Package org.dom4j

Defines the XML Document Object Model in Java interfaces together with some helper classes.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Attribute	Attribute defines an XML attribute.
Branch	Branch interface defines the common behaviour for Nodes which can contain child nodes (content) such as XML elements and documents.
CDATA	CDATA defines an XML CDATA section.
Comment	Comment defines the behavior of an XML comment.
Document	Document defines an XML Document.
DocumentType	DocumentType defines an XML DOCTYPE declaration.
Element	Element interface defines an XML element.
ElementHandler	ElementHandler interface defines a handler of Element objects.
ElementPath	This interface is used by ElementHandlerinstances to retrieve information about the current path hierarchy they are to process.
Entity	Entity defines an XML entity.
CharacterData	CharacterData is a marker interface for character based nodes such as the CDATA,Comment and Text nodes.
Node	Node defines the polymorphic behavior for all XML nodes in a dom4j tree.
NodeFilter	NodeFilter defines the behavior for a filter or predicate which acts on a DOM4J Node.
ProcessingInstruction	ProcessingInstruction defines an XML processing instruction.
Text	Text defines an XML Text node.
Visitor	Visitor is used to implement the Visitor pattern in DOM4J.
XPath	XPath represents an XPath expression after it has been parsed from a String.

Class Summary

Class	Description
DocumentFactory	DocumentFactory is a collection of factory methods to allow easy custom building of DOM4J trees.
DocumentHelper	DocumentHelper is a collection of helper methods for using DOM4J.
Namespace	Namespace is a Flyweight Namespace that can be shared amongst nodes.
QName	QName represents a qualified name value of an XML element or attribute.
VisitorSupport	VisitorSupport is an abstract base class which is useful for implementation inheritence or when using anonymous inner classes to create simple Visitor implementations.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
DocumentException	DocumentException is a nested Exception which may be thrown during the processing of a DOM4J document.
IllegalAddException	IllegalAddException is thrown when a node is added incorrectly to an Element
InvalidXPathException	InvalidXPathException is thrown when an invalid XPath expression is used to traverse an XML document
XPathException	XPathException is thrown when an exception occurs while evaluating an XPath expression, usually due to some function throwing an exception.