src/share/jaxws_classes/javax/xml/soap/SOAPElement.java

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ohair@286 25
ohair@286 26 package javax.xml.soap;
ohair@286 27
ohair@286 28 import java.util.Iterator;
ohair@286 29
ohair@286 30 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
ohair@286 31
ohair@286 32 /**
ohair@286 33 * An object representing an element of a SOAP message that is allowed but not
ohair@286 34 * specifically prescribed by a SOAP specification. This interface serves as the
ohair@286 35 * base interface for those objects that are specifically prescribed by a SOAP
ohair@286 36 * specification.
ohair@286 37 * <p>
ohair@286 38 * Methods in this interface that are required to return SAAJ specific objects
ohair@286 39 * may "silently" replace nodes in the tree as required to successfully return
ohair@286 40 * objects of the correct type. See {@link #getChildElements()} and
ohair@286 41 * {@link <a HREF="package-summary.html#package_description">javax.xml.soap<a>}
ohair@286 42 * for details.
ohair@286 43 */
ohair@286 44 public interface SOAPElement extends Node, org.w3c.dom.Element {
ohair@286 45
ohair@286 46 /**
ohair@286 47 * Creates a new <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the
ohair@286 48 * given <code>Name</code> object and adds the new element to this
ohair@286 49 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 50 * <P>
ohair@286 51 * This method may be deprecated in a future release of SAAJ in favor of
ohair@286 52 * addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
ohair@286 53 *
ohair@286 54 * @param name a <code>Name</code> object with the XML name for the
ohair@286 55 * new element
ohair@286 56 *
ohair@286 57 * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was created
ohair@286 58 * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 59 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 60 * @see SOAPElement#addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
ohair@286 61 */
ohair@286 62 public SOAPElement addChildElement(Name name) throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 63
ohair@286 64 /**
ohair@286 65 * Creates a new <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the given
ohair@286 66 * <code>QName</code> object and adds the new element to this <code>SOAPElement</code>
ohair@286 67 * object. The <i>namespace</i>, <i>localname</i> and <i>prefix</i> of the new
ohair@286 68 * <code>SOAPElement</code> are all taken from the <code>qname</code> argument.
ohair@286 69 *
ohair@286 70 * @param qname a <code>QName</code> object with the XML name for the
ohair@286 71 * new element
ohair@286 72 *
ohair@286 73 * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was created
ohair@286 74 * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 75 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 76 * @see SOAPElement#addChildElement(Name)
ohair@286 77 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 78 */
ohair@286 79 public SOAPElement addChildElement(QName qname) throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 80
ohair@286 81 /**
ohair@286 82 * Creates a new <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the
ohair@286 83 * specified local name and adds the new element to this
ohair@286 84 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 85 * The new <code>SOAPElement</code> inherits any in-scope default namespace.
ohair@286 86 *
ohair@286 87 * @param localName a <code>String</code> giving the local name for
ohair@286 88 * the element
ohair@286 89 * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was created
ohair@286 90 * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 91 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 92 */
ohair@286 93 public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName) throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 94
ohair@286 95 /**
ohair@286 96 * Creates a new <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the
ohair@286 97 * specified local name and prefix and adds the new element to this
ohair@286 98 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 99 *
ohair@286 100 * @param localName a <code>String</code> giving the local name for
ohair@286 101 * the new element
ohair@286 102 * @param prefix a <code>String</code> giving the namespace prefix for
ohair@286 103 * the new element
ohair@286 104 *
ohair@286 105 * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was created
ohair@286 106 * @exception SOAPException if the <code>prefix</code> is not valid in the
ohair@286 107 * context of this <code>SOAPElement</code> or if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 108 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 109 */
ohair@286 110 public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName, String prefix)
ohair@286 111 throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 112
ohair@286 113 /**
ohair@286 114 * Creates a new <code>SOAPElement</code> object initialized with the
