e. the text that's left after all references are resolved and all other markup is stripped out.)int
Returns the index of the supplied child in the content list, or -1 if not a child of this parent.boolean
isAncestor
(Element element) Determines if this element is the ancestor of another element.boolean
Returns whether this element is a root element.boolean
removeAttribute
(String name) This removes the attribute with the given name and within no namespace.boolean
removeAttribute
(String name, Namespace ns) This removes the attribute with the given name and within the given Namespace.boolean
removeAttribute
(Attribute attribute) This removes the supplied Attribute should it exist.boolean
removeChild
(String name) This removes the first child element (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to no namespace.boolean
removeChild
(String name, Namespace ns) This removes the first child element (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace.boolean
removeChildren
(String name) This removes all child elements (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to no namespace.boolean
removeChildren
(String name, Namespace ns) This removes all child elements (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace.Removes all child content from this parent.removeContent
(int index) Removes and returns the child at the given index, or returns null if there's no such child.boolean
removeContent
(Content child) Removes a single child node from the content list.removeContent
(Filter filter) Remove all child content from this parent matching the supplied filter.void
removeNamespaceDeclaration
(Namespace additionalNamespace) Removes an additional namespace declarations from this element.setAttribute
(String name, String value) This sets an attribute value for this element.setAttribute
(String name, String value, Namespace ns) This sets an attribute value for this element.setAttribute
(Attribute attribute) This sets an attribute value for this element.setAttributes
(Collection newAttributes) This sets the attributes of the element.setAttributes
(List newAttributes) This sets the attributes of the element.setContent
(int index, Collection newContent) Replace the child at the given index whith the supplied collection.setContent
(int index, Content child) Replace the current child the given index with the supplied child.setContent
(Collection newContent) This sets the content of the element.setContent
(Content child) Set this element's content to be the supplied child.Sets the (local) name of the element.setNamespace
(Namespace namespace) Sets the element'sNamespace
.Sets the content of the element to be the text given.toString()
This returns aString
representation of theElement
, suitable for debugging.Methods inherited from class org.jdom.Content
detach, equals, getDocument, getParent, getParentElement, hashCode, setParent
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
Methods inherited from interface org.jdom.Parent
getDocument, getParent
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Field Details
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name
The local name of the element -
namespace
The namespace of the element -
additionalNamespaces
Additional namespace declarations to store on this element; useful during output
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Constructor Details
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Element
protected Element()This protected constructor is provided in order to support an Element subclass that wants full control over variable initialization. It intentionally leaves all instance variables null, allowing a lightweight subclass implementation. The subclass is responsible for ensuring all the get and set methods on Element behave as documented.When implementing an Element subclass which doesn't require full control over variable initialization, be aware that simply calling super() (or letting the compiler add the implicit super() call) will not initialize the instance variables which will cause many of the methods to throw a NullPointerException. Therefore, the constructor for these subclasses should call one of the public constructors so variable initialization is handled automatically.
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Element
Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and namespace. If the provided namespace is null, the element will have no namespace.- Parameters:
name
- local name of the elementnamespace
- namespace for the element- Throws:
IllegalNameException
- if the given name is illegal as an element name
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Element
Create a new element with the supplied (local) name and no namespace.- Parameters:
name
- local name of the element- Throws:
IllegalNameException
- if the given name is illegal as an element name.
