SOAPElement

All Superinterfaces:

Element, Node

All Known Subinterfaces:

Detail, DetailEntry, SOAPBody, SOAPBodyElement, SOAPEnvelope, SOAPFault, SOAPFaultElement, SOAPHeader, SOAPHeaderElement
```
public interface SOAPElement
extends Node, Element
```
An object representing an element of a SOAP message that is allowed but not specifically prescribed by a SOAP specification. This interface serves as the base interface for those objects that are specifically prescribed by a SOAP specification.
Methods in this interface that are required to return SAAJ specific objects may "silently" replace nodes in the tree as required to successfully return objects of the correct type. See getChildElements() and javax.xml.soap for details.

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

Method Summary

All Methods

Instance Methods

Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`SOAPElement`	`addAttribute(Name name, String value)` Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this `SOAPElement` object.
`SOAPElement`	`addAttribute(QName qname, String value)` Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this `SOAPElement` object.
`SOAPElement`	`addChildElement(Name name)` Creates a new `SOAPElement` object initialized with the given `Name` object and adds the new element to this `SOAPElement` object.
`SOAPElement`	`addChildElement(QName qname)` Creates a new `SOAPElement` object initialized with the given `QName` object and adds the new element to this `SOAPElement` object.
`SOAPElement`	`addChildElement(SOAPElement element)` Add a `SOAPElement` as a child of this `SOAPElement` instance.
`SOAPElement`	`addChildElement(String localName)` Creates a new `SOAPElement` object initialized with the specified local name and adds the new element to this `SOAPElement` object.
`SOAPElement`	`addChildElement(String localName, String prefix)` Creates a new `SOAPElement` object initialized with the specified local name and prefix and adds the new element to this `SOAPElement` object.
`SOAPElement`	`addChildElement(String localName, String prefix, String uri)` Creates a new `SOAPElement` object initialized with the specified local name, prefix, and URI and adds the new element to this `SOAPElement` object.
`SOAPElement`	`addNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix, String uri)` Adds a namespace declaration with the specified prefix and URI to this `SOAPElement` object.
`SOAPElement`	`addTextNode(String text)` Creates a new `Text` object initialized with the given `String` and adds it to this `SOAPElement` object.
`QName`	`createQName(String localName, String prefix)` Creates a `QName` whose namespace URI is the one associated with the parameter, `prefix`, in the context of this `SOAPElement`.
`Iterator`	`getAllAttributes()` Returns an `Iterator` over all of the attribute `Name` objects in this `SOAPElement` object.
`Iterator`	`getAllAttributesAsQNames()` Returns an `Iterator` over all of the attributes in this `SOAPElement` as `QName` objects.
`String`	`getAttributeValue(Name name)` Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name.
`String`	`getAttributeValue(QName qname)` Returns the value of the attribute with the specified qname.
`Iterator`	`getChildElements()` Returns an `Iterator` over all the immediate child `Node`s of this element.
`Iterator`	`getChildElements(Name name)` Returns an `Iterator` over all the immediate child `Node`s of this element with the specified name.
`Iterator`	`getChildElements(QName qname)` Returns an `Iterator` over all the immediate child `Node`s of this element with the specified qname.
`Name`	`getElementName()` Returns the name of this `SOAPElement` object.
`QName`	`getElementQName()` Returns the qname of this `SOAPElement` object.
`String`	`getEncodingStyle()` Returns the encoding style for this `SOAPElement` object.
`Iterator`	`getNamespacePrefixes()` Returns an `Iterator` over the namespace prefix `String`s declared by this element.
`String`	`getNamespaceURI(String prefix)` Returns the URI of the namespace that has the given prefix.
`Iterator`	`getVisibleNamespacePrefixes()` Returns an `Iterator` over the namespace prefix `String`s visible to this element.
`boolean`	`removeAttribute(Name name)` Removes the attribute with the specified name.
`boolean`	`removeAttribute(QName qname)` Removes the attribute with the specified qname.
`void`	`removeContents()` Detaches all children of this `SOAPElement`.
`boolean`	`removeNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix)` Removes the namespace declaration corresponding to the given prefix.
`SOAPElement`	`setElementQName(QName newName)` Changes the name of this `Element` to `newName` if possible.
`void`	`setEncodingStyle(String encodingStyle)` Sets the encoding style for this `SOAPElement` object to one specified.

