AbstractXmlNode (org.jvoicexml.xml 0.7.8 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.jvoicexml.xml.AbstractXmlNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

XmlNode, org.w3c.dom.Node

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractCatchElement, AbstractXmlDocumentType, Accept, Alias, Assign, Assign, Assign, Audio, Block, Break, Cancel, Cancel, Ccxml, Choice, Clear, Content, Createcall, Createccxml, Createconference, Data, Data, Datamodel, Desc, Destroyconference, Dialogprepare, Dialogstart, Dialogterminate, Disconnect, Disconnect, Donedata, Else, Else, Else, Elseif, Elseif, Elseif, Emphasis, Enumerate, Eventprocessor, Example, Example, Exit, Exit, Fetch, Field, Filled, Final, Finalize, Foreach, Foreach, Form, Goto, Goto, Grammar, Grapheme, History, If, If, If, Initial, Initial, Invoke, Item, Join, Lexeme, Lexicon, Lexicon, Lexicon, Link, Log, Log, Log, Mark, Menu, Merge, Meta, Meta, Meta, Meta, Metadata, Metadata, Metadata, Metadata, Move, ObjectTag, Onentry, OneOf, Onexit, Option, P, Parallel, Param, Param, Phoneme, Phoneme, Prompt, Property, Prosody, Raise, Record, Redirect, Reject, Reprompt, Return, Rule, Ruleref, S, SayAs, Script, Script, Script, Scxml, Send, Send, Speak, State, Sub, Subdialog, Submit, Tag, Text, Throw, Token, Transfer, Transition, Transition, Unjoin, Validate, Value, Var, Var, Voice, VoiceXmlComment, Vxml
```
public abstract class AbstractXmlNode
extends java.lang.Object
implements XmlNode
```
Abstract base class for all nodes in an XML document.

See Also:

XmlDocument

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node
  ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor and Description

protected AbstractXmlNode(org.w3c.dom.Node n, XmlNodeFactory<? extends XmlNode> nodeFactory)
Constructs a new XmlNode.

