Node

Node is the base type of all other types.

Constructors

Node other, Node deep // if(other.parent != null) // this.parent = (ParentNode)other.parent.copy(deep).getInstance(ParentNode.TYPE.getName()); // don't copy parent!

Type Functions

boolean()

Get the Boolean value of this node.

bytes()

Get a byte representation of (the string value of) this node.

copy()

Create a deep copy of this node - all child nodes will be copied as well.

Same as: Node.copy(true())

Returns: A deep copy of this node.

copy(Node deep)

Create a copy of this node. If the boolean value of deep is true, all child nodes will be copied as well.

Returns: An copy of this node.

detach()

Clear the parent node.

document()

Get the owning document node.

Returns: The Document that owns this node, or an empty nodeset if the node does not belong to a document.

equals(Node other)

next()

Get the next sibling node.

nodes()

Get a nodeset containing the child nodes of this Node, if any.

number()

Get the Number value of this node.

parent()

Get the parent node.

Returns: The parent of this node, or an empty nodeset if the node has no parent.

parent(Parent parent)

Set the parent node.

Returns: This Node.

previous()

Get the previous sibling node.

remove()

Detach this node from its parent node (if it has one).

Returns: The current (removed) node.

Same as: $current.parent().remove($current)

replace(Node replacement)

Replace this node with another in the parents set of childnodes (if this node has a parent).

Returns: The current, replaced node.

Same as: $current.parent().replace($current, $replacement)

string()

Get the String value of this Node.

See also: Language or XPath Specification, String Value

type()

Get the (name of the) type of this Node.

Array

Array represents an n-dimensional array.

Attribute

An Attribute object represents an XML Attribute node.

Boolean

A Boolean represents the two boolean values true and false.

Bytes

A Bytes node represents a sequence of bytes.

Comment

A Comment object represents an XML Comment node.

Document

A Document object represents an XML Document node.

DocumentType

A DocumentType represents an XML doctype.

Element

An Element object represents an XML Element. An Element has a name, a set of attributes and a set of child nodes.

Entity

An Entity object represents a parsed or unparsed Entity from an XML Document Type.

Map

Map provides a fast lookup data storage that uses a hashing algorithm to store and retrieve keys.

A Name represents an XML QName, ie a local name qualified by an optional namespace URI. The string value of a Name is the namespace, if available, contained in curly braces followed by the local name, for example "{/lang}program".