HeaderFooter

Inheritance: java.lang.Object, com.aspose.words.Node, com.aspose.words.CompositeNode, com.aspose.words.Story

public class HeaderFooter extends Story

Represents a container for the header or footer text of a section.

To learn more, visit the Working with Headers and Footers documentation article.

Remarks:

HeaderFooter can contain Paragraph and Table child nodes.

HeaderFooter is a section-level node and can only be a child of Section. There can only be one HeaderFooter of each getHeaderFooterType() in a Section.

If Section does not have a HeaderFooter of a specific type or the HeaderFooter has no child nodes, this header/footer is considered linked to the header/footer of the same type of the previous section in Microsoft Word.

When HeaderFooter contains at least one Paragraph, it is no longer considered linked to previous in Microsoft Word.

Examples:

Shows how to replace text in a document’s footer.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Footer.docx");

 HeaderFooterCollection headersFooters = doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters();
 HeaderFooter footer = headersFooters.getByHeaderFooterType(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);

 FindReplaceOptions options = new FindReplaceOptions();
 options.setMatchCase(false);
 options.setFindWholeWordsOnly(false);

 int currentYear = Calendar.YEAR;
 footer.getRange().replace("(C) 2006 Aspose Pty Ltd.", MessageFormat.format("Copyright (C) {0} by Aspose Pty Ltd.", currentYear), options);

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.ReplaceText.docx");

Shows how to delete all footers from a document.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Header and footer types.docx");

 // Iterate through each section and remove footers of every kind.
 for (Section section : doc.getSections()) {
     // There are three kinds of footer and header types.
     // 1 -  The "First" header/footer, which only appears on the first page of a section.
     HeaderFooter footer = section.getHeadersFooters().getByHeaderFooterType(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_FIRST);
     if (footer != null) {
         footer.remove();
     }

     // 2 -  The "Primary" header/footer, which appears on odd pages.
     footer = section.getHeadersFooters().getByHeaderFooterType(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
     if (footer != null) {
         footer.remove();
     }

     // 3 -  The "Even" header/footer, which appears on even pages.
     footer = section.getHeadersFooters().getByHeaderFooterType(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_EVEN);
     if (footer != null) {
         footer.remove();
     }

     Assert.assertEquals(0, IterableUtils.countMatches(section.getHeadersFooters(), s -> !s.isHeader()));
 }

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.RemoveFooters.docx");

Shows how to create a header and a footer.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // Create a header and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
 // will appear at the top of every page of this section, above the main body text.
 HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY);
 doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().add(header);

 Paragraph para = header.appendParagraph("My header.");

 Assert.assertTrue(header.isHeader());
 Assert.assertTrue(para.isEndOfHeaderFooter());

 // Create a footer and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
 // will appear at the bottom of every page of this section, below the main body text.
 HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
 doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().add(footer);

 para = footer.appendParagraph("My footer.");

 Assert.assertFalse(footer.isHeader());
 Assert.assertTrue(para.isEndOfHeaderFooter());

 Assert.assertEquals(para.getParentStory(), footer);
 Assert.assertEquals(para.getParentSection(), footer.getParentSection());
 Assert.assertEquals(header.getParentSection(), footer.getParentSection());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.Create.docx");

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HeaderFooter(DocumentBase doc, int headerFooterType)	Initializes a new instance of this class.

Methods

Method	Description
accept(DocumentVisitor visitor)	Accepts a visitor.
acceptEnd(DocumentVisitor visitor)	Accepts a visitor for visiting the end of the header.
acceptStart(DocumentVisitor visitor)	Accepts a visitor for visiting the start of the header.
appendChild(Node newChild)	Adds the specified node to the end of the list of child nodes for this node.
appendParagraph(String text)	A shortcut method that creates a Paragraph object with optional text and appends it to the end of this object.
dd()
deepClone(boolean isCloneChildren)	Creates a duplicate of the node.
deleteShapes()	Deletes all shapes from the text of this story.
getAncestor(int ancestorType)
getAncestor(Class ancestorType)	Gets the first ancestor of the specified object type.
getChild(int nodeType, int index, boolean isDeep)
getChildNodes(int nodeType, boolean isDeep)
getContainer()
getCount()	Gets the number of immediate children of this node.
getCurrentNode()
getCustomNodeId()	Specifies custom node identifier.
getDocument()	Gets the document to which this node belongs.
getFirstChild()	Gets the first child of the node.
getFirstParagraph()	Gets the first paragraph in the story.
getHeaderFooterType()	Gets the type of this header/footer.
getLastChild()	Gets the last child of the node.
getLastParagraph()	Gets the last paragraph in the story.
getNextMatchingNode(Node curNode)
getNextSibling()	Gets the node immediately following this node.
getNodeType()	Returns NodeType.HEADER_FOOTER.
getParagraphs()	Gets a collection of paragraphs that are immediate children of the story.
getParentNode()	Gets the immediate parent of this node.
getParentSection()	Gets the parent section of this story.
getPreviousSibling()	Gets the node immediately preceding this node.
getRange()	Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node.
getStoryType()	Gets the type of this story.
getTables()	Gets a collection of tables that are immediate children of the story.
getText()	Gets the text of this node and of all its children.
hasChildNodes()	Returns true if this node has any child nodes.
indexOf(Node child)	Returns the index of the specified child node in the child node array.
insertAfter(Node newChild, Node refChild)	Inserts the specified node immediately after the specified reference node.
insertBefore(Node newChild, Node refChild)	Inserts the specified node immediately before the specified reference node.
isComposite()	Returns true as this node can have child nodes.
isHeader()	True if this HeaderFooter object is a header.
isLinkedToPrevious()	True if this header or footer is linked to the corresponding header or footer in the previous section.
isLinkedToPrevious(boolean value)	True if this header or footer is linked to the corresponding header or footer in the previous section.
iterator()	Provides support for the for each style iteration over the child nodes of this node.
nextPreOrder(Node rootNode)	Gets next node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
nodeTypeToString(int nodeType)
prependChild(Node newChild)	Adds the specified node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for this node.
previousPreOrder(Node rootNode)	Gets the previous node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
remove()	Removes itself from the parent.
removeAllChildren()	Removes all the child nodes of the current node.
removeChild(Node oldChild)	Removes the specified child node.
removeSmartTags()	Removes all SmartTag descendant nodes of the current node.
selectNodes(String xpath)	Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression.
selectSingleNode(String xpath)	Selects the first Node that matches the XPath expression.
setCustomNodeId(int value)	Specifies custom node identifier.
toString()
toString(SaveOptions saveOptions)	Exports the content of the node into a string using the specified save options.
toString(int saveFormat)

