Package org.jdom2

Interface Parent

All Superinterfaces:
Cloneable, NamespaceAware, Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
Document, Element, LocatedElement

public interface Parent extends Cloneable, NamespaceAware, Serializable
Interface for JDOM objects which are allowed to contain Content content - Element and Document.
Author:
Bradley S. Huffman, Jason Hunter, Rolf Lear
See Also:
  • Method Details

    • getContentSize

      int getContentSize()
      Returns the number of children in this parent's content list. Children may be any Content type.
      Returns:
      number of children
    • indexOf

      int indexOf(Content child)
      Returns the index of the supplied child in the content list, or -1 if not a child of this parent.
      Parameters:
      child - child to search for
      Returns:
      index of child, or -1 if not found
    • cloneContent

      List<Content> cloneContent()
      Returns a list containing detached clones of this parent's content list.
      Returns:
      list of cloned child content
    • getContent

      Content getContent(int index)
      Returns the child at the given index.
      Parameters:
      index - location of desired child
      Returns:
      child at the given index
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative or beyond the current number of children
      IllegalStateException - if parent is a Document and the root element is not set
    • getContent

      List<Content> getContent()
      Returns the full content of this parent as a List which contains objects of type 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 List.size() may require walking the entire list and indexed lookups may require starting at the beginning each time.

      Returns:
      a list of the content of the parent
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if parent is a Document and the root element is not set
    • getContent

      <E extends Content> List<E> getContent(Filter<E> filter)
      Returns as a 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 List.size() may require walking the entire list and indexed lookups may require starting at the beginning each time.

      Type Parameters:
      E - The Generic type of the returned content (the Filter's type)
      Parameters:
      filter - filter to apply. Note that the Filters class has a number of predefined, useful filters.
      Returns:
      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
    • removeContent

      List<Content> removeContent()
      Removes all content from this parent and returns the detached children.
      Returns:
      list of the old content detached from this parent
    • removeContent

      <E extends Content> List<E> removeContent(Filter<E> filter)
      Removes from this parent all child content matching the given filter and returns a list of the detached children.
      Type Parameters:
      E - The Generic type of the content to remove.
      Parameters:
      filter - filter to apply Note that the Filters class has a number of predefined, useful filters.
      Returns:
      list of the detached children matching the filter
    • removeContent

      boolean removeContent(Content child)
      Removes a single child node from the content list.
      Parameters:
      child - child to remove
      Returns:
      whether the removal occurred
    • removeContent

      Content removeContent(int index)
      Removes and returns the child at the given index, or returns null if there's no such child.
      Parameters:
      index - index of child to remove
      Returns:
      detached child at given index or null if no
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative or beyond the current number of children
    • clone

      Object clone()
      Obtain a deep, unattached copy of this parent and its children.
      Returns:
      a deep copy of this parent and its children.
    • getDescendants

      IteratorIterable<Content> getDescendants()
      Returns an 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
      Returns:
      an iterator to walk descendants
    • getDescendants

      <E extends Content> IteratorIterable<E> getDescendants(Filter<E> filter)
      Returns an 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
      Type Parameters:
      E - The generic type of the returned descendant data
      Parameters:
      filter - filter to select which descendants to see Note that the Filters class has a number of predefined, useful filters.
      Returns:
      an iterator to walk descendants that match a filter
    • getParent

      Parent getParent()
      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.
      Returns:
      this parent's parent or null if none
    • getDocument

      Document getDocument()
      Return this parent's owning document or null if the branch containing this parent is currently not attached to a document.
      Returns:
      this child's owning document or null if none
    • canContainContent

      void canContainContent(Content content, int index, boolean replace) throws IllegalAddException
      Test whether this Parent instance can contain the specified content at the specified position.
      Parameters:
      content - The content to be checked
      index - The location where the content would be put.
      replace - true if the intention is to replace the content already at the index.
      Throws:
      IllegalAddException - if there is a problem with the content
    • addContent

      Parent addContent(Content child)
      Appends the child to the end of the content list.
      Parameters:
      child - child to append to end of content list
      Returns:
      the Parent instance on which the method was called
      Throws:
      IllegalAddException - if the given child already has a parent.
    • addContent

      Parent addContent(Collection<? extends Content> c)
      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.
      Parameters:
      c - collection to append
      Returns:
      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.
    • addContent

      Parent addContent(int index, Content child)
      Inserts the child into the content list at the given index.
      Parameters:
      index - location for adding the collection
      child - child to insert
      Returns:
      the parent on which the method was called
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative or beyond the current number of children
      IllegalAddException - if the given child already has a parent.
    • addContent

      Parent addContent(int index, Collection<? extends Content> c)
      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.
      Parameters:
      index - location for adding the collection
      c - collection to insert
      Returns:
      the parent on which the method was called
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative or beyond the current number of children
      IllegalAddException - if any item in the collection already has a parent or is of an illegal type.