# Element Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) # Element ``` interface Element : Node ``` |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [org.w3c.dom.Element](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#) | The`Element`interface represents an element in an HTML or XML document. Elements may have attributes associated with them; since the`Element`interface inherits from`Node`, the generic`Node`interface attribute`attributes`may be used to retrieve the set of all attributes for an element. There are methods on the`Element`interface to retrieve either an`Attr`object by name or an attribute value by name. In XML, where an attribute value may contain entity references, an`Attr`object should be retrieved to examine the possibly fairly complex sub-tree representing the attribute value. On the other hand, in HTML, where all attributes have simple string values, methods to directly access an attribute value can safely be used as a convenience. **Note:** In DOM Level 2, the method`normalize`is inherited from the`Node`interface where it was moved. See also the[Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407). ## Summary | Inherited constants || |---|---| | From class[Node](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node) |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [ATTRIBUTE_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#ATTRIBUTE_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is an`Attr`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [CDATA_SECTION_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#CDATA_SECTION_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is a`CDATASection`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [COMMENT_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#COMMENT_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is a`Comment`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is a`DocumentFragment`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is a`Document`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY:kotlin.Short)
The node is contained by the reference node. A node which is contained is always following, too.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS:kotlin.Short)
The node contains the reference node. A node which contains is always preceding, too.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED:kotlin.Short)
The two nodes are disconnected. Order between disconnected nodes is always implementation-specific.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING:kotlin.Short)
The node follows the reference node.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC:kotlin.Short)
The determination of preceding versus following is implementation-specific.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING:kotlin.Short)
The second node precedes the reference node.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is a`DocumentType`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [ELEMENT_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#ELEMENT_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is an`Element`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [ENTITY_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#ENTITY_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is an`Entity`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is an`EntityReference`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [NOTATION_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#NOTATION_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is a`Notation`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is a`ProcessingInstruction`.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [TEXT_NODE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#TEXT_NODE:kotlin.Short)
The node is a`Text`node.
| || | Public methods || |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | abstract[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getAttribute](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#getAttribute(kotlin.String))`(`name:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Retrieves an attribute value by name. | | abstract[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getAttributeNS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#getAttributeNS(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `localName:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Retrieves an attribute value by local name and namespace URI. | | abstract[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | [getAttributeNode](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#getAttributeNode(kotlin.String))`(`name:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Retrieves an attribute node by name. | | abstract[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | [getAttributeNodeNS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#getAttributeNodeNS(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `localName:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Retrieves an`Attr`node by local name and namespace URI. | | abstract[NodeList](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node-list/index.html)! | [getElementsByTagName](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#getElementsByTagName(kotlin.String))`(`name:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Returns a`NodeList`of all descendant`Elements`with a given tag name, in document order. | | abstract[NodeList](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node-list/index.html)! | [getElementsByTagNameNS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#getElementsByTagNameNS(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `localName:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Returns a`NodeList`of all the descendant`Elements`with a given local name and namespace URI in document order. | | abstract[TypeInfo](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-type-info/index.html)! | [getSchemaTypeInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#getSchemaTypeInfo())`()` The type information associated with this element. | | abstract[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getTagName](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#getTagName())`()` The name of the element. | | abstract[Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [hasAttribute](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#hasAttribute(kotlin.String))`(`name:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Returns`true`when an attribute with a given name is specified on this element or has a default value,`false`otherwise. | | abstract[Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [hasAttributeNS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#hasAttributeNS(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `localName:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Returns`true`when an attribute with a given local name and namespace URI is specified on this element or has a default value,`false`otherwise. | | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [removeAttribute](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#removeAttribute(kotlin.String))`(`name:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Removes an attribute by name. | | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [removeAttributeNS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#removeAttributeNS(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `localName:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Removes an attribute by local name and namespace URI. | | abstract[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | [removeAttributeNode](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#removeAttributeNode(org.w3c.dom.Attr))`(`oldAttr:` `[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)!