Element (dom4j 2.1.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Branch, java.lang.Cloneable, Node

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractElement, BaseElement, BeanElement, DatatypeElement, DefaultElement, DOMElement, IndexedElement, NonLazyElement, UserDataElement
```
public interface Element
extends Branch
```
Element interface defines an XML element. An element can have declared namespaces, attributes, child nodes and textual content.
Some of this interface is optional. Some implementations may be read-only and not support being modified. Some implementations may not support the parent relationship and methods such as Node.getParent()or Node.getDocument().

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 Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`add(Attribute attribute)`	Adds the given `Attribute` to this element.
`void`	`add(CDATA cdata)`	Adds the given `CDATA` to this element.
`void`	`add(Entity entity)`	Adds the given `Entity` to this element.
`void`	`add(Namespace namespace)`	Adds the given `Namespace` to this element.
`void`	`add(Text text)`	Adds the given `Text` to this element.
`Element`	`addAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)`	Adds the attribute value of the given local name.
`Element`	`addAttribute(QName qName, java.lang.String value)`	Adds the attribute value of the given fully qualified name.
`Element`	`addCDATA(java.lang.String cdata)`	Adds a new `CDATA` node with the given text to this element.
`Element`	`addComment(java.lang.String comment)`	Adds a new `Comment` node with the given text to this element.
`Element`	`addEntity(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String text)`	Adds a new `Entity` node with the given name and text to this element and returns a reference to the new node.
`java.util.List<Namespace>`	`additionalNamespaces()`	Returns any additional namespaces declarations for this element other than namespace returned via the `getNamespace()`method.
`Element`	`addNamespace(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String uri)`	Adds a namespace to this element for use by its child content
`Element`	`addProcessingInstruction(java.lang.String target, java.lang.String text)`	Adds a processing instruction for the given target
`Element`	`addProcessingInstruction(java.lang.String target, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> data)`	Adds a processing instruction for the given target
`Element`	`addText(java.lang.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.
`Attribute`	`attribute(int index)`	Returns the attribute at the specified indexGets the
`Attribute`	`attribute(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the attribute with the given name
`Attribute`	`attribute(QName qName)`	DOCUMENT ME!
`int`	`attributeCount()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`java.util.Iterator<Attribute>`	`attributeIterator()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`java.util.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.
`java.lang.String`	`attributeValue(java.lang.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.
`java.lang.String`	`attributeValue(java.lang.String name, java.lang.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.
`java.lang.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.
`java.lang.String`	`attributeValue(QName qName, java.lang.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.
`Element`	`createCopy()`	Creates a deep copy of this element The new element is detached from its parent, and getParent() on the clone will return null.
`Element`	`createCopy(java.lang.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.
`java.util.List<Namespace>`	`declaredNamespaces()`	Returns all the namespaces declared by this element.
`Element`	`element(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the first element for the given local name and any namespace.
`Element`	`element(QName qName)`	Returns the first element for the given fully qualified name.
`java.util.Iterator<Element>`	`elementIterator()`	Returns an iterator over all this elements child elements.
`java.util.Iterator<Element>`	`elementIterator(java.lang.String name)`	Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this element which match the given local name and any namespace.
`java.util.Iterator<Element>`	`elementIterator(QName qName)`	Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this element which match the given fully qualified name.
`java.util.List<Element>`	`elements()`	Returns the elements contained in this element.
`java.util.List<Element>`	`elements(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the elements contained in this element with the given local name and any namespace.
`java.util.List<Element>`	`elements(QName qName)`	Returns the elements contained in this element with the given fully qualified name.
`java.lang.String`	`elementText(java.lang.String name)`
`java.lang.String`	`elementText(QName qname)`
`java.lang.String`	`elementTextTrim(java.lang.String name)`
`java.lang.String`	`elementTextTrim(QName qname)`
`java.lang.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 `getText()`
`Namespace`	`getNamespace()`	Returns the `Namespace` of this element if one exists otherwise `Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE` is returned.
`Namespace`	`getNamespaceForPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)`	Returns the `Namespace` which is mapped to the given prefix or null if it could not be found.
`Namespace`	`getNamespaceForURI(java.lang.String uri)`	Returns the `Namespace` which is mapped to the given URI or null if it could not be found.
`java.lang.String`	`getNamespacePrefix()`	Returns the namespace prefix of this element if one exists otherwise an empty `String` is returned.
`java.util.List<Namespace>`	`getNamespacesForURI(java.lang.String uri)`	Returns the all namespaces which are mapped to the given URI or an empty list if no such namespaces could be found.
`java.lang.String`	`getNamespaceURI()`	Returns the URI mapped to the namespace of this element if one exists otherwise an empty `String` is returned.
`QName`	`getQName()`	Returns the `QName` of this element which represents the local name, the qualified name and the `Namespace`.
`QName`	`getQName(java.lang.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.
`java.lang.String`	`getQualifiedName()`	Returns the fully qualified name of this element.
`java.lang.String`	`getStringValue()`	Returns the XPath string-value of this node.
`java.lang.String`	`getText()`	Returns the text value of this element without recursing through child elements.
`java.lang.String`	`getTextTrim()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`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.
`boolean`	`isRootElement()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`boolean`	`isTextOnly()`	Returns true if this `Element` has text only content.
`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(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(Text text)`	Removes the given `Text` if the node is an immediate child of this element.
`void`	`setAttributes(java.util.List<Attribute> attributes)`	Sets the attributes that this element contains
`void`	`setAttributeValue(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)`	Deprecated. As of version 0.5. Please use `addAttribute(String, String)` instead. WILL BE REMOVED IN dom4j-1.6 !!
`void`	`setAttributeValue(QName qName, java.lang.String value)`	Deprecated. As of version 0.5. Please use `addAttribute(QName, String)` instead. WILL BE REMOVED IN dom4j-1.6 !!
`void`	`setData(java.lang.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`	`setQName(QName qname)`	Sets the `QName` of this element which represents the local name, the qualified name and the `Namespace`.

