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Interface ElementModifier
- public interface ElementModifier
ElementModifier defines a modifier of Elementobjects.
It can be used in the event based SAXModifier, in order
to modify elements on the fly, rather than waiting until the complete
document is parsed.
- Author:
- Wonne Keysers (Realsoftware.be)
modifyElement
public Element modifyElement(Element element)
throws Exception
- Called by an event based processor when an elements closing tag is
encountered. This method must return the modified version of the provided
Elementor null if it has to be removed from the
document.
The incoming Elementis disconnected from the DOM4J
tree. This means that navigation to the elements parent Element and Documentare not available. Only
the element itself can be modified!
- Parameters:
element - Elementto be parsed
- Returns:
- the modified
Element
- Throws:
Exception - of any kind
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