Node (DecentXML 1.4 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

Child, Parent

All Known Implementing Classes:

Attribute, BasicNode, Comment, DocType, DocTypeAttributeList, DocTypeElement, DocTypeEntity, DocTypeNotation, DocTypeText, Document, Element, Entity, NodeWithChildren, ProcessingInstruction, Text, XMLDeclaration
```
public interface Node
```
Common interface for all nodes in an XML document.

Author:

digulla

See Also:

Document

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Node`	`copy()`	Simulate clone()
`Node`	`copy(Node orig)`	Copy all data from `orig` into `this`
`Node`	`createClone()`	Simulate clone()
`XMLTokenizer.Type`	`getType()`	Get the node type
`java.lang.String`	`toXML()`	Slow way to convert a node to XML
`Node`	`toXML(XMLWriter writer)`	Fast way to convert many nodes to XML

- Method Detail
  - toXML
```
java.lang.String toXML()
```
    Slow way to convert a node to XML
  - toXML
```
Node toXML(XMLWriter writer)
    throws java.io.IOException
```
    Fast way to convert many nodes to XML
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - getType
```
XMLTokenizer.Type getType()
```
    Get the node type
  - copy
```
Node copy(Node orig)
```
    Copy all data from orig into this
  - createClone
```
Node createClone()
```
    Simulate clone()
  - copy
```
Node copy()
```
    Simulate clone()