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor and Description
`protected`	`AbstractXmlNode(org.w3c.dom.Node n, XmlNodeFactory<? extends XmlNode> nodeFactory)` Constructs a new XmlNode.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`<T extends XmlNode> T`	`addChild(java.lang.Class<T> tagClass)` Adds an instance of the specified child class to this node.
`XmlNode`	`addChild(java.lang.String tagName)` Adds an instance of the specified child class to this node.
`<T extends XmlNode> T`	`appendChild(java.lang.Class<T> tagClass)` Adds an instance of the specified child class to this node and appends it to the child nodes of this node.
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`appendChild(org.w3c.dom.Node newChild)` Adds the node `newChild` to the end of the list of children of this node.
`AbstractXmlNode`	`appendDeepClone(AbstractXmlNode origin)` Appends a deep clone of the given node to the children of this node.
`protected abstract boolean`	`canContainChild(java.lang.String childName)` Can the specified sub-tag be contained within this node?
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`cloneNode(boolean deep)` Returns a duplicate of this node, i.e., serves as a generic copy constructor for nodes.
`short`	`compareDocumentPosition(org.w3c.dom.Node other)` Compares the reference node, i.e.
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object obj)`
`java.lang.String`	`getAttribute(java.lang.String attribute)` Convenient method to get the value of an attribute.
`java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>`	`getAttributeNames()` Returns a collection of permitted attribute names for the node.
`org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap`	`getAttributes()` A `NamedNodeMap` containing the attributes of this node (if it is an `Element`) or `null` otherwise.
`java.lang.String`	`getBaseURI()` The absolute base URI of this node or `null` if the implementation wasn't able to obtain an absolute URI.
`org.w3c.dom.NodeList`	`getChildNodes()` A `NodeList` that contains all children of this node.
`<T extends XmlNode> java.util.Collection<T>`	`getChildNodes(java.lang.Class<T> tagClass)` Return a collection of child nodes with the specified tag class.
`<T extends XmlNode> java.util.Collection<T>`	`getChildren()` Return a collection of all child nodes.
`java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>`	`getDefinedAttributeNames()` Retrieves a list of all attributes defined in this node.
`java.lang.Object`	`getFeature(java.lang.String feature, java.lang.String version)` This method returns a specialized object which implements the specialized APIs of the specified feature and version, as specified in .
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`getFirstChild()` The first child of this node.
`java.lang.String`	`getFirstLevelTextContent()` Returns the text contents of this node, similar to `getTextContent()` but without recursion.
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`getLastChild()` The last child of this node.
`java.lang.String`	`getLocalName()` Returns the local part of the qualified name of this node.
`java.lang.String`	`getNamespaceURI()` The namespace URI of this node, or `null` if it is unspecified.
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`getNextSibling()` The node immediately following this node.
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`getNode()` Retrieves the encapsulated node.
`XmlNodeFactory<? extends XmlNode>`	`getNodeFactory()` Retrieves the factory to create node lists.
`java.lang.String`	`getNodeName()` The name of this node, depending on its type; see the table above.
`short`	`getNodeType()` A code representing the type of the underlying object, as defined above.
`java.lang.String`	`getNodeValue()` The value of this node, depending on its type; see the table above.
`org.w3c.dom.Document`	`getOwnerDocument()` The `Document` object associated with this node.
`<T extends XmlDocument> T`	`getOwnerXmlDocument(java.lang.Class<T> documentClass)` Retrieves the `XmlDocument` containing this node.
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`getParentNode()` The parent of this node.
`java.lang.String`	`getPrefix()` The namespace prefix of this node, or `null` if it is unspecified.
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`getPreviousSibling()` The node immediately preceding this node.
`java.lang.String`	`getTextContent()` This attribute returns the text content of this node and its descendants.
`java.lang.Object`	`getUserData(java.lang.String key)` Retrieves the object associated to a key on a this node.
`boolean`	`hasAttribute(java.lang.String attribute)` Checks, if the attribute with the given name is present.
`boolean`	`hasAttributes()` Returns whether this node (if it is an element) has any attributes.
`boolean`	`hasChildNodes()` Returns whether this node has any children.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`insertBefore(org.w3c.dom.Node newChild, org.w3c.dom.Node refChild)` Inserts the node `newChild` before the existing child node `refChild`.
`boolean`	`isDefaultNamespace(java.lang.String namespaceURI)` This method checks if the specified `namespaceURI` is the default namespace or not.
`boolean`	`isEqualNode(org.w3c.dom.Node other)` Tests whether two nodes are equal.
`boolean`	`isSameNode(org.w3c.dom.Node other)` Returns whether this node is the same node as the given one.
`boolean`	`isSupported(java.lang.String feature, java.lang.String version)` Tests whether the DOM implementation implements a specific feature and that feature is supported by this node.
`java.lang.String`	`lookupNamespaceURI(java.lang.String prefix)` Look up the namespace URI associated to the given prefix, starting from this node.
`java.lang.String`	`lookupPrefix(java.lang.String namespaceURI)` Look up the prefix associated to the given namespace URI, starting from this node.
`void`	`normalize()` Puts all `Text` nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree underneath this `Node`, including attribute nodes, into a "normal" form where only structure (e.g., elements, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates `Text` nodes, i.e., there are neither adjacent `Text` nodes nor empty `Text` nodes.
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`removeChild(org.w3c.dom.Node oldChild)` Removes the child node indicated by `oldChild` from the list of children, and returns it.
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`replaceChild(org.w3c.dom.Node newChild, org.w3c.dom.Node oldChild)` Replaces the child node `oldChild` with `newChild` in the list of children, and returns the `oldChild` node.
`void`	`setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)` Convenient method to set the value of an attribute.
`void`	`setNodeValue(java.lang.String nodeValue)` The value of this node, depending on its type; see the table above.
`void`	`setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)` The namespace prefix of this node, or `null` if it is unspecified.
`void`	`setTextContent(java.lang.String textContent)` This attribute returns the text content of this node and its descendants.
`java.lang.Object`	`setUserData(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object data, org.w3c.dom.UserDataHandler handler)` Associate an object to a key on this node.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.jvoicexml.xml.XmlNode
getTagName, newInstance

