java.lang.Object
- org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
- - org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch
  - - org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement
    - - org.dom4j.tree.DefaultElement
      - org.dom4j.dom.DOMElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Branch, Element, Node, Element, Node
```
public class DOMElement
extends DefaultElement
implements Element
```
DOMElement implements an XML element which supports the W3C DOM API.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement
  USE_STRINGVALUE_SEPARATOR, VERBOSE_TOSTRING
- Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch
  DEFAULT_CONTENT_LIST_SIZE
- Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
  NODE_TYPE_NAMES
- Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
  ANY_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, MAX_NODE_TYPE, NAMESPACE_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE, UNKNOWN_NODE
- Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node
  ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`DOMElement(String name)`
`DOMElement(String name, Namespace namespace)`
`DOMElement(QName qname)`
`DOMElement(QName qname, int attributeCount)`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Node`	`appendChild(Node newChild)`
`protected Attribute`	`attribute(String namespaceURI, String localName)`
`protected Attribute`	`attribute(Attr attr)`
`Node`	`cloneNode(boolean deep)`
`short`	`compareDocumentPosition(Node other)`
`protected Attribute`	`createAttribute(Attr newAttr)`
`String`	`getAttribute(String name)`
`Attr`	`getAttributeNode(String name)`
`Attr`	`getAttributeNodeNS(String namespaceURI, String localName)`
`String`	`getAttributeNS(String namespaceURI, String localName)`
`NamedNodeMap`	`getAttributes()`
`String`	`getBaseURI()`
`NodeList`	`getChildNodes()`
`protected DocumentFactory`	`getDocumentFactory()`
`NodeList`	`getElementsByTagName(String name)`
`NodeList`	`getElementsByTagNameNS(String namespace, String lName)`
`Object`	`getFeature(String feature, String version)`
`Node`	`getFirstChild()`
`Node`	`getLastChild()`
`String`	`getLocalName()`
`String`	`getNamespaceURI()`	Returns the URI mapped to the namespace of this element if one exists otherwise an empty `String` is returned.
`Node`	`getNextSibling()`
`String`	`getNodeName()`
`String`	`getNodeValue()`
`Document`	`getOwnerDocument()`
`Node`	`getParentNode()`
`String`	`getPrefix()`
`Node`	`getPreviousSibling()`
`protected QName`	`getQName(String namespace, String qualifiedName)`
`TypeInfo`	`getSchemaTypeInfo()`
`String`	`getTagName()`
`String`	`getTextContent()`
`Object`	`getUserData(String key)`
`boolean`	`hasAttribute(String name)`
`boolean`	`hasAttributeNS(String namespaceURI, String localName)`
`boolean`	`hasAttributes()`
`boolean`	`hasChildNodes()`
`Node`	`insertBefore(Node newChild, Node refChild)`
`boolean`	`isDefaultNamespace(String namespaceURI)`
`boolean`	`isEqualNode(Node other)`
`boolean`	`isSameNode(Node other)`
`boolean`	`isSupported(String feature, String version)`
`String`	`lookupNamespaceURI(String prefix)`
`String`	`lookupPrefix(String namespaceURI)`
`void`	`removeAttribute(String name)`
`Attr`	`removeAttributeNode(Attr oldAttr)`
`void`	`removeAttributeNS(String namespaceURI, String localName)`
`Node`	`removeChild(Node oldChild)`
`Node`	`replaceChild(Node newChild, Node oldChild)`
`void`	`setAttribute(String name, String value)`
`Attr`	`setAttributeNode(Attr newAttr)`
`Attr`	`setAttributeNodeNS(Attr newAttr)`
`void`	`setAttributeNS(String namespaceURI, String qualifiedName, String value)`
`void`	`setIdAttribute(String name, boolean isId)`
`void`	`setIdAttributeNode(Attr idAttr, boolean isId)`
`void`	`setIdAttributeNS(String namespaceURI, String localName, boolean isId)`
`void`	`setNodeValue(String nodeValue)`
`void`	`setPrefix(String prefix)`
`void`	`setTextContent(String textContent)`
`Object`	`setUserData(String key, Object data, UserDataHandler handler)`
`boolean`	`supports(String feature, String version)`

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement
accept, add, add, add, add, add, add, add, add, addAttribute, addAttribute, addCDATA, addComment, addElement, addEntity, addNamespace, addNewNode, addNode, addNode, addProcessingInstruction, addProcessingInstruction, addText, appendAttributes, asXML, attributeValue, attributeValue, attributeValue, attributeValue, childAdded, childRemoved, createAttributeList, createAttributeList, createCopy, createCopy, createCopy, createElement, createElement, createSingleIterator, elementIterator, elementIterator, elementIterator, elementIterator, elements, elements, elements, elements, elementText, elementText, elementTextTrim, elementTextTrim, ensureAttributesCapacity, getData, getName, getNamespace, getNamespacePrefix, getNamespacesForURI, getNodeType, getPath, getQName, getQualifiedName, getUniquePath, getXPathNameStep, getXPathResult, hasMixedContent, isRootElement, isTextOnly, normalize, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, setAttributes, setAttributeValue, setAttributeValue, setData, setName, setNamespace, setText, toString, write

