Interface Content

    • A generic XML node is represented by this class.

    • It has implementing classes for various XML node types like Cdata, Comment, DocType, Element, EntityRef, ProcessingInstruction, and Text.

    • Methods allow casting the node to specific types, detaching it from its parent, getting the parent element, determining its type, and retrieving its text value.
    Content

    A representation of a generic XML node.

    Implementing classes

    Name Brief description
    Cdata A representation of an XML CDATASection node.
    Comment A representation of an XML Comment node.
    Doc Type A representation of an XML Document Type node.
    Element A representation of an XML Element node.
    Entity Ref A representation of an XML Entity Reference node.
    Processing Instruction A representation of an XML Processing Instruction node.
    Text A representation of an XML Text node.

    Methods

    Method Return type Brief description
    as Cdata()
    		Cdata |null Casts the node as a CDATASection node for the purposes of autocomplete.
    as Comment()
    		Comment |null Casts the node as a Comment node for the purposes of autocomplete.
    as Doc Type()
    		Doc Type |null Casts the node as a Document Type node for the purposes of autocomplete.
    as Element()
    		Element |null Casts the node as an Element node for the purposes of autocomplete.
    as Entity Ref()
    		Entity Ref |null Casts the node as a Entity Reference node for the purposes of autocomplete.
    as Processing Instruction()
    		Processing Instruction |null Casts the node as a Processing Instruction node for the purposes of autocomplete.
    as Text()
    		Text |null Casts the node as a Text node for the purposes of autocomplete.
    detach()
    		Content |null Detaches the node from its parent Element node.
    get Parent Element()
    		Element |null Gets the node's parent Element node.
    get Type()
    		Content Type Gets the node's content type.
    get Value()
    		String Gets the text value of all nodes that are direct or indirect children of the node, in the order they appear in the document.

    Detailed documentation

    asCdata()

    Casts the node as a CDATASection node for the purposes of autocomplete. If the node's ContentType is not already CDATA , this method returns null .

    Return

    Cdata |null — The CDATASection node.

    asComment()

    Casts the node as a Comment node for the purposes of autocomplete. If the node's ContentType is not already COMMENT , this method returns null .

    Return

    Comment |null — The Comment node, or null if the node's content type is not COMMENT .

    asDocType()

    Casts the node as a DocumentType node for the purposes of autocomplete. If the node's ContentType is not already DOCTYPE , this method returns null .

    Return

    DocType |null — The DocumentType node.

    asElement()

    Casts the node as an Element node for the purposes of autocomplete. If the node's ContentType is not already ELEMENT , this method returns null .

    Return

    Element |null — The Element node.

    asEntityRef()

    Casts the node as a EntityReference node for the purposes of autocomplete. If the node's ContentType is not already ENTITYREF , this method returns null .

    Return

    EntityRef |null — The EntityReference node.

    asProcessingInstruction()

    Casts the node as a ProcessingInstruction node for the purposes of autocomplete. If the node's ContentType is not already PROCESSINGINSTRUCTION , this method returns null .

    Return

    ProcessingInstruction |null — The ProcessingInstruction node.

    asText()

    Casts the node as a Text node for the purposes of autocomplete. If the node's ContentType is not already TEXT , this method returns null .

    Return

    Text |null — The Text node.

    detach()

    Detaches the node from its parent Element node. If the node does not have a parent, this method has no effect.

    Return

    Content |null — The detached node.

    getParentElement()

    Gets the node's parent Element node. If the node does not have a parent, this method returns null .

    Return

    Element |null — The parent Element node.

    getType()

    Gets the node's content type.

    Return

    ContentType — The node's content type.

    getValue()

    Gets the text value of all nodes that are direct or indirect children of the node, in the order they appear in the document.

    Return

    String — The text value of all nodes that are direct or indirect children of the node.
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