Package de.umass.xml

Class DomElement

  • public class DomElement
extends java.lang.Object
    DomElement wraps around an Element and provides convenience methods.
    Author:
    Janni Kovacs

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      DomElement​(org.w3c.dom.Element elem)
      Creates a new wrapper around the given Element.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.String getAttribute​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns the attribute value to a given attribute name or null if the attribute doesn't exist.
      DomElement getChild​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns the child element with the given name or null if it doesn't exist.
      java.util.List<DomElement> getChildren()  
      java.util.List<DomElement> getChildren​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns all children of this element with the given tag name.
      java.lang.String getChildText​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns the text content of a child node with the given name.
      org.w3c.dom.Element getElement()  
      java.lang.String getTagName()
      Returns this element's tag name.
      java.lang.String getText()  
      boolean hasAttribute​(java.lang.String name)
      Tests if this element has an attribute with the specified name.
      boolean hasChild​(java.lang.String name)
      Checks if this element has a child element with the given name.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

    • Constructor Detail

      • DomElement

        public DomElement​(org.w3c.dom.Element elem)
        Creates a new wrapper around the given Element.
        Parameters:
        elem - An w3c Element

    • Method Detail

      • getElement

        public org.w3c.dom.Element getElement()
        Returns:
        the original Element

      • hasAttribute

        public boolean hasAttribute​(java.lang.String name)
        Tests if this element has an attribute with the specified name.
        Parameters:
        name - Name of the attribute.
        Returns:
        true if this element has an attribute with the specified name.

      • getAttribute

        public java.lang.String getAttribute​(java.lang.String name)
        Returns the attribute value to a given attribute name or null if the attribute doesn't exist.
        Parameters:
        name - The attribute's name
        Returns:
        Attribute value or null

      • getText

        public java.lang.String getText()
        Returns:
        the text content of the element

      • hasChild

        public boolean hasChild​(java.lang.String name)
        Checks if this element has a child element with the given name.
        Parameters:
        name - The child's name
        Returns:
        true if this element has a child element with the given name

      • getChild

        public DomElement getChild​(java.lang.String name)
        Returns the child element with the given name or null if it doesn't exist.
        Parameters:
        name - The child's name
        Returns:
        the child element or null

      • getChildText

        public java.lang.String getChildText​(java.lang.String name)
        Returns the text content of a child node with the given name. If no such child exists or the child does not have text content, null is returned.
        Parameters:
        name - The child's name
        Returns:
        the child's text content or null

      • getChildren

        public java.util.List<DomElement> getChildren()
        Returns:
        all children of this element

      • getChildren

        public java.util.List<DomElement> getChildren​(java.lang.String name)
        Returns all children of this element with the given tag name.
        Parameters:
        name - The children's tag name
        Returns:
        all matching children

      • getTagName

        public java.lang.String getTagName()
        Returns this element's tag name.
        Returns:
        the tag name