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  25 
  26 package javax.xml.soap;
  27 
  28 import java.util.Iterator;
  29 
  30 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
  31 
  32 /**
  33  * An object representing an element of a SOAP message that is allowed but not
  34  * specifically prescribed by a SOAP specification. This interface serves as the
  35  * base interface for those objects that are specifically prescribed by a SOAP
  36  * specification.
  37  * <p>
  38  * Methods in this interface that are required to return SAAJ specific objects
  39  * may "silently" replace nodes in the tree as required to successfully return
  40  * objects of the correct type. See {@link #getChildElements()} and
  41  * {@link <a HREF="package-summary.html#package_description">javax.xml.soap</a>}
  42  * for details.
  43  *
  44  * @since 1.6
  45  */
  46 public interface SOAPElement extends Node, org.w3c.dom.Element {
  47 
  48     /**
  49      * Creates a new {@code SOAPElement} object initialized with the
  50      * given {@code Name} object and adds the new element to this
  51      * {@code SOAPElement} object.
  52      * <P>
  53      * This method may be deprecated in a future release of SAAJ in favor of
  54      * addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
  55      *
  56      * @param name a {@code Name} object with the XML name for the
  57      *        new element
  58      *
  59      * @return the new {@code SOAPElement} object that was created
  60      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
  61      *                          {@code SOAPElement} object
  62      * @see SOAPElement#addChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
  63      */
  64     public SOAPElement addChildElement(Name name) throws SOAPException;
  65 
  66     /**
  67      * Creates a new {@code SOAPElement} object initialized with the given
  68      * {@code QName} object and adds the new element to this {@code SOAPElement}
  69      *  object. The  <i>namespace</i>, <i>localname</i> and <i>prefix</i> of the new
  70      * {@code SOAPElement} are all taken  from the {@code qname} argument.
  71      *
  72      * @param qname a {@code QName} object with the XML name for the
  73      *        new element
  74      *
  75      * @return the new {@code SOAPElement} object that was created
  76      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
  77      *                          {@code SOAPElement} object
  78      * @see SOAPElement#addChildElement(Name)
  79      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
  80      */
  81     public SOAPElement addChildElement(QName qname) throws SOAPException;
  82 
  83     /**
  84      * Creates a new {@code SOAPElement} object initialized with the
  85      * specified local name and adds the new element to this
  86      * {@code SOAPElement} object.
  87      * The new  {@code SOAPElement} inherits any in-scope default namespace.
  88      *
  89      * @param localName a {@code String} giving the local name for
  90      *          the element
  91      * @return the new {@code SOAPElement} object that was created
  92      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
  93      *                          {@code SOAPElement} object
  94      */
  95     public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName) throws SOAPException;
  96 
  97     /**
  98      * Creates a new {@code SOAPElement} object initialized with the
  99      * specified local name and prefix and adds the new element to this
 100      * {@code SOAPElement} object.
 101      *
 102      * @param localName a {@code String} giving the local name for
 103      *        the new element
 104      * @param prefix a {@code String} giving the namespace prefix for
 105      *        the new element
 106      *
 107      * @return the new {@code SOAPElement} object that was created
 108      * @exception SOAPException if the {@code prefix} is not valid in the
 109      *         context of this {@code SOAPElement} or  if there is an error in creating the
 110      *                          {@code SOAPElement} object
 111      */
 112     public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName, String prefix)
 113         throws SOAPException;
 114 
 115     /**
 116      * Creates a new {@code SOAPElement} object initialized with the
 117      * specified local name, prefix, and URI and adds the new element to this
 118      * {@code SOAPElement} object.
 119      *
 120      * @param localName a {@code String} giving the local name for
 121      *        the new element
 122      * @param prefix a {@code String} giving the namespace prefix for
 123      *        the new element
 124      * @param uri a {@code String} giving the URI of the namespace
 125      *        to which the new element belongs
 126      *
 127      * @return the new {@code SOAPElement} object that was created
 128      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
 129      *                          {@code SOAPElement} object
 130      */
 131     public SOAPElement addChildElement(String localName, String prefix,
 132                                        String uri)
 133         throws SOAPException;
 134 
 135     /**
 136      * Add a {@code SOAPElement} as a child of this
 137      * {@code SOAPElement} instance. The {@code SOAPElement}
 138      * is expected to be created by a
 139      * {@code SOAPFactory}. Callers should not rely on the
 140      * element instance being added as is into the XML
 141      * tree. Implementations could end up copying the content
 142      * of the {@code SOAPElement} passed into an instance of
 143      * a different {@code SOAPElement} implementation. For
 144      * instance if {@code addChildElement()} is called on a
 145      * {@code SOAPHeader}, {@code element} will be copied
 146      * into an instance of a {@code SOAPHeaderElement}.
