TheCharacterData
interface extends Node with a set of attributes and methods for accessing character data in the DOM. For clarity this set is defined here rather than on each object that uses these attributes and methods. No DOM objects correspond directly toCharacterData
, thoughText
and others do inherit the interface from it. Alloffsets
in this interface start from0
.
As explained in theDOMString
interface, text strings in the DOM are represented in UTF-16, i.e. as a sequence of 16-bit units. In the following, the term 16-bit units is used whenever necessary to indicate that indexing on CharacterData is done in 16-bit units.
See also theDocument Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification.
Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node |
ATTRIBUTE_NODE,CDATA_SECTION_NODE,COMMENT_NODE,DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE,DOCUMENT_NODE,DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE,ELEMENT_NODE,ENTITY_NODE,ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE,NOTATION_NODE,PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE,TEXT_NODE |
appendData(java.lang.String arg) Append the string to the end of the character data of the node. | |
deleteData(int offset, int count) Remove a range of 16-bit units from the node. | |
getData() The character data of the node that implements this interface. | |
getLength() The number of 16-bit units that are available through data and thesubstringData method below. | |
insertData(int offset, java.lang.String arg) Insert a string at the specified 16-bit unit offset. | |
replaceData(int offset, int count, java.lang.String arg) Replace the characters starting at the specified 16-bit unit offset with the specified string. | |
setData(java.lang.String data) The character data of the node that implements this interface. | |
substringData(int offset, int count) Extracts a range of data from the node. |
public java.lang.StringgetData() throwsDOMException
CharacterData
node. However, implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may not fit into a singleDOMString
. In such cases, the user may callsubstringData
to retrieve the data in appropriately sized pieces.DOMException
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.DOMException
- DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than fit in aDOMString
variable on the implementation platform.public voidsetData(java.lang.String data) throwsDOMException
CharacterData
node. However, implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may not fit into a singleDOMString
. In such cases, the user may callsubstringData
to retrieve the data in appropriately sized pieces.DOMException
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.DOMException
- DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than fit in aDOMString
variable on the implementation platform.public intgetLength()
data
and thesubstringData
method below. This may have the value zero, i.e.,CharacterData
nodes may be empty.public java.lang.StringsubstringData(int offset, int count) throwsDOMException
offset
- Start offset of substring to extract.count
- The number of 16-bit units to extract.offset
andcount
exceeds thelength
, then all 16-bit units to the end of the data are returned.DOMException
- INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specifiedoffset
is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units indata
, or if the specifiedcount
is negative.DOMString
.public voidappendData(java.lang.String arg) throwsDOMException
data
provides access to the concatenation ofdata
and theDOMString
specified.arg
- TheDOMString
to append.DOMException
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.public voidinsertData(int offset, java.lang.String arg) throwsDOMException
offset
- The character offset at which to insert.arg
- TheDOMString
to insert.DOMException
- INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specifiedoffset
is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units indata
.public voiddeleteData(int offset, int count) throwsDOMException
data
andlength
reflect the change.offset
- The offset from which to start removing.count
- The number of 16-bit units to delete. If the sum ofoffset
andcount
exceedslength
then all 16-bit units fromoffset
to the end of the data are deleted.DOMException
- INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specifiedoffset
is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units indata
, or if the specifiedcount
is negative.public voidreplaceData(int offset, int count, java.lang.String arg) throwsDOMException
offset
- The offset from which to start replacing.count
- The number of 16-bit units to replace. If the sum ofoffset
andcount
exceedslength
, then all 16-bit units to the end of the data are replaced; (i.e., the effect is the same as aremove
method call with the same range, followed by anappend
method invocation).arg
- TheDOMString
with which the range must be replaced.DOMException
- INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specifiedoffset
is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units indata
, or if the specifiedcount
is negative.