ohair@286 115 * specified local name, prefix, and URI and adds the new element to this
ohair@286 116 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 117 *
ohair@286 118 * @param localName a <code>String</code> giving the local name for
ohair@286 119 * the new element
ohair@286 120 * @param prefix a <code>String</code> giving the namespace prefix for
ohair@286 121 * the new element
ohair@286 122 * @param uri a <code>String</code> giving the URI of the namespace
ohair@286 123 * to which the new element belongs
ohair@286 124 *
ohair@286 125 * @return the new <code>SOAPElement</code> object that was created
ohair@286 126 * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 127 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 128 */
ohair@286 129 public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName, String prefix,
ohair@286 130 String uri)
ohair@286 131 throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 132
ohair@286 133 /**
ohair@286 134 * Add a <code>SOAPElement</code> as a child of this
ohair@286 135 * <code>SOAPElement</code> instance. The <code>SOAPElement</code>
ohair@286 136 * is expected to be created by a
ohair@286 137 * <code>SOAPFactory</code>. Callers should not rely on the
ohair@286 138 * element instance being added as is into the XML
ohair@286 139 * tree. Implementations could end up copying the content
ohair@286 140 * of the <code>SOAPElement</code> passed into an instance of
ohair@286 141 * a different <code>SOAPElement</code> implementation. For
ohair@286 142 * instance if <code>addChildElement()</code> is called on a
ohair@286 143 * <code>SOAPHeader</code>, <code>element</code> will be copied
ohair@286 144 * into an instance of a <code>SOAPHeaderElement</code>.
ohair@286 145 *
ohair@286 146 * <P>The fragment rooted in <code>element</code> is either added
ohair@286 147 * as a whole or not at all, if there was an error.
ohair@286 148 *
ohair@286 149 * <P>The fragment rooted in <code>element</code> cannot contain
ohair@286 150 * elements named "Envelope", "Header" or "Body" and in the SOAP
ohair@286 151 * namespace. Any namespace prefixes present in the fragment
ohair@286 152 * should be fully resolved using appropriate namespace
ohair@286 153 * declarations within the fragment itself.
ohair@286 154 *
ohair@286 155 * @param element the <code>SOAPElement</code> to be added as a
ohair@286 156 * new child
ohair@286 157 *
ohair@286 158 * @exception SOAPException if there was an error in adding this
ohair@286 159 * element as a child
ohair@286 160 *
ohair@286 161 * @return an instance representing the new SOAP element that was
ohair@286 162 * actually added to the tree.
ohair@286 163 */
ohair@286 164 public SOAPElement addChildElement(SOAPElement element)
ohair@286 165 throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 166
ohair@286 167 /**
ohair@286 168 * Detaches all children of this <code>SOAPElement</code>.
ohair@286 169 * <p>
ohair@286 170 * This method is useful for rolling back the construction of partially
ohair@286 171 * completed <code>SOAPHeaders</code> and <code>SOAPBodys</code> in
ohair@286 172 * preparation for sending a fault when an error condition is detected. It
ohair@286 173 * is also useful for recycling portions of a document within a SOAP
ohair@286 174 * message.
ohair@286 175 *
ohair@286 176 * @since SAAJ 1.2
ohair@286 177 */
ohair@286 178 public abstract void removeContents();
ohair@286 179
ohair@286 180 /**
ohair@286 181 * Creates a new <code>Text</code> object initialized with the given
ohair@286 182 * <code>String</code> and adds it to this <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 183 *
ohair@286 184 * @param text a <code>String</code> object with the textual content to be added
ohair@286 185 *
ohair@286 186 * @return the <code>SOAPElement</code> object into which
ohair@286 187 * the new <code>Text</code> object was inserted
ohair@286 188 * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 189 * new <code>Text</code> object or if it is not legal to
ohair@286 190 * attach it as a child to this
ohair@286 191 * <code>SOAPElement</code>
ohair@286 192 */
ohair@286 193 public SOAPElement addTextNode(String text) throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 194
ohair@286 195 /**
ohair@286 196 * Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this
ohair@286 197 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 198 *
ohair@286 199 * @param name a <code>Name</code> object with the name of the attribute
ohair@286 200 * @param value a <code>String</code> giving the value of the attribute
ohair@286 201 * @return the <code>SOAPElement</code> object into which the attribute was
ohair@286 202 * inserted
ohair@286 203 *
ohair@286 204 * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 205 * Attribute, or it is invalid to set
ohair@286 206 an attribute with <code>Name</code>
ohair@286 207 <code>name</code> on this SOAPElement.