`)` Removes the specified attribute node. | | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [setAttribute](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#setAttribute(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`name:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `value:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Adds a new attribute. | | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [setAttributeNS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#setAttributeNS(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `qualifiedName:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `value:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Adds a new attribute. | | abstract[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | [setAttributeNode](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#setAttributeNode(org.w3c.dom.Attr))`(`newAttr:` `[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)!`)` Adds a new attribute node. | | abstract[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | [setAttributeNodeNS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#setAttributeNodeNS(org.w3c.dom.Attr))`(`newAttr:` `[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)!`)` Adds a new attribute. | | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [setIdAttribute](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#setIdAttribute(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.Boolean))`(`name:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `isId:` `[Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)`)` If the parameter`isId`is`true`, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . | | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [setIdAttributeNS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#setIdAttributeNS(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String,%20kotlin.Boolean))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `localName:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `isId:` `[Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)`)` If the parameter`isId`is`true`, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . | | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [setIdAttributeNode](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Element#setIdAttributeNode(org.w3c.dom.Attr,%20kotlin.Boolean))`(`idAttr:` `[Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)!`, `isId:` `[Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)`)` If the parameter`isId`is`true`, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . | | Inherited functions || |---|---| | From class[Node](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node) 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| [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [appendChild](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#appendChild(org.w3c.dom.Node))`(`newChild:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`)`
Adds the node`newChild`to the end of the list of children of this node. If the`newChild`is already in the tree, it is first removed.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [cloneNode](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#cloneNode(kotlin.Boolean))`(`deep:` `[Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)`)`
Returns a duplicate of this node, i.e., serves as a generic copy constructor for nodes. The duplicate node has no parent (`parentNode`is`null`) and no user data. User data associated to the imported node is not carried over. However, if any`UserDataHandlers`has been specified along with the associated data these handlers will be called with the appropriate parameters before this method returns. Cloning an`Element`copies all attributes and their values, including those generated by the XML processor to represent defaulted attributes, but this method does not copy any children it contains unless it is a deep clone. This includes text contained in an the`Element`since the text is contained in a child`Text`node. Cloning an`Attr`directly, as opposed to be cloned as part of an`Element`cloning operation, returns a specified attribute (`specified`is`true`). Cloning an`Attr`always clones its children, since they represent its value, no matter whether this is a deep clone or not. Cloning an`EntityReference`automatically constructs its subtree if a corresponding`Entity`is available, no matter whether this is a deep clone or not. Cloning any other type of node simply returns a copy of this node. Note that cloning an immutable subtree results in a mutable copy, but the children of an`EntityReference`clone are readonly . In addition, clones of unspecified`Attr`nodes are specified. And, cloning`Document`,`DocumentType`,`Entity`, and`Notation`nodes is implementation dependent.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [compareDocumentPosition](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#compareDocumentPosition(org.w3c.dom.Node))`(`other:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`)`
Compares the reference node, i.e. the node on which this method is being called, with a node, i.e. the one passed as a parameter, with regard to their position in the document and according to the document order.
| | [NamedNodeMap](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-named-node-map/index.html)! | [getAttributes](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getAttributes())`()`
A`NamedNodeMap`containing the attributes of this node (if it is an`Element`) or`null`otherwise.
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getBaseURI](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getBaseURI())`()`
The absolute base URI of this node or`null`if the implementation wasn't able to obtain an absolute URI. This value is computed as described in . However, when the`Document`supports the feature "HTML" \[[DOM Level 2 HTML](http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109)\] , the base URI is computed using first the value of the href attribute of the HTML BASE element if any, and the value of the`documentURI`attribute from the`Document`interface otherwise.
| | [NodeList](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node-list/index.html)! | [getChildNodes](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getChildNodes())`()`
A`NodeList`that contains all children of this node. If there are no children, this is a`NodeList`containing no nodes.
| | [Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)! | [getFeature](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getFeature(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`feature:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `version:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
This method returns a specialized object which implements the specialized APIs of the specified feature and version, as specified in . The specialized object may also be obtained by using binding-specific casting methods but is not necessarily expected to, as discussed in . This method also allow the implementation to provide specialized objects which do not support the`Node`interface.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [getFirstChild](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getFirstChild())`()`
The first child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns`null`.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [getLastChild](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getLastChild())`()`
The last child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns`null`.
