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package javax.xml.soap;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * An object representing the contents in a SOAPBody object, the contents in a
 * SOAPHeader object, the content that can follow the SOAPBody object in a
 * SOAPEnvelope object, or what can follow the detail element in a
 * SOAPFault object. It is the base class for all of the classes that represent the
 * SOAP objects as defined in the SOAP specification.
 */
public interface SOAPElement extends javax.xml.soap.Node, org.w3c.dom.Element {

    /**
     * Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the given Name
     * object and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.
     *
     * @param name a Name object with the XML name for the new element
     * @return the new SOAPElement object that was created
     * @throws SOAPException if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
     */
    public abstract SOAPElement addChildElement(Name name) throws SOAPException;

    /**
     * Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the given String
     * object and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.
     *
     * @param localName a String giving the local name for the element
     * @return the new SOAPElement object that was created
     * @throws SOAPException if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
     */
    public abstract SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName)
            throws SOAPException;

    /**
     * Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the specified local name and
     * prefix and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.
     *
     * @param localName a String giving the local name for the new element
     * @param prefix    a String giving the namespace prefix for the new element
     * @return the new SOAPElement object that was created
     * @throws SOAPException if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
     */
    public abstract SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName,
                                                String prefix)
            throws SOAPException;

    /**
     * Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the specified local name,
     * prefix, and URI and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.
     *
     * @param localName a String giving the local name for the new element
     * @param prefix    a String giving the namespace prefix for the new element
     * @param uri       a String giving the URI of the namespace to which the new
     *                  element belongs
     * @return the new SOAPElement object that was created
     * @throws SOAPException if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
     */
    public abstract SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName,
                                                String prefix,
                                                String uri) throws SOAPException;

    /**
     * Add a SOAPElement as a child of this SOAPElement instance. The
     * SOAPElement is expected to be created by a SOAPElementFactory.
     * Callers should not rely on the element instance being added as is into the XML tree.
     * Implementations could end up copying the content of the SOAPElement passed into
     * an instance of a different SOAPElement implementation. For instance if
     * addChildElement() is called on a SOAPHeader, element
     * will be copied into an instance of a SOAPHeaderElement.
     * 

*

The fragment rooted in element is either added as a whole or not at all, if * there was an error. *

*

The fragment rooted in element cannot contain elements named "Envelope", * "Header" or "Body" and in the SOAP namespace. Any namespace prefixes present in the fragment * should be fully resolved using appropriate namespace declarations within the fragment * itself. * * @param element the SOAPElement to be added as a new child * @return an instance representing the new SOAP element that was actually added to the tree. * @throws SOAPException if there was an error in adding this element as a child */ public abstract SOAPElement addChildElement(SOAPElement element) throws SOAPException; /** * Creates a new Text object initialized with the given String and * adds it to this SOAPElement object. * * @param text a String object with the textual content to be added * @return the SOAPElement object into which the new Text object was * inserted * @throws SOAPException if there is an error in creating the new Text object */ public abstract SOAPElement addTextNode(String text) throws SOAPException; /** * Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this SOAPElement object. *

* * @param name a Name object with the name of the attribute * @param value a String giving the value of the attribute * @return the SOAPElement object into which the attribute was inserted * @throws SOAPException if there is an error in creating the Attribute */ public abstract SOAPElement addAttribute(Name name, String value) throws SOAPException; /** * Adds a namespace declaration with the specified prefix and URI to this * SOAPElement object. *

* * @param prefix a String giving the prefix of the namespace * @param uri a String giving the prefix of the namespace * @return the SOAPElement object into which this namespace declaration was * inserted. * @throws SOAPException if there is an error in creating the namespace */ public abstract SOAPElement addNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix, String uri) throws SOAPException; /** * Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name. * * @param name a Name object with the name of the attribute * @return a String giving the value of the specified attribute */ public abstract String getAttributeValue(Name name); /** * Returns an iterator over all of the attribute names in this SOAPElement object. * The iterator can be used to get the attribute names, which can then be passed to the method * getAttributeValue to retrieve the value of each attribute. * * @return an iterator over the names of the attributes */ public abstract Iterator getAllAttributes(); /** * Returns the URI of the namespace that has the given prefix. * * @param prefix a String giving the prefix of the namespace for which to search * @return a String with the uri of the namespace that has the given prefix */ public abstract String getNamespaceURI(String prefix); /** * Returns an iterator of namespace prefixes. The iterator can be used to get the namespace * prefixes, which can then be passed to the method getNamespaceURI to retrieve the * URI of each namespace. * * @return an iterator over the namespace prefixes in this SOAPElement object */ public abstract Iterator getNamespacePrefixes(); /** * Returns the name of this SOAPElement object. * * @return a Name object with the name of this SOAPElement object */ public abstract Name getElementName(); /** * Removes the attribute with the specified name. * * @param name the Name object with the name of the attribute to be removed * @return true if the attribute was removed successfully; false if it * was not */ public abstract boolean removeAttribute(Name name); /** * Removes the namespace declaration corresponding to the given prefix. * * @param prefix a String giving the prefix for which to search * @return true if the namespace declaration was removed successfully; * false if it was not */ public abstract boolean removeNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix); /** * Returns an iterator over all the immediate content of this element. This includes * Text objects as well as SOAPElement objects. * * @return an iterator with the content of this SOAPElement object */ public abstract Iterator getChildElements(); /** * Returns an iterator over all the child elements with the specified name. * * @param name a Name object with the name of the child elements to be returned * @return an Iterator object over all the elements in this * SOAPElement object with the specified name */ public abstract Iterator getChildElements(Name name); /** * Sets the encoding style for this SOAPElement object to one specified. * * @param encodingStyle a String giving the encoding style * @throws IllegalArgumentException * if there was a problem in the encoding style being set. * @see #getEncodingStyle() getEncodingStyle() */ public abstract void setEncodingStyle(String encodingStyle) throws SOAPException; /** * Returns the encoding style for this SOAPElement object. * * @return a String giving the encoding style * @see #setEncodingStyle(String) setEncodingStyle(java.lang.String) */ public abstract String getEncodingStyle(); /** * Detaches all children of this SOAPElement. *

* This method is useful for rolling back the construction of partially completed * SOAPHeaders and SOAPBodys in reparation for sending a fault when an * error condition is detected. It is also useful for recycling portions of a document within a * SOAP message. */ public abstract void removeContents(); /** * Returns an Iterator over the namespace prefix Strings visible to * this element. The prefixes returned by this iterator can be passed to the method * getNamespaceURI() to retrieve the URI of each namespace. * * @return an iterator over the namespace prefixes are within scope of this * SOAPElement object */ public abstract Iterator getVisibleNamespacePrefixes(); public abstract SOAPElement addAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname, java.lang.String value) throws SOAPException; public abstract SOAPElement addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname) throws SOAPException; public abstract javax.xml.namespace.QName createQName(String localName, String prefix) throws SOAPException; public abstract java.util.Iterator getAllAttributesAsQNames(); public abstract java.lang.String getAttributeValue(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname); public abstract java.util.Iterator getChildElements(QName name); public abstract javax.xml.namespace.QName getElementQName(); boolean removeAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname); public abstract SOAPElement setElementQName(javax.xml.namespace.QName newName) throws SOAPException; }





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