CharacterData (dom4j API)

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Node

All Known Subinterfaces:

CDATA, Comment, Text

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCDATA, AbstractCharacterData, AbstractComment, AbstractText, DefaultCDATA, DefaultComment, DefaultText, DOMCDATA, DOMComment, DOMText, FlyweightCDATA, FlyweightComment, FlyweightText
```
public interface CharacterData
extends Node
```
CharacterData is a marker interface for character based nodes such as the CDATA,Comment and Text nodes.

- Field Summary
  - 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
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void appendText(String text)
  Appends the given text to this nodes text value.
  - Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
    accept, asXML, asXPathResult, clone, createXPath, detach, getDocument, getName, getNodeType, getNodeTypeName, getParent, getPath, getPath, getStringValue, getText, getUniquePath, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setName, setParent, setText, supportsParent, valueOf, write

- Method Detail
  - appendText
```
void appendText(String text)
```
    Appends the given text to this nodes text value. Calling this method is equivalent of the code node.setText(node.getText() + text) but allows for possible implementation optimisations (such as a text based node storing a StringBuffer internally
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - the text to append