textelement.java

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 * $Id: TextElement.java,v 1.10 2002/10/02 19:07:32 hamada Exp $
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package net.jxta.document;

import java.util.Enumeration;

/**
 * Extends {@link Element} to provide {@link java.lang.String} oriented
 * accessors for instances of {@link StructuredTextDocument}
 *
 * @see net.jxta.document.Document
 * @see net.jxta.document.Element
 * @see net.jxta.document.StructuredDocument
 * @see net.jxta.document.StructuredTextDocument
 **/
public interface TextElement extends Element {
    
    /**
     * Get the name associated with an element.
     *
     * @return A string containing the name of this element.
     **/
    String getName();
    
    /**
     * Get the value (if any) associated with an element.
     *
     * @return A string containing the value of this element, if any, otherwise null.
     **/
    String getTextValue();
    
    /**
     * Add a child element to this element
     *
     * @param element the element to be added as a child
     **/
    void appendChild( TextElement element );
    
    /**
     * Returns an enumeration of the immediate children of this element whose
     * name match the specified string.
     *
     * @param name The name which will be matched against.
     * @return An enumeration containing all of the children of this element.
     **/
    Enumeration getChildren( String name );
    
}