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch
addElement, addElement, addElement, appendContent, content, contentRemoved, createContentList, createContentList, createEmptyList, createResultList, createSingleResultList, elementByID, elementID, getContentAsStringValue, getContentAsText, getTextTrim, hasContent, invalidNodeTypeAddException, isReadOnly, setProcessingInstructions

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
asXPathResult, createPattern, createXPath, createXPathFilter, createXPathResult, detach, getNodeTypeName, getPath, getUniquePath, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Branch
addElement, addElement, appendContent, content, elementByID, setProcessingInstructions

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Element
getTextTrim

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
asXPathResult, createXPath, detach, getNodeTypeName, getPath, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, valueOf

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node
getNodeType, normalize

Constructor Detail

DOMElement
```
public DOMElement(String name)
```

DOMElement
```
public DOMElement(QName qname)
```

DOMElement

public DOMElement(QName qname,
                  int attributeCount)

DOMElement

public DOMElement(String name,
                  Namespace namespace)

Method Detail

supports

public boolean supports(String feature,
                        String version)

getNamespaceURI
```
public String getNamespaceURI()
```
Description copied from interface: Element

Returns the URI mapped to the namespace of this element if one exists otherwise an empty String is returned.

Specified by:

getNamespaceURI in interface Element

Specified by:

getNamespaceURI in interface Node

Overrides:

getNamespaceURI in class AbstractElement

Returns:

the URI for the Namespace of this element or an empty String

getPrefix
```
public String getPrefix()
```
Specified by:

getPrefix in interface Node

setPrefix

public void setPrefix(String prefix)
               throws DOMException

Specified by:: setPrefix in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

getLocalName
```
public String getLocalName()
```
Specified by:

getLocalName in interface Node

getNodeName
```
public String getNodeName()
```
Specified by:

getNodeName in interface Node

getNodeValue

public String getNodeValue()
                    throws DOMException

Specified by:: getNodeValue in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

setNodeValue

public void setNodeValue(String nodeValue)
                  throws DOMException

Specified by:: setNodeValue in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

getParentNode
```
public Node getParentNode()
```
Specified by:

getParentNode in interface Node

getChildNodes
```
public NodeList getChildNodes()
```
Specified by:

getChildNodes in interface Node

getFirstChild
```
public Node getFirstChild()
```
Specified by:

getFirstChild in interface Node

getLastChild
```
public Node getLastChild()
```
Specified by:

getLastChild in interface Node

getPreviousSibling
```
public Node getPreviousSibling()
```
Specified by:

getPreviousSibling in interface Node

getNextSibling
```
public Node getNextSibling()
```
Specified by:

getNextSibling in interface Node

getAttributes
```
public NamedNodeMap getAttributes()
```
Specified by:

getAttributes in interface Node

getOwnerDocument
```
public Document getOwnerDocument()
```
Specified by:

getOwnerDocument in interface Node

insertBefore

public Node insertBefore(Node newChild,
                         Node refChild)
                  throws DOMException

Specified by:: insertBefore in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

replaceChild

public Node replaceChild(Node newChild,
                         Node oldChild)
                  throws DOMException

Specified by:: replaceChild in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

removeChild

public Node removeChild(Node oldChild)
                 throws DOMException

Specified by:: removeChild in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

appendChild

public Node appendChild(Node newChild)
                 throws DOMException

Specified by:: appendChild in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

hasChildNodes
```
public boolean hasChildNodes()
```
Specified by:

hasChildNodes in interface Node

cloneNode
```
public Node cloneNode(boolean deep)
```
Specified by:

cloneNode in interface Node

isSupported

public boolean isSupported(String feature,
                           String version)

Specified by:: isSupported in interface Node

hasAttributes
```
public boolean hasAttributes()
```
Specified by:

hasAttributes in interface Node

getTagName
```
public String getTagName()
```
Specified by:

getTagName in interface Element

getAttribute
```
public String getAttribute(String name)
```
Specified by:

getAttribute in interface Element

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(String name,
                         String value)
                  throws DOMException

Specified by:: setAttribute in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(String name)
                     throws DOMException

Specified by:: removeAttribute in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

getAttributeNode
```
public Attr getAttributeNode(String name)
```
Specified by:

getAttributeNode in interface Element

setAttributeNode

public Attr setAttributeNode(Attr newAttr)
                      throws DOMException

Specified by:: setAttributeNode in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

removeAttributeNode

public Attr removeAttributeNode(Attr oldAttr)
                         throws DOMException

Specified by:: removeAttributeNode in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

getAttributeNS

public String getAttributeNS(String namespaceURI,
                             String localName)