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.Node
detachNode, getParentElement, getValue, recycleNode, setParentElement, setValue

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element
getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node
appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

- Method Detail
  - addChildElement
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SOAPElement addChildElement(Name name)
                     throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the given Name object and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.
    This method may be deprecated in a future release of SAAJ in favor of addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - a Name object with the XML name for the new element
    
    Returns:
    
    the new SOAPElement object that was created
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
    
    See Also:
    
    addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
  - addChildElement
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SOAPElement addChildElement(QName qname)
                     throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the given QName object and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object. The namespace, localname and prefix of the new SOAPElement are all taken from the qname argument.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qname - a QName object with the XML name for the new element
    
    Returns:
    
    the new SOAPElement object that was created
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
    
    See Also:
    
    addChildElement(Name)
  - addChildElement
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SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName)
                     throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the specified local name and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object. The new SOAPElement inherits any in-scope default namespace.
    
    Parameters:
    
    localName - a String giving the local name for the element
    
    Returns:
    
    the new SOAPElement object that was created
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
  - addChildElement
```
SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName,
                            String prefix)
                     throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the specified local name and prefix and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    localName - a String giving the local name for the new element
    
    prefix - a String giving the namespace prefix for the new element
    
    Returns:
    
    the new SOAPElement object that was created
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if the prefix is not valid in the context of this SOAPElement or if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
  - addChildElement
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SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName,
                            String prefix,
                            String uri)
                     throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the specified local name, prefix, and URI and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    localName - a String giving the local name for the new element
    
    prefix - a String giving the namespace prefix for the new element
    
    uri - a String giving the URI of the namespace to which the new element belongs
    
    Returns:
    
    the new SOAPElement object that was created
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object
  - addChildElement
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SOAPElement addChildElement(SOAPElement element)
                     throws SOAPException
```
    Add a SOAPElement as a child of this SOAPElement instance. The SOAPElement is expected to be created by a SOAPFactory. Callers should not rely on the element instance being added as is into the XML tree. Implementations could end up copying the content of the SOAPElement passed into an instance of a different SOAPElement implementation. For instance if addChildElement() is called on a SOAPHeader, element will be copied into an instance of a SOAPHeaderElement.
    The fragment rooted in element is either added as a whole or not at all, if there was an error.
    
    The fragment rooted in element cannot contain elements named "Envelope", "Header" or "Body" and in the SOAP namespace. Any namespace prefixes present in the fragment should be fully resolved using appropriate namespace declarations within the fragment itself.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - the SOAPElement to be added as a new child
    
    Returns:
    
    an instance representing the new SOAP element that was actually added to the tree.
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there was an error in adding this element as a child
  - removeContents
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void removeContents()
```
    Detaches all children of this SOAPElement.
    This method is useful for rolling back the construction of partially completed SOAPHeaders and SOAPBodys in preparation for sending a fault when an error condition is detected. It is also useful for recycling portions of a document within a SOAP message.
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.2
  - addTextNode
```
SOAPElement addTextNode(String text)
                 throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new Text object initialized with the given String and adds it to this SOAPElement object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - a String object with the textual content to be added
    
    Returns:
    
    the SOAPElement object into which the new Text object was inserted
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there is an error in creating the new Text object or if it is not legal to attach it as a child to this SOAPElement
  - addAttribute
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SOAPElement addAttribute(Name name,
                         String value)
                  throws SOAPException
```
    Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this SOAPElement object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - a Name object with the name of the attribute
    
    value - a String giving the value of the attribute
    
    Returns:
    
    the SOAPElement object into which the attribute was inserted
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there is an error in creating the Attribute, or it is invalid to set an attribute with Name name on this SOAPElement.
    
    See Also:
    
    addAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName, String)
  - addAttribute
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SOAPElement addAttribute(QName qname,
                         String value)
                  throws SOAPException
```
    Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this SOAPElement object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qname - a QName object with the name of the attribute
    
    value - a String giving the value of the attribute
    
    Returns:
    
    the SOAPElement object into which the attribute was inserted
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there is an error in creating the Attribute, or it is invalid to set an attribute with QName qname on this SOAPElement.
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
    
