Node (Google Web Toolkit Javadoc)

All Known Subinterfaces:

Attr, CDATASection, CharacterData, Comment, Document, DocumentFragment, Element, EntityReference, ProcessingInstruction, Text
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public interface Node
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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.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static short`	`ATTRIBUTE_NODE` The constant 2 denotes DOM nodes of type Attribute.
`static short`	`CDATA_SECTION_NODE` The constant 4 denotes DOM nodes of type CdataSection.
`static short`	`COMMENT_NODE` The constant 8 denotes DOM nodes of type Comment.
`static short`	`DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE` The constant 11 denotes DOM nodes of type DocumentFragment.
`static short`	`DOCUMENT_NODE` The constant 9 denotes DOM nodes of type Document.
`static short`	`DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE` The constant 10 denotes DOM nodes of type DocumentType.
`static short`	`ELEMENT_NODE` The constant 1 denotes DOM nodes of type Element.
`static short`	`ENTITY_NODE` The constant 6 denotes DOM nodes of type Entity.
`static short`	`ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE` The constant 5 denotes DOM nodes of type EntityReference.
`static short`	`NOTATION_NODE` The constant 12 denotes DOM nodes of type Notation.
`static short`	`PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE` The constant 7 denotes DOM nodes of type ProcessingInstruction.
`static short`	`TEXT_NODE` The constant 3 denotes DOM nodes of type Text.

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`Node`	`appendChild(Node newChild)` This method appends child `newChild`.
`Node`	`cloneNode(boolean deep)` This method copies this `Node`.
`NamedNodeMap`	`getAttributes()` This method retrieves the attributes.
`NodeList`	`getChildNodes()` This method retrieves the child nodes.
`Node`	`getFirstChild()` This method retrieves the first child.
`Node`	`getLastChild()` This method retrieves the last child.
`java.lang.String`	`getNamespaceURI()` This method retrieves the namespace URI.
`Node`	`getNextSibling()` This method retrieves the next sibling.
`java.lang.String`	`getNodeName()` This method retrieves the name.
`short`	`getNodeType()` This method retrieves the type.
`java.lang.String`	`getNodeValue()` This method retrieves the value.
`Document`	`getOwnerDocument()` This method retrieves the owner document.
`Node`	`getParentNode()` This method retrieves the parent.
`java.lang.String`	`getPrefix()` This method retrieves the prefix.
`Node`	`getPreviousSibling()` This method retrieves the previous sibling.
`boolean`	`hasAttributes()` This method determines whether this `Node` has any attributes.
`boolean`	`hasChildNodes()` This method determines whether this `Node` has any child nodes.
`Node`	`insertBefore(Node newChild, Node refChild)` This method inserts before `newChild`.
`void`	`normalize()` This method may collapse adjacent text nodes into one text node, depending on the implementation.
`Node`	`removeChild(Node oldChild)` This method removes child `oldChild`.
`Node`	`replaceChild(Node newChild, Node oldChild)` This method replaces the child `oldChild` with `newChild`.
`void`	`setNodeValue(java.lang.String nodeValue)` This method sets the value to `nodeValue`.

- Field Detail
  - ELEMENT_NODE
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static final short ELEMENT_NODE
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    The constant 1 denotes DOM nodes of type Element.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - ATTRIBUTE_NODE
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static final short ATTRIBUTE_NODE
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    The constant 2 denotes DOM nodes of type Attribute.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - TEXT_NODE
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static final short TEXT_NODE
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    The constant 3 denotes DOM nodes of type Text.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CDATA_SECTION_NODE
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static final short CDATA_SECTION_NODE
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    The constant 4 denotes DOM nodes of type CdataSection.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE
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static final short ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE
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    The constant 5 denotes DOM nodes of type EntityReference.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - ENTITY_NODE
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static final short ENTITY_NODE
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    The constant 6 denotes DOM nodes of type Entity.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE
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static final short PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE
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    The constant 7 denotes DOM nodes of type ProcessingInstruction.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - COMMENT_NODE
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static final short COMMENT_NODE
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    The constant 8 denotes DOM nodes of type Comment.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - DOCUMENT_NODE
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static final short DOCUMENT_NODE
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    The constant 9 denotes DOM nodes of type Document.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
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static final short DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
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    The constant 10 denotes DOM nodes of type DocumentType.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE
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static final short DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE
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    The constant 11 denotes DOM nodes of type DocumentFragment.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - NOTATION_NODE
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static final short NOTATION_NODE
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    The constant 12 denotes DOM nodes of type Notation.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - appendChild
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Node appendChild(Node newChild)
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    This method appends child newChild.
    