Specified by:: getAttributeNS in interface Element

setAttributeNS

public void setAttributeNS(String namespaceURI,
                           String qualifiedName,
                           String value)
                    throws DOMException

Specified by:: setAttributeNS in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

removeAttributeNS

public void removeAttributeNS(String namespaceURI,
                              String localName)
                       throws DOMException

Specified by:: removeAttributeNS in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

getAttributeNodeNS

public Attr getAttributeNodeNS(String namespaceURI,
                               String localName)

Specified by:: getAttributeNodeNS in interface Element

setAttributeNodeNS

public Attr setAttributeNodeNS(Attr newAttr)
                        throws DOMException

Specified by:: setAttributeNodeNS in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

getElementsByTagName
```
public NodeList getElementsByTagName(String name)
```
Specified by:

getElementsByTagName in interface Element

getElementsByTagNameNS

public NodeList getElementsByTagNameNS(String namespace,
                                       String lName)

Specified by:: getElementsByTagNameNS in interface Element

hasAttribute
```
public boolean hasAttribute(String name)
```
Specified by:

hasAttribute in interface Element

hasAttributeNS

public boolean hasAttributeNS(String namespaceURI,
                              String localName)

Specified by:: hasAttributeNS in interface Element

getDocumentFactory
```
protected DocumentFactory getDocumentFactory()
```
Overrides:

getDocumentFactory in class DefaultElement

attribute

protected Attribute attribute(Attr attr)

attribute

protected Attribute attribute(String namespaceURI,
                              String localName)

createAttribute

protected Attribute createAttribute(Attr newAttr)

getQName

protected QName getQName(String namespace,
                         String qualifiedName)

getSchemaTypeInfo
```
public TypeInfo getSchemaTypeInfo()
```
Specified by:

getSchemaTypeInfo in interface Element

setIdAttribute

public void setIdAttribute(String name,
                           boolean isId)
                    throws DOMException

Specified by:: setIdAttribute in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

setIdAttributeNS

public void setIdAttributeNS(String namespaceURI,
                             String localName,
                             boolean isId)
                      throws DOMException

Specified by:: setIdAttributeNS in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

setIdAttributeNode

public void setIdAttributeNode(Attr idAttr,
                               boolean isId)
                        throws DOMException

Specified by:: setIdAttributeNode in interface Element
Throws:: DOMException

getBaseURI
```
public String getBaseURI()
```
Specified by:

getBaseURI in interface Node

compareDocumentPosition

public short compareDocumentPosition(Node other)
                              throws DOMException

Specified by:: compareDocumentPosition in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

getTextContent

public String getTextContent()
                      throws DOMException

Specified by:: getTextContent in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

setTextContent

public void setTextContent(String textContent)
                    throws DOMException

Specified by:: setTextContent in interface Node
Throws:: DOMException

isSameNode
```
public boolean isSameNode(Node other)
```
Specified by:

isSameNode in interface Node

lookupPrefix

public String lookupPrefix(String namespaceURI)

Specified by:: lookupPrefix in interface Node

isDefaultNamespace
```
public boolean isDefaultNamespace(String namespaceURI)
```
Specified by:

isDefaultNamespace in interface Node

lookupNamespaceURI
```
public String lookupNamespaceURI(String prefix)
```
Specified by:

lookupNamespaceURI in interface Node

isEqualNode
```
public boolean isEqualNode(Node other)
```
Specified by:

isEqualNode in interface Node

getFeature

public Object getFeature(String feature,
                         String version)

Specified by:: getFeature in interface Node

setUserData

public Object setUserData(String key,
                          Object data,
                          UserDataHandler handler)

Specified by:: setUserData in interface Node

getUserData
```
public Object getUserData(String key)
```
Specified by:

getUserData in interface Node

Class DOMElement

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.DefaultElement

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Branch

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Element

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Constructor Detail

DOMElement

DOMElement

DOMElement

DOMElement

Method Detail

supports

getNamespaceURI

getPrefix

setPrefix

getLocalName

getNodeName

getNodeValue

setNodeValue

getParentNode

getChildNodes

getFirstChild

getLastChild

getPreviousSibling

getNextSibling

getAttributes

getOwnerDocument

insertBefore

replaceChild

removeChild

appendChild

hasChildNodes

cloneNode

isSupported

hasAttributes

getTagName

getAttribute

setAttribute

removeAttribute

getAttributeNode

setAttributeNode

removeAttributeNode

getAttributeNS

setAttributeNS

removeAttributeNS

getAttributeNodeNS

setAttributeNodeNS

getElementsByTagName

getElementsByTagNameNS

hasAttribute

hasAttributeNS

getDocumentFactory

attribute

attribute

createAttribute

getQName

getSchemaTypeInfo

setIdAttribute

setIdAttributeNS

setIdAttributeNode

getBaseURI

compareDocumentPosition

getTextContent

setTextContent

isSameNode

lookupPrefix

isDefaultNamespace