Class Text

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The Text object represents a text node within an XML document and provides methods for manipulating its content.

• You can use methods like append(), setText(), and getText() to modify and retrieve the text content of the node.

• detach() removes the node from its parent element, while getParentElement() allows access to the parent element.

• getValue() retrieves the text value of all child nodes, offering a way to access nested content within the text node.

Text

A representation of an XML Text node.

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
append(text)	Text	Appends the given text to any content that already exists in the node.
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 Text 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)	Text	Sets the text value of the Text node.

Detailed documentation

append(text)

Appends the given text to any content that already exists in the node.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	String	the text to append to the node

Return

Text — the Text node, for chaining

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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 Text node.

Return

String — the text value of the Text 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 Text node.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	String	the text value to set

Return

Text — the Text node, for chaining