Package de.umass.xml

Class DomElement

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

  • Constructor Details

    • DomElement

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

  • Method Details

    • getElement

      public Element getElement()
      Returns:
      the original Element

    • hasAttribute

      public boolean hasAttribute(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 String getAttribute(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 String getText()
      Returns:
      the text content of the element

    • hasChild

      public boolean hasChild(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(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 String getChildText(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 List<DomElement> getChildren()
      Returns:
      all children of this element

    • getChildren

      public List<DomElement> getChildren(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 String getTagName()
      Returns this element's tag name.
      Returns:
      the tag name