Class XmlElement

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An XML element. This class aids in navigating an XML hierarchy. Elements have a name, a set of attributes, and a sequence of children.

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`getAttribute(expandedName)`	`XmlAttribute`	Gets the child attribute with the given name.
`getAttribute(namespaceName, localName)`	`XmlAttribute`	Gets the child attribute with the given name.
`getAttributes()`	`XmlAttribute[]`	Gets all child attributes of this element.
`getElement()`	`XmlElement`	Gets the first child element of this element.
`getElement(expandedName)`	`XmlElement`	Gets the first child element with the given name.
`getElement(namespaceName, localName)`	`XmlElement`	Gets the first child element with the given name.
`getElements()`	`XmlElement[]`	Gets all child elements of this element.
`getElements(expandedName)`	`XmlElement[]`	Gets all child elements of this element.
`getElements(namespaceName, localName)`	`XmlElement[]`	Gets all child elements with the given name.
`getName()`	`XmlName`	Gets the name of this XmlElement.
`toXmlString()`	`String`	Returns this node as an XML string.

Detailed documentation

`getAttribute(expandedName)`

Gets the child attribute with the given name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`expandedName`	`String`	the expanded name to look for

Return

XmlAttribute — the attribute with the provided expanded name (or null if there is no such child)

`getAttribute(namespaceName, localName)`

Gets the child attribute with the given name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`namespaceName`	`String`	the name of the namespace to look for
`localName`	`String`	the local name to look for

Return

XmlAttribute — the attribute with the provided namespace name and local name (or null if there is no such child)

`getAttributes()`

Gets all child attributes of this element.

Return

XmlAttribute[] — the attributes that this element has

`getElement()`

Gets the first child element of this element.

Return

XmlElement — the first child element of this element (or null if there is no such element)

`getElement(expandedName)`

Gets the first child element with the given name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`expandedName`	`String`	the expanded name to look for

Return

XmlElement — this first child element of this element with the provided expanded name, or null if there is no such element

`getElement(namespaceName, localName)`

Gets the first child element with the given name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`namespaceName`	`String`	the name of the namespace to look for
`localName`	`String`	the local name to look for

Return

XmlElement — this first child element of this element with the provided namespace name and local name, or null if there is no such element

`getElements()`

Gets all child elements of this element.

Return

XmlElement[] — all the child elements of this element in document order

`getElements(expandedName)`

Gets all child elements of this element.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`expandedName`	`String`	the expanded name to look for

Return

XmlElement[] — all the child elements of this element, with the provided expanded name, in document order

`getElements(namespaceName, localName)`

Gets all child elements with the given name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`namespaceName`	`String`	the name of the namespace to look for
`localName`	`String`	the local name to look for

Return

XmlElement[] — all the child elements of this element, with the provided namespace name and local name, in document order

`getName()`

Gets the name of this XmlElement.

Return

XmlName — the name of this element

`toXmlString()`

Returns this node as an XML string. For an XmlElement or XmlDocument, this will be the fully converted node in XML string form. For minor nodes like XmlAttribute, this will be in simplified XML fragments like foo="bar".

Return

String — this node in string form

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Class XmlElement

Methods

Detailed documentation

`getAttribute(expandedName)`

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Return

`getAttribute(namespaceName, localName)`

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`getAttributes()`

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`getElement()`

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`getElement(expandedName)`

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`getElement(namespaceName, localName)`

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`getElements()`

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`getElements(expandedName)`

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`getElements(namespaceName, localName)`

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`getName()`

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`toXmlString()`

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Class XmlElement

Methods

Detailed documentation

getAttribute(expandedName)

Parameters

Return

getAttribute(namespaceName, localName)

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Return

getAttributes()

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getElement()

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getElement(expandedName)

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getElement(namespaceName, localName)

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getElements()

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getElements(expandedName)

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getElements(namespaceName, localName)

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getName()

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toXmlString()

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`getAttribute(expandedName)`

`getAttribute(namespaceName, localName)`

`getAttributes()`

`getElement()`

`getElement(expandedName)`

`getElement(namespaceName, localName)`

`getElements()`

`getElements(expandedName)`

`getElements(namespaceName, localName)`

`getName()`

`toXmlString()`