java.lang.Object
- org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
- - org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch
  - - org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Branch, Element, Node

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseElement, DefaultElement
```
public abstract class AbstractElement
extends AbstractBranch
implements Element
```
AbstractElement is an abstract base class for tree implementors to use for implementation inheritence.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected static boolean USE_STRINGVALUE_SEPARATOR

protected static boolean 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

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractElement()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`accept(Visitor visitor)`	`accept` method is the `Visitor Pattern` method.
`void`	`add(Attribute attribute)`	Adds the given `Attribute` to this element.
`void`	`add(CDATA cdata)`	Adds the given `CDATA` to this element.
`void`	`add(Comment comment)`	Adds the given `Comment` to this branch.
`void`	`add(Element element)`	Adds the given `Element` to this branch.
`void`	`add(Entity entity)`	Adds the given `Entity` to this element.
`void`	`add(Namespace namespace)`	Adds the given `Namespace` to this element.
`void`	`add(Node node)`	Adds the given `Node` or throws `IllegalAddException` if the given node is not of a valid type.
`void`	`add(ProcessingInstruction pi)`	Adds the given `ProcessingInstruction` to this branch.
`void`	`add(Text text)`	Adds the given `Text` to this element.
`Element`	`addAttribute(String name, String value)`	Adds the attribute value of the given local name.
`Element`	`addAttribute(QName qName, String value)`	Adds the attribute value of the given fully qualified name.
`Element`	`addCDATA(String cdata)`	Adds a new `CDATA` node with the given text to this element.
`Element`	`addComment(String comment)`	Adds a new `Comment` node with the given text to this element.
`Element`	`addElement(String name)`	Adds a new `Element` node with the given name to this branch and returns a reference to the new node.
`Element`	`addEntity(String name, String text)`	Adds a new `Entity` node with the given name and text to this element and returns a reference to the new node.
`List<Namespace>`	`additionalNamespaces()`	Returns any additional namespaces declarations for this element other than namespace returned via the `Element.getNamespace()`method.
`List<Namespace>`	`additionalNamespaces(String defaultNamespaceURI)`
`Element`	`addNamespace(String prefix, String uri)`	Adds a namespace to this element for use by its child content
`protected void`	`addNewNode(int index, Node node)`
`protected void`	`addNewNode(Node node)`	Like addNode() but does not require a parent check
`protected void`	`addNode(int index, Node node)`
`protected void`	`addNode(Node node)`
`Element`	`addProcessingInstruction(String target, String data)`	Adds a processing instruction for the given target
`Element`	`addProcessingInstruction(String target, Map<String,String> data)`	Adds a processing instruction for the given target
`Element`	`addText(String text)`	Adds a new `Text` node with the given text to this element.
`void`	`appendAttributes(Element element)`	Appends the attributes of the given element to me.
`String`	`asXML()`	`asXML` returns the textual XML representation of this node.
`Attribute`	`attribute(int index)`	Returns the attribute at the specified indexGets the
`Attribute`	`attribute(String name)`	Returns the attribute with the given name
`Attribute`	`attribute(String name, Namespace namespace)`
`Attribute`	`attribute(QName qName)`	DOCUMENT ME!
`int`	`attributeCount()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`Iterator<Attribute>`	`attributeIterator()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`protected abstract List<Attribute>`	`attributeList()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`protected abstract List<Attribute>`	`attributeList(int attributeCount)`	DOCUMENT ME!
`List<Attribute>`	`attributes()`	Returns the `Attribute`instances this element contains as a backed `List`so that the attributes may be modified directly using the `List`interface.
`String`	`attributeValue(String name)`	This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and any namespace or null if there is no such attribute or the empty string if the attribute value is empty.
`String`	`attributeValue(String name, String defaultValue)`	This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and any namespace or the default value if there is no such attribute value.
`String`	`attributeValue(QName qName)`	This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given fully qualified name or null if there is no such attribute or the empty string if the attribute value is empty.
`String`	`attributeValue(QName qName, String defaultValue)`	This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given fully qualified name or the default value if there is no such attribute value.
`protected void`	`childAdded(Node node)`	Called when a new child node is added to create any parent relationships
`protected void`	`childRemoved(Node node)`	Called when a child node has been removed to allow any parent relationships to be deleted or events to be fired.
`protected List<Attribute>`	`createAttributeList()`	A Factory Method pattern which creates a List implementation used to store attributes
`protected List<Attribute>`	`createAttributeList(int size)`	A Factory Method pattern which creates a List implementation used to store attributes
`Element`	`createCopy()`	This returns a deep clone of this element.
`Element`	`createCopy(String name)`	Creates a deep copy of this element with the given local name The new element is detached from its parent, and getParent() on the clone will return null.
`Element`	`createCopy(QName qName)`	Creates a deep copy of this element with the given fully qualified name.
`protected Element`	`createElement(String name)`
`protected Element`	`createElement(QName qName)`
`protected <T> Iterator<T>`	`createSingleIterator(T result)`
`List<Namespace>`	`declaredNamespaces()`	Returns all the namespaces declared by this element.
`Element`	`element(String name)`	Returns the first element for the given local name and any namespace.
`Element`	`element(String name, Namespace namespace)`
`Element`	`element(QName qName)`	Returns the first element for the given fully qualified name.
`Iterator<Element>`	`elementIterator()`	Returns an iterator over all this elements child elements.
`Iterator<Element>`	`elementIterator(String name)`	Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this element which match the given local name and any namespace.
