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Class Element  view Element download Element.java

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.jdom.Content
      extended byorg.jdom.Element
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Cloneable, Parent, java.io.Serializable
public class Element
extends Content
implements Parent

An XML element. Methods allow the user to get and manipulate its child elements and content, directly access the element's textual content, manipulate its attributes, and manage namespaces.

Version:
$Revision: 1.152 $, $Date: 2004/09/03 06:35:39 $

Field Summary
protected  java.util.List additionalNamespaces
          Additional namespace declarations to store on this element; useful during output
(package private)  AttributeList attributes
          The attributes of the element.
(package private)  ContentList content
          The content of the element.
private static java.lang.String CVS_ID
           
private static int INITIAL_ARRAY_SIZE
           
protected  java.lang.String name
          The local name of the element
protected  Namespace namespace
          The namespace of the element
 
Fields inherited from class org.jdom.Content
parent
 
Constructor Summary
protected Element()
          This protected constructor is provided in order to support an Element subclass that wants full control over variable initialization.
  Element(java.lang.String name)
          Create a new element with the supplied (local) name and no namespace.
  Element(java.lang.String name, Namespace namespace)
          Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and namespace.
  Element(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String uri)
          Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and a namespace given by a URI.
  Element(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String uri)
          Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and a namespace given by the supplied prefix and URI combination.
 
Method Summary
 Element addContent(java.util.Collection collection)
          Appends all children in the given collection to the end of the content list.
 Element addContent(Content child)
          Appends the child to the end of the element's content list.
 Element addContent(int index, java.util.Collection c)
          Inserts the content in a collection into the content list at the given index.
 Element addContent(int index, Content child)
          Inserts the child into the content list at the given index.
 Element addContent(java.lang.String str)
          This adds text content to this element.
 void addNamespaceDeclaration(Namespace additional)
          Adds a namespace declarations to this element.
 java.lang.Object clone()
           This returns a deep clone of this element.
 java.util.List cloneContent()
          Returns a list containing detached clones of this parent's content list.
 java.util.List getAdditionalNamespaces()
          Returns a list of the additional namespace declarations on this element.
 Attribute getAttribute(java.lang.String name)
           This returns the attribute for this element with the given name and within no namespace, or null if no such attribute exists.
 Attribute getAttribute(java.lang.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.
 java.util.List getAttributes()
           This returns the complete set of attributes for this element, as a List of Attribute objects in no particular order, or an empty list if there are none.
 java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.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.
 java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.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.
 java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns, java.lang.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.
 java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String name, java.lang.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.
 Element getChild(java.lang.String name)
          This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace.
 Element getChild(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns)
          This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace.
 java.util.List getChildren()
          This returns a List of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element, as Element objects.
 java.util.List getChildren(java.lang.String name)
          This returns a List of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace, returned as Element objects.
 java.util.List getChildren(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns)
          This returns a List 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 as Element objects.
 java.lang.String getChildText(java.lang.String name)
          Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.
 java.lang.String getChildText(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns)
          Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.
 java.lang.String getChildTextNormalize(java.lang.String name)
          Returns the normalized textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.
 java.lang.String getChildTextNormalize(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns)
          Returns the normalized textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.
 java.lang.String getChildTextTrim(java.lang.String name)
          Returns the trimmed textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.
 java.lang.String getChildTextTrim(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns)
          Returns the trimmed textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.
 java.util.List getContent()
          This returns the full content of the element as a List which may contain objects of type Text, Element, Comment, ProcessingInstruction, CDATA, and EntityRef.
 java.util.List getContent(org.jdom.filter.Filter filter)
          Return a filter view of this Element's content.
 Content getContent(int index)
          Returns the child at the given index.
 int getContentSize()
          Returns the number of children in this parent's content list.
 java.util.Iterator getDescendants()
          Returns an iterator that walks over all descendants in document order.
 java.util.Iterator getDescendants(org.jdom.filter.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.
 java.lang.String getName()
          Returns the (local) name of the element (without any namespace prefix).
 Namespace getNamespace()
          Returns the element's Namespace.
 Namespace getNamespace(java.lang.String prefix)
          Returns the Namespace corresponding to the given prefix in scope for this element.
 java.lang.String getNamespacePrefix()
          Returns the namespace prefix of the element or an empty string if none exists.
 java.lang.String getNamespaceURI()
          Returns the namespace URI mapped to this element's prefix (or the in-scope default namespace URI if no prefix).
 java.lang.String getQualifiedName()
          Returns the full name of the element, in the form [namespacePrefix]:[localName].
 java.lang.String getText()
          Returns the textual content directly held under this element as a string.
 java.lang.String getTextNormalize()
          Returns the textual content of this element with all surrounding whitespace removed and internal whitespace normalized to a single space.
 java.lang.String getTextTrim()
          Returns the textual content of this element with all surrounding whitespace removed.
 java.lang.String 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 indexOf(Content child)
          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 isRootElement()
          Returns whether this element is a root element.
private  void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)
           
