Node
CDATASection
, Comment
, Text
public interface CharacterData extends Node
CharacterData
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 to CharacterData
, though Text
and others do inherit the interface from it. All offsets
in this interface start from 0
. As explained in the DOMString
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 the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification.
ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
void |
appendData |
Append the string to the end of the character data of the node. |
void |
deleteData |
Remove a range of 16-bit units from the node. |
String |
getData() |
The character data of the node that implements this interface. |
int |
getLength() |
The number of 16-bit units that are available through data and the substringData method below. |
void |
insertData |
Insert a string at the specified 16-bit unit offset. |
void |
replaceData |
Replace the characters starting at the specified 16-bit unit offset with the specified string. |
void |
setData |
The character data of the node that implements this interface. |
String |
substringData |
Extracts a range of data from the node. |
appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData
String getData() throws DOMException
CharacterData
node. However, implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may not fit into a single DOMString
. In such cases, the user may call substringData
to retrieve the data in appropriately sized pieces.DOMException
- DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than fit in a DOMString
variable on the implementation platform.void setData(String data) throws DOMException
CharacterData
node. However, implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may not fit into a single DOMString
. In such cases, the user may call substringData
to retrieve the data in appropriately sized pieces.DOMException
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.int getLength()
data
and the substringData
method below. This may have the value zero, i.e., CharacterData
nodes may be empty.String substringData(int offset, int count) throws DOMException
offset
- Start offset of substring to extract.count
- The number of 16-bit units to extract.offset
and count
exceeds the length
, then all 16-bit units to the end of the data are returned.DOMException
- INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset
is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data
, or if the specified count
is negative. DOMString
.void appendData(String arg) throws DOMException
data
provides access to the concatenation of data
and the DOMString
specified.arg
- The DOMString
to append.DOMException
- NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.void insertData(int offset, String arg) throws DOMException
offset
- The character offset at which to insert.arg
- The DOMString
to insert.DOMException
- INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset
is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data
. void deleteData(int offset, int count) throws DOMException
data
and length
reflect the change.offset
- The offset from which to start removing.count
- The number of 16-bit units to delete. If the sum of offset
and count
exceeds length
then all 16-bit units from offset
to the end of the data are deleted.DOMException
- INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset
is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data
, or if the specified count
is negative. void replaceData(int offset, int count, String arg) throws DOMException
offset
- The offset from which to start replacing.count
- The number of 16-bit units to replace. If the sum of offset
and count
exceeds length
, then all 16-bit units to the end of the data are replaced; (i.e., the effect is the same as a remove
method call with the same range, followed by an append
method invocation).arg
- The DOMString
with which the range must be replaced.DOMException
- INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset
is negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in data
, or if the specified count
is negative.
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