`Iterator<Element>`	`elementIterator(String name, Namespace ns)`
`Iterator<Element>`	`elementIterator(QName qName)`	Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this element which match the given fully qualified name.
`List<Element>`	`elements()`	Returns the elements contained in this element.
`List<Element>`	`elements(String name)`	Returns the elements contained in this element with the given local name and any namespace.
`List<Element>`	`elements(String name, Namespace namespace)`
`List<Element>`	`elements(QName qName)`	Returns the elements contained in this element with the given fully qualified name.
`String`	`elementText(String name)`
`String`	`elementText(QName qName)`
`String`	`elementTextTrim(String name)`
`String`	`elementTextTrim(QName qName)`
`void`	`ensureAttributesCapacity(int minCapacity)`	Ensures that the list of attributes has the given size
`Object`	`getData()`	Accesses the data of this element which may implement data typing bindings such as XML Schema or Java Bean bindings or will return the same value as `Element.getText()`
`protected DocumentFactory`	`getDocumentFactory()`
`String`	`getName()`	`getName` returns the name of this node.
`Namespace`	`getNamespace()`	Returns the `Namespace` of this element if one exists otherwise `Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE` is returned.
`Namespace`	`getNamespaceForPrefix(String prefix)`	Returns the `Namespace` which is mapped to the given prefix or null if it could not be found.
`Namespace`	`getNamespaceForURI(String uri)`	Returns the `Namespace` which is mapped to the given URI or null if it could not be found.
`String`	`getNamespacePrefix()`	Returns the namespace prefix of this element if one exists otherwise an empty `String` is returned.
`List<Namespace>`	`getNamespacesForURI(String uri)`	Returns the all namespaces which are mapped to the given URI or an empty list if no such namespaces could be found.
`String`	`getNamespaceURI()`	Returns the URI mapped to the namespace of this element if one exists otherwise an empty `String` is returned.
`short`	`getNodeType()`	Returns the code according to the type of node.
`String`	`getPath(Element context)`	Returns the relative XPath expression which will return a node set containing the given node such as a/b/@c.
`QName`	`getQName(String qualifiedName)`	Returns the `QName` for the given qualified name, using the namespace URI in scope for the given prefix of the qualified name or the default namespace if the qualified name has no prefix.
`String`	`getQualifiedName()`	Returns the fully qualified name of this element.
`String`	`getStringValue()`	Returns the XPath string-value of this node.
`String`	`getUniquePath(Element context)`	Returns the relative unique XPath expression from the given context which will return a nodeset of one node which is the current node.
`String`	`getXPathNameStep()`	Returns the XPath expression to match this Elements name which is getQualifiedName() if there is a namespace prefix defined or if no namespace is present then it is getName() or if a namespace is defined with no prefix then the expression is [name()='X'] where X = getName().
`Node`	`getXPathResult(int index)`	Returns a node at the given index suitable for an XPath result set.
`boolean`	`hasMixedContent()`	Returns true if this `Element` has mixed content.
`int`	`indexOf(Node node)`	Returns the index of the given node if it is a child node of this branch or -1 if the given node is not a child node.
`boolean`	`isRootElement()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`boolean`	`isTextOnly()`	Returns true if this `Element` has text only content.
`Node`	`node(int index)`	Returns the `Node` at the specified index position.
`int`	`nodeCount()`	Returns the number of `Node` instances that this branch contains.
`Iterator<Node>`	`nodeIterator()`	Returns an iterator through the content nodes of this branch
`void`	`normalize()`	Puts all `Text` nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree underneath this `Node`, including attribute nodes, into a "normal" form where only structure (e.g., elements, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates `Text` nodes, i.e., there are neither adjacent `Text` nodes nor empty `Text` nodes.
`ProcessingInstruction`	`processingInstruction(String target)`	DOCUMENT ME!
`List<ProcessingInstruction>`	`processingInstructions()`	Returns a list of all the processing instructions in this branch.
`List<ProcessingInstruction>`	`processingInstructions(String target)`	Returns a list of the processing instructions for the given target.
`boolean`	`remove(Attribute attribute)`	Removes the given `Attribute` from this element.
`boolean`	`remove(CDATA cdata)`	Removes the given `CDATA` if the node is an immediate child of this element.
`boolean`	`remove(Comment comment)`	Removes the given `Comment` if the node is an immediate child of this branch.
`boolean`	`remove(Element element)`	Removes the given `Element` if the node is an immediate child of this branch.
`boolean`	`remove(Entity entity)`	Removes the given `Entity` if the node is an immediate child of this element.
`boolean`	`remove(Namespace namespace)`	Removes the given `Namespace` if the node is an immediate child of this element.
`boolean`	`remove(Node node)`	Removes the given `Node` if the node is an immediate child of this branch.
`boolean`	`remove(ProcessingInstruction pi)`	Removes the given `ProcessingInstruction` if the node is an immediate child of this branch.
`boolean`	`remove(Text text)`	Removes the given `Text` if the node is an immediate child of this element.
`protected boolean`	`removeNode(Node node)`
`boolean`	`removeProcessingInstruction(String target)`	Removes the processing instruction for the given target if it exists
`void`	`setAttributes(Attributes attributes, NamespaceStack namespaceStack, boolean noNamespaceAttributes)`	This method provides a more optimal way of setting all the attributes on an Element particularly for use in `SAXReader`.
`void`	`setAttributeValue(String name, String value)`	Deprecated. As of version 0.5.
`void`	`setAttributeValue(QName qName, String value)`	Deprecated. As of version 0.5.
`void`	`setData(Object data)`	Sets the data value of this element if this element supports data binding or calls `Node.setText(java.lang.String)`if it doesn't
`void`	`setName(String name)`	Sets the text data of this node or this method will throw an `UnsupportedOperationException` if it is read-only.
`void`	`setNamespace(Namespace namespace)`
`void`	`setText(String text)`	Sets the text data of this node or this method will throw an `UnsupportedOperationException` if it is read-only.
`String`	`toString()`
`void`	`write(Writer out)`	`write` writes this node as the default XML notation for this node.