HeaderFooter(DocumentBase doc, int headerFooterType)

public HeaderFooter(DocumentBase doc, int headerFooterType)

Initializes a new instance of this class.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
doc	DocumentBase
headerFooterType	int

accept(DocumentVisitor visitor)

public boolean accept(DocumentVisitor visitor)

Accepts a visitor.

Remarks:

Enumerates over this node and all of its children. Each node calls a corresponding method on DocumentVisitor.

For more info see the Visitor design pattern.

Calls DocumentVisitor.visitHeaderFooterStart(com.aspose.words.HeaderFooter), then calls Node.accept(com.aspose.words.DocumentVisitor) for all child nodes of the section and calls DocumentVisitor.visitHeaderFooterEnd(com.aspose.words.HeaderFooter) at the end.

Examples:

Shows how to print the node structure of every header and footer in a document.


 public void headerFooterToText() throws Exception {
     Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "DocumentVisitor-compatible features.docx");
     HeaderFooterStructurePrinter visitor = new HeaderFooterStructurePrinter();

     // When we get a composite node to accept a document visitor, the visitor visits the accepting node,
     // and then traverses all the node's children in a depth-first manner.
     // The visitor can read and modify each visited node.
     doc.accept(visitor);

     System.out.println(visitor.getText());

     // An alternative way of accessing a document's header/footers section-by-section is by accessing the collection.
     HeaderFooter[] headerFooters = doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().toArray();
     Assert.assertEquals(3, headerFooters.length);
 }

 /// 
 /// Traverses a node's non-binary tree of child nodes.
 /// Creates a map in the form of a string of all encountered HeaderFooter nodes and their children.
 /// 
 public static class HeaderFooterStructurePrinter extends DocumentVisitor {
     public HeaderFooterStructurePrinter() {
         mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = false;
     }

     public String getText() {
         return mBuilder.toString();
     }

     /// 
     /// Called when a Run node is encountered in the document.
     /// 
     public int visitRun(final Run run) {
         if (mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter) indentAndAppendLine("[Run] \"" + run.getText() + "\"");

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Called when a HeaderFooter node is encountered in the document.
     /// 
     public int visitHeaderFooterStart(final HeaderFooter headerFooter) {
         indentAndAppendLine("[HeaderFooter start] HeaderFooterType: " + headerFooter.getHeaderFooterType());
         mDocTraversalDepth++;
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = true;

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Called after all the child nodes of a HeaderFooter node have been visited.
     /// 
     public int visitHeaderFooterEnd(final HeaderFooter headerFooter) {
         mDocTraversalDepth--;
         indentAndAppendLine("[HeaderFooter end]");
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = false;

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Append a line to the StringBuilder, and indent it depending on how deep the visitor is into the document tree.
     /// 
     /// 
     private void indentAndAppendLine(final String text) {
         for (int i = 0; i < mDocTraversalDepth; i++) {
             mBuilder.append("|  ");
         }

         mBuilder.append(text + "\r\n");
     }

     private boolean mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter;
     private int mDocTraversalDepth;
     private final StringBuilder mBuilder;
 }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
visitor	DocumentVisitor	The visitor that will visit the nodes.

Returns: boolean - True if all nodes were visited; false if DocumentVisitor stopped the operation before visiting all nodes.

acceptEnd(DocumentVisitor visitor)

public int acceptEnd(DocumentVisitor visitor)

Accepts a visitor for visiting the end of the header.

Examples:

Shows how to print the node structure of every header and footer in a document.


 public void headerFooterToText() throws Exception {
     Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "DocumentVisitor-compatible features.docx");
     HeaderFooterStructurePrinter visitor = new HeaderFooterStructurePrinter();

     // When we get a composite node to accept a document visitor, the visitor visits the accepting node,
     // and then traverses all the node's children in a depth-first manner.
     // The visitor can read and modify each visited node.
     doc.accept(visitor);

     System.out.println(visitor.getText());

     // An alternative way of accessing a document's header/footers section-by-section is by accessing the collection.
     HeaderFooter[] headerFooters = doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().toArray();
     Assert.assertEquals(3, headerFooters.length);
 }