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Element
Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and a namespace given by a URI. The element will be put into the unprefixed (default) namespace.- Parameters:
name
- name of the elementuri
- namespace URI for the element- Throws:
IllegalNameException
- if the given name is illegal as an element name or the given URI is illegal as a namespace URI
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Element
Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and a namespace given by the supplied prefix and URI combination.- Parameters:
name
- local name of the elementprefix
- namespace prefixuri
- namespace URI for the element- Throws:
IllegalNameException
- if the given name is illegal as an element name, the given prefix is illegal as a namespace prefix, or the given URI is illegal as a namespace URI
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Method Details
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getName
Returns the (local) name of the element (without any namespace prefix).- Returns:
- local element name
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setName
Sets the (local) name of the element.- Parameters:
name
- the new (local) name of the element- Returns:
- the target element
- Throws:
IllegalNameException
- if the given name is illegal as an Element name
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getNamespace
Returns the element'sNamespace
.- Returns:
- the element's namespace
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setNamespace
Sets the element'sNamespace
. If the provided namespace is null, the element will have no namespace.- Parameters:
namespace
- the new namespace- Returns:
- the target element
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getNamespacePrefix
Returns the namespace prefix of the element or an empty string if none exists.- Returns:
- the namespace prefix
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getNamespaceURI
Returns the namespace URI mapped to this element's prefix (or the in-scope default namespace URI if no prefix). If no mapping is found, an empty string is returned.- Returns:
- the namespace URI for this element
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getNamespace
Returns theNamespace
corresponding to the given prefix in scope for this element. This involves searching up the tree, so the results depend on the current location of the element. Returns null if there is no namespace in scope with the given prefix at this point in the document.- Parameters:
prefix
- namespace prefix to look up- Returns:
- the Namespace for this prefix at this location, or null if none
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getQualifiedName
Returns the full name of the element, in the form [namespacePrefix]:[localName]. If the element does not have a namespace prefix, then the local name is returned.- Returns:
- qualified name of the element (including namespace prefix)
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addNamespaceDeclaration
Adds a namespace declarations to this element. This should not be used to add the declaration for this element itself; that should be assigned in the construction of the element. Instead, this is for adding namespace declarations on the element not relating directly to itself. It's used during output to for stylistic reasons move namespace declarations higher in the tree than they would have to be.- Parameters:
additionalNamespace
- namespace to add- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if the namespace prefix collides with another namespace prefix on the element
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removeNamespaceDeclaration
Removes an additional namespace declarations from this element. This should not be used to remove the declaration for this element itself; that should be handled in the construction of the element. Instead, this is for removing namespace declarations on the element not relating directly to itself. If the declaration is not present, this method does nothing.- Parameters:
additionalNamespace
- namespace to remove
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getAdditionalNamespaces
Returns a list of the additional namespace declarations on this element. This includes only additional namespace, not the namespace of the element itself, which can be obtained throughgetNamespace()
. If there are no additional declarations, this returns an empty list. Note, the returned list is unmodifiable.- Returns:
- a List of the additional namespace declarations
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getValue
Returns the XPath 1.0 string value of this element, which is the complete, ordered content of all text node descendants of this element (i.e. the text that's left after all references are resolved and all other markup is stripped out.) -
isRootElement
public boolean isRootElement()Returns whether this element is a root element. This can be used in tandem withContent.getParent()
to determine if an element has any "attachments" to a parent element or document.- Returns:
- whether this is a root element
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getContentSize
public int getContentSize()Description copied from interface:Parent
Returns the number of children in this parent's content list. Children may be anyContent
type.- Specified by:
getContentSize
in interfaceParent
- Returns:
- number of children
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indexOf
Description copied from interface:Parent
Returns the index of the supplied child in the content list, or -1 if not a child of this parent. -
getText
Returns the textual content directly held under this element as a string. This includes all text within this single element, including whitespace and CDATA sections if they exist. It's essentially the concatenation of allText
andCDATA
nodes returned bygetContent()
. The call does not recurse into child elements. If no textual value exists for the element, an empty string is returned.- Returns:
- text content for this element, or empty string if none
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getTextTrim
Returns the textual content of this element with all surrounding whitespace removed. If no textual value exists for the element, or if only whitespace exists, the empty string is returned.- Returns:
- trimmed text content for this element, or empty string if none
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getTextNormalize
Returns the textual content of this element with all surrounding whitespace removed and internal whitespace normalized to a single space. If no textual value exists for the element, or if only whitespace exists, the empty string is returned.- Returns:
- normalized text content for this element, or empty string if none
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getChildText
Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child. This method is a convenience because callinggetChild().getText()
can throw a NullPointerException.- Parameters:
name
- the name of the child- Returns:
- text content for the named child, or null if no such child
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getChildTextTrim
Returns the trimmed textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child. See
for details of text trimming.getTextTrim()
- Parameters:
name
- the name of the child- Returns:
- trimmed text content for the named child, or null if no such child
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getChildTextNormalize
Returns the normalized textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child. See
for details of text normalizing.getTextNormalize()
- Parameters:
name
- the name of the child- Returns:
- normalized text content for the named child, or null if no such child
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getChildText
Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.- Parameters:
name
- the name of the childns
- the namespace of the child- Returns:
- text content for the named child, or null if no such child
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getChildTextTrim
Returns the trimmed textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.- Parameters:
name
- the name of the childns
- the namespace of the child- Returns:
- trimmed text content for the named child, or null if no such child
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getChildTextNormalize
Returns the normalized textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.- Parameters:
name
- the name of the childns
- the namespace of the child- Returns:
- normalized text content for the named child, or null if no such child
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setText
Sets the content of the element to be the text given. All existing text content and non-text context is removed. If this element should have both textual content and nested elements, use
instead. Setting a null text value is equivalent to setting an empty string value.setContent(java.util.Collection)
- Parameters:
text
- new text content for the element- Returns:
- the target element
- Throws:
IllegalDataException
- if the assigned text contains an illegal character such as a vertical tab (as determined byVerifier.checkCharacterData(java.lang.String)
)
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getContent
This returns the full content of the element as a List which may contain objects of typeText
,Element
,Comment
,ProcessingInstruction
,CDATA
, andEntityRef
. The List returned is "live" in document order and modifications to it affect the element's actual contents. Whitespace content is returned in its entirety.Sequential traversal through the List is best done with an Iterator since the underlying implement of List.size() may require walking the entire list.
- Specified by:
getContent
in interfaceParent
- Returns:
- a
List
containing the mixed content of the element: may containText
,
,Element
,Comment
,ProcessingInstruction
, andCDATA
objects.EntityRef
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getContent
Return a filter view of thisElement
's content.Sequential traversal through the List is best done with a Iterator since the underlying implement of List.size() may require walking the entire list.
- Specified by:
getContent
in interfaceParent
- Parameters:
filter
-Filter
to apply- Returns:
List
- filtered Element content
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removeContent
Removes all child content from this parent.- Specified by:
removeContent
in interfaceParent
- Returns:
- list of the old children detached from this parent
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removeContent
Remove all child content from this parent matching the supplied filter.- Specified by:
removeContent
in interfaceParent
- Parameters:
filter
- filter to select which content to remove- Returns:
- list of the old children detached from this parent
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setContent
This sets the content of the element. The supplied List should contain only objects of typeElement
,Text
,CDATA
,Comment
,ProcessingInstruction
, andEntityRef
.When all objects in the supplied List are legal and before the new content is added, all objects in the old content will have their parentage set to null (no parent) and the old content list will be cleared. This has the effect that any active list (previously obtained with a call to
getContent()
orgetChildren()
) will also change to reflect the new content. In addition, all objects in the supplied List will have their parentage set to this element, but the List itself will not be "live" and further removals and additions will have no effect on this elements content. If the user wants to continue working with a "live" list, then a call to setContent should be followed by a call togetContent()
orgetChildren()
to obtain a "live" version of the content.Passing a null or empty List clears the existing content.
In event of an exception the original content will be unchanged and the objects in the supplied content will be unaltered.
- Parameters:
newContent
-Collection
of content to set- Returns:
- this element modified
- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if the List contains objects of illegal types or with existing parentage.
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setContent
Replace the current child the given index with the supplied child.In event of an exception the original content will be unchanged and the supplied child will be unaltered.