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

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
asXPathResult, clone, createPattern, createXPath, createXPathFilter, createXPathResult, detach, getDocument, getNodeTypeName, getParent, getPath, getUniquePath, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setParent, supportsParent, 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, clearContent, content, elementByID, setContent, setProcessingInstructions

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Element
getQName, getText, getTextTrim, setAttributes, setQName

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
asXPathResult, clone, createXPath, detach, getDocument, getNodeTypeName, getParent, getPath, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setParent, supportsParent, valueOf

- Field Detail
  - VERBOSE_TOSTRING
```
protected static final boolean VERBOSE_TOSTRING
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - USE_STRINGVALUE_SEPARATOR
```
protected static final boolean USE_STRINGVALUE_SEPARATOR
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractElement
```
public AbstractElement()
```
- Method Detail
  - getNodeType
```
public short getNodeType()
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    Returns the code according to the type of node. This makes processing nodes polymorphically much easier as the switch statement can be used instead of multiple if (instanceof) statements.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNodeType in interface Node
    
    Overrides:
    
    getNodeType in class AbstractNode
    
    Returns:
    
    a W3C DOM complient code for the node type such as ELEMENT_NODE or ATTRIBUTE_NODE
  - isRootElement
```
public boolean isRootElement()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    isRootElement in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this element is the root element of a document and this element supports the parent relationship else false.
  - setName
```
public void setName(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    Sets the text data of this node or this method will throw an UnsupportedOperationException if it is read-only.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setName in interface Node
    
    Overrides:
    
    setName in class AbstractNode
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - is the new name of this node
  - setNamespace
```
public void setNamespace(Namespace namespace)
```
  - getXPathNameStep
```
public String getXPathNameStep()
```
    Returns the XPath expression to match this Elements name which is getQualifiedName() if there is a namespace prefix defined or if no namespace is present then it is getName() or if a namespace is defined with no prefix then the expression is [name()='X'] where X = getName().
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - getPath
```
public String getPath(Element context)
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    Returns the relative XPath expression which will return a node set containing the given node such as a/b/@c. No indexing will be used to restrict the path if multiple elements with the same name occur on the path.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getPath in interface Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is the parent context from which the relative path should start. If the context is null or the context is not an ancestor of this node then the path will be absolute and start from the document and so begin with the '/' character.
    