 /// 
 /// Traverses a node's non-binary tree of child nodes.
 /// Creates a map in the form of a string of all encountered HeaderFooter nodes and their children.
 /// 
 public static class HeaderFooterStructurePrinter extends DocumentVisitor {
     public HeaderFooterStructurePrinter() {
         mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = false;
     }

     public String getText() {
         return mBuilder.toString();
     }

     /// 
     /// Called when a Run node is encountered in the document.
     /// 
     public int visitRun(final Run run) {
         if (mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter) indentAndAppendLine("[Run] \"" + run.getText() + "\"");

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Called when a HeaderFooter node is encountered in the document.
     /// 
     public int visitHeaderFooterStart(final HeaderFooter headerFooter) {
         indentAndAppendLine("[HeaderFooter start] HeaderFooterType: " + headerFooter.getHeaderFooterType());
         mDocTraversalDepth++;
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = true;

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Called after all the child nodes of a HeaderFooter node have been visited.
     /// 
     public int visitHeaderFooterEnd(final HeaderFooter headerFooter) {
         mDocTraversalDepth--;
         indentAndAppendLine("[HeaderFooter end]");
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = false;

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Append a line to the StringBuilder, and indent it depending on how deep the visitor is into the document tree.
     /// 
     /// 
     private void indentAndAppendLine(final String text) {
         for (int i = 0; i < mDocTraversalDepth; i++) {
             mBuilder.append("|  ");
         }

         mBuilder.append(text + "\r\n");
     }

     private boolean mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter;
     private int mDocTraversalDepth;
     private final StringBuilder mBuilder;
 }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
visitor	DocumentVisitor	The document visitor.

Returns: int - The action to be taken by the visitor. The returned value is one of VisitorAction constants.

acceptStart(DocumentVisitor visitor)

public int acceptStart(DocumentVisitor visitor)

Accepts a visitor for visiting the start of the header.

Examples:

Shows how to print the node structure of every header and footer in a document.


 public void headerFooterToText() throws Exception {
     Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "DocumentVisitor-compatible features.docx");
     HeaderFooterStructurePrinter visitor = new HeaderFooterStructurePrinter();

     // When we get a composite node to accept a document visitor, the visitor visits the accepting node,
     // and then traverses all the node's children in a depth-first manner.
     // The visitor can read and modify each visited node.
     doc.accept(visitor);

     System.out.println(visitor.getText());

     // An alternative way of accessing a document's header/footers section-by-section is by accessing the collection.
     HeaderFooter[] headerFooters = doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().toArray();
     Assert.assertEquals(3, headerFooters.length);
 }

 /// 
 /// Traverses a node's non-binary tree of child nodes.
 /// Creates a map in the form of a string of all encountered HeaderFooter nodes and their children.
 /// 
 public static class HeaderFooterStructurePrinter extends DocumentVisitor {
     public HeaderFooterStructurePrinter() {
         mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = false;
     }

     public String getText() {
         return mBuilder.toString();
     }

     /// 
     /// Called when a Run node is encountered in the document.
     /// 
     public int visitRun(final Run run) {
         if (mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter) indentAndAppendLine("[Run] \"" + run.getText() + "\"");

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Called when a HeaderFooter node is encountered in the document.
     /// 
     public int visitHeaderFooterStart(final HeaderFooter headerFooter) {
         indentAndAppendLine("[HeaderFooter start] HeaderFooterType: " + headerFooter.getHeaderFooterType());
         mDocTraversalDepth++;
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = true;

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Called after all the child nodes of a HeaderFooter node have been visited.
     /// 
     public int visitHeaderFooterEnd(final HeaderFooter headerFooter) {
         mDocTraversalDepth--;
         indentAndAppendLine("[HeaderFooter end]");
         mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter = false;

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Append a line to the StringBuilder, and indent it depending on how deep the visitor is into the document tree.
     /// 
     /// 
     private void indentAndAppendLine(final String text) {
         for (int i = 0; i < mDocTraversalDepth; i++) {
             mBuilder.append("|  ");
         }

         mBuilder.append(text + "\r\n");
     }

     private boolean mVisitorIsInsideHeaderFooter;
     private int mDocTraversalDepth;
     private final StringBuilder mBuilder;
 }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
visitor	DocumentVisitor	The document visitor.

Returns: int - The action to be taken by the visitor. The returned value is one of VisitorAction constants.

appendChild(Node newChild)

public Node appendChild(Node newChild)

Adds the specified node to the end of the list of child nodes for this node.

Remarks:

If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed.

If the node being inserted was created from another document, you should use M:Aspose.Words.DocumentBase.ImportNode(Aspose.Words.Node,System.Boolean,Aspose.Words.ImportFormatMode) to import the node to the current document. The imported node can then be inserted into the current document.

Examples:

Shows how to construct an Aspose.Words document by hand.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // A blank document contains one section, one body and one paragraph.
 // Call the "RemoveAllChildren" method to remove all those nodes,
 // and end up with a document node with no children.
 doc.removeAllChildren();

 // This document now has no composite child nodes that we can add content to.
 // If we wish to edit it, we will need to repopulate its node collection.
 // First, create a new section, and then append it as a child to the root document node.
 Section section = new Section(doc);
 doc.appendChild(section);

 // Set some page setup properties for the section.
 section.getPageSetup().setSectionStart(SectionStart.NEW_PAGE);
 section.getPageSetup().setPaperSize(PaperSize.LETTER);

 // A section needs a body, which will contain and display all its contents
 // on the page between the section's header and footer.
 Body body = new Body(doc);
 section.appendChild(body);

 // Create a paragraph, set some formatting properties, and then append it as a child to the body.
 Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);

 para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");
 para.getParagraphFormat().setAlignment(ParagraphAlignment.CENTER);

 body.appendChild(para);

 // Finally, add some content to do the document. Create a run,
 // set its appearance and contents, and then append it as a child to the paragraph.
 Run run = new Run(doc);
 run.setText("Hello World!");
 run.getFont().setColor(Color.RED);
 para.appendChild(run);

 Assert.assertEquals("Hello World!", doc.getText().trim());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Section.CreateManually.docx");

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
newChild	Node	The node to add.