- Parameters:
index
- - index of child to replace.child
- - child to add.- Returns:
- element on which this method was invoked
- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if the supplied child is already attached or not legal content for this parent.IndexOutOfBoundsException
- if index is negative or greater than the current number of children.
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setContent
Replace the child at the given index whith the supplied collection.In event of an exception the original content will be unchanged and the content in the supplied collection will be unaltered.
- Parameters:
index
- - index of child to replace.newContent
- -Collection
of content to replace child.- Returns:
- object on which this method was invoked
- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if the collection contains objects of illegal types.IndexOutOfBoundsException
- if index is negative or greater than the current number of children.
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addContent
This adds text content to this element. It does not replace the existing content as doessetText()
.- Parameters:
str
-String
to add- Returns:
- this element modified
- Throws:
IllegalDataException
- ifstr
contains an illegal character such as a vertical tab (as determined byVerifier.checkCharacterData(java.lang.String)
)
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addContent
Appends the child to the end of the element's content list.- Parameters:
child
- child to append to end of content list- Returns:
- the element on which the method was called
- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if the given child already has a parent.
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addContent
Appends all children in the given collection to the end of the content list. In event of an exception during add the original content will be unchanged and the objects in the supplied collection will be unaltered.- Parameters:
newContent
-Collection
of content to append- Returns:
- the element on which the method was called
- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if any item in the collection already has a parent or is of an inappropriate type.
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addContent
Inserts the child into the content list at the given index.- Parameters:
index
- location for adding the collectionchild
- child to insert- Returns:
- the parent on which the method was called
- Throws:
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- if index is negative or beyond the current number of childrenIllegalAddException
- if the given child already has a parent.
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addContent
Inserts the content in a collection into the content list at the given index. In event of an exception the original content will be unchanged and the objects in the supplied collection will be unaltered.- Parameters:
index
- location for adding the collectionnewContent
-Collection
of content to insert- Returns:
- the parent on which the method was called
- Throws:
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- if index is negative or beyond the current number of childrenIllegalAddException
- if any item in the collection already has a parent or is of an inappropriate type.
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cloneContent
Description copied from interface:Parent
Returns a list containing detached clones of this parent's content list.- Specified by:
cloneContent
in interfaceParent
- Returns:
- list of cloned child content
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getContent
Description copied from interface:Parent
Returns the child at the given index.- Specified by:
getContent
in interfaceParent
- Parameters:
index
- location of desired child- Returns:
- child at the given index
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removeContent
Description copied from interface:Parent
Removes a single child node from the content list.- Specified by:
removeContent
in interfaceParent
- Parameters:
child
- child to remove- Returns:
- whether the removal occurred
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removeContent
Description copied from interface:Parent
Removes and returns the child at the given index, or returns null if there's no such child.- Specified by:
removeContent
in interfaceParent
- Parameters:
index
- index of child to remove- Returns:
- detached child at given index or null if no
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setContent
Set this element's content to be the supplied child.If the supplied child is legal content for this parent and before it is added, all content in the current content list will be cleared and all current children will have their parentage set to null.
This has the effect that any active list (previously obtained with a call to one of the
getContent()
methods will also change to reflect the new content. In addition, all content in the supplied collection will have their parentage set to this parent. If the user wants to continue working with a "live" list of this parent's child, then a call to setContent should be followed by a call to one of thegetContent()
methods to obtain a "live" version of the children.Passing a null child clears the existing content.
In event of an exception the original content will be unchanged and the supplied child will be unaltered.
- Parameters:
child
- new content to replace existing content- Returns:
- the parent on which the method was called
- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if the supplied child is already attached or not legal content for an Element
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isAncestor
Determines if this element is the ancestor of another element.- Parameters:
element
-Element
to check against- Returns:
true
if this element is the ancestor of the supplied element
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getAttributes
This returns the complete set of attributes for this element, as a
List
ofAttribute
objects in no particular order, or an empty list if there are none. The returned list is "live" and changes to it affect the element's actual attributes.- Returns:
- attributes for the element
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getAttribute
This returns the attribute for this element with the given name and within no namespace, or null if no such attribute exists.
