Fetches the collection of attributes this element contains.

  Fetches the collection of attributes this element contains.
Returns: the attributes for the element

  Fetches the document associated with this element.

  Fetches the document associated with this element.
Returns: the document

  Fetches the child element at the given index.

  Fetches the child element at the given index.
Returns: the child element
Parameters:
- index - the specified index >= 0

  Gets the number of child elements contained by this element.

  Gets the number of child elements contained by this element.
If this element is a leaf, a count of zero is returned.
Returns: the number of child elements >= 0

  Gets the child element index closest to the given offset.

  Gets the child element index closest to the given offset.
The offset is specified relative to the beginning of the
document. Returns -1 if the
Element is a leaf, otherwise returns
the index of the Element that best represents
the given location. Returns 0 if the location
is less than the start offset. Returns
getElementCount() - 1 if the location is
greater than or equal to the end offset.
Returns: the element index >= 0
Parameters:
- offset - the specified offset >= 0

  Fetches the offset from the beginning of the document that this element ends at.

  Fetches the offset from the beginning of the document that this element ends at. If this element has children, this will be the end offset of the last child. As a document position, there is an implied backward bias.

All the default Document implementations descend from AbstractDocument. AbstractDocument models an implied break at the end of the document. As a result of this, it is possible for this to return a value greater than the length of the document.
Returns: the ending offset > getStartOffset() and <= getDocument().getLength() + 1
See Also: Document, AbstractDocument,

  Fetches the name of the element.

  Fetches the name of the element. If the element is used to
represent some type of structure, this would be the type
name.
Returns: the element name

  Fetches the parent element.

  Fetches the parent element. If the element is a root level
element returns null.
Returns: the parent element

  Fetches the offset from the beginning of the document that this element begins at.

  Fetches the offset from the beginning of the document
that this element begins at. If this element has
children, this will be the offset of the first child.
As a document position, there is an implied forward bias.
Returns: the starting offset >= 0 and < getEndOffset();
See Also: Document, AbstractDocument,

  Is this element a leaf element? An element that may have children, even if it currently has no children, would return false.

  Is this element a leaf element? An element that
may have children, even if it currently
has no children, would return false.
Returns: true if a leaf element else false