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getLocalName](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getLocalName())`()`
Returns the local part of the qualified name of this node. For nodes of any type other than`ELEMENT_NODE`and`ATTRIBUTE_NODE`and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 method, such as`Document.createElement()`, this is always`null`.
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getNamespaceURI](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getNamespaceURI())`()`
The namespace URI of this node, or`null`if it is unspecified (see ). This is not a computed value that is the result of a namespace lookup based on an examination of the namespace declarations in scope. It is merely the namespace URI given at creation time. For nodes of any type other than`ELEMENT_NODE`and`ATTRIBUTE_NODE`and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 method, such as`Document.createElement()`, this is always`null`. **Note:** Per the*Namespaces in XML* Specification \[[XML Namespaces](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/)\] an attribute does not inherit its namespace from the element it is attached to. If an attribute is not explicitly given a namespace, it simply has no namespace.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [getNextSibling](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getNextSibling())`()`
The node immediately following this node. If there is no such node, this returns`null`.
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getNodeName](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getNodeName())`()`
The name of this node, depending on its type; see the table above.
| | [Short](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-short/index.html) | [getNodeType](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getNodeType())`()`
A code representing the type of the underlying object, as defined above.
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getNodeValue](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getNodeValue())`()`
The value of this node, depending on its type; see the table above. When it is defined to be`null`, setting it has no effect, including if the node is read-only.
| | [Document](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-document/index.html)! | [getOwnerDocument](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getOwnerDocument())`()`
The`Document`object associated with this node. This is also the`Document`object used to create new nodes. When this node is a`Document`or a`DocumentType`which is not used with any`Document`yet, this is`null`.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [getParentNode](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getParentNode())`()`
The parent of this node. All nodes, except`Attr`,`Document`,`DocumentFragment`,`Entity`, and`Notation`may have a parent. However, if a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, this is`null`.
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getPrefix](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getPrefix())`()`
The namespace prefix of this node, or`null`if it is unspecified. When it is defined to be`null`, setting it has no effect, including if the node is read-only. Note that setting this attribute, when permitted, changes the`nodeName`attribute, which holds the qualified name, as well as the`tagName`and`name`attributes of the`Element`and`Attr`interfaces, when applicable. Setting the prefix to`null`makes it unspecified, setting it to an empty string is implementation dependent. Note also that changing the prefix of an attribute that is known to have a default value, does not make a new attribute with the default value and the original prefix appear, since the`namespaceURI`and`localName`do not change. For nodes of any type other than`ELEMENT_NODE`and`ATTRIBUTE_NODE`and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 method, such as`createElement`from the`Document`interface, this is always`null`.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [getPreviousSibling](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getPreviousSibling())`()`
The node immediately preceding this node. If there is no such node, this returns`null`.
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getTextContent](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getTextContent())`()`
This attribute returns the text content of this node and its descendants. When it is defined to be`null`, setting it has no effect. On setting, any possible children this node may have are removed and, if it the new string is not empty or`null`, replaced by a single`Text`node containing the string this attribute is set to. On getting, no serialization is performed, the returned string does not contain any markup. No whitespace normalization is performed and the returned string does not contain the white spaces in element content (see the attribute`Text.isElementContentWhitespace`). Similarly, on setting, no parsing is performed either, the input string is taken as pure textual content. The string returned is made of the text content of this node depending on its type, as defined below: | Node type | Content | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ELEMENT_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE | concatenation of the`textContent`attribute value of every child node, excluding COMMENT_NODE and PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE nodes. This is the empty string if the node has no children. | | TEXT_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE | `nodeValue` | | DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE | *null* |

| | [Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)! | [getUserData](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#getUserData(kotlin.String))`(`key:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
Retrieves the object associated to a key on a this node. The object must first have been set to this node by calling`setUserData`with the same key.
| | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [hasAttributes](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#hasAttributes())`()`
Returns whether this node (if it is an element) has any attributes.
| | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [hasChildNodes](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#hasChildNodes())`()`
Returns whether this node has any children.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [insertBefore](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#insertBefore(org.w3c.dom.Node,%20org.w3c.dom.Node))`(`newChild:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`, `refChild:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`)`
Inserts the node`newChild`before the existing child node`refChild`. If`refChild`is`null`, insert`newChild`at the end of the list of children. If`newChild`is a`DocumentFragment`object, all of its children are inserted, in the same order, before`refChild`. If the`newChild`is already in the tree, it is first removed. **Note:**Inserting a node before itself is implementation dependent.
| | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [isDefaultNamespace](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#isDefaultNamespace(kotlin.String))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
This method checks if the specified`namespaceURI`is the default namespace or not.
| | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [isEqualNode](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#isEqualNode(org.w3c.dom.Node))`(`arg:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`)`
Tests whether two nodes are equal. This method tests for equality of nodes, not sameness (i.e., whether the two nodes are references to the same object) which can be tested with`Node.isSameNode()`. All nodes that are the same will also be equal, though the reverse may not be true. Two nodes are equal if and only if the following conditions are satisfied: - The two nodes are of the same type. - The following string attributes are equal:`nodeName`,`localName`,`namespaceURI`,`prefix`,`nodeValue`. This is: they are both`null`, or they have the same length and are character for character identical. - The`attributes``NamedNodeMaps`are equal. This is: they are both`null`, or they have the same length and for each node that exists in one map there is a node that exists in the other map and is equal, although not necessarily at the same index. - The`childNodes``NodeLists`are equal. This is: they are both`null`, or they have the same length and contain equal nodes at the same index. Note that normalization can affect equality; to avoid this, nodes should be normalized before being compared.
For two`DocumentType`nodes to be equal, the following conditions must also be satisfied: - The following string attributes are equal:`publicId`,`systemId`,`internalSubset`. - The`entities``NamedNodeMaps`are equal. - The`notations``NamedNodeMaps`are equal.
On the other hand, the following do not affect equality: the`ownerDocument`,`baseURI`, and`parentNode`attributes, the`specified`attribute for`Attr`nodes, the`schemaTypeInfo`attribute for`Attr`and`Element`nodes, the`Text.isElementContentWhitespace`attribute for`Text`nodes, as well as any user data or event listeners registered on the nodes.
**Note:**As a general rule, anything not mentioned in the description above is not significant in consideration of equality checking. Note that future versions of this specification may take into account more attributes and implementations conform to this specification are expected to be updated accordingly.
| | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [isSameNode](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#isSameNode(org.w3c.dom.Node))`(`other:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`)`
Returns whether this node is the same node as the given one. This method provides a way to determine whether two`Node`references returned by the implementation reference the same object. When two`Node`references are references to the same object, even if through a proxy, the references may be used completely interchangeably, such that all attributes have the same values and calling the same DOM method on either reference always has exactly the same effect.
| | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [isSupported](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#isSupported(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`feature:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `version:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
Tests whether the DOM implementation implements a specific feature and that feature is supported by this node, as specified in .
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [lookupNamespaceURI](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#lookupNamespaceURI(kotlin.String))`(`prefix:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
Look up the namespace URI associated to the given prefix, starting from this node. See for details on the algorithm used by this method.
| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [lookupPrefix](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#lookupPrefix(kotlin.String))`(`namespaceURI:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
Look up the prefix associated to the given namespace URI, starting from this node. The default namespace declarations are ignored by this method. See for details on the algorithm used by this method.