- Parameters:
name
- name of the attribute to return- Returns:
- attribute for the element
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getAttribute
This returns the attribute for this element with the given name and within the given Namespace, or null if no such attribute exists.
- Parameters:
name
- name of the attribute to returnns
-Namespace
to search within- Returns:
- attribute for the element
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getAttributeValue
This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and within no namespace, null if there is no such attribute, and the empty string if the attribute value is empty.
- Parameters:
name
- name of the attribute whose value to be returned- Returns:
- the named attribute's value, or null if no such attribute
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getAttributeValue
This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and within no namespace, or the passed-in default if there is no such attribute.
- Parameters:
name
- name of the attribute whose value to be returneddef
- a default value to return if the attribute does not exist- Returns:
- the named attribute's value, or the default if no such attribute
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getAttributeValue
This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and within the given Namespace, null if there is no such attribute, and the empty string if the attribute value is empty.
- Parameters:
name
- name of the attribute whose valud is to be returnedns
-Namespace
to search within- Returns:
- the named attribute's value, or null if no such attribute
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getAttributeValue
This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and within the given Namespace, or the passed-in default if there is no such attribute.
- Parameters:
name
- name of the attribute whose valud is to be returnedns
-Namespace
to search withindef
- a default value to return if the attribute does not exist- Returns:
- the named attribute's value, or the default if no such attribute
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setAttributes
This sets the attributes of the element. The supplied Collection should contain only objects of type
Attribute
.When all objects in the supplied List are legal and before the new attributes are added, all old attributes will have their parentage set to null (no parent) and the old attribute list will be cleared. This has the effect that any active attribute list (previously obtained with a call to
getAttributes()
) will also change to reflect the new attributes. In addition, all attributes in the supplied List will have their parentage set to this element, but the List itself will not be "live" and further removals and additions will have no effect on this elements attributes. If the user wants to continue working with a "live" attribute list, then a call to setAttributes should be followed by a call togetAttributes()
to obtain a "live" version of the attributes.Passing a null or empty List clears the existing attributes.
In cases where the List contains duplicate attributes, only the last one will be retained. This has the same effect as calling
setAttribute(Attribute)
sequentially.In event of an exception the original attributes will be unchanged and the attributes in the supplied attributes will be unaltered.
- Parameters:
newAttributes
-Collection
of attributes to set- Returns:
- this element modified
- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if the List contains objects that are not instances ofAttribute
, or if any of theAttribute
objects have conflicting namespace prefixes.
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setAttributes
This sets the attributes of the element. It's an alternate form of the method, accepting a
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setAttribute
This sets an attribute value for this element. Any existing attribute with the same name and namespace URI is removed.
- Parameters:
name
- name of the attribute to setvalue
- value of the attribute to set- Returns:
- this element modified
- Throws:
IllegalNameException
- if the given name is illegal as an attribute name.IllegalDataException
- if the given attribute value is illegal character data (as determined byVerifier.checkCharacterData(java.lang.String)
).
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setAttribute
This sets an attribute value for this element. Any existing attribute with the same name and namespace URI is removed.
- Parameters:
name
- name of the attribute to setvalue
- value of the attribute to setns
- namespace of the attribute to set- Returns:
- this element modified
- Throws:
IllegalNameException
- if the given name is illegal as an attribute name, or if the namespace is an unprefixed default namespaceIllegalDataException
- if the given attribute value is illegal character data (as determined byVerifier.checkCharacterData(java.lang.String)
).IllegalAddException
- if the attribute namespace prefix collides with another namespace prefix on the element.
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setAttribute
This sets an attribute value for this element. Any existing attribute with the same name and namespace URI is removed.
- Parameters:
attribute
-Attribute
to set- Returns:
- this element modified
- Throws:
IllegalAddException
- if the attribute being added already has a parent or if the attribute namespace prefix collides with another namespace prefix on the element.
