javax.xml.soap
Interface SOAPElement

All Superinterfaces:

org.w3c.dom.Element, org.w3c.dom.Node, Node

All Known Subinterfaces:

Detail, DetailEntry, SOAPBody, SOAPBodyElement, SOAPEnvelope, SOAPFault, SOAPFaultElement, SOAPHeader, SOAPHeaderElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

Detail, DetailEntry, MessageElement, SOAPBody, SOAPBodyElement, SOAPEnvelope, SOAPFault, SOAPFaultElement, SOAPHeader, SOAPHeaderElement

public interface SOAPElement

extends Node, org.w3c.dom.Element

An object representing the contents in a SOAPBody object, the contents in a SOAPHeader object, the content that can follow the SOAPBody object in a SOAPEnvelope object, or what can follow the detail element in a SOAPFault object. It is the base class for all of the classes that represent the SOAP objects as defined in the SOAP specification.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

SOAPElement	addAttribute(Name name, java.lang.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(SOAPElement element) Add a SOAPElement as a child of this SOAPElement instance.
SOAPElement	addChildElement(java.lang.String localName) Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the given String object and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.
SOAPElement	addChildElement(java.lang.String localName, java.lang.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(java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.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(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String uri) Adds a namespace declaration with the specified prefix and URI to this SOAPElement object.
SOAPElement	addTextNode(java.lang.String text) Creates a new Text object initialized with the given String and adds it to this SOAPElement object.
java.util.Iterator	getAllAttributes() Returns an iterator over all of the attribute names in this SOAPElement object.
java.lang.String	getAttributeValue(Name name) Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name.
java.util.Iterator	getChildElements() Returns an iterator over all the immediate content of this element.
java.util.Iterator	getChildElements(Name name) Returns an iterator over all the child elements with the specified name.
Name	getElementName() Returns the name of this SOAPElement object.
java.lang.String	getEncodingStyle() Returns the encoding style for this SOAPElement object.
java.util.Iterator	getNamespacePrefixes() Returns an iterator of namespace prefixes.
java.lang.String	getNamespaceURI(java.lang.String prefix) Returns the URI of the namespace that has the given prefix.
java.util.Iterator	getVisibleNamespacePrefixes() Returns an Iterator over the namespace prefix Strings visible to this element.
boolean	removeAttribute(Name name) Removes the attribute with the specified name.
void	removeContents() Detaches all children of this SOAPElement.
boolean	removeNamespaceDeclaration(java.lang.String prefix) Removes the namespace declaration corresponding to the given prefix.
void	setEncodingStyle(java.lang.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.Node

appendChild, cloneNode, getAttributes, getChildNodes, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isSupported, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element

getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS

Method Detail

addChildElement

public 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.

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

addChildElement

public SOAPElement addChildElement(java.lang.String localName)
                            throws SOAPException

Creates a new SOAPElement object initialized with the given String object and adds the new element to this SOAPElement object.

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

public SOAPElement addChildElement(java.lang.String localName,
                                   java.lang.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 there is an error in creating the SOAPElement object

addChildElement

public SOAPElement addChildElement(java.lang.String localName,
                                   java.lang.String prefix,
                                   java.lang.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

public 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 SOAPElementFactory. 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

addTextNode

public SOAPElement addTextNode(java.lang.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

addAttribute

public SOAPElement addAttribute(Name name,
                                java.lang.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

addNamespaceDeclaration

public SOAPElement addNamespaceDeclaration(java.lang.String prefix,
                                           java.lang.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 prefix 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

public java.lang.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

getAllAttributes

public java.util.Iterator getAllAttributes()

Returns an iterator over all of the attribute names 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

getNamespaceURI

public java.lang.String getNamespaceURI(java.lang.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

public java.util.Iterator getNamespacePrefixes()

Returns an iterator of namespace prefixes. The iterator can be used to get the namespace prefixes, which can then be passed to the method getNamespaceURI to retrieve the URI of each namespace.

Returns:

an iterator over the namespace prefixes in this SOAPElement object

getElementName

public Name getElementName()

Returns the name of this SOAPElement object.

Returns:

a Name object with the name of this SOAPElement object

removeAttribute

public 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

removeNamespaceDeclaration

public boolean removeNamespaceDeclaration(java.lang.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

public java.util.Iterator getChildElements()

Returns an iterator over all the immediate content of this element. This includes Text objects as well as SOAPElement objects.

Returns:

an iterator with the content of this SOAPElement object

getChildElements

public java.util.Iterator getChildElements(Name name)

Returns an iterator over all the child elements with the specified name.

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

setEncodingStyle

public void setEncodingStyle(java.lang.String encodingStyle)
                      throws SOAPException

Sets the encoding style for this SOAPElement object to one specified.

Parameters:

encodingStyle - a String giving the encoding style

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if there was a problem in the encoding style being set.

SOAPException

See Also:

getEncodingStyle()

getEncodingStyle

public java.lang.String getEncodingStyle()

Returns the encoding style for this SOAPElement object.

Returns:

a String giving the encoding style

See Also:

setEncodingStyle(java.lang.String)

removeContents

public void removeContents()

Detaches all children of this SOAPElement.

This method is useful for rolling back the construction of partially completed SOAPHeaders and SOAPBodys in reparation for sending a fault when an error condition is detected. It is also useful for recycling portions of a document within a SOAP message.

getVisibleNamespacePrefixes

public java.util.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