1XPath::Node::Element(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentatioXnPath::Node::Element(3)
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6 Element - an <element>
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9 new ( name, prefix )
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11 Create a new Element node with name "name" and prefix "prefix". The
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15 getName
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17 Returns the name (including "prefix:" if defined) of this element.
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19 getLocalName
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21 Returns just the local part of the name (the bit after "prefix:").
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23 getChildNodes
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25 Returns the children of this element. In list context returns a list.
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28 getChildNode ( pos )
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34 Appends the child node to the list of current child nodes.
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36 getAttribute ( name )
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38 Returns the attribute node with key name.
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40 getAttributes / getAttributeNodes
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42 Returns the attribute nodes. In list context returns a list. In scalar
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45 appendAttribute ( attrib_node)
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47 Appends the attribute node to the list of attributes (XML::XPath stores
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50 getNamespace ( prefix )
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52 Returns the namespace node by the given prefix
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54 getNamespaces / getNamespaceNodes
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56 Returns the namespace nodes. In list context returns a list. In scalar
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61 Appends the namespace node to the list of namespaces.
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63 getPrefix
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65 Returns the prefix of this element
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69 Returns the expanded name of this element (not yet implemented right).
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73 For elements, the string_value is the concatenation of all string_val‐
74 ues of all text-descendants of the element node in document order.
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76 toString ( [ norecurse ] )
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78 Output (and all children) the node to a string. Doesn't process chil‐
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