| | [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [normalize](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#normalize())`()`
Puts all`Text`nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree underneath this`Node`, including attribute nodes, into a "normal" form where only structure (e.g., elements, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates`Text`nodes, i.e., there are neither adjacent`Text`nodes nor empty`Text`nodes. This can be used to ensure that the DOM view of a document is the same as if it were saved and re-loaded, and is useful when operations (such as XPointer \[[XPointer](http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-xptr-framework-20030325/)\] lookups) that depend on a particular document tree structure are to be used. If the parameter "normalize-characters" of the`DOMConfiguration`object attached to the`Node.ownerDocument`is`true`, this method will also fully normalize the characters of the`Text`nodes. **Note:** In cases where the document contains`CDATASections`, the normalize operation alone may not be sufficient, since XPointers do not differentiate between`Text`nodes and`CDATASection`nodes.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [removeChild](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#removeChild(org.w3c.dom.Node))`(`oldChild:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`)`
Removes the child node indicated by`oldChild`from the list of children, and returns it.
| | [Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)! | [replaceChild](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#replaceChild(org.w3c.dom.Node,%20org.w3c.dom.Node))`(`newChild:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`, `oldChild:` `[Node](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node/index.html)!`)`
Replaces the child node`oldChild`with`newChild`in the list of children, and returns the`oldChild`node. If`newChild`is a`DocumentFragment`object,`oldChild`is replaced by all of the`DocumentFragment`children, which are inserted in the same order. If the`newChild`is already in the tree, it is first removed. **Note:**Replacing a node with itself is implementation dependent.
| | [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [setNodeValue](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#setNodeValue(kotlin.String))`(`nodeValue:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
The value of this node, depending on its type; see the table above. When it is defined to be`null`, setting it has no effect, including if the node is read-only.
| | [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [setPrefix](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#setPrefix(kotlin.String))`(`prefix:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
The namespace prefix of this node, or`null`if it is unspecified. When it is defined to be`null`, setting it has no effect, including if the node is read-only. Note that setting this attribute, when permitted, changes the`nodeName`attribute, which holds the qualified name, as well as the`tagName`and`name`attributes of the`Element`and`Attr`interfaces, when applicable. Setting the prefix to`null`makes it unspecified, setting it to an empty string is implementation dependent. Note also that changing the prefix of an attribute that is known to have a default value, does not make a new attribute with the default value and the original prefix appear, since the`namespaceURI`and`localName`do not change. For nodes of any type other than`ELEMENT_NODE`and`ATTRIBUTE_NODE`and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 method, such as`createElement`from the`Document`interface, this is always`null`.
| | [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [setTextContent](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#setTextContent(kotlin.String))`(`textContent:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)`
This attribute returns the text content of this node and its descendants. When it is defined to be`null`, setting it has no effect. On setting, any possible children this node may have are removed and, if it the new string is not empty or`null`, replaced by a single`Text`node containing the string this attribute is set to. On getting, no serialization is performed, the returned string does not contain any markup. No whitespace normalization is performed and the returned string does not contain the white spaces in element content (see the attribute`Text.isElementContentWhitespace`). Similarly, on setting, no parsing is performed either, the input string is taken as pure textual content. The string returned is made of the text content of this node depending on its type, as defined below: | Node type | Content | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ELEMENT_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE | concatenation of the`textContent`attribute value of every child node, excluding COMMENT_NODE and PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE nodes. This is the empty string if the node has no children. | | TEXT_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE | `nodeValue` | | DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE | *null* |

| | [Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)! | [setUserData](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/org/w3c/dom/Node#setUserData(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.Any,%20org.w3c.dom.UserDataHandler))`(`key:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `data:` `[Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)!`, `handler:` `[UserDataHandler](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-user-data-handler/index.html)!`)`
Associate an object to a key on this node. The object can later be retrieved from this node by calling`getUserData`with the same key.
