XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

Element

Synopsis

The Element interface provides access to the XML document’s structure and data. Every XML element is translated into a single Element node. The document’s root element is accessible through the documentElement property of the Document object. From this node, it is possible to re-create the full structure of the original XML document by traversing the element tree.

Java example

// Get the XML document's root element
Element elem = doc.getDocumentElement( );

This interface extends the basic Node interface to allow access to the XML attributes of the document element. Two sets of methods allow access to attribute values, either as Attr object trees or as simple DOMStrings.

Attributes

The Element object contains the following attributes: