Element Class Implementation

• The content is stored as a java.util.List which contains

  • One String object per text node

  • One Element object per child element

  • One Comment object per comment

  • One ProcessingInstruction object per processing instruction

• Use the regular methods of java.util.List to add, remove, and inspect the contents of an element

• Since the methods of java.util.List expect to work with Object objects, casting back to JDOM types and String is frequent

• Various utility methods mean you don't always have to work with the full list.

• Attributes are available as a separate List since attributes are not children.

• This list only contains Attribute objects.