| || ## Public methods ### getAttribute Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun getAttribute(name: String!): String! ``` Retrieves an attribute value by name. | Parameters || |--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `name` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The name of the attribute to retrieve. | | Return || |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | The`Attr`value as a string, or the empty string if that attribute does not have a specified or default value. | ### getAttributeNS Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun getAttributeNS(     namespaceURI: String!,     localName: String! ): String! ``` Retrieves an attribute value by local name and namespace URI. Per \[[XML Namespaces](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/)\] , applications must use the value`null`as the`namespaceURI`parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace. | Parameters || |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `namespaceURI` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The namespace URI of the attribute to retrieve. | | `localName` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The local name of the attribute to retrieve. | | Return || |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | The`Attr`value as a string, or the empty string if that attribute does not have a specified or default value. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature`"XML"`and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as \[[HTML 4.01](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/)\]). | ### getAttributeNode Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun getAttributeNode(name: String!): Attr! ``` Retrieves an attribute node by name. To retrieve an attribute node by qualified name and namespace URI, use the`getAttributeNodeNS`method. | Parameters || |--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `name` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The name (`nodeName`) of the attribute to retrieve. | | Return || |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | The`Attr`node with the specified name (`nodeName`) or`null`if there is no such attribute. | ### getAttributeNodeNS Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun getAttributeNodeNS(     namespaceURI: String!,     localName: String! ): Attr! ``` Retrieves an`Attr`node by local name and namespace URI. Per \[[XML Namespaces](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/)\] , applications must use the value`null`as the`namespaceURI`parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace. | Parameters || |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `namespaceURI` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The namespace URI of the attribute to retrieve. | | `localName` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The local name of the attribute to retrieve. | | Return || |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | The`Attr`node with the specified attribute local name and namespace URI or`null`if there is no such attribute. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature`"XML"`and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as \[[HTML 4.01](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/)\]). | ### getElementsByTagName Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun getElementsByTagName(name: String!): NodeList! ``` Returns a`NodeList`of all descendant`Elements`with a given tag name, in document order. | Parameters || |--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `name` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The name of the tag to match on. The special value "\*" matches all tags. | | Return || |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | [NodeList](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node-list/index.html)! | A list of matching`Element`nodes. | ### getElementsByTagNameNS Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun getElementsByTagNameNS(     namespaceURI: String!,     localName: String! ): NodeList! ``` Returns a`NodeList`of all the descendant`Elements`with a given local name and namespace URI in document order. | Parameters || |----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `namespaceURI` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The namespace URI of the elements to match on. The special value "\*" matches all namespaces. | | `localName` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The local name of the elements to match on. The special value "\*" matches all local names. | | Return || |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | [NodeList](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-node-list/index.html)! | A new`NodeList`object containing all the matched`Elements`. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature`"XML"`and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as \[[HTML 4.01](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/)\]). | ### getSchemaTypeInfo Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun getSchemaTypeInfo(): TypeInfo! ``` The type information associated with this element. ### getTagName Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun getTagName(): String! ``` The name of the element. If`Node.localName`is different from`null`, this attribute is a qualified name. For example, in: ```kotlin ... , ``` `tagName`has the value`"elementExample"`. Note that this is case-preserving in XML, as are all of the operations of the DOM. The HTML DOM returns the`tagName`of an HTML element in the canonical uppercase form, regardless of the case in the source HTML document.