Returns: Node - The node added.

appendParagraph(String text)

public Paragraph appendParagraph(String text)

A shortcut method that creates a Paragraph object with optional text and appends it to the end of this object.

Examples:

Shows how to create a header and a footer.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // Create a header and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
 // will appear at the top of every page of this section, above the main body text.
 HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY);
 doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().add(header);

 Paragraph para = header.appendParagraph("My header.");

 Assert.assertTrue(header.isHeader());
 Assert.assertTrue(para.isEndOfHeaderFooter());

 // Create a footer and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
 // will appear at the bottom of every page of this section, below the main body text.
 HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
 doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().add(footer);

 para = footer.appendParagraph("My footer.");

 Assert.assertFalse(footer.isHeader());
 Assert.assertTrue(para.isEndOfHeaderFooter());

 Assert.assertEquals(para.getParentStory(), footer);
 Assert.assertEquals(para.getParentSection(), footer.getParentSection());
 Assert.assertEquals(header.getParentSection(), footer.getParentSection());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.Create.docx");

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
text	java.lang.String	The text for the paragraph. Can be null or empty string.

Returns: Paragraph - The newly created and appended paragraph.

dd()

public void dd()

deepClone(boolean isCloneChildren)

public Node deepClone(boolean isCloneChildren)

Creates a duplicate of the node.

Remarks:

This method serves as a copy constructor for nodes. The cloned node has no parent, but belongs to the same document as the original node.

This method always performs a deep copy of the node. The isCloneChildren parameter specifies whether to perform copy all child nodes as well.

Examples:

Shows how to clone a composite node.


 Document doc = new Document();
 Paragraph para = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
 para.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello world!"));

 // Below are two ways of cloning a composite node.
 // 1 -  Create a clone of a node, and create a clone of each of its child nodes as well.
 Node cloneWithChildren = para.deepClone(true);

 Assert.assertTrue(((CompositeNode) cloneWithChildren).hasChildNodes());
 Assert.assertEquals("Hello world!", cloneWithChildren.getText().trim());

 // 2 -  Create a clone of a node just by itself without any children.
 Node cloneWithoutChildren = para.deepClone(false);

 Assert.assertFalse(((CompositeNode) cloneWithoutChildren).hasChildNodes());
 Assert.assertEquals("", cloneWithoutChildren.getText().trim());

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
isCloneChildren	boolean	True to recursively clone the subtree under the specified node; false to clone only the node itself.

Returns: Node - The cloned node.

deleteShapes()

public void deleteShapes()

Deletes all shapes from the text of this story.

Examples:

Shows how to remove all shapes from a node.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 // Use a DocumentBuilder to insert a shape. This is an inline shape,
 // which has a parent Paragraph, which is a child node of the first section's Body.
 builder.insertShape(ShapeType.CUBE, 100.0, 100.0);

 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 1);

 // We can delete all shapes from the child paragraphs of this Body.
 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getStoryType(), StoryType.MAIN_TEXT);
 doc.getFirstSection().getBody().deleteShapes();

 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 0);

getAncestor(int ancestorType)

public CompositeNode getAncestor(int ancestorType)

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
ancestorType	int

Returns: CompositeNode

getAncestor(Class ancestorType)

public CompositeNode getAncestor(Class ancestorType)

Gets the first ancestor of the specified object type.

Remarks:

The ancestor type matches if it is equal to ancestorType or derived from ancestorType .

Examples:

Shows how to find out if a tables are nested.


 public void calculateDepthOfNestedTables() throws Exception {
     Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Nested tables.docx");
     NodeCollection tables = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true);
     for (int i = 0; i < tables.getCount(); i++) {
         Table table = (Table) tables.get(i);

         // Find out if any cells in the table have other tables as children.
         int count = getChildTableCount(table);
         System.out.print(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} has {1} tables directly within its cells", i, count));

         // Find out if the table is nested inside another table, and, if so, at what depth.
         int tableDepth = getNestedDepthOfTable(table);

         if (tableDepth > 0)
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is nested inside another table at depth of {1}", i, tableDepth));
         else
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is a non nested table (is not a child of another table)", i));
     }
 }

 // Calculates what level a table is nested inside other tables.
 //
 // Returns An integer containing the level the table is nested at.
 // 0 = Table is not nested inside any other table
 // 1 = Table is nested within one parent table
 // 2 = Table is nested within two parent tables etc..
 private static int getNestedDepthOfTable(final Table table) {
     int depth = 0;
     Node parent = table.getAncestor(table.getNodeType());

     while (parent != null) {
         depth++;
         parent = parent.getAncestor(Table.class);
     }

     return depth;
 }

 // Determines if a table contains any immediate child table within its cells.
 // Does not recursively traverse through those tables to check for further tables.
 //
 // Returns true if at least one child cell contains a table.
 // Returns false if no cells in the table contains a table.
 private static int getChildTableCount(final Table table) {
     int childTableCount = 0;

     for (Row row : table.getRows()) {
         for (Cell cell : row.getCells()) {
             TableCollection childTables = cell.getTables();

             if (childTables.getCount() > 0) childTableCount++;
         }
     }

     return childTableCount;
 }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
ancestorType	java.lang.Class	The object type of the ancestor to retrieve.

