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Element

public class Element
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.sax.Element


An XML element. Provides access to child elements and hooks to listen for events related to this element.

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Summary

Public methods

Element getChild(String localName)

Gets the child element with the given name.

Element getChild(String uri, String localName)

Gets the child element with the given name.

Element requireChild(String localName)

Gets the child element with the given name.

Element requireChild(String uri, String localName)

Gets the child element with the given name.

void setElementListener(ElementListener elementListener)

Sets start and end element listeners at the same time.

void setEndElementListener(EndElementListener endElementListener)

Sets a listener for the end of this element.

void setEndTextElementListener(EndTextElementListener endTextElementListener)

Sets a listener for the end of this text element.

void setStartElementListener(StartElementListener startElementListener)

Sets a listener for the start of this element.

void setTextElementListener(TextElementListener elementListener)

Sets start and end text element listeners at the same time.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Inherited methods

Public methods

getChild

public Element getChild (String localName)

Gets the child element with the given name. Uses an empty string as the namespace.

Parameters
localName String

Returns
Element

getChild

public Element getChild (String uri, 
                String localName)

Gets the child element with the given name.

Parameters
uri String

localName String

Returns
Element

requireChild

public Element requireChild (String localName)

Gets the child element with the given name. Uses an empty string as the namespace. We will throw a SAXException at parsing time if the specified child is missing. This helps you ensure that your listeners are called.

Parameters
localName String

Returns
Element

requireChild

public Element requireChild (String uri, 
                String localName)

Gets the child element with the given name. We will throw a SAXException at parsing time if the specified child is missing. This helps you ensure that your listeners are called.

Parameters
uri String

localName String

Returns
Element

setElementListener

public void setElementListener (ElementListener elementListener)

Sets start and end element listeners at the same time.

Parameters
elementListener ElementListener

setEndElementListener

public void setEndElementListener (EndElementListener endElementListener)

Sets a listener for the end of this element.

Parameters
endElementListener EndElementListener

setEndTextElementListener

public void setEndTextElementListener (EndTextElementListener endTextElementListener)

Sets a listener for the end of this text element.

Parameters
endTextElementListener EndTextElementListener

setStartElementListener

public void setStartElementListener (StartElementListener startElementListener)

Sets a listener for the start of this element.

Parameters
startElementListener StartElementListener

setTextElementListener

public void setTextElementListener (TextElementListener elementListener)

Sets start and end text element listeners at the same time.

Parameters
elementListener TextElementListener

toString

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

 getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())
 

Returns
String a string representation of the object.