ohair@286 208 * @see SOAPElement#addAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName, String)
ohair@286 209 */
ohair@286 210 public SOAPElement addAttribute(Name name, String value)
ohair@286 211 throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 212
ohair@286 213 /**
ohair@286 214 * Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this
ohair@286 215 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 216 *
ohair@286 217 * @param qname a <code>QName</code> object with the name of the attribute
ohair@286 218 * @param value a <code>String</code> giving the value of the attribute
ohair@286 219 * @return the <code>SOAPElement</code> object into which the attribute was
ohair@286 220 * inserted
ohair@286 221 *
ohair@286 222 * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 223 * Attribute, or it is invalid to set
ohair@286 224 an attribute with <code>QName</code>
ohair@286 225 <code>qname</code> on this SOAPElement.
ohair@286 226 * @see SOAPElement#addAttribute(Name, String)
ohair@286 227 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 228 */
ohair@286 229 public SOAPElement addAttribute(QName qname, String value)
ohair@286 230 throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 231
ohair@286 232 /**
ohair@286 233 * Adds a namespace declaration with the specified prefix and URI to this
ohair@286 234 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 235 *
ohair@286 236 * @param prefix a <code>String</code> giving the prefix of the namespace
ohair@286 237 * @param uri a <code>String</code> giving the uri of the namespace
ohair@286 238 * @return the <code>SOAPElement</code> object into which this
ohair@286 239 * namespace declaration was inserted.
ohair@286 240 *
ohair@286 241 * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
ohair@286 242 * namespace
ohair@286 243 */
ohair@286 244 public SOAPElement addNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix, String uri)
ohair@286 245 throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 246
ohair@286 247 /**
ohair@286 248 * Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name.
ohair@286 249 *
ohair@286 250 * @param name a <code>Name</code> object with the name of the attribute
ohair@286 251 * @return a <code>String</code> giving the value of the specified
ohair@286 252 * attribute, Null if there is no such attribute
ohair@286 253 * @see SOAPElement#getAttributeValue(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
ohair@286 254 */
ohair@286 255 public String getAttributeValue(Name name);
ohair@286 256
ohair@286 257 /**
ohair@286 258 * Returns the value of the attribute with the specified qname.
ohair@286 259 *
ohair@286 260 * @param qname a <code>QName</code> object with the qname of the attribute
ohair@286 261 * @return a <code>String</code> giving the value of the specified
ohair@286 262 * attribute, Null if there is no such attribute
ohair@286 263 * @see SOAPElement#getAttributeValue(Name)
ohair@286 264 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 265 */
ohair@286 266 public String getAttributeValue(QName qname);
ohair@286 267
ohair@286 268 /**
ohair@286 269 * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all of the attribute
ohair@286 270 * <code>Name</code> objects in this
ohair@286 271 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object. The iterator can be used to get
ohair@286 272 * the attribute names, which can then be passed to the method
ohair@286 273 * <code>getAttributeValue</code> to retrieve the value of each
ohair@286 274 * attribute.
ohair@286 275 *
ohair@286 276 * @see SOAPElement#getAllAttributesAsQNames()
ohair@286 277 * @return an iterator over the names of the attributes
ohair@286 278 */
ohair@286 279 public Iterator getAllAttributes();
ohair@286 280
ohair@286 281 /**
ohair@286 282 * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all of the attributes
ohair@286 283 * in this <code>SOAPElement</code> as <code>QName</code> objects.
ohair@286 284 * The iterator can be used to get the attribute QName, which can then
ohair@286 285 * be passed to the method <code>getAttributeValue</code> to retrieve
ohair@286 286 * the value of each attribute.
