net.jxta.document
Interface TextElement

All Superinterfaces:

Element

All Known Subinterfaces:

StructuredTextDocument, XMLDocument, XMLElement

public interface TextElement

extends Element

Extends Element to provide String oriented accessors for instances of StructuredTextDocument

See Also:

Document, Element, StructuredDocument, StructuredTextDocument

getName

public String getName()

Get the name associated with an element.

Returns:

A string containing the name of this element.

getTextValue

public String getTextValue()

Get the value (if any) associated with an element.

Returns:

A string containing the value of this element, if any, otherwise null.

appendChild

public void appendChild(TextElement element)

Add a child element to this element

Parameters:

element - the element to be added as a child

getChildren

public Enumeration getChildren(String name)

Returns an enumeration of the immediate children of this element whose name match the specified string.

Parameters:

name - The name which will be matched against.

Returns:

An enumeration containing all of the children of this element.