    See Also:
    
    addAttribute(Name, String)
  - addNamespaceDeclaration
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SOAPElement addNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix,
                                    String uri)
                             throws SOAPException
```
    Adds a namespace declaration with the specified prefix and URI to this SOAPElement object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - a String giving the prefix of the namespace
    
    uri - a String giving the uri of the namespace
    
    Returns:
    
    the SOAPElement object into which this namespace declaration was inserted.
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if there is an error in creating the namespace
  - getAttributeValue
```
String getAttributeValue(Name name)
```
    Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - a Name object with the name of the attribute
    
    Returns:
    
    a String giving the value of the specified attribute, Null if there is no such attribute
    
    See Also:
    
    getAttributeValue(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
  - getAttributeValue
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String getAttributeValue(QName qname)
```
    Returns the value of the attribute with the specified qname.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qname - a QName object with the qname of the attribute
    
    Returns:
    
    a String giving the value of the specified attribute, Null if there is no such attribute
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
    
    See Also:
    
    getAttributeValue(Name)
  - getAllAttributes
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Iterator getAllAttributes()
```
    Returns an Iterator over all of the attribute Name objects in this SOAPElement object. The iterator can be used to get the attribute names, which can then be passed to the method getAttributeValue to retrieve the value of each attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the names of the attributes
    
    See Also:
    
    getAllAttributesAsQNames()
  - getAllAttributesAsQNames
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Iterator getAllAttributesAsQNames()
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    Returns an Iterator over all of the attributes in this SOAPElement as QName objects. The iterator can be used to get the attribute QName, which can then be passed to the method getAttributeValue to retrieve the value of each attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the QNames of the attributes
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
    
    See Also:
    
    getAllAttributes()
  - getNamespaceURI
```
String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
```
    Returns the URI of the namespace that has the given prefix.
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - a String giving the prefix of the namespace for which to search
    
    Returns:
    
    a String with the uri of the namespace that has the given prefix
  - getNamespacePrefixes
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Iterator getNamespacePrefixes()
```
    Returns an Iterator over the namespace prefix Strings declared by this element. The prefixes returned by this iterator can be passed to the method getNamespaceURI to retrieve the URI of each namespace.
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the namespace prefixes in this SOAPElement object
  - getVisibleNamespacePrefixes
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Iterator getVisibleNamespacePrefixes()
```
    Returns an Iterator over the namespace prefix Strings visible to this element. The prefixes returned by this iterator can be passed to the method getNamespaceURI to retrieve the URI of each namespace.
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the namespace prefixes are within scope of this SOAPElement object
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.2
  - createQName
```
QName createQName(String localName,
                  String prefix)
           throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a QName whose namespace URI is the one associated with the parameter, prefix, in the context of this SOAPElement. The remaining elements of the new QName are taken directly from the parameters, localName and prefix.
    
    Parameters:
    
    localName - a String containing the local part of the name.
    
    prefix - a String containing the prefix for the name.
    
    Returns:
    
    a QName with the specified localName and prefix, and with a namespace that is associated with the prefix in the context of this SOAPElement. This namespace will be the same as the one that would be returned by getNamespaceURI(String) if it were given prefix as it's parameter.
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if the QName cannot be created.
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
  - getElementName
```
Name getElementName()
```
    Returns the name of this SOAPElement object.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Name object with the name of this SOAPElement object
  - getElementQName
```
QName getElementQName()
```
    Returns the qname of this SOAPElement object.
    
    Returns:
    
    a QName object with the qname of this SOAPElement object
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
    
    See Also:
    
    getElementName()
  - setElementQName
```
SOAPElement setElementQName(QName newName)
                     throws SOAPException
```
    Changes the name of this Element to newName if possible. SOAP Defined elements such as SOAPEnvelope, SOAPHeader, SOAPBody etc. cannot have their names changed using this method. Any attempt to do so will result in a SOAPException being thrown.
    Callers should not rely on the element instance being renamed as is. Implementations could end up copying the content of the SOAPElement to a renamed instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    newName - the new name for the Element.
    
