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package io.restassured.path.xml.element;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Base object for all XML objects.
*/
public interface PathElement extends Iterable {
/**
* Get a value from the current XML object.
*
* This method returns the child whose name matches name. If several
* children matches the name then a {@link List} of Node's
* are returned.
*
*
* If this object is a Node and you want to return an attribute value you need to prefix
* the name with an @. E.g. given
*
* <category type="present">
* <item when="Aug 10">
* <name>Kathryn's Birthday</name>
* <price>200</price>
* </item>
* </category>
*
* then
*
* String type = node.get("@type");
*
* will return "present".
*
*
* @param name The name of the child, children or attribute.
* @param The expected type of the return value.
* @return A Node, a list of nodes, an attribute value or null if not found.
*/
T get(String name);
/**
* Get a value from the current XML using Groovy's GPath expression syntax.
*
* @param path The GPath expression syntax
* @param The expected type of the return value.
* @return The outcome of the gpath expression
*/
T getPath(String path);
/**
* Get a value from the current XML using Groovy's GPath expression syntax.
*
* @param path The GPath expression syntax
* @param explicitType Converts the outcome of the GPath expression to tis type if allowed
* @param The expected type of the return value.
* @return The outcome of the gpath expression
*/
T getPath(String path, Class explicitType);
/**
* Get a {@link Node} whose name matches the supplied name
* from the current XML object.
*
*
* Note that there's no guarantee that this method actually
* will return a Node. It could result in a {@java.lang.ClassCastException}.
*
* @param name The name of the Node to get.
* @return The Node matching the name or null if non were found.
*/
Node getNode(String name);
/**
* Get a list of {@link Node}'s whose name matches the supplied name
* from the current XML object.
*
* @param name The name of the Nodes to get.
* @return The Node matching the name or an empty list of non were found.
*/
List getNodes(String name);
}