Class Comment

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• Represents an XML Comment node, providing methods for interaction.

• Allows detachment from parent element, retrieval of parent/text values, and text modification.

• Includes getText() for the comment's text and getValue() for text of all child nodes.

• Offers setText() to modify the comment's text and detach() to remove it from its parent.

Comment

A representation of an XML Comment node.

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
detach()	Content	Detaches the node from its parent Element node.
getParentElement()	Element	Gets the node's parent Element node.
getText()	String	Gets the text value of the Comment node.
getValue()	String	Gets the text value of all nodes that are direct or indirect children of the node, in the order they appear in the document.
setText(text)	Comment	Sets the text value of the Comment node.

Detailed documentation

detach()

Detaches the node from its parent Element node. If the node does not have a parent, this method has no effect.

Return

Content — the detached node

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getParentElement()

Gets the node's parent Element node. If the node does not have a parent, this method returns null.

Return

Element — the parent Element node

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getText()

Gets the text value of the Comment node.

Return

String — the text value of the Comment node

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getValue()

Gets the text value of all nodes that are direct or indirect children of the node, in the order they appear in the document.

Return

String — the text value of all nodes that are direct or indirect children of the node

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setText(text)

Sets the text value of the Comment node.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	String	the text value to set

Return

Comment — the Comment node, for chaining