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractXmlNode
```
protected AbstractXmlNode(org.w3c.dom.Node n,
                          XmlNodeFactory<? extends XmlNode> nodeFactory)
```
    Constructs a new XmlNode.
    
    Parameters:
    
    n - The encapsulated node.
    
    nodeFactory - Node factory to create node lists.
- Method Detail
  - getChildNodes
```
public final org.w3c.dom.NodeList getChildNodes()
```
    A NodeList that contains all children of this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getChildNodes in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    NodeList
  - getNode
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node getNode()
```
    Retrieves the encapsulated node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNode in interface XmlNode
    
    Returns:
    
    The encapsulated node.
  - getNodeFactory
```
public final XmlNodeFactory<? extends XmlNode> getNodeFactory()
```
    Retrieves the factory to create node lists.
    
    Returns:
    
    Factory to create node lists.
    
    Since:
    
    0.5
  - getAttribute
```
public final java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String attribute)
```
    Convenient method to get the value of an attribute.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getAttribute in interface XmlNode
    
    Parameters:
    
    attribute - Name of the attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    Value of theattribute, null if the value of the attribute cannot be retrieved.
  - hasAttribute
```
public final boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String attribute)
```
    Checks, if the attribute with the given name is present.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attribute - name of the attribute to check for
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there is an attribute with the given name
    
    Since:
    
    0.7.6
  - setAttribute
```
public final void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                               java.lang.String value)
```
    Convenient method to set the value of an attribute. If the assigned value is null then the attribute is removed.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setAttribute in interface XmlNode
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - Name of the attribute.
    
    value - New value of the attribute or null to remove the attribute.
  - appendChild
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node appendChild(org.w3c.dom.Node newChild)
```
    Adds the node newChild to the end of the list of children of this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    appendChild in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    newChild - The node to add.If it is a DocumentFragment object, the entire contents of the document fragment are moved into the child list of this node
    
    Returns:
    
    The node added.
  - appendDeepClone
```
public AbstractXmlNode appendDeepClone(AbstractXmlNode origin)
```
    Appends a deep clone of the given node to the children of this node.
    
    Parameters:
    
    origin - the node to clone
    
    Returns:
    
    the cloned node
    
    Since:
    
    0.7.5
  - cloneNode
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node cloneNode(boolean deep)
```
    Returns a duplicate of this node, i.e., serves as a generic copy constructor for nodes.
    
    Specified by:
    
    cloneNode in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    deep - If true, recursively clone the subtree under the specified node; if false, clone only the node itself (and its attributes, if it is an Element).
    
    Returns:
    
    The duplicate node.
  - getAttributes
```
public final org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap getAttributes()
```
    A NamedNodeMap containing the attributes of this node (if it is an Element) or null otherwise.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getAttributes in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    NamedNodeMap
  - getLocalName
```
public final java.lang.String getLocalName()
```
    Returns the local part of the qualified name of this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getLocalName in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getNamespaceURI
```
public final java.lang.String getNamespaceURI()
```
    The namespace URI of this node, or null if it is unspecified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNamespaceURI in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getNodeName
```
public final java.lang.String getNodeName()
```
    The name of this node, depending on its type; see the table above.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNodeName in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getNodeType
```
public final short getNodeType()
```
    A code representing the type of the underlying object, as defined above.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNodeType in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    short
  - getNodeValue
```
public final java.lang.String getNodeValue()
```
    The value of this node, depending on its type; see the table above.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNodeValue in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getOwnerDocument
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Document getOwnerDocument()
```
    The Document object associated with this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getOwnerDocument in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    Document
  - getOwnerXmlDocument
```
public final <T extends XmlDocument> T getOwnerXmlDocument(java.lang.Class<T> documentClass)
```
    Retrieves the XmlDocument containing this node.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - type of the owner document.
    