ohair@286 287 *
ohair@286 288 * @return an iterator over the QNames of the attributes
ohair@286 289 * @see SOAPElement#getAllAttributes()
ohair@286 290 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 291 */
ohair@286 292 public Iterator getAllAttributesAsQNames();
ohair@286 293
ohair@286 294
ohair@286 295 /**
ohair@286 296 * Returns the URI of the namespace that has the given prefix.
ohair@286 297 *
ohair@286 298 * @param prefix a <code>String</code> giving the prefix of the namespace
ohair@286 299 * for which to search
ohair@286 300 * @return a <code>String</code> with the uri of the namespace that has
ohair@286 301 * the given prefix
ohair@286 302 */
ohair@286 303 public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix);
ohair@286 304
ohair@286 305 /**
ohair@286 306 * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over the namespace prefix
ohair@286 307 * <code>String</code>s declared by this element. The prefixes returned by
ohair@286 308 * this iterator can be passed to the method
ohair@286 309 * <code>getNamespaceURI</code> to retrieve the URI of each namespace.
ohair@286 310 *
ohair@286 311 * @return an iterator over the namespace prefixes in this
ohair@286 312 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 313 */
ohair@286 314 public Iterator getNamespacePrefixes();
ohair@286 315
ohair@286 316 /**
ohair@286 317 * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over the namespace prefix
ohair@286 318 * <code>String</code>s visible to this element. The prefixes returned by
ohair@286 319 * this iterator can be passed to the method
ohair@286 320 * <code>getNamespaceURI</code> to retrieve the URI of each namespace.
ohair@286 321 *
ohair@286 322 * @return an iterator over the namespace prefixes are within scope of this
ohair@286 323 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 324 *
ohair@286 325 * @since SAAJ 1.2
ohair@286 326 */
ohair@286 327 public Iterator getVisibleNamespacePrefixes();
ohair@286 328
ohair@286 329 /**
ohair@286 330 * Creates a <code>QName</code> whose namespace URI is the one associated
ohair@286 331 * with the parameter, <code>prefix</code>, in the context of this
ohair@286 332 * <code>SOAPElement</code>. The remaining elements of the new
ohair@286 333 * <code>QName</code> are taken directly from the parameters,
ohair@286 334 * <code>localName</code> and <code>prefix</code>.
ohair@286 335 *
ohair@286 336 * @param localName
ohair@286 337 * a <code>String</code> containing the local part of the name.
ohair@286 338 * @param prefix
ohair@286 339 * a <code>String</code> containing the prefix for the name.
ohair@286 340 *
ohair@286 341 * @return a <code>QName</code> with the specified <code>localName</code>
ohair@286 342 * and <code>prefix</code>, and with a namespace that is associated
ohair@286 343 * with the <code>prefix</code> in the context of this
ohair@286 344 * <code>SOAPElement</code>. This namespace will be the same as
ohair@286 345 * the one that would be returned by
ohair@286 346 * <code>{@link #getNamespaceURI(String)}</code> if it were given
ohair@286 347 * <code>prefix</code> as it's parameter.
ohair@286 348 *
ohair@286 349 * @exception SOAPException if the <code>QName</code> cannot be created.
ohair@286 350 *
ohair@286 351 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 352 */
ohair@286 353 public QName createQName(String localName, String prefix)
ohair@286 354 throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 355 /**
ohair@286 356 * Returns the name of this <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 357 *
ohair@286 358 * @return a <code>Name</code> object with the name of this
ohair@286 359 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 360 */
ohair@286 361 public Name getElementName();
ohair@286 362
ohair@286 363 /**
ohair@286 364 * Returns the qname of this <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 365 *
ohair@286 366 * @return a <code>QName</code> object with the qname of this
ohair@286 367 * <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 368 * @see SOAPElement#getElementName()
ohair@286 369 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 370 */
ohair@286 371 public QName getElementQName();
ohair@286 372
ohair@286 373 /**
ohair@286 374 * Changes the name of this <code>Element</code> to <code>newName</code> if
ohair@286 375 * possible. SOAP Defined elements such as SOAPEnvelope, SOAPHeader, SOAPBody
ohair@286 376 * etc. cannot have their names changed using this method. Any attempt to do
ohair@286 377 * so will result in a SOAPException being thrown.
