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Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Jason Hunter & Brett McLaughlin.
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/**
* Returns the child at the given index.
*
* @param index location of desired child
* @return child at the given index
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or beyond
* the current number of children
* @throws IllegalStateException if parent is a Document
* and the root element is not set
*/
Content getContent(int index);
/**
* Returns the full content of this parent as a {@link java.util.List}
* which contains objects of type {@link Content}. The returned list is
* "live" and in document order. Any modifications
* to it affect the element's actual contents. Modifications are checked
* for conformance to XML 1.0 rules.
*
* Sequential traversal through the List is best done with an Iterator
* since the underlying implement of {@link java.util.List#size} may
* require walking the entire list and indexed lookups may require
* starting at the beginning each time.
*
* @return a list of the content of the parent
* @throws IllegalStateException if parent is a Document
* and the root element is not set
*/
List getContent();
/**
* Returns as a {@link java.util.List} the content of
* this parent that matches the supplied filter. The returned list is
* "live" and in document order. Any modifications to it affect
* the element's actual contents. Modifications are checked for
* conformance to XML 1.0 rules.
*
* Sequential traversal through the List is best done with an Iterator
* since the underlying implement of {@link java.util.List#size} may
* require walking the entire list and indexed lookups may require
* starting at the beginning each time.
* @param The Generic type of the returned content (the Filter's type)
*
* @param filter filter to apply
* @return a list of the content of the parent matching the filter
* @throws IllegalStateException if parent is a Document
* and the root element is not set
*/
List getContent(Filter filter);
/**
* Removes all content from this parent and returns the detached
* children.
*
* @return list of the old content detached from this parent
*/
List removeContent();
/**
* Removes from this parent all child content matching the given filter
* and returns a list of the detached children.
* @param The Generic type of the content to remove.
*
* @param filter filter to apply
* @return list of the detached children matching the filter
*/
List removeContent(Filter filter);
/**
* Removes a single child node from the content list.
*
* @param child child to remove
* @return whether the removal occurred
*/
boolean removeContent(Content child);
/**
* Removes and returns the child at the given
* index, or returns null if there's no such child.
*
* @param index index of child to remove
* @return detached child at given index or null if no
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or beyond
* the current number of children
*/
Content removeContent(int index);
/**
* Obtain a deep, unattached copy of this parent and it's children.
*
* @return a deep copy of this parent and it's children.
*/
Object clone();
/**
* Returns an {@link java.util.Iterator} that walks over all descendants
* in document order.
*
* Note that this method returns an IteratorIterable instance, which means
* that you can use it either as an Iterator, or an Iterable, allowing both:
*
*
* for (Iterator it = parent.getDescendants();
* it.hasNext();) {
* Content c = it.next();
* ....
* }
*
* and
*
* for (Content c : parent.getDescendants()) {
* ....
* }
*
* The Iterator version is most useful if you need to do list modification
* on the iterator (using remove()), and for compatibility with JDOM 1.x
*
* @return an iterator to walk descendants
*/
IteratorIterable getDescendants();
/**
* Returns an {@link java.util.Iterator} that walks over all descendants
* in document order applying the Filter to return only content that
* match the filter rule. With filters you can match only Elements,
* only Comments, Elements or Comments, only Elements with a given name
* and/or prefix, and so on.
*
* Note that this method returns an IteratorIterable instance, which means
* that you can use it either as an Iterator, or an Iterable, allowing both:
*
*
* for (Iterator it = parent.getDescendants(Filters.element());
* it.hasNext();) {
* Element e = it.next();
* ....
* }
*
* and
*
* for (Element e : parent.getDescendants(Filters.element())) {
* ....
* }
*
* The Iterator version is most useful if you need to do list modification
* on the iterator (using remove()), and for compatibility with JDOM 1.x
*
* @param The generic type of the returned descendant data
* @param filter filter to select which descendants to see
* @return an iterator to walk descendants that match a filter
*/
IteratorIterable getDescendants(Filter filter);
/**
* Return this parent's parent, or null if this parent is currently
* not attached to another parent. This is the same method as in Content but
* also added to Parent to allow more easy up-the-tree walking.
*
* @return this parent's parent or null if none
*/
Parent getParent();
/**
* Return this parent's owning document or null if the branch containing
* this parent is currently not attached to a document.
*
* @return this child's owning document or null if none
*/
Document getDocument();
/**
* Test whether this Parent instance can contain the specified content
* at the specified position.
* @param content The content to be checked
* @param index The location where the content would be put.
* @param replace true if the intention is to replace the content already at
* the index.
* @throws IllegalAddException if there is a problem with the content
*/
void canContainContent(Content content, int index, boolean replace) throws IllegalAddException;
/**
* Appends the child to the end of the content list.
*
* @param child child to append to end of content list
* @return the Parent instance on which the method was called
* @throws IllegalAddException if the given child already has a parent.
*/
public Parent addContent(Content child);
/**
* Appends all children in the given collection to the end of
* the content list. In event of an exception during add the
* original content will be unchanged and the objects in the supplied
* collection will be unaltered.
*
* @param c collection to append
* @return the document on which the method was called
* @throws IllegalAddException if any item in the collection
* already has a parent or is of an illegal type.
*/
public Parent addContent(Collection c);
/**
* Inserts the child into the content list at the given index.
*
* @param index location for adding the collection
* @param child child to insert
* @return the parent on which the method was called
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or beyond
* the current number of children
* @throws IllegalAddException if the given child already has a parent.
*/
public Parent addContent(int index, Content child);
/**
* Inserts the content in a collection into the content list
* at the given index. In event of an exception the original content
* will be unchanged and the objects in the supplied collection will be
* unaltered.
*
* @param index location for adding the collection
* @param c collection to insert
* @return the parent on which the method was called
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or beyond
* the current number of children
* @throws IllegalAddException if any item in the collection
* already has a parent or is of an illegal type.
*/
public Parent addContent(int index, Collection c);
}