### hasAttribute Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun hasAttribute(name: String!): Boolean ``` Returns`true`when an attribute with a given name is specified on this element or has a default value,`false`otherwise. | Parameters || |--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `name` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The name of the attribute to look for. | | Return || |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | `true`if an attribute with the given name is specified on this element or has a default value,`false`otherwise. | ### hasAttributeNS Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun hasAttributeNS(     namespaceURI: String!,     localName: String! ): Boolean ``` Returns`true`when an attribute with a given local name and namespace URI is specified on this element or has a default value,`false`otherwise. Per \[[XML Namespaces](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/)\] , applications must use the value`null`as the`namespaceURI`parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace. | Parameters || |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `namespaceURI` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The namespace URI of the attribute to look for. | | `localName` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The local name of the attribute to look for. | | Return || |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | `true`if an attribute with the given local name and namespace URI is specified or has a default value on this element,`false`otherwise. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature`"XML"`and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as \[[HTML 4.01](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/)\]). | ### removeAttribute Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun removeAttribute(name: String!): Unit ``` Removes an attribute by name. If a default value for the removed attribute is defined in the DTD, a new attribute immediately appears with the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable. The implementation may handle default values from other schemas similarly but applications should use`Document.normalizeDocument()`to guarantee this information is up-to-date. If no attribute with this name is found, this method has no effect. To remove an attribute by local name and namespace URI, use the`removeAttributeNS`method. | Parameters || |--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `name` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The name of the attribute to remove. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. | ### removeAttributeNS Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun removeAttributeNS(     namespaceURI: String!,     localName: String! ): Unit ``` Removes an attribute by local name and namespace URI. If a default value for the removed attribute is defined in the DTD, a new attribute immediately appears with the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable. The implementation may handle default values from other schemas similarly but applications should use`Document.normalizeDocument()`to guarantee this information is up-to-date. If no attribute with this local name and namespace URI is found, this method has no effect. Per \[[XML Namespaces](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/)\] , applications must use the value`null`as the`namespaceURI`parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace. | Parameters || |----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `namespaceURI` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The namespace URI of the attribute to remove. | | `localName` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The local name of the attribute to remove. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature`"XML"`and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as \[[HTML 4.01](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/)\]). | ### removeAttributeNode Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun removeAttributeNode(oldAttr: Attr!): Attr! ``` Removes the specified attribute node. If a default value for the removed`Attr`node is defined in the DTD, a new node immediately appears with the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable. The implementation may handle default values from other schemas similarly but applications should use`Document.normalizeDocument()`to guarantee this information is up-to-date. | Parameters || |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `oldAttr` | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)!:The`Attr`node to remove from the attribute list. | | Return || |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | The`Attr`node that was removed. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if`oldAttr`is not an attribute of the element. | ### setAttribute Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun setAttribute(     name: String!,     value: String! ): Unit ``` Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with that name is already present in the element, its value is changed to be that of the value parameter. This value is a simple string; it is not parsed as it is being set. So any markup (such as syntax to be recognized as an entity reference) is treated as literal text, and needs to be appropriately escaped by the implementation when it is written out. In order to assign an attribute value that contains entity references, the user must create an`Attr`node plus any`Text`and`EntityReference`nodes, build the appropriate subtree, and use`setAttributeNode`to assign it as the value of an attribute. To set an attribute with a qualified name and namespace URI, use the`setAttributeNS`method. | Parameters || |---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `name` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The name of the attribute to create or alter. | | `value` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:Value to set in string form. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified name is not an XML name according to the XML version in use specified in the`Document.xmlVersion`attribute. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. | ### setAttributeNS Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun setAttributeNS(     namespaceURI: String!,     qualifiedName: String!,     value: String! ): Unit ``` Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with the same local name and namespace URI is already present on the element, its prefix is changed to be the prefix part of the`qualifiedName`, and its value is changed to be the`value`parameter. This value is a simple string; it is not parsed as it is being set. So any markup (such as syntax to be recognized as an entity reference) is treated as literal text, and needs to be appropriately escaped by the implementation when it is written out. In order to assign an attribute value that contains entity references, the user must create an`Attr`node plus any`Text`and`EntityReference`nodes, build the appropriate subtree, and use`setAttributeNodeNS`or`setAttributeNode`to assign it as the value of an attribute. Per \[[XML Namespaces](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/)\] , applications must use the value`null`as the`namespaceURI`parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace. | Parameters || |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `namespaceURI` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The namespace URI of the attribute to create or alter. | | `qualifiedName` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The qualified name of the attribute to create or alter. | | `value` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The value to set in string form. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified qualified name is not an XML name according to the XML version in use specified in the`Document.xmlVersion`attribute. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the`qualifiedName`is malformed per the Namespaces in XML specification, if the`qualifiedName`has a prefix and the`namespaceURI`is`null`, if the`qualifiedName`has a prefix that is "xml" and the`namespaceURI`is different from "", if the`qualifiedName`or its prefix is "xmlns" and the`namespaceURI`is different from "", or if the`namespaceURI`is "" and neither the`qualifiedName`nor its prefix is "xmlns". NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature`"XML"`and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as \[[HTML 4.01](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/)\]). | ### setAttributeNode Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun setAttributeNode(newAttr: Attr!): Attr! ``` Adds a new attribute node. If an attribute with that name (`nodeName`) is already present in the element, it is replaced by the new one. Replacing an attribute node by itself has no effect. To add a new attribute node with a qualified name and namespace URI, use the`setAttributeNodeNS`method. | Parameters || |-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `newAttr` | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)!:The`Attr`node to add to the attribute list. | | Return || |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | If the`newAttr`attribute replaces an existing attribute, the replaced`Attr`node is returned, otherwise`null`is returned. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if`newAttr`was created from a different document than the one that created the element. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if`newAttr`is already an attribute of another`Element`object. The DOM user must explicitly clone`Attr`nodes to re-use them in other elements. | ### setAttributeNodeNS Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun setAttributeNodeNS(newAttr: Attr!): Attr! ``` Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with that local name and that namespace URI is already present in the element, it is replaced by the new one. Replacing an attribute node by itself has no effect. Per \[[XML Namespaces](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/)\] , applications must use the value`null`as the`namespaceURI`parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace. | Parameters || |-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `newAttr` | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)!:The`Attr`node to add to the attribute list. | | Return || |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)! | If the`newAttr`attribute replaces an existing attribute with the same local name and namespace URI, the replaced`Attr`node is returned, otherwise`null`is returned. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if`newAttr`was created from a different document than the one that created the element. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if`newAttr`is already an attribute of another`Element`object. The DOM user must explicitly clone`Attr`nodes to re-use them in other elements. NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not support the feature`"XML"`and the language exposed through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as \[[HTML 4.01](http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/)\]). | ### setIdAttribute Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun setIdAttribute(     name: String!,     isId: Boolean ): Unit ``` If the parameter`isId`is`true`, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . This affects the value of`Attr.isId`and the behavior of`Document.getElementById`, but does not change any schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the`Attr.schemaTypeInfo`of the specified`Attr`node. Use the value`false`for the parameter`isId`to undeclare an attribute for being a user-determined ID attribute. To specify an attribute by local name and namespace URI, use the`setIdAttributeNS`method. | Parameters || |--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `name` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The name of the attribute. | | `isId` | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html):Whether the attribute is a of type ID. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute of this element. | ### setIdAttributeNS Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun setIdAttributeNS(     namespaceURI: String!,     localName: String!,     isId: Boolean ): Unit ``` If the parameter`isId`is`true`, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . This affects the value of`Attr.isId`and the behavior of`Document.getElementById`, but does not change any schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the`Attr.schemaTypeInfo`of the specified`Attr`node. Use the value`false`for the parameter`isId`to undeclare an attribute for being a user-determined ID attribute. | Parameters || |----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `namespaceURI` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The namespace URI of the attribute. | | `localName` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:The local name of the attribute. | | `isId` | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html):Whether the attribute is a of type ID. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute of this element. | ### setIdAttributeNode Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun setIdAttributeNode(     idAttr: Attr!,     isId: Boolean ): Unit ``` If the parameter`isId`is`true`, this method declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute . This affects the value of`Attr.isId`and the behavior of`Document.getElementById`, but does not change any schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the`Attr.schemaTypeInfo`of the specified`Attr`node. Use the value`false`for the parameter`isId`to undeclare an attribute for being a user-determined ID attribute. | Parameters || |----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `idAttr` | [Attr](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom/-attr/index.html)!:The attribute node. | | `isId` | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html):Whether the attribute is a of type ID. | | Exceptions || |----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `org.w3c.dom.DOMException` | NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute of this element. |