    Returns:
    
    the XPath expression relative to the given context which will return a nodeset containing at least this node.
  - getUniquePath
```
public String getUniquePath(Element context)
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    Returns the relative unique XPath expression from the given context which will return a nodeset of one node which is the current node. This method will use the XPath index operator to restrict the path if multiple elements with the same name occur on the path.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getUniquePath in interface Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is the parent context from which the path should start. If the context is null or the context is not an ancestor of this node then the path will start from the document and so begin with the '/' character.
    
    Returns:
    
    the XPath expression relative to the given context which will return a nodeset containing just this node.
  - asXML
```
public String asXML()
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    asXML returns the textual XML representation of this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    asXML in interface Node
    
    Returns:
    
    the XML representation of this node
  - write
```
public void write(Writer out)
           throws IOException
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    write writes this node as the default XML notation for this node. If you wish to control the XML output (such as for pretty printing, changing the indentation policy etc.) then please use XMLWriter or its derivations.
    
    Specified by:
    
    write in interface Node
    
    Overrides:
    
    write in class AbstractNode
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - is the Writer to output the XML to
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - DOCUMENT ME!
  - accept
```
public void accept(Visitor visitor)
```
    accept method is the Visitor Pattern method.
    
    Specified by:
    
    accept in interface Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    visitor - Visitor is the visitor.
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
  - getNamespace
```
public Namespace getNamespace()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the Namespace of this element if one exists otherwise Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE is returned.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNamespace in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    the Namespace associated with this element
  - getName
```
public String getName()
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    getName returns the name of this node. This is the XML local name of the element, attribute, entity or processing instruction. For CDATA and Text nodes this method will return null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getName in interface Node
    
    Overrides:
    
    getName in class AbstractNode
    
    Returns:
    
    the XML name of this node
  - getNamespacePrefix
```
public String getNamespacePrefix()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the namespace prefix of this element if one exists otherwise an empty String is returned.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNamespacePrefix in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    the prefix of the Namespace of this element or an empty String
  - 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
    
    Returns:
    
    the URI for the Namespace of this element or an empty String
  - getQualifiedName
```
public String getQualifiedName()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    Returns the fully qualified name of this element. This will be the same as the value returned from Node.getName()if this element has no namespace attached to this element or an expression of the form
    getNamespacePrefix() + ":" + getName()
    will be returned.
    Specified by:
    
    getQualifiedName in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    the fully qualified name of the element.
  - getData
```
public Object getData()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Accesses the data of this element which may implement data typing bindings such as XML Schema or Java Bean bindings or will return the same value as Element.getText()
    
    Specified by:
    
    getData in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - setData
```
public void setData(Object data)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Sets the data value of this element if this element supports data binding or calls Node.setText(java.lang.String)if it doesn't
    
    Specified by:
    
    setData in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - DOCUMENT ME!
  - node
```
public Node node(int index)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Returns the Node at the specified index position.
    
    Specified by:
    
    node in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    node in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    index - the index of the node to return.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Node at the specified position.
  - indexOf
```
public int indexOf(Node node)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Returns the index of the given node if it is a child node of this branch or -1 if the given node is not a child node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    indexOf in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    indexOf in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - the content child node to find.
    
    Returns:
    
    the index of the given node starting at 0 or -1 if the node is not a child node of this branch
  - nodeCount
```
public int nodeCount()
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Returns the number of Node instances that this branch contains.
    
    Specified by:
    
    nodeCount in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    nodeCount in class AbstractBranch
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of nodes this branch contains
  - nodeIterator
```
public Iterator<Node> nodeIterator()
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Returns an iterator through the content nodes of this branch
    
    Specified by:
    
    nodeIterator in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    nodeIterator in class AbstractBranch
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator through the content nodes of this branch
  - element
```
public Element element(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the first element for the given local name and any namespace.
    
    Specified by:
    
    element in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the first element with the given local name
  - element
```
public Element element(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the first element for the given fully qualified name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    element in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name to search for
    
    Returns:
    
    the first element with the given fully qualified name
  - element
```
public Element element(String name,
                       Namespace namespace)
```
  - elements
```
public List<Element> elements()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the elements contained in this element. If this element does not contain any elements then this method returns an empty list. The list is backed by the element such that changes to the list will be reflected in the element though the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    elements in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of all the elements in this element.
  - elements
```
public List<Element> elements(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the elements contained in this element with the given local name and any namespace. If no elements are found then this method returns an empty list. The list is backed by the element such that changes to the list will be reflected in the element though the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    elements in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of all the elements in this element for the given local name
  - elements
```
public List<Element> elements(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the elements contained in this element with the given fully qualified name. If no elements are found then this method returns an empty list. The list is backed by the element such that changes to the list will be reflected in the element though the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    elements in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name to search for
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of all the elements in this element for the given fully qualified name.
  - elements
```
public List<Element> elements(String name,
                              Namespace namespace)
```
  - elementIterator
```
public Iterator<Element> elementIterator()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns an iterator over all this elements child elements.
    
    Specified by:
    
    elementIterator in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the contained elements
  - elementIterator
```
public Iterator<Element> elementIterator(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this element which match the given local name and any namespace.
    