Returns: CompositeNode - The ancestor of the specified type or null if no ancestor of this type was found.

getChild(int nodeType, int index, boolean isDeep)

public Node getChild(int nodeType, int index, boolean isDeep)

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
nodeType	int
index	int
isDeep	boolean

Returns: Node

getChildNodes(int nodeType, boolean isDeep)

public NodeCollection getChildNodes(int nodeType, boolean isDeep)

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
nodeType	int
isDeep	boolean

Returns: NodeCollection

getContainer()

public CompositeNode getContainer()

Returns: CompositeNode

getCount()

public int getCount()

Gets the number of immediate children of this node.

Examples:

Shows how to add, update and delete child nodes in a CompositeNode’s collection of children.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // An empty document, by default, has one paragraph.
 Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getParagraphs().getCount());

 // Composite nodes such as our paragraph can contain other composite and inline nodes as children.
 Paragraph paragraph = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
 Run paragraphText = new Run(doc, "Initial text. ");
 paragraph.appendChild(paragraphText);

 // Create three more run nodes.
 Run run1 = new Run(doc, "Run 1. ");
 Run run2 = new Run(doc, "Run 2. ");
 Run run3 = new Run(doc, "Run 3. ");

 // The document body will not display these runs until we insert them into a composite node
 // that itself is a part of the document's node tree, as we did with the first run.
 // We can determine where the text contents of nodes that we insert
 // appears in the document by specifying an insertion location relative to another node in the paragraph.
 Assert.assertEquals("Initial text.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the second run into the paragraph in front of the initial run.
 paragraph.insertBefore(run2, paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. Initial text.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the third run after the initial run.
 paragraph.insertAfter(run3, paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. Initial text. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the first run to the start of the paragraph's child nodes collection.
 paragraph.prependChild(run1);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 1. Run 2. Initial text. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());
 Assert.assertEquals(4, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, true).getCount());

 // We can modify the contents of the run by editing and deleting existing child nodes.
 ((Run) paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.RUN, true).get(1)).setText("Updated run 2. ");
 paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.RUN, true).remove(paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 1. Updated run 2. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());
 Assert.assertEquals(3, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, true).getCount());

Returns: int - The number of immediate children of this node.

getCurrentNode()

public Node getCurrentNode()

Returns: Node

getCustomNodeId()

public int getCustomNodeId()

Specifies custom node identifier.

Remarks:

Default is zero.

This identifier can be set and used arbitrarily. For example, as a key to get external data.

Important note, specified value is not saved to an output file and exists only during the node lifetime.

Examples:

Shows how to traverse through a composite node’s collection of child nodes.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // Add two runs and one shape as child nodes to the first paragraph of this document.
 Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph) doc.getChild(NodeType.PARAGRAPH, 0, true);
 paragraph.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello world! "));

 Shape shape = new Shape(doc, ShapeType.RECTANGLE);
 shape.setWidth(200.0);
 shape.setHeight(200.0);
 // Note that the 'CustomNodeId' is not saved to an output file and exists only during the node lifetime.
 shape.setCustomNodeId(100);
 shape.setWrapType(WrapType.INLINE);
 paragraph.appendChild(shape);

 paragraph.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello again!"));

 // Iterate through the paragraph's collection of immediate children,
 // and print any runs or shapes that we find within.
 NodeCollection children = paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, false);

 Assert.assertEquals(3, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, false).getCount());

 for (Node child : (Iterable) children)
     switch (child.getNodeType()) {
         case NodeType.RUN:
             System.out.println("Run contents:");
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\t\"{0}\"", child.getText().trim()));
             break;
         case NodeType.SHAPE:
             Shape childShape = (Shape)child;
             System.out.println("Shape:");
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\t{0}, {1}x{2}", childShape.getShapeType(), childShape.getWidth(), childShape.getHeight()));
             break;
     }

Returns: int - The corresponding int value.

getDocument()

public DocumentBase getDocument()

Gets the document to which this node belongs.

Remarks:

The node always belongs to a document even if it has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree.

Examples:

Shows how to create a node and set its owning document.


 Document doc = new Document();
 Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);
 para.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello world!"));

 // We have not yet appended this paragraph as a child to any composite node.
 Assert.assertNull(para.getParentNode());

 // If a node is an appropriate child node type of another composite node,
 // we can attach it as a child only if both nodes have the same owner document.
 // The owner document is the document we passed to the node's constructor.
 // We have not attached this paragraph to the document, so the document does not contain its text.
 Assert.assertEquals(para.getDocument(), doc);
 Assert.assertEquals("", doc.getText().trim());

 // Since the document owns this paragraph, we can apply one of its styles to the paragraph's contents.
 para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");

 // Add this node to the document, and then verify its contents.
 doc.getFirstSection().getBody().appendChild(para);

 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection().getBody(), para.getParentNode());
 Assert.assertEquals("Hello world!", doc.getText().trim());

Returns: DocumentBase - The document to which this node belongs.

getFirstChild()

public Node getFirstChild()

Gets the first child of the node.

Remarks:

If there is no first child node, a null is returned.

