abs.ixi.client.xml

Interface XMLNode

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CDataSection, Element, Text

public interface XMLNode
extends Cloneable, Serializable

Represents a XML Node inside a DOM.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	children() Returns number of children for this node.
XMLNode	clone() makes a deep copy of this XML Node and returns it
String	stringify() Returns XML representation of this XML node
String	stringifyChildren() Returns XML string with all the children nodes of this node
String	val() Returns concatenated String of Text and CDataSection nodes in the children.

Method Detail

children

int children()

Returns number of children for this node. If this is leaf node, it will return zero

Returns:

number of children

clone

XMLNode clone()

makes a deep copy of this XML Node and returns it

Returns:

cloned XMLNode instance

stringify

String stringify()

Returns XML representation of this XML node

Returns:

String value after stringifying this XMLNode

stringifyChildren

String stringifyChildren()

Returns XML string with all the children nodes of this node

Returns:

String value with all the children

val

String val()

Returns concatenated String of Text and CDataSection nodes in the children. If there is no child of type Text or CDataSection exist, this method will return null

Returns:

value of this XMLNode