pdk.flow.xml.XmlElement
contains functions to operate with XML Element variables
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contains functions to operate with XML Element variables
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The represents an element in an HTML or XML document. Elements may have attributes associated with them; since the structure inherits from , the generic structure attribute attributes
may be used to retrieve the set of all attributes for an element. There are functions on the package to retrieve either an object by name or an attribute value by name. In XML, where an attribute value may contain entity references, an object should be retrieved to examine the possibly fairly complex sub-tree representing the attribute value. On the other hand, in HTML, where all attributes have simple string values, methods to directly access an attribute value can safely be used as a convenience.
Retrieves an attribute value by name.
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XML Document
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The type information associated with this element.
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tagName
has the value "elementExample"
. Note that this is case-preserving in XML, as are all of the operations of the DOM. The HTML DOM returns the tagName
of an HTML element in the canonical uppercase form, regardless of the case in the source HTML document.
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Returns true
when an attribute with a given name is specified on this element or has a default value, false
otherwise.
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XML Document
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element :: - The element
name :: - The name of the attribute to retrieve
output :: - The value as a string, or the empty string if that attribute does not have a specified or default value
- throws if the element is NULL
Retrieves an attribute node by name. To retrieve an attribute node by qualified name and namespace URI, use the method.
element :: - The element
name :: - The name (nodeName
) of the attribute to retrieve
output :: - The node with the specified name ( nodeName
) or null
if there is no such attribute.
- throws if the element is NULL
Retrieves an node by local name and namespace URI.
Per [] , applications must use the value null
as the namespaceURI
parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
element :: - The element
namespaceURI :: - The namespace URI of the attribute to retrieve
localName :: - The local name of the attribute to retrieve
output :: - The node with the specified attribute local name and namespace URI or null
if there is no such attribute.
- throws if the element is NULL
- NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature "XML"
and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [])
Retrieves an attribute value by local name and namespace URI.
Per [] , applications must use the value null
as the namespaceURI
parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
element :: - The element
namespaceURI :: - The namespace URI of the attribute to retrieve
localName :: - The local name of the attribute to retrieve
output :: - The value as a string, or the empty string if that attribute does not have a specified or default value.
- throws if the element is NULL
- NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature "XML"
and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as []).
Returns a Nodes array of all descendant with a given tag name, in document order.
element :: - The element
name :: - The name of the tag to match on. The special value "*" matches all tags
output :: <> - A list of matching nodes.
- throws if the element is NULL
Returns a Nodes array of all descendant with a given local name and namespace URI in document order.
element :: - The element
namespaceURI :: - The namespace URI of the elements to match on. The special value "*" matches all namespaces
localName :: - The local name of the elements to match on. The special value "*" matches all local names
output :: <> - A new array of matching
- throws if the element is NULL
- NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature "XML"
and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [])
element :: - The element
output ::
- throws if the element is NULL
The name of the element. If is different from null
, this attribute is a qualified name. For example, in:
element :: - The element
output ::
- throws if the element is NULL
element :: - The element
name :: - The name of the attribute to look for
output :: - true
if an attribute with the given name is specified on this element or has a default value, false
otherwise
- throws if the element is NULL
Returns true
when an attribute with a given local name and namespace URI is specified on this element or has a default value, false
otherwise.
Per [] , applications must use the value null
as the namespaceURI
parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
element :: - The element
namespaceURI :: - The namespace URI of the attribute to look for
localName :: - The local name of the attribute to look for
output :: - true
if an attribute with the given local name and namespace URI is specified or has a default value on this element, false
otherwise
- throws if the element is NULL
- NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature "XML"
and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as []).
Removes an attribute by name. If a default value for the removed attribute is defined in the DTD, a new attribute immediately appears with the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable. The implementation may handle default values from other schemas similarly but applications should use to guarantee this information is up-to-date. If no attribute with this name is found, this function has no effect. To remove an attribute by local name and namespace URI, use the function.
element :: - The element
name :: - The name of the attribute to remove
- throws if the element is NULL
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly
Removes the specified attribute node. If a default value for the removed node is defined in the DTD, a new node immediately appears with the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable. The implementation may handle default values from other schemas similarly but applications should use to guarantee this information is up-to-date.
element :: - The element
oldAttr :: - The node to remove from the attribute list
output :: - The node that was removed
- throws if the element or oldAttr is NULL
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly.
NOT_FOUND_ERR
: Raised if oldAttr
is not an attribute of the element.
Removes an attribute by local name and namespace URI. If a default value for the removed attribute is defined in the DTD, a new attribute immediately appears with the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable. The implementation may handle default values from other schemas similarly but applications should use to guarantee this information is up-to-date.
If no attribute with this local name and namespace URI is found, this method has no effect.