    Parameters:
    
    documentClass - owner document's class.
    
    Returns:
    
    document containing this class.
    
    Since:
    
    0.6
  - getPrefix
```
public final java.lang.String getPrefix()
```
    The namespace prefix of this node, or null if it is unspecified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getPrefix in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getUserData
```
public final java.lang.Object getUserData(java.lang.String key)
```
    Retrieves the object associated to a key on a this node. The object must first have been set to this node by calling setUserData with the same key.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getUserData in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The key the object is associated to.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns the DOMUserData associated to the given key on this node, or null if there was none.
  - hasAttributes
```
public final boolean hasAttributes()
```
    Returns whether this node (if it is an element) has any attributes.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasAttributes in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this node has any attributes, false otherwise.
  - hasChildNodes
```
public final boolean hasChildNodes()
```
    Returns whether this node has any children.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasChildNodes in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this node has any children, false otherwise.
  - insertBefore
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node insertBefore(org.w3c.dom.Node newChild,
                                           org.w3c.dom.Node refChild)
```
    Inserts the node newChild before the existing child node refChild.
    
    Specified by:
    
    insertBefore in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    newChild - The node to insert.
    
    refChild - The reference node, i.e., the node before which the new node must be inserted.
    
    Returns:
    
    The node being inserted.
  - isSupported
```
public final boolean isSupported(java.lang.String feature,
                                 java.lang.String version)
```
    Tests whether the DOM implementation implements a specific feature and that feature is supported by this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isSupported in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    feature - The name of the feature to test. This is the same name which can be passed to the method hasFeature on DOMImplementation.
    
    version - This is the version number of the feature to test. In Level 2, version 1, this is the string "2.0". If the version is not specified, supporting any version of the feature will cause the method to return true.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns true if the specified feature is supported on this node, false otherwise.
  - normalize
```
public final void normalize()
```
    Puts all Text nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree underneath this Node, including attribute nodes, into a "normal" form where only structure (e.g., elements, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates Text nodes, i.e., there are neither adjacent Text nodes nor empty Text nodes.
    
    Specified by:
    
    normalize in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
  - removeChild
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node removeChild(org.w3c.dom.Node oldChild)
```
    Removes the child node indicated by oldChild from the list of children, and returns it.
    
    Specified by:
    
    removeChild in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    oldChild - The node being removed.
    
    Returns:
    