Examples:

Shows how to use a node’s NextSibling property to enumerate through its immediate children.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

 for (Node node = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
     System.out.println(Node.nodeTypeToString(node.getNodeType()));
 }

Shows how to traverse a composite node’s tree of child nodes.


 public void recurseChildren() throws Exception {
     Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

     // Any node that can contain child nodes, such as the document itself, is composite.
     Assert.assertTrue(doc.isComposite());

     // Invoke the recursive function that will go through and print all the child nodes of a composite node.
     traverseAllNodes(doc, 0);
 }

 /// 
 /// Recursively traverses a node tree while printing the type of each node
 /// with an indent depending on depth as well as the contents of all inline nodes.
 /// 
 public void traverseAllNodes(CompositeNode parentNode, int depth) {
     for (Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
         System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("{0}{1}", String.format("    ", depth), Node.nodeTypeToString(childNode.getNodeType())));

         // Recurse into the node if it is a composite node. Otherwise, print its contents if it is an inline node.
         if (childNode.isComposite()) {
             System.out.println();
             traverseAllNodes((CompositeNode) childNode, depth + 1);
         } else if (childNode instanceof Inline) {
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format(" - \"{0}\"", childNode.getText().trim()));
         } else {
             System.out.println();
         }
     }
 }

Returns: Node - The first child of the node.

getFirstParagraph()

public Paragraph getFirstParagraph()

Gets the first paragraph in the story.

Examples:

Shows how to format a run of text using its font property.


 Document doc = new Document();
 Run run = new Run(doc, "Hello world!");

 Font font = run.getFont();
 font.setName("Courier New");
 font.setSize(36.0);
 font.setHighlightColor(Color.YELLOW);

 doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().appendChild(run);
 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Font.CreateFormattedRun.docx");

Shows how to create and format a text box.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // Create a floating text box.
 Shape textBox = new Shape(doc, ShapeType.TEXT_BOX);
 textBox.setWrapType(WrapType.NONE);
 textBox.setHeight(50.0);
 textBox.setWidth(200.0);

 // Set the horizontal, and vertical alignment of the text inside the shape.
 textBox.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.CENTER);
 textBox.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.TOP);

 // Add a paragraph to the text box and add a run of text that the text box will display.
 textBox.appendChild(new Paragraph(doc));
 Paragraph para = textBox.getFirstParagraph();
 para.getParagraphFormat().setAlignment(ParagraphAlignment.CENTER);
 Run run = new Run(doc);
 run.setText("Hello world!");
 para.appendChild(run);

 doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().appendChild(textBox);

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Shape.CreateTextBox.docx");

Returns: Paragraph - The first paragraph in the story.

getHeaderFooterType()

public int getHeaderFooterType()

Gets the type of this header/footer.

Examples:

Shows how to create a header and a footer.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // Create a header and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
 // will appear at the top of every page of this section, above the main body text.
 HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY);
 doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().add(header);

 Paragraph para = header.appendParagraph("My header.");

 Assert.assertTrue(header.isHeader());
 Assert.assertTrue(para.isEndOfHeaderFooter());

 // Create a footer and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
 // will appear at the bottom of every page of this section, below the main body text.
 HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
 doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().add(footer);

 para = footer.appendParagraph("My footer.");

 Assert.assertFalse(footer.isHeader());
 Assert.assertTrue(para.isEndOfHeaderFooter());

 Assert.assertEquals(para.getParentStory(), footer);
 Assert.assertEquals(para.getParentSection(), footer.getParentSection());
 Assert.assertEquals(header.getParentSection(), footer.getParentSection());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.Create.docx");

Returns: int - The type of this header/footer. The returned value is one of HeaderFooterType constants.

getLastChild()

public Node getLastChild()

Gets the last child of the node.

Remarks:

If there is no last child node, a null is returned.

Examples:

Shows how to use of methods of Node and CompositeNode to remove a section before the last section in the document.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 builder.writeln("Section 1 text.");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
 builder.writeln("Section 2 text.");

 // Both sections are siblings of each other.
 Section lastSection = (Section) doc.getLastChild();
 Section firstSection = (Section) lastSection.getPreviousSibling();

 // Remove a section based on its sibling relationship with another section.
 if (lastSection.getPreviousSibling() != null)
     doc.removeChild(firstSection);

 // The section we removed was the first one, leaving the document with only the second.
 Assert.assertEquals("Section 2 text.", doc.getText().trim());

Returns: Node - The last child of the node.

getLastParagraph()

public Paragraph getLastParagraph()

Gets the last paragraph in the story.

Examples:

Shows how to move a DocumentBuilder’s cursor position to a specified node.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
 builder.writeln("Run 1. ");

 // The document builder has a cursor, which acts as the part of the document
 // where the builder appends new nodes when we use its document construction methods.
 // This cursor functions in the same way as Microsoft Word's blinking cursor,
 // and it also always ends up immediately after any node that the builder just inserted.
 // To append content to a different part of the document,
 // we can move the cursor to a different node with the "MoveTo" method.
 builder.moveTo(doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().getRuns().get(0));
 // The cursor is now in front of the node that we moved it to.
 // Adding a second run will insert it in front of the first run.
 builder.writeln("Run 2. ");

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. \rRun 1.", doc.getText().trim());

 // Move the cursor to the end of the document to continue appending text to the end as before.
 builder.moveTo(doc.getLastSection().getBody().getLastParagraph());
 builder.writeln("Run 3. ");

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. \rRun 1. \rRun 3.", doc.getText().trim());

Returns: Paragraph - The last paragraph in the story.

getNextMatchingNode(Node curNode)

public Node getNextMatchingNode(Node curNode)

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
curNode	Node

Returns: Node

getNextSibling()

public Node getNextSibling()

Gets the node immediately following this node.

Remarks:

If there is no next node, a null is returned.

