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 and Description |
|---|---|
void |
appendData(String arg)
Append the string to the end of the character data of the node.
|
void |
deleteData(int offset,
int count)
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(int offset,
String arg)
Insert a string at the specified 16-bit unit offset.
|
void |
replaceData(int offset,
int count,
String arg)
Replace the characters starting at the specified 16-bit unit offset
with the specified string.
|
void |
setData(String data)
The character data of the node that implements this interface.
|
String |
substringData(int offset,
int count)
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, setUserDataString 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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