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removeAttribute
This removes the attribute with the given name and within no namespace. If no such attribute exists, this method does nothing.
- Parameters:
name
- name of attribute to remove- Returns:
- whether the attribute was removed
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removeAttribute
This removes the attribute with the given name and within the given Namespace. If no such attribute exists, this method does nothing.
- Parameters:
name
- name of attribute to removens
- namespace URI of attribute to remove- Returns:
- whether the attribute was removed
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removeAttribute
This removes the supplied Attribute should it exist.
- Parameters:
attribute
- Reference to the attribute to be removed.- Returns:
- whether the attribute was removed
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toString
This returns a
String
representation of theElement
, suitable for debugging. If the XML representation of theElement
is desired,XMLOutputter.outputString(Element)
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clone
This returns a deep clone of this element. The new element is detached from its parent, and getParent() on the clone will return null.
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getDescendants
Returns an iterator that walks over all descendants in document order.- Specified by:
getDescendants
in interfaceParent
- Returns:
- an iterator to walk descendants
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getDescendants
Returns an iterator that walks over all descendants in document order applying the Filter to return only elements that match the filter rule. With filters you can match only Elements, only Comments, Elements or Comments, only Elements with a given name and/or prefix, and so on.- Specified by:
getDescendants
in interfaceParent
- Parameters:
filter
- filter to select which descendants to see- Returns:
- an iterator to walk descendants within a filter
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getChildren
This returns aList
of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element, asElement
objects. If this target element has no nested elements, an empty List is returned. The returned list is "live" in document order and changes to it affect the element's actual contents.Sequential traversal through the List is best done with a Iterator since the underlying implement of List.size() may not be the most efficient.
No recursion is performed, so elements nested two levels deep would have to be obtained with:
Iterator itr = (currentElement.getChildren()).iterator(); while(itr.hasNext()) { Element oneLevelDeep = (Element)itr.next(); List twoLevelsDeep = oneLevelDeep.getChildren(); // Do something with these children }
- Returns:
- list of child
Element
objects for this element
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getChildren
This returns aList
of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace, returned asElement
objects. If this target element has no nested elements with the given name outside a namespace, an empty List is returned. The returned list is "live" in document order and changes to it affect the element's actual contents.Please see the notes for
for a code example.getChildren()
- Parameters:
name
- local name for the children to match- Returns:
- all matching child elements
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getChildren
This returns aList
of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element with the given local name and belonging to the given Namespace, returned asElement
objects. If this target element has no nested elements with the given name in the given Namespace, an empty List is returned. The returned list is "live" in document order and changes to it affect the element's actual contents.Please see the notes for
for a code example.getChildren()
- Parameters:
name
- local name for the children to matchns
-Namespace
to search within- Returns:
- all matching child elements
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getChild
This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace. If no elements exist for the specified name and namespace, null is returned.- Parameters:
name
- local name of child element to matchns
-Namespace
to search within- Returns:
- the first matching child element, or null if not found
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getChild
This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace. If no elements exist for the specified name and namespace, null is returned.- Parameters:
name
- local name of child element to match- Returns:
- the first matching child element, or null if not found
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removeChild
This removes the first child element (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to no namespace. Returns true if a child was removed.
- Parameters:
name
- the name of child elements to remove- Returns:
- whether deletion occurred
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removeChild
This removes the first child element (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace. Returns true if a child was removed.
- Parameters:
name
- the name of child element to removens
-Namespace
to search within- Returns:
- whether deletion occurred
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removeChildren
This removes all child elements (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to no namespace. Returns true if any were removed.
- Parameters:
name
- the name of child elements to remove- Returns:
- whether deletion occurred
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removeChildren
This removes all child elements (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace. Returns true if any were removed.
- Parameters:
name
- the name of child elements to removens
-Namespace
to search within- Returns:
- whether deletion occurred
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