Element class

Element class

The Element interface represents an element in an inline xbrl document.

Inheritance: ElementNode

The Element type exposes the following members:

Properties

PropertyDescription
node_typeGets the node type.
parent_nodeGets the parent node.
base_uriGets the absolute base URI of this node or null if the implementation wasn’t able to obtain an absolute URI.
owner_documentGets the document object associated with this node.
child_nodesGets the child nodes.
node_nameGets the node name of the element.
node_valueGets or sets the value of this node, depending on its type.
text_contentGets the text content of the element.
local_nameGets the local name of the element.
prefixGets the prefix of the element.
namespace_uriGets the namespace URI of the element.
has_child_nodesGets whether this node has any children.
previous_siblingGets the node immediately preceding this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
next_siblingGets the node immediately following this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
first_childGets the first child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
last_childGets the last child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
COMMENT_NODE
DOCUMENT_NODE
DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
ELEMENT_NODE
PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE
TEXT_NODE
attributesGets the attributes of the element.
parent_elementGets the parent element of the element.
child_elementsGets the child elements of the element.

Methods

MethodDescription
append_child(node)Adds the node newChild to the end of the list of children of this node.
remove_child(node)Removes the child node indicated by old child from the list of children.
replace_child(node, child)Replaces the child node old child with new child in the list of children, and returns the old child node.
get_attribute(name)Gets an attribute value by name.
get_attribute_ns(namespace_uri, local_name)Gets an attribute value by local name and namespace URI.
has_attribute(name)Returns true when an attribute with a given name is specified on this element or has a default value, false otherwise.
has_attribute_ns(namespace_uri, local_name)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.
set_attribute(name, value)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.
set_attribute_ns(namespace_uri, qualified_name, value)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.
remove_attribute(name)Removes an attribute by name.
remove_attribute_ns(namespace_uri, local_name)Removes an attribute by local name and namespace URI.

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