Examples:

Shows how to use a node’s NextSibling property to enumerate through its immediate children.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

 for (Node node = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
     System.out.println(Node.nodeTypeToString(node.getNodeType()));
 }

Shows how to traverse a composite node’s tree of child nodes.


 public void recurseChildren() throws Exception {
     Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

     // Any node that can contain child nodes, such as the document itself, is composite.
     Assert.assertTrue(doc.isComposite());

     // Invoke the recursive function that will go through and print all the child nodes of a composite node.
     traverseAllNodes(doc, 0);
 }

 /// 
 /// Recursively traverses a node tree while printing the type of each node
 /// with an indent depending on depth as well as the contents of all inline nodes.
 /// 
 public void traverseAllNodes(CompositeNode parentNode, int depth) {
     for (Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
         System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("{0}{1}", String.format("    ", depth), Node.nodeTypeToString(childNode.getNodeType())));

         // Recurse into the node if it is a composite node. Otherwise, print its contents if it is an inline node.
         if (childNode.isComposite()) {
             System.out.println();
             traverseAllNodes((CompositeNode) childNode, depth + 1);
         } else if (childNode instanceof Inline) {
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format(" - \"{0}\"", childNode.getText().trim()));
         } else {
             System.out.println();
         }
     }
 }

Returns: Node - The node immediately following this node.

getNodeType()

public int getNodeType()

Returns NodeType.HEADER_FOOTER.

Examples:

Shows how to iterate through the children of a composite node.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 builder.write("Section 1");
 builder.moveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY);
 builder.write("Primary header");
 builder.moveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
 builder.write("Primary footer");

 Section section = doc.getFirstSection();

 // A Section is a composite node and can contain child nodes,
 // but only if those child nodes are of a "Body" or "HeaderFooter" node type.
 for (Node node : section) {
     switch (node.getNodeType()) {
         case NodeType.BODY: {
             Body body = (Body) node;

             System.out.println("Body:");
             System.out.println("\t\"{body.GetText().Trim()}\"");
             break;
         }
         case NodeType.HEADER_FOOTER: {
             HeaderFooter headerFooter = (HeaderFooter) node;

             System.out.println("HeaderFooter type: {headerFooter.HeaderFooterType}:");
             System.out.println("\t\"{headerFooter.GetText().Trim()}\"");
             break;
         }
         default: {
             throw new Exception("Unexpected node type in a section.");
         }
     }
 }

Returns: int - NodeType.HEADER_FOOTER. The returned value is one of NodeType constants.

getParagraphs()

public ParagraphCollection getParagraphs()

Gets a collection of paragraphs that are immediate children of the story.

Examples:

Shows how to check whether a paragraph is a move revision.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revisions.docx");

 // This document contains "Move" revisions, which appear when we highlight text with the cursor,
 // and then drag it to move it to another location
 // while tracking revisions in Microsoft Word via "Review" -> "Track changes".
 Assert.assertEquals(6, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getRevisions(), r -> r.getRevisionType() == RevisionType.MOVING));

 ParagraphCollection paragraphs = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getParagraphs();

 // Move revisions consist of pairs of "Move from", and "Move to" revisions.
 // These revisions are potential changes to the document that we can either accept or reject.
 // Before we accept/reject a move revision, the document
 // must keep track of both the departure and arrival destinations of the text.
 // The second and the fourth paragraph define one such revision, and thus both have the same contents.
 Assert.assertEquals(paragraphs.get(1).getText(), paragraphs.get(3).getText());

 // The "Move from" revision is the paragraph where we dragged the text from.
 // If we accept the revision, this paragraph will disappear,
 // and the other will remain and no longer be a revision.
 Assert.assertTrue(paragraphs.get(1).isMoveFromRevision());

 // The "Move to" revision is the paragraph where we dragged the text to.
 // If we reject the revision, this paragraph instead will disappear, and the other will remain.
 Assert.assertTrue(paragraphs.get(3).isMoveToRevision());

Returns: ParagraphCollection - A collection of paragraphs that are immediate children of the story.

getParentNode()

public CompositeNode getParentNode()

Gets the immediate parent of this node.

Remarks:

If a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, the parent is null .

Examples:

Shows how to access a node’s parent node.


 Document doc = new Document();
 Paragraph para = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();

 // Append a child Run node to the document's first paragraph.
 Run run = new Run(doc, "Hello world!");
 para.appendChild(run);

 // The paragraph is the parent node of the run node. We can trace this lineage
 // all the way to the document node, which is the root of the document's node tree.
 Assert.assertEquals(para, run.getParentNode());
 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection().getBody(), para.getParentNode());
 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection(), doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getParentNode());
 Assert.assertEquals(doc, doc.getFirstSection().getParentNode());

Shows how to create a node and set its owning document.


 Document doc = new Document();
 Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);
 para.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello world!"));

 // We have not yet appended this paragraph as a child to any composite node.
 Assert.assertNull(para.getParentNode());

 // If a node is an appropriate child node type of another composite node,
 // we can attach it as a child only if both nodes have the same owner document.
 // The owner document is the document we passed to the node's constructor.
 // We have not attached this paragraph to the document, so the document does not contain its text.
 Assert.assertEquals(para.getDocument(), doc);
 Assert.assertEquals("", doc.getText().trim());

 // Since the document owns this paragraph, we can apply one of its styles to the paragraph's contents.
 para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");

 // Add this node to the document, and then verify its contents.
 doc.getFirstSection().getBody().appendChild(para);

 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection().getBody(), para.getParentNode());
 Assert.assertEquals("Hello world!", doc.getText().trim());

Returns: CompositeNode - The immediate parent of this node.

getParentSection()

public Section getParentSection()

Gets the parent section of this story.

