The Element Class

• Largest class in XOM

• Subclass of ParentNode

• Every Element has:

  • Local name

  • Namespace prefix (which can be the empty string)

  • Namespace URI (which can be the empty string)

  • A collection of Attributes

  • A collection of additional namespaces

  • A list of children

  • A ParentNode (which may be null)

  • An owner Document (which may be null)