ohair@286 378 *<P>
ohair@286 379 * Callers should not rely on the element instance being renamed as is.
ohair@286 380 * Implementations could end up copying the content of the
ohair@286 381 * <code>SOAPElement</code> to a renamed instance.
ohair@286 382 *
ohair@286 383 * @param newName the new name for the <code>Element</code>.
ohair@286 384 *
ohair@286 385 * @exception SOAPException if changing the name of this <code>Element</code>
ohair@286 386 * is not allowed.
ohair@286 387 * @return The renamed Node
ohair@286 388 *
ohair@286 389 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 390 */
ohair@286 391 public SOAPElement setElementQName(QName newName) throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 392
ohair@286 393 /**
ohair@286 394 * Removes the attribute with the specified name.
ohair@286 395 *
ohair@286 396 * @param name the <code>Name</code> object with the name of the
ohair@286 397 * attribute to be removed
ohair@286 398 * @return <code>true</code> if the attribute was
ohair@286 399 * removed successfully; <code>false</code> if it was not
ohair@286 400 * @see SOAPElement#removeAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
ohair@286 401 */
ohair@286 402 public boolean removeAttribute(Name name);
ohair@286 403
ohair@286 404 /**
ohair@286 405 * Removes the attribute with the specified qname.
ohair@286 406 *
ohair@286 407 * @param qname the <code>QName</code> object with the qname of the
ohair@286 408 * attribute to be removed
ohair@286 409 * @return <code>true</code> if the attribute was
ohair@286 410 * removed successfully; <code>false</code> if it was not
ohair@286 411 * @see SOAPElement#removeAttribute(Name)
ohair@286 412 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 413 */
ohair@286 414 public boolean removeAttribute(QName qname);
ohair@286 415
ohair@286 416 /**
ohair@286 417 * Removes the namespace declaration corresponding to the given prefix.
ohair@286 418 *
ohair@286 419 * @param prefix a <code>String</code> giving the prefix for which
ohair@286 420 * to search
ohair@286 421 * @return <code>true</code> if the namespace declaration was
ohair@286 422 * removed successfully; <code>false</code> if it was not
ohair@286 423 */
ohair@286 424 public boolean removeNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix);
ohair@286 425
ohair@286 426 /**
ohair@286 427 * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all the immediate child
ohair@286 428 * {@link Node}s of this element. This includes <code>javax.xml.soap.Text</code>
ohair@286 429 * objects as well as <code>SOAPElement</code> objects.
ohair@286 430 * <p>
ohair@286 431 * Calling this method may cause child <code>Element</code>,
ohair@286 432 * <code>SOAPElement</code> and <code>org.w3c.dom.Text</code> nodes to be
ohair@286 433 * replaced by <code>SOAPElement</code>, <code>SOAPHeaderElement</code>,
ohair@286 434 * <code>SOAPBodyElement</code> or <code>javax.xml.soap.Text</code> nodes as
ohair@286 435 * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling
ohair@286 436 * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that
ohair@286 437 * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or
ohair@286 438 * refresh them with the values returned by this <code>Iterator</code>. This
ohair@286 439 * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See
ohair@286 440 * {@link <a HREF="package-summary.html#package_description">javax.xml.soap<a>}
ohair@286 441 * for more details.
ohair@286 442 *
ohair@286 443 * @return an iterator with the content of this <code>SOAPElement</code>
ohair@286 444 * object
ohair@286 445 */
ohair@286 446 public Iterator getChildElements();
ohair@286 447
ohair@286 448 /**
ohair@286 449 * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all the immediate child
ohair@286 450 * {@link Node}s of this element with the specified name. All of these
ohair@286 451 * children will be <code>SOAPElement</code> nodes.