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Branch
add, add, add, add, addElement, addElement, addElement, appendContent, clearContent, content, elementByID, indexOf, node, nodeCount, nodeIterator, normalize, processingInstruction, processingInstructions, processingInstructions, remove, remove, remove, remove, removeProcessingInstruction, setContent, setProcessingInstructions

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

- Method Detail
  - getQName
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QName getQName()
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    Returns the QName of this element which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.
    
    Returns:
    
    the QName associated with this element
  - setQName
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void setQName(QName qname)
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    Sets the QName of this element which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qname - is the QName to be associated with this element
  - getNamespace
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Namespace getNamespace()
```
    Returns the Namespace of this element if one exists otherwise Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE is returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Namespace associated with this element
  - getQName
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QName getQName(java.lang.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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qualifiedName - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the QName for the given qualified name
  - getNamespaceForPrefix
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Namespace getNamespaceForPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)
```
    Returns the Namespace which is mapped to the given prefix or null if it could not be found.
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the Namespace associated with the given prefix
  - getNamespaceForURI
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Namespace getNamespaceForURI(java.lang.String uri)
```
    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the Namespace associated with the given URI
  - getNamespacesForURI
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java.util.List<Namespace> getNamespacesForURI(java.lang.String uri)
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    Returns the all namespaces which are mapped to the given URI or an empty list if no such namespaces could be found.
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the namespaces associated with the given URI
    
    Since:
    
    1.5
  - getNamespacePrefix
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java.lang.String getNamespacePrefix()
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    Returns the namespace prefix of this element if one exists otherwise an empty String is returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    the prefix of the Namespace of this element or an empty String
  - getNamespaceURI
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java.lang.String getNamespaceURI()
```
    Returns the URI mapped to the namespace of this element if one exists otherwise an empty String is returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    the URI for the Namespace of this element or an empty String
  - getQualifiedName
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java.lang.String getQualifiedName()
```
    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.
    Returns:
    
    the fully qualified name of the element.
  - additionalNamespaces
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java.util.List<Namespace> additionalNamespaces()
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    Returns any additional namespaces declarations for this element other than namespace returned via the 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.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of any additional namespace declarations.
  - declaredNamespaces
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java.util.List<Namespace> declaredNamespaces()
```
    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.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of namespaces declared for this element.
  - addAttribute
```
Element addAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                     java.lang.String value)
```
    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.
    