    Specified by:
    
    elementIterator in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the contained elements matching the given local name
  - elementIterator
```
public Iterator<Element> elementIterator(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this element which match the given fully qualified name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    elementIterator in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name to search for
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the contained elements matching the given fully qualified name
  - elementIterator
```
public Iterator<Element> elementIterator(String name,
                                         Namespace ns)
```
  - attributes
```
public List<Attribute> attributes()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the Attributeinstances this element contains as a backed Listso that the attributes may be modified directly using the Listinterface. The List is backed by the Element so that changes to the list are reflected in the element and vice versa.
    
    Specified by:
    
    attributes in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    the attributes that this element contains as a List
  - attributeIterator
```
public Iterator<Attribute> attributeIterator()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    attributeIterator in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the attributes of this element
  - attribute
```
public Attribute attribute(int index)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the attribute at the specified indexGets the
    
    Specified by:
    
    attribute in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    index - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the attribute at the specified index where index >= 0 and index < number of attributes or throws an IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is not within the allowable range
  - attributeCount
```
public int attributeCount()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    attributeCount in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of attributes this element contains
  - attribute
```
public Attribute attribute(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the attribute with the given name
    
    Specified by:
    
    attribute in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the attribute for the given local name in any namespace. If there are more than one attributes with the given local name in different namespaces then the first one is returned.
  - attribute
```
public Attribute attribute(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    attribute in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name
    
    Returns:
    
    the attribute for the given fully qualified name or null if it could not be found.
  - attribute
```
public Attribute attribute(String name,
                           Namespace namespace)
```
  - setAttributes
```
public void setAttributes(Attributes attributes,
                          NamespaceStack namespaceStack,
                          boolean noNamespaceAttributes)
```
    This method provides a more optimal way of setting all the attributes on an Element particularly for use in SAXReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    namespaceStack - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    noNamespaceAttributes - DOCUMENT ME!
  - attributeValue
```
public String attributeValue(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and any namespace or null if there is no such attribute or the empty string if the attribute value is empty.
    
    Specified by:
    
    attributeValue in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - is the name of the attribute value to be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the attribute, null if the attribute does not exist or the empty string
  - attributeValue
```
public String attributeValue(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given fully qualified name or null if there is no such attribute or the empty string if the attribute value is empty.
    
    Specified by:
    
    attributeValue in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the attribute, null if the attribute does not exist or the empty string
  - attributeValue
```
public String attributeValue(String name,
                             String defaultValue)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given name and any namespace or the default value if there is no such attribute value.
    
    Specified by:
    
    attributeValue in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - is the name of the attribute value to be returned
    
    defaultValue - is the default value to be returned if the attribute has no value defined.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the attribute or the defaultValue if the attribute has no value defined.
  - attributeValue
```
public String attributeValue(QName qName,
                             String defaultValue)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    This returns the attribute value for the attribute with the given fully qualified name or the default value if there is no such attribute value.
    
    Specified by:
    
    attributeValue in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name
    
    defaultValue - is the default value to be returned if the attribute has no value defined.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the attribute or the defaultValue if the attribute has no value defined.
  - setAttributeValue
```
public void setAttributeValue(String name,
                              String value)
```
    Deprecated.
    As of version 0.5. Please use addAttribute(String, String) instead. WILL BE REMOVED IN dom4j-1.6 !!
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    setAttributeValue in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    value - DOCUMENT ME!
  - setAttributeValue
```
public void setAttributeValue(QName qName,
                              String value)
```
    Deprecated.
    As of version 0.5. Please use addAttribute(String, String) instead. WILL BE REMOVED IN dom4j-1.6 !!
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    setAttributeValue in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    value - DOCUMENT ME!
  - add
```
public void add(Attribute attribute)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds the given Attribute to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown. Attributes with null values are silently ignored. If the value of the attribute is null then this method call will remove any attributes with the QName of this attribute.
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    attribute - is the attribute to be added
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(Attribute attribute)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Removes the given Attribute from this element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    attribute - is the attribute to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the attribute was removed
  - processingInstructions
```
public List<ProcessingInstruction> processingInstructions()
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Returns a list of all the processing instructions in this branch. The list is backed by this branch so that changes to the list will be reflected in the branch but the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    processingInstructions in interface Branch
    
    Returns:
    
    a backed list of the processing instructions
  - processingInstructions
```
public List<ProcessingInstruction> processingInstructions(String target)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Returns a list of the processing instructions for the given target. The list is backed by this branch so that changes to the list will be reflected in the branch but the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    processingInstructions in interface Branch
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    a backed list of the processing instructions
  - processingInstruction
```
public ProcessingInstruction processingInstruction(String target)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    processingInstruction in interface Branch
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the processing instruction for the given target
  - removeProcessingInstruction
```
public boolean removeProcessingInstruction(String target)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Removes the processing instruction for the given target if it exists
    