    The node removed.
  - replaceChild
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node replaceChild(org.w3c.dom.Node newChild,
                                           org.w3c.dom.Node oldChild)
```
    Replaces the child node oldChild with newChild in the list of children, and returns the oldChild node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    replaceChild in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    newChild - The new node to put in the child list.
    
    oldChild - The node being replaced in the list.
    
    Returns:
    
    The node replaced.
  - setNodeValue
```
public final void setNodeValue(java.lang.String nodeValue)
```
    The value of this node, depending on its type; see the table above.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setNodeValue in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    nodeValue - String
  - setPrefix
```
public final void setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)
```
    The namespace prefix of this node, or null if it is unspecified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setPrefix in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - String
  - setUserData
```
public final java.lang.Object setUserData(java.lang.String key,
                                          java.lang.Object data,
                                          org.w3c.dom.UserDataHandler handler)
```
    Associate an object to a key on this node. The object can later be retrieved from this node by calling getUserData with the same key.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setUserData in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The key to associate the object to.
    
    data - The object to associate to the given key, or null to remove any existing association to that key.
    
    handler - The handler to associate to that key, or null
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns the DOMUserData previously associated to the given key on this node, or null if there was none.
  - getFirstChild
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node getFirstChild()
```
    The first child of this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getFirstChild in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    Node
  - getLastChild
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node getLastChild()
```
    The last child of this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getLastChild in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    Node
  - getNextSibling
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node getNextSibling()
```
    The node immediately following this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNextSibling in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    Node
  - getPreviousSibling
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node getPreviousSibling()
```
    The node immediately preceding this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getPreviousSibling in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    Node
  - getParentNode
```
public final org.w3c.dom.Node getParentNode()
```
    The parent of this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getParentNode in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    Node
  - getBaseURI
```
public final java.lang.String getBaseURI()
```
    The absolute base URI of this node or null if the implementation wasn't able to obtain an absolute URI.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getBaseURI in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - compareDocumentPosition
```
public final short compareDocumentPosition(org.w3c.dom.Node other)
```
    Compares the reference node, i.e.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compareDocumentPosition in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - The node to compare against the reference node.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns how the node is positioned relatively to the reference node.
  - getTextContent
```
public final java.lang.String getTextContent()
```
    This attribute returns the text content of this node and its descendants.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getTextContent in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getFirstLevelTextContent
```
public final java.lang.String getFirstLevelTextContent()
```
    Returns the text contents of this node, similar to getTextContent() but without recursion.
    
    Returns:
    
    text content.
    
    Since:
    
    0.6
  - setTextContent
```
public final void setTextContent(java.lang.String textContent)
```
    This attribute returns the text content of this node and its descendants.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setTextContent in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    textContent - String
  - isSameNode
```
public final boolean isSameNode(org.w3c.dom.Node other)
```
    Returns whether this node is the same node as the given one.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isSameNode in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - The node to test against.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns true if the nodes are the same, false otherwise.
  - lookupPrefix
```
public final java.lang.String lookupPrefix(java.lang.String namespaceURI)
```
    Look up the prefix associated to the given namespace URI, starting from this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    lookupPrefix in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespaceURI - The namespace URI to look for.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns an associated namespace prefix if found or null if none is found. If more than one prefix are associated to the namespace prefix, the returned namespace prefix is implementation dependent.
  - isDefaultNamespace
```
public final boolean isDefaultNamespace(java.lang.String namespaceURI)
```
    This method checks if the specified namespaceURI is the default namespace or not.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isDefaultNamespace in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespaceURI - The namespace URI to look for.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns true if the specified namespaceURI is the default namespace, false otherwise.
  - lookupNamespaceURI
```
public final java.lang.String lookupNamespaceURI(java.lang.String prefix)
```
    Look up the namespace URI associated to the given prefix, starting from this node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    lookupNamespaceURI in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - The prefix to look for. If this parameter is null, the method will return the default namespace URI if any.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns the associated namespace URI or null if none is found.