    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
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Element addAttribute(QName qName,
                     java.lang.String value)
```
    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.
    
    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.
  - addComment
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Element addComment(java.lang.String comment)
```
    Adds a new Comment node with the given text to this element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    comment - is the text for the Comment node.
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addCDATA
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Element addCDATA(java.lang.String cdata)
```
    Adds a new CDATA node with the given text to this element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cdata - is the text for the CDATA node.
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addEntity
```
Element addEntity(java.lang.String name,
                  java.lang.String text)
```
    Adds a new Entity node with the given name and text to this element and returns a reference to the new node.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - is the name for the Entity node.
    
    text - is the text for the Entity node.
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addNamespace
```
Element addNamespace(java.lang.String prefix,
                     java.lang.String uri)
```
    Adds a namespace to this element for use by its child content
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - is the prefix to use, which should not be null or blank
    
    uri - is the namespace URI
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addProcessingInstruction
```
Element addProcessingInstruction(java.lang.String target,
                                 java.lang.String text)
```
    Adds a processing instruction for the given target
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - is the target of the processing instruction
    
    text - is the textual data (key/value pairs) of the processing instruction
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - addProcessingInstruction
```
Element addProcessingInstruction(java.lang.String target,
                                 java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> data)
```
    Adds a processing instruction for the given target
    
    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
```
Element addText(java.lang.String text)
```
    Adds a new Text node with the given text to this element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - is the text for the Text node.
    
    Returns:
    
    this Element instance.
  - add
```
void add(Attribute attribute)
```
    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attribute - is the attribute to be added
  - add
```
void add(CDATA cdata)
```
    Adds the given CDATA to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cdata - is the CDATA to be added
  - add
```
void add(Entity entity)
```
    Adds the given Entity to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - is the entity to be added
  - add
```
void add(Text text)
```
    Adds the given Text to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - is the text to be added
  - add
```
void add(Namespace namespace)
```
    Adds the given Namespace to this element. If the given node already has a parent defined then an IllegalAddException will be thrown.
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespace - is the namespace to be added
  - remove
```
boolean remove(Attribute attribute)
```
    Removes the given Attribute from this element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attribute - is the attribute to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the attribute was removed
  - remove
```
boolean remove(CDATA cdata)
```
    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cdata - is the CDATA to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the cdata was removed
  - remove
```
boolean remove(Entity entity)
```
    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - is the entity to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the entity was removed
  - remove
```
boolean remove(Namespace namespace)
```
    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespace - is the namespace to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the namespace was removed
  - remove
```
boolean remove(Text text)
```
    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - is the text to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the text was removed
  - getText
```
java.lang.String getText()
```
    Returns the text value of this element without recursing through child elements. This method iterates through all Text,CDATA and Entitynodes that this element contains and appends the text values together.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getText in interface Node
    
    Returns:
    
    the textual content of this Element. Child elements are not navigated. This method does not return null;
  - getTextTrim
```
java.lang.String getTextTrim()
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the trimmed text value where whitespace is trimmed and normalised into single spaces. This method does not return null.
  - getStringValue
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java.lang.String getStringValue()
```
    Returns the XPath string-value of this node. The behaviour of this method is defined in the XPath specification . This method returns the string-value of all the contained Text,CDATA,Entityand Element nodes all appended together.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getStringValue in interface Node
    
    Returns:
    
    the text from all the child Text and Element nodes appended together.
  - getData
```
java.lang.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 getText()
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - setData
```
void setData(java.lang.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
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - DOCUMENT ME!
  - attributes
```
java.util.List<Attribute> attributes()
```
    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.
    
    Returns:
    
    the attributes that this element contains as a List
  - setAttributes
```
void setAttributes(java.util.List<Attribute> attributes)
```
    Sets the attributes that this element contains
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - DOCUMENT ME!
  - attributeCount
```
int attributeCount()
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of attributes this element contains
  - attributeIterator
```
java.util.Iterator<Attribute> attributeIterator()
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the attributes of this element
  - attribute
```
Attribute attribute(int index)
```
    Returns the attribute at the specified indexGets the
    
    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
  - attribute
```
Attribute attribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns the attribute with the given name
    
    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
```
Attribute attribute(QName qName)
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name
    
    Returns:
    
    the attribute for the given fully qualified name or null if it could not be found.
  - attributeValue
```
java.lang.String attributeValue(java.lang.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.
    