 boolean removeAttribute(Attribute attribute)
           This removes the supplied Attribute should it exist.
 boolean removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)
           This removes the attribute with the given name and within no namespace.
 boolean removeAttribute(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns)
           This removes the attribute with the given name and within the given Namespace.
 boolean removeChild(java.lang.String name)
           This removes the first child element (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to no namespace.
 boolean removeChild(java.lang.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(java.lang.String name)
           This removes all child elements (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to no namespace.
 boolean removeChildren(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns)
           This removes all child elements (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace.
 java.util.List removeContent()
          Removes all child content from this parent.
 boolean removeContent(Content child)
          Removes a single child node from the content list.
 java.util.List removeContent(org.jdom.filter.Filter filter)
          Remove all child content from this parent matching the supplied filter.
 Content removeContent(int index)
          Removes and returns the child at the given index, or returns null if there's no such child.
 void removeNamespaceDeclaration(Namespace additionalNamespace)
          Removes an additional namespace declarations from this element.
 Element setAttribute(Attribute attribute)
           This sets an attribute value for this element.
 Element setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
           This sets an attribute value for this element.
 Element setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value, Namespace ns)
           This sets an attribute value for this element.
 Element setAttributes(java.util.List newAttributes)
           This sets the attributes of the element.
 Element setContent(java.util.Collection newContent)
          This sets the content of the element.
 Element setContent(Content child)
          Set this element's content to be the supplied child.
 Parent setContent(int index, java.util.Collection collection)
          Replace the child at the given index whith the supplied collection.
 Element setContent(int index, Content child)
          Replace the current child the given index with the supplied child.
 Element setName(java.lang.String name)
          Sets the (local) name of the element.
 Element setNamespace(Namespace namespace)
          Sets the element's Namespace.
 Element setText(java.lang.String text)
          Sets the content of the element to be the text given.
 java.lang.String toString()
           This returns a String representation of the Element, suitable for debugging.
private  void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)
           
 
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
 

Field Detail

CVS_ID

private static final java.lang.String CVS_ID
See Also:
Constant Field Values

INITIAL_ARRAY_SIZE

private static final int INITIAL_ARRAY_SIZE
See Also:
Constant Field Values

name

protected java.lang.String name
The local name of the element

namespace

protected transient Namespace namespace
The namespace of the element

additionalNamespaces

protected transient java.util.List additionalNamespaces
Additional namespace declarations to store on this element; useful during output

attributes

AttributeList attributes
The attributes of the element. Subclassers have to track attributes using their own mechanism.

content

ContentList content
The content of the element. Subclassers have to track content using their own mechanism.

Constructor Detail

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.

Element

public Element(java.lang.String name,
               Namespace namespace)
Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and namespace. If the provided namespace is null, the element will have no namespace.

Element

public Element(java.lang.String name)
Create a new element with the supplied (local) name and no namespace.

Element

public Element(java.lang.String name,
               java.lang.String uri)
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.

