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org.apache.hivemind
Interface Element

All Superinterfaces:: Locatable

public interface Element
extends Locatable

Simplified read-only thread safe DOM. Currently, no support for namespaces, but that may come.

Method Summary

java.util.List getAttributes()
          Returns an unmodifiable list of Attribute for this element.

java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String attributeName)
          Returns the value for an attribute, or null if the attribute is not specified.

java.lang.String getContent()
          Returns the content of the element.

java.lang.String getElementName()
          Returns the name of the element, as in, the name of the tag for the element.

java.util.List getElements()
          Returns an unmodifiable list of Element directly contained by this element.

boolean isEmpty()
          Returns true if this element contains no other elements.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hivemind.Locatable

getLocation

Method Detail

getElementName

public java.lang.String getElementName()

Returns the name of the element, as in, the name of the tag for the element.

getAttributes

public java.util.List getAttributes()

Returns an unmodifiable list of Attribute for this element. May return an empty list, but won't return null. The attributes are in no specific order.

getAttributeValue

public java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String attributeName)

Returns the value for an attribute, or null if the attribute is not specified.

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Returns true if this element contains no other elements.

getElements

public java.util.List getElements()

Returns an unmodifiable list of Element directly contained by this element. May return an empty list, but won't return null. The elements are returned in the order in which they were encountered in the XML.

getContent

public java.lang.String getContent()

Returns the content of the element. This is a concatination of all the text directly enclosed by the element. Ignorable whitespace is ignored. The content is trimmed of leading and trailing whitespace.