    Returns:
    
    The renamed Node
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if changing the name of this Element is not allowed.
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
  - removeAttribute
```
boolean removeAttribute(Name name)
```
    Removes the attribute with the specified name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the Name object with the name of the attribute to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the attribute was removed successfully; false if it was not
    
    See Also:
    
    removeAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
  - removeAttribute
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boolean removeAttribute(QName qname)
```
    Removes the attribute with the specified qname.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qname - the QName object with the qname of the attribute to be removed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the attribute was removed successfully; false if it was not
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
    
    See Also:
    
    removeAttribute(Name)
  - removeNamespaceDeclaration
```
boolean removeNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix)
```
    Removes the namespace declaration corresponding to the given prefix.
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - a String giving the prefix for which to search
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the namespace declaration was removed successfully; false if it was not
  - getChildElements
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Iterator getChildElements()
```
    Returns an Iterator over all the immediate child Nodes of this element. This includes javax.xml.soap.Text objects as well as SOAPElement objects.
    Calling this method may cause child Element, SOAPElement and org.w3c.dom.Text nodes to be replaced by SOAPElement, SOAPHeaderElement, SOAPBodyElement or javax.xml.soap.Text nodes as appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or refresh them with the values returned by this Iterator. This behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See javax.xml.soap for more details.
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator with the content of this SOAPElement object
  - getChildElements
```
Iterator getChildElements(Name name)
```
    Returns an Iterator over all the immediate child Nodes of this element with the specified name. All of these children will be SOAPElement nodes.
    Calling this method may cause child Element, SOAPElement and org.w3c.dom.Text nodes to be replaced by SOAPElement, SOAPHeaderElement, SOAPBodyElement or javax.xml.soap.Text nodes as appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or refresh them with the values returned by this Iterator. This behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See javax.xml.soap for more details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - a Name object with the name of the child elements to be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    an Iterator object over all the elements in this SOAPElement object with the specified name
    
    See Also:
    
    getChildElements(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
  - getChildElements
```
Iterator getChildElements(QName qname)
```
    Returns an Iterator over all the immediate child Nodes of this element with the specified qname. All of these children will be SOAPElement nodes.
    Calling this method may cause child Element, SOAPElement and org.w3c.dom.Text nodes to be replaced by SOAPElement, SOAPHeaderElement, SOAPBodyElement or javax.xml.soap.Text nodes as appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or refresh them with the values returned by this Iterator. This behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See javax.xml.soap for more details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qname - a QName object with the qname of the child elements to be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    an Iterator object over all the elements in this SOAPElement object with the specified qname
    
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
    
    See Also:
    
    getChildElements(Name)
  - setEncodingStyle
```
void setEncodingStyle(String encodingStyle)
               throws SOAPException
```
    Sets the encoding style for this SOAPElement object to one specified.
    
    Parameters:
    
    encodingStyle - a String giving the encoding style
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if there was a problem in the encoding style being set.
    
    SOAPException - if setting the encodingStyle is invalid for this SOAPElement.
    
    See Also:
    
    getEncodingStyle()
  - getEncodingStyle
```
String getEncodingStyle()
```
    Returns the encoding style for this SOAPElement object.
    
    Returns:
    
    a String giving the encoding style
    
    See Also:
    
    setEncodingStyle(java.lang.String)

Interface SOAPElement

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.Node

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Method Detail

addChildElement

addChildElement

addChildElement

addChildElement

addChildElement

addChildElement

removeContents

addTextNode

addAttribute

addAttribute

addNamespaceDeclaration

getAttributeValue

getAttributeValue

getAllAttributes

getAllAttributesAsQNames

getNamespaceURI

getNamespacePrefixes

getVisibleNamespacePrefixes

createQName

getElementName

getElementQName

setElementQName

removeAttribute

removeAttribute

removeNamespaceDeclaration

getChildElements

getChildElements

getChildElements

setEncodingStyle

getEncodingStyle