nu.xom

## Class Text

- Object
- - nu.xom.Node
  - - nu.xom.Text

-     public class Text
      extends Node

  This class represents a run of text. CDATA sections are not treated differently than normal text. `Text` objects may be adjacent to other `Text` objects.

  The maximum size of a String or an array in Java limits the maximum size of a text node to about 2 gigabytes. If you're stuffing Base-64 encoded movies inside one node, you will have problems. Try breaking up the text into smaller, contiguous chunks. Even then you will probably not be able to use XPath on the result.

  Version:
    1.3.0
  Author:
    Elliotte Rusty Harold

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `Text(String data)` This constructor creates a new `Text` object.
    `Text(Text text)` Creates a copy of the specified `Text` object.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Text` | `copy()` Returns a deep copy of this `Text` with no parent, that can be added to this document or a different one.
    `Node` | `getChild(int position)` Throws `IndexOutOfBoundsException` because texts do not have children.
    `int` | `getChildCount()` Returns 0 because texts do not have children.
    `String` | `getValue()` Returns the XPath 1.0 string-value of this `Text` node.
    `void` | `setValue(String data)` Sets the content of the `Text` object to the specified data.
    `String` | `toString()` Returns a `String` representation of this `Text` suitable for debugging and diagnosis.
    `String` | `toXML()` Returns a string containing the XML serialization of this text node.

    - ### Methods inherited from class nu.xom.Node

      `detach, equals, getBaseURI, getDocument, getParent, hashCode, query, query`

    - ### Methods inherited from class Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### Text

          public Text(String data)

      This constructor creates a new `Text` object. The data is checked for legality according to XML 1.0 rules. Characters that can be serialized by escaping them such as < and & are allowed. However, characters such as the form feed, null, vertical tab, unmatched halves of surrogate pairs, and 0xFFFE and 0xFFFF are not allowed.

      Parameters:
        `data` - the initial text of the object
      Throws:
        `IllegalCharacterDataException` - if data contains any characters which are illegal in well-formed XML 1.0 such as null, vertical tab, or unmatched halves of surrogate pairs

    - #### Text

          public Text(Text text)

      Creates a copy of the specified `Text` object.

      Parameters:
        `text` - the `Text` object to copy

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### setValue

          public void setValue(String data)

      Sets the content of the `Text` object to the specified data. The data is checked for legality according to XML 1.0 rules. Characters that can be serialized such as < and & are allowed. However, characters such as the form feed, null, vertical tab, unmatched halves of surrogate pairs, and 0xFFFE and 0xFFFF are not allowed. Passing null is the same as passing the empty string.

      Parameters:
        `data` - the text to install in the object
      Throws:
        `IllegalCharacterDataException` - if data contains any characters which are illegal in well-formed XML 1.0 such as null, vertical tab, or unmatched halves of surrogate pairs

    - #### getValue

          public final String getValue()

      Returns the XPath 1.0 string-value of this `Text` node. The XPath string-value of a text node is the same as the text of the node.

      Specified by:
        `getValue` in class `Node`
      Returns:
        the content of the node

    - #### getChild

          public final Node getChild(int position)

      Throws `IndexOutOfBoundsException` because texts do not have children.

      Specified by:
        `getChild` in class `Node`
      Parameters:
        `position` - the index of the child node to return
      Returns:
        never returns because texts do not have children; always throws an exception.
      Throws:
        `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - because texts do not have children

    - #### getChildCount

          public final int getChildCount()

      Returns 0 because texts do not have children.

      Specified by:
        `getChildCount` in class `Node`
      Returns:
        zero

    - #### copy

          public Text copy()

      Returns a deep copy of this `Text` with no parent, that can be added to this document or a different one.

      Specified by:
        `copy` in class `Node`
      Returns:
        a deep copy of this text node with no parent

    - #### toXML

          public final String toXML()

      Returns a string containing the XML serialization of this text node. Unlike `getValue`, this method escapes characters such as & and < using entity references such as `&amp;` and `&lt;`. It escapes the carriage return (\r) as `&#x0D;`. If this text node is a CDATA section, then it may wrap the value in CDATA section delimiters instead of escaping.

      Specified by:
        `toXML` in class `Node`
      Returns:
        the string form of this text node

    - #### toString

          public final String toString()

      Returns a `String` representation of this `Text` suitable for debugging and diagnosis. This is not the XML representation of this `Text` node.

      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `Object`
      Returns:
        a non-XML string representation of this node

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