 147      *
 148      * <P>The fragment rooted in {@code element} is either added
 149      * as a whole or not at all, if there was an error.
 150      *
 151      * <P>The fragment rooted in {@code element} cannot contain
 152      * elements named "Envelope", "Header" or "Body" and in the SOAP
 153      * namespace. Any namespace prefixes present in the fragment
 154      * should be fully resolved using appropriate namespace
 155      * declarations within the fragment itself.
 156      *
 157      * @param element the {@code SOAPElement} to be added as a
 158      *                new child
 159      *
 160      * @exception SOAPException if there was an error in adding this
 161      *                          element as a child
 162      *
 163      * @return an instance representing the new SOAP element that was
 164      *         actually added to the tree.
 165      */
 166     public SOAPElement addChildElement(SOAPElement element)
 167         throws SOAPException;
 168 
 169     /**
 170      * Detaches all children of this {@code SOAPElement}.
 171      * <p>
 172      * This method is useful for rolling back the construction of partially
 173      * completed {@code SOAPHeaders} and {@code SOAPBodys} in
 174      * preparation for sending a fault when an error condition is detected. It
 175      * is also useful for recycling portions of a document within a SOAP
 176      * message.
 177      *
 178      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.2
 179      */
 180     public abstract void removeContents();
 181 
 182     /**
 183      * Creates a new {@code Text} object initialized with the given
 184      * {@code String} and adds it to this {@code SOAPElement} object.
 185      *
 186      * @param text a {@code String} object with the textual content to be added
 187      *
 188      * @return the {@code SOAPElement} object into which
 189      *         the new {@code Text} object was inserted
 190      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
 191      *                    new {@code Text} object or if it is not legal to
 192      *                      attach it as a child to this
 193      *                      {@code SOAPElement}
 194      */
 195     public SOAPElement addTextNode(String text) throws SOAPException;
 196 
 197     /**
 198      * Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this
 199      * {@code SOAPElement} object.
 200      *
 201      * @param name a {@code Name} object with the name of the attribute
 202      * @param value a {@code String} giving the value of the attribute
 203      * @return the {@code SOAPElement} object into which the attribute was
 204      *         inserted
 205      *
 206      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
 207      *                          Attribute, or it is invalid to set
 208                                 an attribute with {@code Name}
 209                                  {@code name} on this SOAPElement.
 210      * @see SOAPElement#addAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName, String)
 211      */
 212     public SOAPElement addAttribute(Name name, String value)
 213         throws SOAPException;
 214 
 215     /**
 216      * Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to this
 217      * {@code SOAPElement} object.
 218      *
 219      * @param qname a {@code QName} object with the name of the attribute
 220      * @param value a {@code String} giving the value of the attribute
 221      * @return the {@code SOAPElement} object into which the attribute was
 222      *         inserted
 223      *
 224      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
 225      *                          Attribute, or it is invalid to set
 226                                 an attribute with {@code QName}
 227                                 {@code qname} on this SOAPElement.
 228      * @see SOAPElement#addAttribute(Name, String)
 229      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
 230      */
 231     public SOAPElement addAttribute(QName qname, String value)
 232         throws SOAPException;
 233 
 234     /**
 235      * Adds a namespace declaration with the specified prefix and URI to this
 236      * {@code SOAPElement} object.
 237      *
 238      * @param prefix a {@code String} giving the prefix of the namespace
 239      * @param uri a {@code String} giving the uri of the namespace
 240      * @return the {@code SOAPElement} object into which this
 241      *          namespace declaration was inserted.
 242      *
 243      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
 244      *                          namespace
 245      */
 246     public SOAPElement addNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix, String uri)
 247         throws SOAPException;
 248 
 249     /**
 250      * Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name.
 251      *
 252      * @param name a {@code Name} object with the name of the attribute
 253      * @return a {@code String} giving the value of the specified
 254      *         attribute, Null if there is no such attribute
 255      * @see SOAPElement#getAttributeValue(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
 256      */
 257     public String getAttributeValue(Name name);
 258 
 259     /**
 260      * Returns the value of the attribute with the specified qname.
 261      *
 262      * @param qname a {@code QName} object with the qname of the attribute
 263      * @return a {@code String} giving the value of the specified
 264      *         attribute, Null if there is no such attribute
 265      * @see SOAPElement#getAttributeValue(Name)
 266      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
 267      */
 268     public String getAttributeValue(QName qname);
 269 
 270     /**
 271      * Returns an {@code Iterator} over all of the attribute
 272      * {@code Name} objects in this
 273      * {@code SOAPElement} object. The iterator can be used to get
 274      * the attribute names, which can then be passed to the method
 275      * {@code getAttributeValue} to retrieve the value of each
 276      * attribute.
