Module java.xml
Package org.w3c.dom
package org.w3c.dom
Provides the interfaces for the Document Object Model (DOM). Supports the
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification,
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification,
and
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification.
- API Note:
- The documentation comments for the get and set methods within this API are
written as property definitions and are shared between both methods. These
methods do not follow the standard Java SE specification format.
Take the
NodeTextContent property as an example, bothgetTextContentandsetTextContentshared the same content that defined the TextContent property itself. - Since:
- 1.4
-
ClassDescriptionThe
Attrinterface represents an attribute in anElementobject.CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text containing characters that would otherwise be regarded as markup.TheCharacterDatainterface extends Node with a set of attributes and methods for accessing character data in the DOM.This interface inherits fromCharacterDataand represents the content of a comment, i.e., all the characters between the starting '<!--' and ending '-->'.TheDocumentinterface represents the entire HTML or XML document.DocumentFragmentis a "lightweight" or "minimal"Documentobject.EachDocumenthas adoctypeattribute whose value is eithernullor aDocumentTypeobject.TheDOMConfigurationinterface represents the configuration of a document and maintains a table of recognized parameters.DOMErroris an interface that describes an error.DOMErrorHandleris a callback interface that the DOM implementation can call when reporting errors that happens while processing XML data, or when doing some other processing (e.g. validating a document).DOM operations only raise exceptions in "exceptional" circumstances, i.e., when an operation is impossible to perform (either for logical reasons, because data is lost, or because the implementation has become unstable).TheDOMImplementationinterface provides a number of methods for performing operations that are independent of any particular instance of the document object model.TheDOMImplementationListinterface provides the abstraction of an ordered collection of DOM implementations, without defining or constraining how this collection is implemented.This interface permits a DOM implementer to supply one or more implementations, based upon requested features and versions, as specified in DOM Features.DOMLocatoris an interface that describes a location (e.g.TheDOMStringListinterface provides the abstraction of an ordered collection ofDOMStringvalues, without defining or constraining how this collection is implemented.TheElementinterface represents an element in an HTML or XML document.TheElementTraversalinterface is a set of read-only attributes which allow an author to easily navigate between elements in a document.This interface represents a known entity, either parsed or unparsed, in an XML document.EntityReferencenodes may be used to represent an entity reference in the tree.Objects implementing theNamedNodeMapinterface are used to represent collections of nodes that can be accessed by name.TheNameListinterface provides the abstraction of an ordered collection of parallel pairs of name and namespace values (which could be null values), without defining or constraining how this collection is implemented.TheNodeinterface is the primary datatype for the entire Document Object Model.TheNodeListinterface provides the abstraction of an ordered collection of nodes, without defining or constraining how this collection is implemented.This interface represents a notation declared in the DTD.TheProcessingInstructioninterface represents a "processing instruction", used in XML as a way to keep processor-specific information in the text of the document.TheTextinterface inherits fromCharacterDataand represents the textual content (termed character data in XML) of anElementorAttr.TheTypeInfointerface represents a type referenced fromElementorAttrnodes, specified in the schemas associated with the document.When associating an object to a key on a node usingNode.setUserData()the application can provide a handler that gets called when the node the object is associated to is being cloned, imported, or renamed.