Per [] , applications must use the value null
as the namespaceURI
parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace
element :: - The element
namespaceURI :: - The namespace URI of the attribute to remove
localName :: - The local name of the attribute to remove
- throws if the element is NULL
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly.
NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature "XML"
and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [])
Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with that name is already present in the element, its value is changed to be that of the value parameter. This value is a simple string; it is not parsed as it is being set. So any markup (such as syntax to be recognized as an entity reference) is treated as literal text, and needs to be appropriately escaped by the implementation when it is written out. In order to assign an attribute value that contains entity references, the user must create an node plus any and nodes, build the appropriate subtree, and use to assign it as the value of an attribute. To set an attribute with a qualified name and namespace URI, use the function.
element :: - The element
name :: - The name of the attribute to create or alter
value :: - Value to set in string form
- throws if the element is NULL
- INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR
: Raised if the specified name is not an XML name according to the XML version in use specified in the attribute.
NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly
Adds a new attribute node. If an attribute with that name ( nodeName
) is already present in the element, it is replaced by the new one. Replacing an attribute node by itself has no effect.
To add a new attribute node with a qualified name and namespace URI, use the function
element :: - The element
newAttr :: - The node to add to the attribute list
output :: - If the newAttr
attribute replaces an existing attribute, the replaced node is returned, otherwise null
is returned
- throws if the element is NULL
- WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR
: Raised if newAttr
was created from a different document than the one that created the element.
NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly.
INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR
: Raised if newAttr
is already an attribute of another Element
object. The DOM user must explicitly clone Attr
nodes to re-use them in other elements.
Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with that local name and that namespace URI is already present in the element, it is replaced by the new one. Replacing an attribute node by itself has no effect.
Per [] , applications must use the value null
as the namespaceURI
parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
element :: - The element
newAttr :: - The node to add to the attribute list
output :: - If the newAttr
attribute replaces an existing attribute with the same local name and namespace URI, the replaced Attr
node is returned, otherwise null
is returned
- throws if the element is NULL
- WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR
: Raised if newAttr
was created from a different document than the one that created the element.
NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly.
INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR
: Raised if newAttr
is already an attribute of another object. The DOM user must explicitly clone nodes to re-use them in other elements.
NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature "XML"
and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as []).
Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with the same local name and namespace URI is already present on the element, its prefix is changed to be the prefix part of the qualifiedName
, and its value is changed to be the value
parameter. This value is a simple string; it is not parsed as it is being set. So any markup (such as syntax to be recognized as an entity reference) is treated as literal text, and needs to be appropriately escaped by the implementation when it is written out. In order to assign an attribute value that contains entity references, the user must create an node plus any and nodes, build the appropriate subtree, and use or to assign it as the value of an attribute.
Per [] , applications must use the value null
as the namespaceURI
parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
element :: - The element
namespaceURI :: - The namespace URI of the attribute to create or alter
qualifiedName :: - The qualified name of the attribute to create or alter
value :: - The value to set in string form
- throws if the element is NULL
- INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR
: Raised if the specified qualified name is not an XML name according to the XML version in use specified in the attribute.
NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly.
NAMESPACE_ERR
: Raised if the qualifiedName
is malformed per the Namespaces in XML specification, if the qualifiedName
has a prefix and the namespaceURI
is null
, if the qualifiedName
has a prefix that is "xml" and the namespaceURI
is different from "", if the qualifiedName
or its prefix is "xmlns" and the namespaceURI
is different from "", or if the namespaceURI
is "" and neither the qualifiedName
nor its prefix is "xmlns".
NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature "XML"
and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as []).
If the parameter isId
is true
, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . This affects the value of and the behavior of , but does not change any schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the of the specified node. Use the value false
for the parameter isId
to undeclare an attribute for being a user-determined ID attribute.
To specify an attribute by local name and namespace URI, use the function.
element :: - The element
name :: - The name of the attribute
isId :: - Whether the attribute is a of type ID
- throws if the element is NULL
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR
: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute of this element
If the parameter isId
is true
, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . This affects the value of and the behavior of , but does not change any schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the of the specified node. Use the value false
for the parameter isId
to undeclare an attribute for being a user-determined ID attribute.
element :: - The element
idAttr :: - The attribute node
isId :: - Whether the attribute is a of type ID
- throws if the element is NULL
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR
: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute of this element
If the parameter isId
is true
, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . This affects the value of and the behavior of , but does not change any schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the of the specified node. Use the value false
for the parameter isId
to undeclare an attribute for being a user-determined ID attribute.
element :: - The element
namespaceURI :: - The namespace URI of the attribute
qualifiedName :: - The local name of the attribute
isId :: - Whether the attribute is a of type ID
- throws if the element is NULL
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR
: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute of this element