  - isEqualNode
```
public final boolean isEqualNode(org.w3c.dom.Node other)
```
    Tests whether two nodes are equal.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isEqualNode in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - The node to compare equality with.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns true if the nodes are equal, false otherwise.
  - getFeature
```
public final java.lang.Object getFeature(java.lang.String feature,
                                         java.lang.String version)
```
    This method returns a specialized object which implements the specialized APIs of the specified feature and version, as specified in .
    
    Specified by:
    
    getFeature in interface org.w3c.dom.Node
    
    Parameters:
    
    feature - The name of the feature requested. Note that any plus sign "+" prepended to the name of the feature will be ignored since it is not significant in the context of this method.
    
    version - This is the version number of the feature to test.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns an object which implements the specialized APIs of the specified feature and version, if any, or null if there is no object which implements interfaces associated with that feature. If the DOMObject returned by this method implements the Node interface, it must delegate to the primary core Node and not return results inconsistent with the primary core Node such as attributes, childNodes, etc.
  - addChild
```
public final <T extends XmlNode> T addChild(java.lang.Class<T> tagClass)
```
    Adds an instance of the specified child class to this node. This causes a new node to be created and appended to this node. The type of the node to add must be a subclass of the XmlNode class.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - Node type to load.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tagClass - The class type of the node to add.
    
    Returns:
    
    Newly created and appended node or null if the child is not allowed on this node.
    
    Since:
    
    0.6
  - appendChild
```
public final <T extends XmlNode> T appendChild(java.lang.Class<T> tagClass)
```
    Adds an instance of the specified child class to this node and appends it to the child nodes of this node.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - Node type to load.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tagClass - The class type of the node to add.
    
    Returns:
    
    Newly created and appended node or null if the child is not allowed on this node.
  - addChild
```
public final XmlNode addChild(java.lang.String tagName)
```
    Adds an instance of the specified child class to this node. This causes a new node to be created and appended to this node. The type of the node to add must be a subclass of the XmlNode class.
    
    Specified by:
    
    addChild in interface XmlNode
    
    Parameters:
    
    tagName - the tag name of the node to add without any attributes.
    
    Returns:
    
    Newly created and appended node or null if the child is not allowed on this node.
  - getChildNodes
```
public final <T extends XmlNode> java.util.Collection<T> getChildNodes(java.lang.Class<T> tagClass)
```
    Return a collection of child nodes with the specified tag class.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getChildNodes in interface XmlNode
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - Type of the child nodes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tagClass - Class of child node to return.
    
    Returns:
    
    A collection of child nodes of the specified type. If this node does not contain any child nodes of the specified type then an empty collection is returned.
  - getChildren
```
public final <T extends XmlNode> java.util.Collection<T> getChildren()
```
    Return a collection of all child nodes.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getChildren in interface XmlNode
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - Type of the child nodes.
    
    Returns:
    
    A collection of child nodes of the specified type. If this node does not contain any child nodes of the specified type then an empty collection is returned.
  - canContainChild
```
protected abstract boolean canContainChild(java.lang.String childName)
```
    Can the specified sub-tag be contained within this node?
    
    Parameters:
    
    childName - Name of child.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the sub-tag is allowed on this node.
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
  - getAttributeNames
```
public java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getAttributeNames()
```
    Returns a collection of permitted attribute names for the node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getAttributeNames in interface XmlNode
    
    Returns:
    
    A collection of attribute names that are allowed for the node
  - getDefinedAttributeNames
```
public final java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getDefinedAttributeNames()
```
    Retrieves a list of all attributes defined in this node.
    
    Returns:
    
    list of all defined attributes
    
    Since:
    
    0.7.5
  - equals
```
public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
    
    Since:
    
    0.7
  - hashCode
```
public final int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object
    
    Since:
    
    0.7

Class AbstractXmlNode

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Methods inherited from interface org.jvoicexml.xml.XmlNode

Constructor Detail

AbstractXmlNode

Method Detail

getChildNodes

getNode

getNodeFactory

getAttribute

hasAttribute

setAttribute

appendChild

appendDeepClone

cloneNode

getAttributes

getLocalName

getNamespaceURI

getNodeName

getNodeType

getNodeValue

getOwnerDocument

getOwnerXmlDocument

getPrefix

getUserData

hasAttributes

hasChildNodes

insertBefore

isSupported

normalize

removeChild

replaceChild

setNodeValue

setPrefix

setUserData

getFirstChild

getLastChild

getNextSibling

getPreviousSibling

getParentNode

getBaseURI

compareDocumentPosition

getTextContent

getFirstLevelTextContent

setTextContent

isSameNode

lookupPrefix

isDefaultNamespace

lookupNamespaceURI

isEqualNode

getFeature

addChild

appendChild

addChild

getChildNodes

getChildren

canContainChild

toString

getAttributeNames

getDefinedAttributeNames

equals

hashCode