Uses of Class
org.jdom.Element

Packages that use Element

org.jdom
org.jdom.input
org.jdom.output

Uses of Element in org.jdom

Fields in org.jdom declared as Element

protected Element	Document.rootElement The root Element of the Document.
protected Element	Element.parent The parent of this Element

Methods in org.jdom that return Element

Element	Document.getRootElement() This will return the root Element for this Document, or return null in the case the root element hasn't been yet set.
Element	Element.getCopy(java.lang.String name, Namespace ns) This creates a copy of this Element, with the new name specified, and in the specified Namespace.
Element	Element.getCopy(java.lang.String name) This creates a copy of this Element, with the new name specified, and in no namespace.
Element	Element.getParent() This will return the parent of this Element.
protected Element	Element.setParent(Element parent) This will set the parent of this Element.
protected Element	Element.setDocument(Document document) This sets the Document parent of this element and makes it the root element.
Element	Element.setText(java.lang.String text) This sets the content of the element to be the text given.
Element	Element.setMixedContent(java.util.List mixedContent) This sets the content of the element.
Element	Element.setChildren(java.util.List children) This sets the content of the element to be the List of Element objects within the supplied List.
Element	Element.getChild(java.lang.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	Element.getChild(java.lang.String name) This returns the first child element within this element with the given local name and belonging to no namespace.
Element	Element.addContent(java.lang.String text) This adds text content to this element.
Element	Element.addContent(Element element) This adds element content to this element.
Element	Element.addContent(ProcessingInstruction pi) This adds a processing instruction as content to this element.
Element	Element.addContent(Entity entity) This adds entity content to this element.
Element	Element.addContent(CDATA cdata) This adds a CDATA section as content to this element.
Element	Element.addContent(Comment comment) This adds a comment as content to this element.
Element	Element.setAttributes(java.util.List attributes) This sets all the attributes for this element to be those in the given List; all existing attributes are removed.
Element	Element.addAttribute(Attribute attribute) This adds an attribute to this element.
Element	Element.addAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) This adds an attribute to this element with the given name and value.
Element	Element.setContent(java.lang.String text) Deprecated. Use setText(String) instead
Element	Element.addChild(java.lang.String text) Deprecated. Use addContent(String) instead
Element	Element.addChild(Element element) Deprecated. Use addContent(Element) instead
Element	Element.addChild(ProcessingInstruction pi) Deprecated. Use addContent(ProcessingInstruction) instead
Element	Element.addChild(Entity entity) Deprecated. Use addContent(Entity) instead
Element	Element.addChild(Comment comment) Deprecated. Use addContent(Comment) instead

Methods in org.jdom with parameters of type Element

Document	Document.setRootElement(Element rootElement) This sets the root Element for the Document.
Document	Document.addContent(Element element) This will add an element to the Document.
static Namespace	Namespace.getNamespace(java.lang.String prefix, Element context) This will retrieve the Namespace for the supplied prefix in the specified context.
protected Element	Element.setParent(Element parent) This will set the parent of this Element.
Element	Element.addContent(Element element) This adds element content to this element.
Element	Element.addChild(Element element) Deprecated. Use addContent(Element) instead
boolean	Element.removeChild(Element element) Deprecated. Use getMixedContent().remove(element) instead
boolean	Element.removeContent(Element element) Deprecated. Use getMixedContent().remove(element) instead
Entity	Entity.addChild(Element element) This will add an Element as a child of this Entity.

Constructors in org.jdom with parameters of type Element

Document.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.Document(Element rootElement)
This will create a new Document, with the supplied Element as the root element, and no DocType declaration.

IllegalAddException.IllegalAddException(Element base, Attribute added, java.lang.String reason)
This will create an Exception indicating that the addition of the Attribute supplied to the Element supplied is illegal.

IllegalAddException.IllegalAddException(Element base, Element added, java.lang.String reason)
This will create an Exception indicating that the addition of the Element supplied as a child of the supplied parent is not allowed.

IllegalAddException.IllegalAddException(Document base, Element added, java.lang.String reason)
This will create an Exception indicating that the addition of the Element supplied as a child of the document is not allowed.

Uses of Element in org.jdom.input

Methods in org.jdom.input that return Element

Element

DOMBuilder.build(org.w3c.dom.Element domElement) This will build a JDOM Element from an existing DOM Element

Uses of Element in org.jdom.output

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

void	XMLOutputter.output(Element element, java.io.Writer out) Print out an Element, including its Attributes, and its value, and all contained (child) elements etc.
void	XMLOutputter.output(Element element, java.io.OutputStream out) Print out an Element, including its Attributes, and its value, and all contained (child) elements etc.
java.lang.String	XMLOutputter.outputString(Element element) Return a string representing an element.
protected void	XMLOutputter.printElement(Element element, java.io.Writer out, int indentLevel, org.jdom.output.NamespaceStack namespaces) This will handle printing out an Element, its Attributes, and its value.
void	XMLOutputter.printElementContent(Element element, java.io.Writer out) This will handle printing out an Element's content only, not including its tag, attributes, and namespace info.
protected void	XMLOutputter.printElementContent(Element element, java.io.Writer out, int indentLevel, org.jdom.output.NamespaceStack namespaces, java.util.List mixedContent) This will handle printing out an Element's content only, not including its tag, attributes, and namespace info.
protected void	XMLOutputter.printAttributes(java.util.List attributes, Element parent, java.io.Writer out, org.jdom.output.NamespaceStack namespaces) This will handle printing out an Attribute list.
org.w3c.dom.Element	DOMOutputter.output(Element element) This converts the JDOM Element parameter to a DOM Element, returning the DOM version.
org.w3c.dom.Element	DOMOutputter.output(Element element, java.lang.String domAdapterClass) This converts the JDOM Element parameter to a DOM Element, returning the DOM version.