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package javax.xml.soap;

import java.util.Iterator;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

/**

 * An object representing an element of a SOAP message that is allowed but not

 * specifically prescribed by a SOAP specification. This interface serves as the

 * base interface for those objects that are specifically prescribed by a SOAP

 * specification.

 * <p>

 * Methods in this interface that are required to return SAAJ specific objects

 * may "silently" replace nodes in the tree as required to successfully return

 * objects of the correct type. See {@link #getChildElements()} and

 * for details.

 *

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface SOAPElement extends Node, org.w3c.dom.Element {

    /**

     * <P>

     * This method may be deprecated in a future release of SAAJ in favor of

     * addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)

     *

     *        new element

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     * @see SOAPElement#addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)

     */

    public SOAPElement addChildElement(Name name) throws SOAPException;

    /**

     *  object. The  <i>namespace</i>, <i>localname</i> and <i>prefix</i> of the new

     *

     *        new element

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     * @see SOAPElement#addChildElement(Name)

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

     */

    public SOAPElement addChildElement(QName qname) throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * specified local name and adds the new element to this

     *

     *          the element

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     */

    public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName) throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * specified local name and prefix and adds the new element to this

     *

     *        the new element

     *        the new element

     *

     */

    public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName, String prefix)

        throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * specified local name, prefix, and URI and adds the new element to this

     *

     *        the new element

     *        the new element

     *        to which the new element belongs

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     */

    public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName, String prefix,

                                       String uri)

        throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * is expected to be created by a

     * element instance being added as is into the XML

     * tree. Implementations could end up copying the content

     *

     * as a whole or not at all, if there was an error.

     *

     * 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.

     *

     *                new child

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there was an error in adding this

     *                          element as a child

     *

     * @return an instance representing the new SOAP element that was

     *         actually added to the tree.

     */

    public SOAPElement addChildElement(SOAPElement element)

        throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * <p>

     * This method is useful for rolling back the construction of partially

     * preparation for sending a fault when an error condition is detected. It

     * is also useful for recycling portions of a document within a SOAP

     * message.

     *

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.2

     */

    public abstract void removeContents();

    /**

     *

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     *                      attach it as a child to this

     */

    public SOAPElement addTextNode(String text) throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this

     *

     *         inserted

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     *                          Attribute, or it is invalid to set

     * @see SOAPElement#addAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName, String)

     */

    public SOAPElement addAttribute(Name name, String value)

        throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this

     *

     *         inserted

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     *                          Attribute, or it is invalid to set

     * @see SOAPElement#addAttribute(Name, String)

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

     */

    public SOAPElement addAttribute(QName qname, String value)

        throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * Adds a namespace declaration with the specified prefix and URI to this

     *

     *          namespace declaration was inserted.

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the

     *                          namespace

     */

    public SOAPElement addNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix, String uri)

        throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name.

     *

     *         attribute, Null if there is no such attribute

     * @see SOAPElement#getAttributeValue(javax.xml.namespace.QName)

     */

    public String getAttributeValue(Name name);

    /**

     * Returns the value of the attribute with the specified qname.

     *

     *         attribute, Null if there is no such attribute

     * @see SOAPElement#getAttributeValue(Name)

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

     */

    public String getAttributeValue(QName qname);

    /**

     * the attribute names, which can then be passed to the method

     * attribute.

     *

     * @see SOAPElement#getAllAttributesAsQNames()

     * @return an iterator over the names of the attributes

     */

    public Iterator getAllAttributes();

    /**

     * The iterator can be used to get the attribute QName, which can then

     * the value of each attribute.

     *

     * @return an iterator over the QNames of the attributes

     * @see SOAPElement#getAllAttributes()

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

     */

    public Iterator getAllAttributesAsQNames();

    /**

     * Returns the URI of the namespace that has the given prefix.

     *

     *        for which to search

     *        the given prefix

     */

    public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix);

    /**

     * this iterator can be passed to the method

     *

     * @return an iterator over the namespace prefixes in this

     */

    public Iterator getNamespacePrefixes();

    /**

     * this iterator can be passed to the method

     *

     * @return an iterator over the namespace prefixes are within scope of this

     *

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.2

     */

    public Iterator getVisibleNamespacePrefixes();

    /**

     *

     * @param localName

     * @param prefix

     *

     *          the one that would be returned by

     *          <code>{@link #getNamespaceURI(String)}</code> if it were given

     *

     *

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

     */

    public QName createQName(String localName, String prefix)

        throws SOAPException;

    /**

     *

     */

    public Name getElementName();

    /**

     *

     * @see SOAPElement#getElementName()

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

     */

    public QName getElementQName();

    /**

    * possible. SOAP Defined elements such as SOAPEnvelope, SOAPHeader, SOAPBody

    * etc. cannot have their names changed using this method. Any attempt to do

    * so will result in a  SOAPException being thrown.

    *<P>

    * Callers should not rely on the element instance being renamed as is.

    * Implementations could end up copying the content of the

    *

    *

    *                          is not allowed.

    * @return The renamed Node

    *

    * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

    */

   public SOAPElement setElementQName(QName newName) throws SOAPException;

   /**

     * Removes the attribute with the specified name.

     *

     *        attribute to be removed

     * @see SOAPElement#removeAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName)

     */

    public boolean removeAttribute(Name name);

    /**

     * Removes the attribute with the specified qname.

     *

     *        attribute to be removed

     * @see SOAPElement#removeAttribute(Name)

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

     */

    public boolean removeAttribute(QName qname);

    /**

     * Removes the namespace declaration corresponding to the given prefix.

     *

     *        to search

     */

    public boolean removeNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix);

    /**

     * <p>

     * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling

     * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that

     * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or

     * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See

     * for more details.

     *

     *         object

     */

    public Iterator getChildElements();

    /**

     * {@link Node}s of this element with the specified name. All of these

     * <p>

     * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling

     * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that

     * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or

     * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See

     * for more details.

     *

     *        elements to be returned

     *

     *         specified name

     * @see SOAPElement#getChildElements(javax.xml.namespace.QName)

     */

    public Iterator getChildElements(Name name);

    /**

     * {@link Node}s of this element with the specified qname. All of these

     * <p>

     * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling

     * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that

     * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or

     * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See

     * for more details.

     *

     *        elements to be returned

     *

     *         specified qname

     * @see SOAPElement#getChildElements(Name)

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3

     */