net.roarsoftware.xml
Class DomElement

java.lang.Object
  net.roarsoftware.xml.DomElement

public class DomElement
extends java.lang.Object

DomElement wraps around an Element and provides convenience methods.

Author:

Janni Kovacs

Constructor Summary

DomElement(org.w3c.dom.Element elem)
Creates a new wrapper around the given Element.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Returns the attribute value to a given attribute name or null if the attribute doesn't exist.
DomElement	getChild(java.lang.String name) Returns the child element with the given name or null if it doesn't exist.
java.util.Collection<DomElement>	getChildren()
java.util.Collection<DomElement>	getChildren(java.lang.String name) Returns all children of this element with the given tag name.
java.lang.String	getChildText(java.lang.String name) Returns the text content of a child node with the given name.
org.w3c.dom.Element	getElement()
java.lang.String	getTagName() Returns this element's tag name.
java.lang.String	getText()
boolean	hasChild(java.lang.String name) Checks if this element has a child element with the given name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DomElement

public DomElement(org.w3c.dom.Element elem)

Creates a new wrapper around the given Element.

Parameters:

elem - An w3c Element

Method Detail

getElement

public org.w3c.dom.Element getElement()

Returns:

the original Element

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.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 java.lang.String getText()

Returns:

the text content of the element

hasChild

public boolean hasChild(java.lang.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(java.lang.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 java.lang.String getChildText(java.lang.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 java.util.Collection<DomElement> getChildren()

Returns:

all children of this element

getChildren

public java.util.Collection<DomElement> getChildren(java.lang.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 java.lang.String getTagName()

Returns this element's tag name.

Returns:

the tag name