 277      *
 278      * @see SOAPElement#getAllAttributesAsQNames()
 279      * @return an iterator over the names of the attributes
 280      */
 281     public Iterator getAllAttributes();
 282 
 283     /**
 284      * Returns an {@code Iterator} over all of the attributes
 285      * in this {@code SOAPElement}  as {@code QName} objects.
 286      * The iterator can be used to get the attribute QName, which can then
 287      * be passed to the method {@code getAttributeValue} to retrieve
 288      * the value of each attribute.
 289      *
 290      * @return an iterator over the QNames of the attributes
 291      * @see SOAPElement#getAllAttributes()
 292      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
 293      */
 294     public Iterator getAllAttributesAsQNames();
 295 
 296 
 297     /**
 298      * Returns the URI of the namespace that has the given prefix.
 299      *
 300      * @param prefix a {@code String} giving the prefix of the namespace
 301      *        for which to search
 302      * @return a {@code String} with the uri of the namespace that has
 303      *        the given prefix
 304      */
 305     public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix);
 306 
 307     /**
 308      * Returns an {@code Iterator} over the namespace prefix
 309      * {@code String}s declared by this element. The prefixes returned by
 310      * this iterator can be passed to the method
 311      * {@code getNamespaceURI} to retrieve the URI of each namespace.
 312      *
 313      * @return an iterator over the namespace prefixes in this
 314      *         {@code SOAPElement} object
 315      */
 316     public Iterator getNamespacePrefixes();
 317 
 318     /**
 319      * Returns an {@code Iterator} over the namespace prefix
 320      * {@code String}s visible to this element. The prefixes returned by
 321      * this iterator can be passed to the method
 322      * {@code getNamespaceURI} to retrieve the URI of each namespace.
 323      *
 324      * @return an iterator over the namespace prefixes are within scope of this
 325      *         {@code SOAPElement} object
 326      *
 327      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.2
 328      */
 329     public Iterator getVisibleNamespacePrefixes();
 330 
 331     /**
 332      * Creates a {@code QName} whose namespace URI is the one associated
 333      * with the parameter, {@code prefix}, in the context of this
 334      * {@code SOAPElement}. The remaining elements of the new
 335      * {@code QName} are taken directly from the parameters,
 336      * {@code localName} and {@code prefix}.
 337      *
 338      * @param localName
 339      *          a {@code String} containing the local part of the name.
 340      * @param prefix
 341      *          a {@code String} containing the prefix for the name.
 342      *
 343      * @return a {@code QName} with the specified {@code localName}
 344      *          and {@code prefix}, and with a namespace that is associated
 345      *          with the {@code prefix} in the context of this
 346      *          {@code SOAPElement}. This namespace will be the same as
 347      *          the one that would be returned by
 348      *          <code>{@link #getNamespaceURI(String)}</code> if it were given
 349      *          {@code prefix} as it's parameter.
 350      *
 351      * @exception SOAPException if the {@code QName} cannot be created.
 352      *
 353      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
 354      */
 355     public QName createQName(String localName, String prefix)
 356         throws SOAPException;
 357     /**
 358      * Returns the name of this {@code SOAPElement} object.
 359      *
 360      * @return a {@code Name} object with the name of this
 361      *         {@code SOAPElement} object
 362      */
 363     public Name getElementName();
 364 
 365     /**
 366      * Returns the qname of this {@code SOAPElement} object.
 367      *
 368      * @return a {@code QName} object with the qname of this
 369      *         {@code SOAPElement} object
 370      * @see SOAPElement#getElementName()
 371      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
 372      */
 373     public QName getElementQName();
 374 
 375     /**
 376     * Changes the name of this {@code Element} to {@code newName} if
 377     * possible. SOAP Defined elements such as SOAPEnvelope, SOAPHeader, SOAPBody
 378     * etc. cannot have their names changed using this method. Any attempt to do
 379     * so will result in a  SOAPException being thrown.
 380     *<P>
 381     * Callers should not rely on the element instance being renamed as is.
 382     * Implementations could end up copying the content of the
 383     * {@code SOAPElement} to a renamed instance.
 384     *
 385     * @param newName the new name for the {@code Element}.
 386     *
 387     * @exception SOAPException if changing the name of this {@code Element}
 388     *                          is not allowed.
 389     * @return The renamed Node
 390     *
 391     * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
 392     */
 393    public SOAPElement setElementQName(QName newName) throws SOAPException;
 394 
 395    /**
 396      * Removes the attribute with the specified name.
 397      *
 398      * @param name the {@code Name} object with the name of the
 399      *        attribute to be removed
 400      * @return {@code true} if the attribute was
 401      *         removed successfully; {@code false} if it was not
 402      * @see SOAPElement#removeAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
 403      */
 404     public boolean removeAttribute(Name name);
 405 
 406     /**
 407      * Removes the attribute with the specified qname.
