com.google.gwt.xml.client
Interface Node

All Known Subinterfaces:

Attr, CDATASection, CharacterData, Comment, Document, DocumentFragment, Element, EntityReference, ProcessingInstruction, Text

public interface Node

This is the base interface for DOM nodes, as obtained from using XMLParser methods. Methods for iterating over and accessing values from nodes are supplied here.

ELEMENT_NODE

static final short ELEMENT_NODE

The constant 1 denotes DOM nodes of type Element.

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ATTRIBUTE_NODE

static final short ATTRIBUTE_NODE

The constant 2 denotes DOM nodes of type Attribute.

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TEXT_NODE

static final short TEXT_NODE

The constant 3 denotes DOM nodes of type Text.

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CDATA_SECTION_NODE

static final short CDATA_SECTION_NODE

The constant 4 denotes DOM nodes of type CdataSection.

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ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE

static final short ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE

The constant 5 denotes DOM nodes of type EntityReference.

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ENTITY_NODE

static final short ENTITY_NODE

The constant 6 denotes DOM nodes of type Entity.

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PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE

static final short PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE

The constant 7 denotes DOM nodes of type ProcessingInstruction.

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COMMENT_NODE

static final short COMMENT_NODE

The constant 8 denotes DOM nodes of type Comment.

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DOCUMENT_NODE

static final short DOCUMENT_NODE

The constant 9 denotes DOM nodes of type Document.

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DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

static final short DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

The constant 10 denotes DOM nodes of type DocumentType.

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DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE

static final short DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE

The constant 11 denotes DOM nodes of type DocumentFragment.

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NOTATION_NODE

static final short NOTATION_NODE

The constant 12 denotes DOM nodes of type Notation.

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appendChild

Node appendChild(Node newChild)

This method appends child newChild.

Parameters:

newChild - the Node to be added

Returns:

the child Node appended

cloneNode

Node cloneNode(boolean deep)

This method copies this Node.

Parameters:

deep - whether to recurse to children

Returns:

Node cloned

getAttributes

NamedNodeMap getAttributes()

This method retrieves the attributes.

Returns:

the attributes of this Node

getChildNodes

NodeList getChildNodes()

This method retrieves the child nodes.

Returns:

the child nodes of this Node

getFirstChild

Node getFirstChild()

This method retrieves the first child.

Returns:

the first child of this Node

getLastChild

Node getLastChild()

This method retrieves the last child.

Returns:

the last child of this Node

getNamespaceURI

java.lang.String getNamespaceURI()

This method retrieves the namespace URI.

Returns:

the namespace URI of this Node

getNextSibling

Node getNextSibling()

This method retrieves the next sibling.

Returns:

the next sibling of this Node

getNodeName

java.lang.String getNodeName()

This method retrieves the name.

Returns:

the name of this Node

getNodeType

short getNodeType()

This method retrieves the type.

Returns:

the type of this Node

getNodeValue

java.lang.String getNodeValue()

This method retrieves the value.

Returns:

the value of this Node

getOwnerDocument

Document getOwnerDocument()

This method retrieves the owner document.

Returns:

the owner document of this Node

getParentNode

Node getParentNode()

This method retrieves the parent.

Returns:

the parent of this Node

getPrefix

java.lang.String getPrefix()

This method retrieves the prefix.

Returns:

the prefix of this Node

getPreviousSibling

Node getPreviousSibling()

This method retrieves the previous sibling.

Returns:

the previous sibling of this Node

hasAttributes

boolean hasAttributes()

This method determines whether this Node has any attributes.

Returns:

true if this Node has any attributes

hasChildNodes

boolean hasChildNodes()

This method determines whether this Node has any child nodes.

Returns:

true if this Node has any child nodes

insertBefore

Node insertBefore(Node newChild,
                  Node refChild)

This method inserts before newChild.

Parameters:

newChild - the Node to be added

refChild - the Node which determines the position to insert

Returns:

the before Node inserted

normalize

void normalize()

This method may collapse adjacent text nodes into one text node, depending on the implementation. Safari 4.0 and Chrome will also merge CDATA nodes into text nodes, even though they support CDATA nodes as distinct nodes.

removeChild

Node removeChild(Node oldChild)

This method removes child oldChild.

Parameters:

oldChild - the Node to be removed

Returns:

the child Node removed

replaceChild

Node replaceChild(Node newChild,
                  Node oldChild)

This method replaces the child oldChild with newChild.

Parameters:

newChild - the Node to be added

oldChild - the Node to be removed

Returns:

the child Node replaced

setNodeValue

void setNodeValue(java.lang.String nodeValue)

This method sets the value to nodeValue.

Parameters:

nodeValue - the new value