Element

public Element(java.lang.String name,
               java.lang.String prefix,
               java.lang.String uri)
Creates a new element with the supplied (local) name and a namespace given by the supplied prefix and URI combination.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
Returns the (local) name of the element (without any namespace prefix).

setName

public Element setName(java.lang.String name)
Sets the (local) name of the element.

getNamespace

public Namespace getNamespace()
Returns the element's Namespace.

setNamespace

public Element setNamespace(Namespace namespace)
Sets the element's Namespace. If the provided namespace is null, the element will have no namespace.

getNamespacePrefix

public java.lang.String getNamespacePrefix()
Returns the namespace prefix of the element or an empty string if none exists.

getNamespaceURI

public java.lang.String 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.

getNamespace

public Namespace getNamespace(java.lang.String prefix)
Returns the Namespace 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.

getQualifiedName

public java.lang.String 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.

addNamespaceDeclaration

public void addNamespaceDeclaration(Namespace additional)
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.

removeNamespaceDeclaration

public void removeNamespaceDeclaration(Namespace additionalNamespace)
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.

getAdditionalNamespaces

public java.util.List 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 through getNamespace() 55 . If there are no additional declarations, this returns an empty list. Note, the returned list is unmodifiable.

getValue

public java.lang.String 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.)

Specified by:
getValue in class Content

isRootElement

public boolean isRootElement()
Returns whether this element is a root element. This can be used in tandem with Content.getParent() 55 to determine if an element has any "attachments" to a parent element or document.

getContentSize

public int getContentSize()
Description copied from interface: Parent
Returns the number of children in this parent's content list. Children may be any Content type.

Specified by:
getContentSize in interface Parent

indexOf

public int indexOf(Content child)
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.

Specified by:
indexOf in interface Parent

getText

public java.lang.String 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 all Text and CDATA nodes returned by getContent() 55 . The call does not recurse into child elements. If no textual value exists for the element, an empty string is returned.

getTextTrim

public java.lang.String 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.

getTextNormalize

public java.lang.String 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.

getChildText

public java.lang.String getChildText(java.lang.String name)
Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child. This method is a convenience because calling getChild().getText() can throw a NullPointerException.

getChildTextTrim

public java.lang.String getChildTextTrim(java.lang.String name)
Returns the trimmed textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child. See getTextTrim() 55 for details of text trimming.

getChildTextNormalize

public java.lang.String getChildTextNormalize(java.lang.String name)
Returns the normalized textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child. See getTextNormalize() 55 for details of text normalizing.

getChildText

public java.lang.String getChildText(java.lang.String name,
                                     Namespace ns)
Returns the textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.

getChildTextTrim

public java.lang.String getChildTextTrim(java.lang.String name,
                                         Namespace ns)
Returns the trimmed textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.

getChildTextNormalize

public java.lang.String getChildTextNormalize(java.lang.String name,
                                              Namespace ns)
Returns the normalized textual content of the named child element, or null if there's no such child.

setText

public Element setText(java.lang.String text)
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 setContent(java.util.Collection) 55 instead. Setting a null text value is equivalent to setting an empty string value.

getContent

public java.util.List getContent()
This returns the full content of the element as a List which may contain objects of type Text, Element, Comment, ProcessingInstruction, CDATA, and EntityRef. 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 interface Parent

getContent

public java.util.List getContent(org.jdom.filter.Filter filter)
Return a filter view of this Element'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 interface Parent

removeContent

public java.util.List removeContent()
Removes all child content from this parent.

Specified by:
removeContent in interface Parent

removeContent

public java.util.List removeContent(org.jdom.filter.Filter filter)
Remove all child content from this parent matching the supplied filter.

Specified by:
removeContent in interface Parent

setContent

public Element setContent(java.util.Collection newContent)
This sets the content of the element. The supplied List should contain only objects of type Element, Text, CDATA, Comment, ProcessingInstruction, and EntityRef.

