Java org.dom4j Node fields, constructors, methods, implement or subclass

Introduction

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Field

short	ELEMENT_NODE Matches Element nodes
short	ATTRIBUTE_NODE Matches elements nodes
short	TEXT_NODE Matches elements nodes
short	CDATA_SECTION_NODE Matches elements nodes
short	ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE Matches elements nodes
short	PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE Matches ProcessingInstruction
short	COMMENT_NODE Matches Comments nodes
short	DOCUMENT_NODE Matches Document nodes
short	DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE Matches DocumentType nodes
short	NAMESPACE_NODE Matchs a Namespace Node - NOTE this differs from DOM

Method

void	accept(Visitor visitor) `accept` is the method used in the Visitor Pattern.
String	asXML() `asXML` returns the textual XML representation of this node.
Object	clone() `clone` will return a deep clone or if this node is read-only then clone will return the same instance.
XPath	createXPath(String xpathExpression) `createXPath` creates an XPath object for the given xpathExpression.
Node	detach() Removes this node from its parent if there is one.
Document	getDocument() `getDocument` returns the `Document` that this `Node` is part of if this node supports the parent relationship.
String	getName() `getName` returns the name of this node.
short	getNodeType() Returns the code according to the type of node.
String	getNodeTypeName() DOCUMENT ME!
Element	getParent() `getParent` returns the parent `Element` if this node supports the parent relationship or null if it is the root element or does not support the parent relationship.
String	getPath() Returns the XPath expression which will return a node set containing the given node such as /a/b/@c.
String	getStringValue() Returns the XPath string-value of this node.
String	getText() Returns the text of this node.
String	getUniquePath() Returns the XPath expression which will return a nodeset of one node which is the current node.
boolean	hasContent() `hasContent` returns true if this node is a Branch (either an Element or a Document) and it contains at least one content node such as a child Element or Text node.
boolean	isReadOnly() `isReadOnly` returns true if this node is read only and cannot be modified.
boolean	matches(String xpathExpression) `matches` returns true if evaluating the given XPath expression on this node returns a non-empty node set containing this node.
Number	numberValueOf(String xpathExpression) `numberValueOf` evaluates an XPath expression and returns the numeric value of the XPath expression if the XPath expression results in a number, or null if the result is not a number.
List	selectNodes(String xpathExpression) `selectNodes` evaluates an XPath expression and returns the result as a `List` of `Node` instances or `String` instances depending on the XPath expression.
List	selectNodes(String xpathExpression, String comparisonXPathExpression) `selectNodes` evaluates an XPath expression then sorts the results using a secondary XPath expression Returns a sorted `List` of `Node` instances.
Object	selectObject(String xpathExpression) `selectObject` evaluates an XPath expression and returns the result as an Object .
Node	selectSingleNode(String xpathExpression) `selectSingleNode` evaluates an XPath expression and returns the result as a single `Node` instance.
void	setName(String name) Sets the text data of this node or this method will throw an `UnsupportedOperationException` if it is read-only.
void	setParent(Element parent) `setParent` sets the parent relationship of this node if the parent relationship is supported or does nothing if the parent relationship is not supported.
void	setText(String text) Sets the text data of this node or this method will throw an `UnsupportedOperationException` if it is read-only.
String	valueOf(String xpathExpression) `valueOf` evaluates an XPath expression and returns the textual representation of the results the XPath string-value of this node.
void	write(Writer writer) `write` writes this node as the default XML notation for this node.