    Specified by:
    
    removeProcessingInstruction in interface Branch
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    true if a processing instruction was removed else false
  - getXPathResult
```
public Node getXPathResult(int index)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns a node at the given index suitable for an XPath result set. This means the resulting Node will either be null or it will support the parent relationship.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getXPathResult in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    index - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the Node for the given index which will support the parent relationship or null if there is not a node at the given index.
  - addAttribute
```
public Element addAttribute(String name,
                            String value)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds the attribute value of the given local name. If an attribute already exists for the given name it will be replaced. Attributes with null values are silently ignored. If the value of the attribute is null then this method call will remove any attributes with the given name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addAttribute in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - is the name of the attribute whose value is to be added or updated
    
    value - is the attribute's value
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addAttribute
```
public Element addAttribute(QName qName,
                            String value)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds the attribute value of the given fully qualified name. If an attribute already exists for the given name it will be replaced. Attributes with null values are silently ignored. If the value of the attribute is null then this method call will remove any attributes with the given name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addAttribute in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name of the attribute whose value is to be added or updated
    
    value - is the attribute's value
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addCDATA
```
public Element addCDATA(String cdata)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds a new CDATA node with the given text to this element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addCDATA in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    cdata - is the text for the CDATA node.
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addComment
```
public Element addComment(String comment)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds a new Comment node with the given text to this element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addComment in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    comment - is the text for the Comment node.
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addElement
```
public Element addElement(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Adds a new Element node with the given name to this branch and returns a reference to the new node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addElement in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    addElement in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - is the name for the Element node.
    
    Returns:
    
    the newly added Element node.
  - addEntity
```
public Element addEntity(String name,
                         String text)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds a new Entity node with the given name and text to this element and returns a reference to the new node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addEntity in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - is the name for the Entity node.
    
    text - is the text for the Entity node.
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addNamespace
```
public Element addNamespace(String prefix,
                            String uri)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds a namespace to this element for use by its child content
    
    Specified by:
    
    addNamespace in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - is the prefix to use, which should not be null or blank
    
    uri - is the namespace URI
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addProcessingInstruction
```
public Element addProcessingInstruction(String target,
                                        String data)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds a processing instruction for the given target
    
    Specified by:
    
    addProcessingInstruction in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - is the target of the processing instruction
    
    data - is the textual data (key/value pairs) of the processing instruction
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addProcessingInstruction
```
public Element addProcessingInstruction(String target,
                                        Map<String,String> data)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds a processing instruction for the given target
    
    Specified by:
    
    addProcessingInstruction in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - is the target of the processing instruction
    
    data - is a Map of the key / value pairs of the processing instruction
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addText
```
public Element addText(String text)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds a new Text node with the given text to this element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addText in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - is the text for the Text node.
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - add
```
public void add(Node node)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Adds the given Node or throws IllegalAddException if the given node is not of a valid type. This is a polymorphic method which will call the typesafe method for the node type such as add(Element) or add(Comment).
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    add in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - is the given node to add
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(Node node)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Removes the given Node if the node is an immediate child of this branch. If the given node is not an immediate child of this branch then the Node.detach()method should be used instead. This is a polymorphic method which will call the typesafe method for the node type such as remove(Element) or remove(Comment).
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    remove in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - is the given node to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the node was removed
  - add
```
public void add(CDATA cdata)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds the given CDATA to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    cdata - is the CDATA to be added
  - add
```
public void add(Comment comment)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Adds the given Comment to this branch. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    add in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    comment - is the comment to be added
  - add
```
public void add(Element element)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Adds the given Element to this branch. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    add in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - is the element to be added
  - add
```
public void add(Entity entity)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds the given Entity to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - is the entity to be added
  - add
```
public void add(Namespace namespace)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds the given Namespace to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespace - is the namespace to be added
  - add
```
public void add(ProcessingInstruction pi)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Adds the given ProcessingInstruction to this branch. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    add in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    pi - is the processing instruction to be added
  - add
```
public void add(Text text)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Adds the given Text to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Specified by:
    
    add in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - is the text to be added
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(CDATA cdata)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Removes the given CDATA if the node is an immediate child of this element. If the given node is not an immediate child of this element then the Node.detach()method should be used instead.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    cdata - is the CDATA to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the cdata was removed
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(Comment comment)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Removes the given Comment if the node is an immediate child of this branch. If the given node is not an immediate child of this branch then the Node.detach()method should be used instead.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    remove in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    comment - is the comment to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the comment was removed
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(Element element)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Removes the given Element if the node is an immediate child of this branch. If the given node is not an immediate child of this branch then the Node.detach()method should be used instead.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    remove in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - is the element to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the element was removed
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(Entity entity)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Removes the given Entity if the node is an immediate child of this element. If the given node is not an immediate child of this element then the Node.detach()method should be used instead.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - is the entity to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the entity was removed
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(Namespace namespace)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Removes the given Namespace if the node is an immediate child of this element. If the given node is not an immediate child of this element then the Node.detach()method should be used instead.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespace - is the namespace to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the namespace was removed
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(ProcessingInstruction pi)
```
    Description copied from interface: Branch
    