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() 55 or getChildren() 55 ) 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 to getContent() 55 or getChildren() 55 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.

setContent

public Element setContent(int index,
                          Content child)
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.

setContent

public Parent setContent(int index,
                         java.util.Collection collection)
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.

addContent

public Element addContent(java.lang.String str)
This adds text content to this element. It does not replace the existing content as does setText().

addContent

public Element addContent(Content child)
Appends the child to the end of the element's content list.

addContent

public Element addContent(java.util.Collection collection)
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.

addContent

public Element addContent(int index,
                          Content child)
Inserts the child into the content list at the given index.

addContent

public Element addContent(int index,
                          java.util.Collection c)
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.

cloneContent

public java.util.List cloneContent()
Description copied from interface: Parent
Returns a list containing detached clones of this parent's content list.

Specified by:
cloneContent in interface Parent

getContent

public Content getContent(int index)
Description copied from interface: Parent
Returns the child at the given index.

Specified by:
getContent in interface Parent

removeContent

public boolean removeContent(Content child)
Description copied from interface: Parent
Removes a single child node from the content list.

Specified by:
removeContent in interface Parent

removeContent

public Content removeContent(int index)
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 interface Parent

setContent

public Element setContent(Content child)
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() 55 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 the getContent() 55 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.

isAncestor

public boolean isAncestor(Element element)
Determines if this element is the ancestor of another element.

getAttributes

public java.util.List getAttributes()

This returns the complete set of attributes for this element, as a List of Attribute 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.

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute(java.lang.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

public Attribute getAttribute(java.lang.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.

getAttributeValue

public java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.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

public java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String name,
                                          java.lang.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

public java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.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

public java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String name,
                                          Namespace ns,
                                          java.lang.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.

setAttributes

public Element setAttributes(java.util.List newAttributes)

This sets the attributes of the element. The supplied List 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() 55 ) 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 to getAttributes() 55 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) 55 sequentially.

In event of an exception the original attributes will be unchanged and the attributes in the supplied attributes will be unaltered.

setAttribute

public Element setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String value)

This sets an attribute value for this element. Any existing attribute with the same name and namespace URI is removed.

setAttribute

public Element setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String value,
                            Namespace ns)

This sets an attribute value for this element. Any existing attribute with the same name and namespace URI is removed.

setAttribute

public Element setAttribute(Attribute attribute)

This sets an attribute value for this element. Any existing attribute with the same name and namespace URI is removed.

removeAttribute

public boolean removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)

This removes the attribute with the given name and within no namespace. If no such attribute exists, this method does nothing.

removeAttribute

public boolean removeAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                               Namespace ns)

This removes the attribute with the given name and within the given Namespace. If no such attribute exists, this method does nothing.

removeAttribute

public boolean removeAttribute(Attribute attribute)

This removes the supplied Attribute should it exist.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

This returns a String representation of the Element, suitable for debugging. If the XML representation of the Element is desired, org.jdom.output.XMLOutputter#outputString(Element) should be used.

clone

public java.lang.Object 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.

Specified by:
clone in interface Parent
Overrides:
clone in class Content

writeObject

private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)
                  throws java.io.IOException

readObject

private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)
                 throws java.io.IOException,
                        java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

getDescendants

public java.util.Iterator getDescendants()
Returns an iterator that walks over all descendants in document order.

Specified by:
getDescendants in interface Parent

getDescendants

public java.util.Iterator getDescendants(org.jdom.filter.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. 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 interface Parent

getChildren

public java.util.List getChildren()
This returns a List of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element, as Element 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
   }

getChildren

public java.util.List getChildren(java.lang.String name)
This returns a List of all the child elements nested directly (one level deep) within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace, returned as Element 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 getChildren() 55 for a code example.

getChildren

public java.util.List getChildren(java.lang.String name,
                                  Namespace ns)
This returns a List 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 as Element 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 getChildren() 55 for a code example.

getChild

public Element getChild(java.lang.String name,
                        Namespace ns)
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.

getChild

public Element getChild(java.lang.String name)
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.

removeChild

public boolean removeChild(java.lang.String name)

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.

removeChild

public boolean removeChild(java.lang.String name,
                           Namespace ns)

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.

removeChildren

public boolean removeChildren(java.lang.String name)

This removes all child elements (one level deep) with the given local name and belonging to no namespace. Returns true if any were removed.

removeChildren

public boolean removeChildren(java.lang.String name,
                              Namespace ns)

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.

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