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package javax.xml.soap;

/**

 * A representation of a node (element) in an XML document.

 * This interface extnends the standard DOM Node interface with methods for

 * getting and setting the value of a node, for

 * getting and setting the parent of a node, and for removing a node.

 *

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface Node extends org.w3c.dom.Node {

    /**

     * Returns the value of this node if this is a <code>Text</code> node or the

     * value of the immediate child of this node otherwise.

     * If there is an immediate child of this <code>Node</code> that it is a

     * <code>Text</code> node then it's value will be returned. If there is

     * more than one <code>Text</code> node then the value of the first

     * <code>Text</code> Node will be returned.

     * Otherwise <code>null</code> is returned.

     *

     * @return a <code>String</code> with the text of this node if this is a

     *          <code>Text</code> node or the text contained by the first

     *          immediate child of this <code>Node</code> object that is a

     *          <code>Text</code> object if such a child exists;

     *          <code>null</code> otherwise.

     */

    public String getValue();

    /**

     * If this is a Text node then this method will set its value,

     * otherwise it sets the value of  the immediate (Text) child of this node.

     * The value of the immediate child of this node can be set only if, there is

     * one child node and that node is a <code>Text</code> node, or if

     * there are no children in which case a child <code>Text</code> node will be

     * created.

     *

     * @exception IllegalStateException if the node is not a <code>Text</code>

     *              node and either has more than one child node or has a child

     *              node that is not a <code>Text</code> node.

     *

     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.2

     */

    public void setValue(String value);

    /**

     * Sets the parent of this <code>Node</code> object to the given

     * <code>SOAPElement</code> object.

     *

     * @param parent the <code>SOAPElement</code> object to be set as

     *       the parent of this <code>Node</code> object

     *

     * @exception SOAPException if there is a problem in setting the

     *                          parent to the given element

     * @see #getParentElement

     */

    public void setParentElement(SOAPElement parent) throws SOAPException;

    /**

     * Returns the parent element of this <code>Node</code> object.

     * This method can throw an <code>UnsupportedOperationException</code>

     * if the tree is not kept in memory.

     *

     * @return the <code>SOAPElement</code> object that is the parent of

     *         this <code>Node</code> object or <code>null</code> if this

     *         <code>Node</code> object is root

     *

     * @exception UnsupportedOperationException if the whole tree is not

     *            kept in memory

     * @see #setParentElement

     */

    public SOAPElement getParentElement();

    /**

     * Removes this <code>Node</code> object from the tree.

     */

    public void detachNode();

    /**

     * Notifies the implementation that this <code>Node</code>

     * object is no longer being used by the application and that the

     * implementation is free to reuse this object for nodes that may

     * be created later.

     * <P>

     * Calling the method <code>recycleNode</code> implies that the method

     * <code>detachNode</code> has been called previously.

     */

    public void recycleNode();

}