    Removes the given ProcessingInstruction if the node is an immediate child of this branch. If the given node is not an immediate child of this branch then the Node.detach()method should be used instead.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Branch
    
    Overrides:
    
    remove in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    pi - is the processing instruction to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the processing instruction was removed
  - remove
```
public boolean remove(Text text)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Removes the given Text if the node is an immediate child of this element. If the given node is not an immediate child of this element then the Node.detach()method should be used instead.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - is the text to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the text was removed
  - hasMixedContent
```
public boolean hasMixedContent()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns true if this Element has mixed content. Mixed content means that an element contains both textual data and child elements.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasMixedContent in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this element contains mixed content.
  - isTextOnly
```
public boolean isTextOnly()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns true if this Element has text only content.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isTextOnly in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this element is empty or only contains text content.
  - setText
```
public void setText(String text)
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    Sets the text data of this node or this method will throw an UnsupportedOperationException if it is read-only.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setText in interface Node
    
    Overrides:
    
    setText in class AbstractNode
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - is the new textual value of this node
  - getStringValue
```
public String getStringValue()
```
    Description copied from interface: Node
    
    Returns the XPath string-value of this node. The behaviour of this method is defined in the XPath specification .
    
    Specified by:
    
    getStringValue in interface Element
    
    Specified by:
    
    getStringValue in interface Node
    
    Overrides:
    
    getStringValue in class AbstractNode
    
    Returns:
    
    the text from all the child Text and Element nodes appended together.
  - normalize
```
public void normalize()
```
    Puts all Text nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree underneath this Node, including attribute nodes, into a "normal" form where only structure (e.g., elements, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates Text nodes, i.e., there are neither adjacent Text nodes nor empty Text nodes. This can be used to ensure that the DOM view of a document is the same as if it were saved and re-loaded, and is useful when operations (such as XPointer lookups) that depend on a particular document tree structure are to be used.In cases where the document contains CDATASections, the normalize operation alone may not be sufficient, since XPointers do not differentiate between Text nodes and CDATASection nodes.
    
    Specified by:
    
    normalize in interface Branch
    
    Since:
    
    DOM Level 2
  - elementText
```
public String elementText(String name)
```
    Specified by:
    
    elementText in interface Element
  - elementText
```
public String elementText(QName qName)
```
    Specified by:
    
    elementText in interface Element
  - elementTextTrim
```
public String elementTextTrim(String name)
```
    Specified by:
    
    elementTextTrim in interface Element
  - elementTextTrim
```
public String elementTextTrim(QName qName)
```
    Specified by:
    
