Uses of Class
org.jdom.Element

Packages that use Element

Package	Description
org.jdom	Classes to represent the components of an XML document.
org.jdom.input	Classes to build JDOM documents from various sources.
org.jdom.output	Classes to output JDOM documents to various destinations.
org.jdom.transform	Classes to help with transformations, based on the JAXP TrAX classes.

Uses of Element in org.jdom

Fields in org.jdom declared as Element

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Element	Attribute.parent Parent element, or null if none

Methods in org.jdom that return Element

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Element	Element.addContent(Collection newContent) Appends all children in the given collection to the end of the content list.
Element	Element.addContent(Content child) Appends the child to the end of the element's content list.
Element	Element.addContent(int index, Collection newContent) Inserts the content in a collection into the content list at the given index.
Element	Element.addContent(int index, Content child) Inserts the child into the content list at the given index.
Element	Element.addContent(String str) This adds text content to this element.
Element	Document.detachRootElement() Detach the root Element from this document.
Element	UncheckedJDOMFactory.element(String name)
Element	JDOMFactory.element(String name) This will create an Element in no Namespace.
Element	DefaultJDOMFactory.element(String name)
Element	UncheckedJDOMFactory.element(String name, Namespace namespace)
Element	JDOMFactory.element(String name, Namespace namespace) This will create a new Element with the supplied (local) name, and define the Namespace to be used.
Element	DefaultJDOMFactory.element(String name, Namespace namespace)
Element	UncheckedJDOMFactory.element(String name, String uri)
Element	JDOMFactory.element(String name, String uri) This will create a new Element with the supplied (local) name, and specifies the URI of the Namespace the Element should be in, resulting it being unprefixed (in the default namespace).
Element	DefaultJDOMFactory.element(String name, String uri)
Element	UncheckedJDOMFactory.element(String name, String prefix, String uri)
Element	JDOMFactory.element(String name, String prefix, String uri) This will create a new Element with the supplied (local) name, and specifies the prefix and URI of the Namespace the Element should be in.
Element	DefaultJDOMFactory.element(String name, String prefix, String uri)
Element	Element.getChild(String name) This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace.
Element	Element.getChild(String name, Namespace ns) This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to the given namespace.
Element	Attribute.getParent() This will return the parent of this Attribute.
Element	Content.getParentElement() A convenience method that returns any parent element for this element, or null if the element is unattached or is a root element.
Element	Document.getRootElement() This will return the root Element for this Document
Element	Element.setAttribute(Attribute attribute) This sets an attribute value for this element.
Element	Element.setAttribute(String name, String value) This sets an attribute value for this element.
Element	Element.setAttribute(String name, String value, Namespace ns) This sets an attribute value for this element.
Element	Element.setAttributes(Collection newAttributes) This sets the attributes of the element.
Element	Element.setAttributes(List newAttributes) This sets the attributes of the element.
Element	Element.setContent(Collection newContent) This sets the content of the element.
Element	Element.setContent(Content child) Set this element's content to be the supplied child.
Element	Element.setContent(int index, Content child) Replace the current child the given index with the supplied child.
Element	Element.setName(String name) Sets the (local) name of the element.
Element	Element.setNamespace(Namespace namespace) Sets the element's Namespace.
Element	Element.setText(String text) Sets the content of the element to be the text given.

Methods in org.jdom with parameters of type Element

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	UncheckedJDOMFactory.addNamespaceDeclaration(Element parent, Namespace additional)
void	JDOMFactory.addNamespaceDeclaration(Element element, Namespace additional)
void	DefaultJDOMFactory.addNamespaceDeclaration(Element parent, Namespace additional)
static String	Verifier.checkNamespaceCollision(Attribute attribute, Element element) Check if Attribute's namespace collides with a Element's namespace.
static String	Verifier.checkNamespaceCollision(Namespace namespace, Element element) Check if a Namespace collides with a Element's namespace.
Document	UncheckedJDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement)
Document	JDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement) This will create a new Document, with the supplied Element as the root element, and no DocType declaration.
Document	DefaultJDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement)
Document	UncheckedJDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement, DocType docType)
Document	JDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement, DocType docType) This will create a new Document, with the supplied Element as the root element and the supplied DocType declaration.
Document	DefaultJDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement, DocType docType)
Document	UncheckedJDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement, DocType docType, String baseURI)
Document	JDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement, DocType docType, String baseURI) This will create a new Document, with the supplied Element as the root element and the supplied DocType declaration.
Document	DefaultJDOMFactory.document(Element rootElement, DocType docType, String baseURI)
boolean	Element.isAncestor(Element element) Determines if this element is the ancestor of another element.
void	UncheckedJDOMFactory.setAttribute(Element parent, Attribute a)
void	JDOMFactory.setAttribute(Element element, Attribute a)
void	DefaultJDOMFactory.setAttribute(Element parent, Attribute a)
protected Attribute	Attribute.setParent(Element parent) This will set the parent of this Attribute.
Document	Document.setRootElement(Element rootElement) This sets the root Element for the Document.

Constructors in org.jdom with parameters of type Element

Constructor and Description
Document(Element rootElement) This will create a new Document, with the supplied Element as the root element, and no DocType declaration.
Document(Element rootElement, DocType docType) This will create a new Document, with the supplied Element as the root element and the supplied DocType declaration.
Document(Element rootElement, DocType docType, String baseURI) This will create a new Document, with the supplied Element as the root element, the supplied DocType declaration, and the specified base URI.

Uses of Element in org.jdom.input

Methods in org.jdom.input that return Element

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Element	DOMBuilder.build(Element domElement) This will build a JDOM Element from an existing DOM Element
Element	SAXHandler.getCurrentElement() Returns the being-parsed element.

Methods in org.jdom.input with parameters of type Element

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	SAXHandler.pushElement(Element element) Pushes an element onto the tree under construction.

Uses of Element in org.jdom.output

Methods in org.jdom.output with parameters of type Element

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	SAXOutputter.output(Element node) This will output a single JDOM element as a document, firing off the SAX events that have been registered.
void	XMLOutputter.output(Element element, OutputStream out) Print out an Element, including its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.
void	XMLOutputter.output(Element element, Writer out) Print out an Element, including its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.
void	XMLOutputter.outputElementContent(Element element, OutputStream out) This will handle printing out an Element's content only, not including its tag, and attributes.
void	XMLOutputter.outputElementContent(Element element, Writer out) This will handle printing out an Element's content only, not including its tag, and attributes.
String	XMLOutputter.outputString(Element element) Return a string representing an element.
protected void	XMLOutputter.printAttributes(Writer out, List attributes, Element parent, XMLOutputter.NamespaceStack namespaces) This will handle printing of a Attribute list.
protected void	XMLOutputter.printElement(Writer out, Element element, int level, XMLOutputter.NamespaceStack namespaces) This will handle printing of a Element, its Attributes, and all contained (child) elements, etc.

Uses of Element in org.jdom.transform

Constructors in org.jdom.transform with parameters of type Element

Constructor and Description
JDOMSource(Element source) Creates a JDOM TrAX source wrapping a JDOM element.