    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
```
java.lang.String attributeValue(java.lang.String name,
                                java.lang.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.
    
    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
```
java.lang.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.
    
    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
```
java.lang.String attributeValue(QName qName,
                                java.lang.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.
    
    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
```
void setAttributeValue(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String value)
```
    Deprecated. As of version 0.5. Please use addAttribute(String, String) instead. WILL BE REMOVED IN dom4j-1.6 !!
    
    Sets the attribute value of the given local name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - is the name of the attribute whose value is to be added or updated
    
    value - is the attribute's value
  - setAttributeValue
```
void setAttributeValue(QName qName,
                       java.lang.String value)
```
    Deprecated. As of version 0.5. Please use addAttribute(QName, String) instead. WILL BE REMOVED IN dom4j-1.6 !!
    
    Sets the attribute value of the given fully qualified name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name of the attribute whose value is to be added or updated
    
    value - is the attribute's value
  - element
```
Element element(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns the first element for the given local name and any namespace.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the first element with the given local name
  - element
```
Element element(QName qName)
```
    Returns the first element for the given fully qualified name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name to search for
    
    Returns:
    
    the first element with the given fully qualified name
  - elements
```
java.util.List<Element> elements()
```
    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.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of all the elements in this element.
  - elements
```
java.util.List<Element> elements(java.lang.String name)
```
    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of all the elements in this element for the given local name
  - elements
```
java.util.List<Element> elements(QName qName)
```
    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.
    
    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.
  - elementIterator
```
java.util.Iterator<Element> elementIterator()
```
    Returns an iterator over all this elements child elements.
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the contained elements
  - elementIterator
```
java.util.Iterator<Element> elementIterator(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this element which match the given local name and any namespace.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the contained elements matching the given local name
  - elementIterator
```
java.util.Iterator<Element> elementIterator(QName qName)
```
    Returns an iterator over the elements contained in this element which match the given fully qualified name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name to search for
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the contained elements matching the given fully qualified name
  - isRootElement
```
boolean isRootElement()
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this element is the root element of a document and this element supports the parent relationship else false.
  - hasMixedContent
```
boolean hasMixedContent()
```
    Returns true if this Element has mixed content. Mixed content means that an element contains both textual data and child elements.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this element contains mixed content.
  - isTextOnly
```
boolean isTextOnly()
```
    Returns true if this Element has text only content.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this element is empty or only contains text content.
  - appendAttributes
```
void appendAttributes(Element element)
```
    Appends the attributes of the given element to me. This method behaves like the Collection.addAll(java.util.Collection) method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - is the element whose attributes will be added to me.
  - createCopy
```
Element createCopy()
```
    Creates a deep copy of this element The new element is detached from its parent, and getParent() on the clone will return null.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new deep copy Element
  - createCopy
```
Element createCopy(java.lang.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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    a new deep copy Element
  - createCopy
```
Element createCopy(QName qName)
```
    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    a new deep copy Element
  - elementText
```
java.lang.String elementText(java.lang.String name)
```
  - elementText
```
java.lang.String elementText(QName qname)
```
  - elementTextTrim
```
java.lang.String elementTextTrim(java.lang.String name)
```
  - elementTextTrim
```
java.lang.String elementTextTrim(QName qname)
```
  - getXPathResult
```
Node getXPathResult(int index)
```
    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.
    
    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.

Interface Element

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Branch

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Method Detail

getQName

setQName

getNamespace

getQName

getNamespaceForPrefix

getNamespaceForURI

getNamespacesForURI

getNamespacePrefix

getNamespaceURI

getQualifiedName

additionalNamespaces

declaredNamespaces

addAttribute

addAttribute

addComment

addCDATA

addEntity

addNamespace

addProcessingInstruction

addProcessingInstruction

addText

add

add

add

add

add

remove

remove

remove

remove

remove

getText

getTextTrim

getStringValue

getData

setData

attributes

setAttributes

attributeCount

attributeIterator

attribute

attribute

attribute

attributeValue

attributeValue

attributeValue

attributeValue

setAttributeValue

setAttributeValue

element

element

elements

elements

elements

elementIterator

elementIterator

elementIterator

isRootElement

hasMixedContent

isTextOnly

appendAttributes

createCopy

createCopy

createCopy

elementText

elementText

elementTextTrim

elementTextTrim

getXPathResult