    Parameters:
    newChild - the Node to be added
    
    Returns:
    the child Node appended
  - cloneNode
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Node cloneNode(boolean deep)
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    This method copies this Node.
    
    Parameters:
    deep - whether to recurse to children
    
    Returns:
    Node cloned
  - getAttributes
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NamedNodeMap getAttributes()
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    This method retrieves the attributes.
    
    Returns:
    the attributes of this Node
  - getChildNodes
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NodeList getChildNodes()
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    This method retrieves the child nodes.
    
    Returns:
    the child nodes of this Node
  - getFirstChild
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Node getFirstChild()
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    This method retrieves the first child.
    
    Returns:
    the first child of this Node
  - getLastChild
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Node getLastChild()
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    This method retrieves the last child.
    
    Returns:
    the last child of this Node
  - getNamespaceURI
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java.lang.String getNamespaceURI()
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    This method retrieves the namespace URI.
    
    Returns:
    the namespace URI of this Node
  - getNextSibling
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Node getNextSibling()
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    This method retrieves the next sibling.
    
    Returns:
    the next sibling of this Node
  - getNodeName
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java.lang.String getNodeName()
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    This method retrieves the name.
    
    Returns:
    the name of this Node
  - getNodeType
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short getNodeType()
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    This method retrieves the type.
    
    Returns:
    the type of this Node
  - getNodeValue
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java.lang.String getNodeValue()
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    This method retrieves the value.
    
    Returns:
    the value of this Node
  - getOwnerDocument
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Document getOwnerDocument()
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    This method retrieves the owner document.
    
    Returns:
    the owner document of this Node
  - getParentNode
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Node getParentNode()
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    This method retrieves the parent.
    
    Returns:
    the parent of this Node
  - getPrefix
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java.lang.String getPrefix()
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    This method retrieves the prefix.
    
    Returns:
    the prefix of this Node
  - getPreviousSibling
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Node getPreviousSibling()
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    This method retrieves the previous sibling.
    
    Returns:
    the previous sibling of this Node
  - hasAttributes
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boolean hasAttributes()
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    This method determines whether this Node has any attributes.
    
    Returns:
    true if this Node has any attributes
  - hasChildNodes
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boolean hasChildNodes()
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    This method determines whether this Node has any child nodes.
    
    Returns:
    true if this Node has any child nodes
  - insertBefore
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Node insertBefore(Node newChild,
                Node refChild)
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    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
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void normalize()
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    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
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Node removeChild(Node oldChild)
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    This method removes child oldChild.
    
    Parameters:
    oldChild - the Node to be removed
    
    Returns:
    the child Node removed
  - replaceChild
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Node replaceChild(Node newChild,
                Node oldChild)
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    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
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void setNodeValue(java.lang.String nodeValue)
```
    This method sets the value to nodeValue.
    
    Parameters:
    nodeValue - the new value

Interface Node

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

ELEMENT_NODE

ATTRIBUTE_NODE

TEXT_NODE

CDATA_SECTION_NODE

ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE

ENTITY_NODE

PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE

COMMENT_NODE

DOCUMENT_NODE

DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE

NOTATION_NODE

Method Detail

appendChild

cloneNode

getAttributes

getChildNodes

getFirstChild

getLastChild

getNamespaceURI

getNextSibling

getNodeName

getNodeType

getNodeValue

getOwnerDocument

getParentNode

getPrefix

getPreviousSibling

hasAttributes

hasChildNodes

insertBefore

normalize

removeChild

replaceChild

setNodeValue