    elementTextTrim in interface Element
  - appendAttributes
```
public void appendAttributes(Element element)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Appends the attributes of the given element to me. This method behaves like the Collection.addAll(java.util.Collection) method.
    
    Specified by:
    
    appendAttributes in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - is the element whose attributes will be added to me.
  - createCopy
```
public Element createCopy()
```
    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:
    
    createCopy in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    the clone of this element
  - createCopy
```
public Element createCopy(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Creates a deep copy of this element with the given local name The new element is detached from its parent, and getParent() on the clone will return null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    createCopy in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    a new deep copy Element
  - createCopy
```
public Element createCopy(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Creates a deep copy of this element with the given fully qualified name. The new element is detached from its parent, and getParent() on the clone will return null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    createCopy in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    a new deep copy Element
  - getQName
```
public QName getQName(String qualifiedName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the QName for the given qualified name, using the namespace URI in scope for the given prefix of the qualified name or the default namespace if the qualified name has no prefix.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getQName in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    qualifiedName - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the QName for the given qualified name
  - getNamespaceForPrefix
```
public Namespace getNamespaceForPrefix(String prefix)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the Namespace which is mapped to the given prefix or null if it could not be found.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNamespaceForPrefix in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the Namespace associated with the given prefix
  - getNamespaceForURI
```
public Namespace getNamespaceForURI(String uri)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the Namespace which is mapped to the given URI or null if it could not be found. If there is more than one Namespace mapped to the URI, which of them will be returned is undetermined.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNamespaceForURI in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the Namespace associated with the given URI
  - getNamespacesForURI
```
public List<Namespace> getNamespacesForURI(String uri)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the all namespaces which are mapped to the given URI or an empty list if no such namespaces could be found.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNamespacesForURI in interface Element
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the namespaces associated with the given URI
  - declaredNamespaces
```
public List<Namespace> declaredNamespaces()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns all the namespaces declared by this element. If no namespaces are declared for this element then an empty list will be returned. The list is backed by the element such that changes to the list will be reflected in the element though the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    declaredNamespaces in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of namespaces declared for this element.
  - additionalNamespaces
```
public List<Namespace> additionalNamespaces()
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns any additional namespaces declarations for this element other than namespace returned via the Element.getNamespace()method. If no additional namespace declarations are present for this element then an empty list will be returned. The list is backed by the element such that changes to the list will be reflected in the element though the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    additionalNamespaces in interface Element
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of any additional namespace declarations.
  - additionalNamespaces
```
public List<Namespace> additionalNamespaces(String defaultNamespaceURI)
```
  - ensureAttributesCapacity
```
public void ensureAttributesCapacity(int minCapacity)
```
    Ensures that the list of attributes has the given size
    
    Parameters:
    
    minCapacity - DOCUMENT ME!
  - createElement
```
protected Element createElement(String name)
```
  - createElement
```
protected Element createElement(QName qName)
```
  - addNode
```
protected void addNode(Node node)
```
    Specified by:
    
    addNode in class AbstractBranch
  - addNode
```
protected void addNode(int index,
                       Node node)
```
    Specified by:
    
    addNode in class AbstractBranch
  - addNewNode
```
protected void addNewNode(Node node)
```
    Like addNode() but does not require a parent check
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - DOCUMENT ME!
  - addNewNode
```
protected void addNewNode(int index,
                          Node node)
```
  - removeNode
```
protected boolean removeNode(Node node)
```
    Specified by:
    
    removeNode in class AbstractBranch
  - childAdded
```
protected void childAdded(Node node)
```
    Called when a new child node is added to create any parent relationships
    
    Specified by:
    
    childAdded in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - DOCUMENT ME!
  - childRemoved
```
protected void childRemoved(Node node)
```
    Description copied from class: AbstractBranch
    
    Called when a child node has been removed to allow any parent relationships to be deleted or events to be fired.
    
    Specified by:
    
    childRemoved in class AbstractBranch
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - DOCUMENT ME!
  - attributeList
```
protected abstract List<Attribute> attributeList()
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the internal List used to store attributes or creates one if one is not available
  - attributeList
```
protected abstract List<Attribute> attributeList(int attributeCount)
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributeCount - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the internal List used to store attributes or creates one with the specified size if one is not available
  - getDocumentFactory
```
protected DocumentFactory getDocumentFactory()
```
    Overrides:
    
    getDocumentFactory in class AbstractNode
  - createAttributeList
```
protected List<Attribute> createAttributeList()
```
    A Factory Method pattern which creates a List implementation used to store attributes
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - createAttributeList
```
protected List<Attribute> createAttributeList(int size)
```
    A Factory Method pattern which creates a List implementation used to store attributes
    
    Parameters:
    
    size - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - createSingleIterator
```
protected <T> Iterator<T> createSingleIterator(T result)
```

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected static boolean`	`USE_STRINGVALUE_SEPARATOR`
`protected static boolean`	`VERBOSE_TOSTRING`

Class AbstractElement

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

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

Field Detail

VERBOSE_TOSTRING

USE_STRINGVALUE_SEPARATOR

Constructor Detail

AbstractElement

Method Detail

getNodeType

isRootElement

setName

setNamespace

getXPathNameStep

getPath

getUniquePath

asXML

write

accept

toString

getNamespace

getName

getNamespacePrefix

getNamespaceURI

getQualifiedName

getData

setData

node

indexOf

nodeCount

nodeIterator

element

element

element

elements

elements

elements

elements

elementIterator

elementIterator

elementIterator

elementIterator

attributes

attributeIterator

attribute

attributeCount

attribute

attribute

attribute

setAttributes

attributeValue

attributeValue

attributeValue

attributeValue

setAttributeValue

setAttributeValue

add

remove

processingInstructions

processingInstructions

processingInstruction

removeProcessingInstruction

getXPathResult

addAttribute

addAttribute

addCDATA

addComment

addElement

addEntity

addNamespace