xpath::node::element(3)
NAME
Element - an <element>
API
new ( name, prefix )
Create a new Element node with name "name" and prefix
"prefix". The name be "prefix:local" if prefix is defined.
I know that sounds wierd, but it works ;-)
getName
Returns the name (including "prefix:" if defined) of this
element.
getLocalName
Returns just the local part of the name (the bit after
"prefix:").
getChildNodes
Returns the children of this element. In list context
returns a list. In scalar context returns an array ref.
getChildNode ( pos )
Returns the child at position pos.
appendChild ( childnode )
Appends the child node to the list of current child nodes.
getAttribute ( name )
Returns the attribute node with key name.
getAttributes / getAttributeNodes
Returns the attribute nodes. In list context returns a
list. In scalar context returns an array ref.
appendAttribute ( attrib_node)
Appends the attribute node to the list of attributes
(XML::XPath stores attributes in order).
getNamespace ( prefix )
Returns the namespace node by the given prefix
getNamespaces / getNamespaceNodes
Returns the namespace nodes. In list context returns a
list. In scalar context returns an array ref.
appendNamespace ( ns_node )
Appends the namespace node to the list of namespaces.
getPrefix
Returns the prefix of this element
getExpandedName
Returns the expanded name of this element (not yet imple
mented right).
string_value
For elements, the string_value is the concatenation of all
string_values of all text-descendants of the element node
in document order.
toString ( [ norecurse ] )
- Output (and all children) the node to a string. Doesn't
process children if the norecurse option is a true value.