 408      *
 409      * @param qname the {@code QName} object with the qname of the
 410      *        attribute to be removed
 411      * @return {@code true} if the attribute was
 412      *         removed successfully; {@code false} if it was not
 413      * @see SOAPElement#removeAttribute(Name)
 414      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
 415      */
 416     public boolean removeAttribute(QName qname);
 417 
 418     /**
 419      * Removes the namespace declaration corresponding to the given prefix.
 420      *
 421      * @param prefix a {@code String} giving the prefix for which
 422      *        to search
 423      * @return {@code true} if the namespace declaration was
 424      *         removed successfully; {@code false} if it was not
 425      */
 426     public boolean removeNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix);
 427 
 428     /**
 429      * Returns an {@code Iterator} over all the immediate child
 430      * {@link Node}s of this element. This includes {@code javax.xml.soap.Text}
 431      * objects as well as {@code SOAPElement} objects.
 432      * <p>
 433      * Calling this method may cause child {@code Element},
 434      * {@code SOAPElement} and {@code org.w3c.dom.Text} nodes to be
 435      * replaced by {@code SOAPElement}, {@code SOAPHeaderElement},
 436      * {@code SOAPBodyElement} or {@code javax.xml.soap.Text} nodes as
 437      * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling
 438      * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that
 439      * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or
 440      * refresh them with the values returned by this {@code Iterator}. This
 441      * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See
 442      * {@link <a HREF="package-summary.html#package_description">javax.xml.soap</a>}
 443      * for more details.
 444      *
 445      * @return an iterator with the content of this {@code SOAPElement}
 446      *         object
 447      */
 448     public Iterator getChildElements();
 449 
 450     /**
 451      * Returns an {@code Iterator} over all the immediate child
 452      * {@link Node}s of this element with the specified name. All of these
 453      * children will be {@code SOAPElement} nodes.
 454      * <p>
 455      * Calling this method may cause child {@code Element},
 456      * {@code SOAPElement} and {@code org.w3c.dom.Text} nodes to be
 457      * replaced by {@code SOAPElement}, {@code SOAPHeaderElement},
 458      * {@code SOAPBodyElement} or {@code javax.xml.soap.Text} nodes as
 459      * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling
 460      * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that
 461      * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or
 462      * refresh them with the values returned by this {@code Iterator}. This
 463      * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See
 464      * {@link <a HREF="package-summary.html#package_description">javax.xml.soap</a>}
 465      * for more details.
 466      *
 467      * @param name a {@code Name} object with the name of the child
 468      *        elements to be returned
 469      *
 470      * @return an {@code Iterator} object over all the elements
 471      *         in this {@code SOAPElement} object with the
 472      *         specified name
 473      * @see SOAPElement#getChildElements(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
 474      */
 475     public Iterator getChildElements(Name name);
 476 
 477     /**
 478      * Returns an {@code Iterator} over all the immediate child
 479      * {@link Node}s of this element with the specified qname. All of these
 480      * children will be {@code SOAPElement} nodes.
 481      * <p>
 482      * Calling this method may cause child {@code Element},
 483      * {@code SOAPElement} and {@code org.w3c.dom.Text} nodes to be
 484      * replaced by {@code SOAPElement}, {@code SOAPHeaderElement},
 485      * {@code SOAPBodyElement} or {@code javax.xml.soap.Text} nodes as
 486      * appropriate for the type of this parent node. As a result the calling
 487      * application must treat any existing references to these child nodes that
 488      * have been obtained through DOM APIs as invalid and either discard them or
 489      * refresh them with the values returned by this {@code Iterator}. This
 490      * behavior can be avoided by calling the equivalent DOM APIs. See
 491      * {@link <a HREF="package-summary.html#package_description">javax.xml.soap</a>}
 492      * for more details.
 493      *
 494      * @param qname a {@code QName} object with the qname of the child
 495      *        elements to be returned
 496      *
 497      * @return an {@code Iterator} object over all the elements
 498      *         in this {@code SOAPElement} object with the
 499      *         specified qname
 500      * @see SOAPElement#getChildElements(Name)
 501      * @since 1.6, SAAJ 1.3
 502      */
 503     public Iterator getChildElements(QName qname);
 504 
 505     /**
 506      * Sets the encoding style for this {@code SOAPElement} object
 507      * to one specified.
 508      *
 509      * @param encodingStyle a {@code String} giving the encoding style
 510      *
 511      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there was a problem in the
 512      *            encoding style being set.
 513      * @exception SOAPException if setting the encodingStyle is invalid for this SOAPElement.
 514      * @see #getEncodingStyle
 515      */
 516     public void setEncodingStyle(String encodingStyle)
 517         throws SOAPException;
 518     /**
 519      * Returns the encoding style for this {@code SOAPElement} object.
 520      *
 521      * @return a {@code String} giving the encoding style
 522      *
 523      * @see #setEncodingStyle
 524      */
 525     public String getEncodingStyle();
 526 }