ohair@286 452 * <p>
ohair@286 453 * Calling this method may cause child <code>Element</code>,
ohair@286 454 * <code>SOAPElement</code> and <code>org.w3c.dom.Text</code> nodes to be
ohair@286 455 * replaced by <code>SOAPElement</code>, <code>SOAPHeaderElement</code>,
ohair@286 456 * <code>SOAPBodyElement</code> or <code>javax.xml.soap.Text</code> nodes as
ohair@286 457 * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling
ohair@286 458 * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that
ohair@286 459 * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or
ohair@286 460 * refresh them with the values returned by this <code>Iterator</code>. This
ohair@286 461 * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See
ohair@286 462 * {@link <a HREF="package-summary.html#package_description">javax.xml.soap<a>}
ohair@286 463 * for more details.
ohair@286 464 *
ohair@286 465 * @param name a <code>Name</code> object with the name of the child
ohair@286 466 * elements to be returned
ohair@286 467 *
ohair@286 468 * @return an <code>Iterator</code> object over all the elements
ohair@286 469 * in this <code>SOAPElement</code> object with the
ohair@286 470 * specified name
ohair@286 471 * @see SOAPElement#getChildElements(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
ohair@286 472 */
ohair@286 473 public Iterator getChildElements(Name name);
ohair@286 474
ohair@286 475 /**
ohair@286 476 * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all the immediate child
ohair@286 477 * {@link Node}s of this element with the specified qname. All of these
ohair@286 478 * children will be <code>SOAPElement</code> nodes.
ohair@286 479 * <p>
ohair@286 480 * Calling this method may cause child <code>Element</code>,
ohair@286 481 * <code>SOAPElement</code> and <code>org.w3c.dom.Text</code> nodes to be
ohair@286 482 * replaced by <code>SOAPElement</code>, <code>SOAPHeaderElement</code>,
ohair@286 483 * <code>SOAPBodyElement</code> or <code>javax.xml.soap.Text</code> nodes as
ohair@286 484 * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling
ohair@286 485 * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that
ohair@286 486 * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or
ohair@286 487 * refresh them with the values returned by this <code>Iterator</code>. This
ohair@286 488 * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See
ohair@286 489 * {@link <a HREF="package-summary.html#package_description">javax.xml.soap<a>}
ohair@286 490 * for more details.
ohair@286 491 *
ohair@286 492 * @param qname a <code>QName</code> object with the qname of the child
ohair@286 493 * elements to be returned
ohair@286 494 *
ohair@286 495 * @return an <code>Iterator</code> object over all the elements
ohair@286 496 * in this <code>SOAPElement</code> object with the
ohair@286 497 * specified qname
ohair@286 498 * @see SOAPElement#getChildElements(Name)
ohair@286 499 * @since SAAJ 1.3
ohair@286 500 */
ohair@286 501 public Iterator getChildElements(QName qname);
ohair@286 502
ohair@286 503 /**
ohair@286 504 * Sets the encoding style for this <code>SOAPElement</code> object
ohair@286 505 * to one specified.
ohair@286 506 *
ohair@286 507 * @param encodingStyle a <code>String</code> giving the encoding style
ohair@286 508 *
ohair@286 509 * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there was a problem in the
ohair@286 510 * encoding style being set.
ohair@286 511 * @exception SOAPException if setting the encodingStyle is invalid for this SOAPElement.
ohair@286 512 * @see #getEncodingStyle
ohair@286 513 */
ohair@286 514 public void setEncodingStyle(String encodingStyle)
ohair@286 515 throws SOAPException;
ohair@286 516 /**
ohair@286 517 * Returns the encoding style for this <code>SOAPElement</code> object.
ohair@286 518 *
ohair@286 519 * @return a <code>String</code> giving the encoding style
ohair@286 520 *
ohair@286 521 * @see #setEncodingStyle
ohair@286 522 */
ohair@286 523 public String getEncodingStyle();
ohair@286 524 }

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