Remarks:

getParentSection() is equivalent to Node.getParentNode() casted to Section.

Examples:

Shows how to link headers and footers between sections.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 builder.write("Section 1");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE);
 builder.write("Section 2");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE);
 builder.write("Section 3");

 // Move to the first section and create a header and a footer. By default,
 // the header and the footer will only appear on pages in the section that contains them.
 builder.moveToSection(0);

 builder.moveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY);
 builder.write("This is the header, which will be displayed in sections 1 and 2.");

 builder.moveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
 builder.write("This is the footer, which will be displayed in sections 1, 2 and 3.");

 // We can link a section's headers/footers to the previous section's headers/footers
 // to allow the linking section to display the linked section's headers/footers.
 doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(true);

 // Each section will still have its own header/footer objects. When we link sections,
 // the linking section will display the linked section's header/footers while keeping its own.
 Assert.assertNotEquals(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().get(0), doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().get(0));
 Assert.assertNotEquals(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().get(0).getParentSection(), doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().get(0).getParentSection());

 // Link the headers/footers of the third section to the headers/footers of the second section.
 // The second section already links to the first section's header/footers,
 // so linking to the second section will create a link chain.
 // The first, second, and now the third sections will all display the first section's headers.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(true);

 // We can un-link a previous section's header/footers by passing "false" when calling the LinkToPrevious method.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(false);

 // We can also select only a specific type of header/footer to link using this method.
 // The third section now will have the same footer as the second and first sections, but not the header.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY, true);

 // The first section's header/footers cannot link themselves to anything because there is no previous section.
 Assert.assertEquals(2, doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(0, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));

 // All the second section's header/footers are linked to the first section's headers/footers.
 Assert.assertEquals(6, doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(6, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));

 // In the third section, only the footer is linked to the first section's footer via the second section.
 Assert.assertEquals(6, doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(1, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));
 Assert.assertTrue(doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().get(3).isLinkedToPrevious());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.Link.docx");

Returns: Section - The parent section of this story.

getPreviousSibling()

public Node getPreviousSibling()

Gets the node immediately preceding this node.

Remarks:

If there is no preceding node, a null is returned.

Examples:

Shows how to use of methods of Node and CompositeNode to remove a section before the last section in the document.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 builder.writeln("Section 1 text.");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
 builder.writeln("Section 2 text.");

 // Both sections are siblings of each other.
 Section lastSection = (Section) doc.getLastChild();
 Section firstSection = (Section) lastSection.getPreviousSibling();

 // Remove a section based on its sibling relationship with another section.
 if (lastSection.getPreviousSibling() != null)
     doc.removeChild(firstSection);

 // The section we removed was the first one, leaving the document with only the second.
 Assert.assertEquals("Section 2 text.", doc.getText().trim());

Returns: Node - The node immediately preceding this node.

getRange()

public Range getRange()

Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node.

Examples:

Shows how to delete all the nodes from a range.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 // Add text to the first section in the document, and then add another section.
 builder.write("Section 1. ");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
 builder.write("Section 2.");

 Assert.assertEquals("Section 1. \fSection 2.", doc.getText().trim());

 // Remove the first section entirely by removing all the nodes
 // within its range, including the section itself.
 doc.getSections().get(0).getRange().delete();

 Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getSections().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals("Section 2.", doc.getText().trim());

Returns: Range - A Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node.

getStoryType()

public int getStoryType()

Gets the type of this story.

Examples:

Shows how to remove all shapes from a node.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 // Use a DocumentBuilder to insert a shape. This is an inline shape,
 // which has a parent Paragraph, which is a child node of the first section's Body.
 builder.insertShape(ShapeType.CUBE, 100.0, 100.0);

 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 1);

 // We can delete all shapes from the child paragraphs of this Body.
 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getStoryType(), StoryType.MAIN_TEXT);
 doc.getFirstSection().getBody().deleteShapes();

 Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 0);

Returns: int - The type of this story. The returned value is one of StoryType constants.

getTables()

public TableCollection getTables()

Gets a collection of tables that are immediate children of the story.

Examples:

Shows how to remove the first and last rows of all tables in a document.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Tables.docx");

 TableCollection tables = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getTables();

 Assert.assertEquals(5, tables.get(0).getRows().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(4, tables.get(1).getRows().getCount());

 for (Table table : tables) {
     if (table.getFirstRow() != null) {
         table.getFirstRow().remove();
     }

     if (table.getLastRow() != null) {
         table.getLastRow().remove();
     }
 }

 Assert.assertEquals(3, tables.get(0).getRows().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(2, tables.get(1).getRows().getCount());

Returns: TableCollection - A collection of tables that are immediate children of the story.

getText()

public String getText()

Gets the text of this node and of all its children.

Remarks:

The returned string includes all control and special characters as described in ControlChar.

Examples:

Shows the difference between calling the GetText and ToString methods on a node.


 Document doc = new Document();

 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
 builder.insertField("MERGEFIELD Field");

 // GetText will retrieve the visible text as well as field codes and special characters.
 Assert.assertEquals("MERGEFIELD Field�Field�\f", doc.getText());

 // ToString will give us the document's appearance if saved to a passed save format.
 Assert.assertEquals("�Field�\r\n", doc.toString(SaveFormat.TEXT));

Shows how to output all paragraphs in a document that are list items.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 builder.getListFormat().applyNumberDefault();
 builder.writeln("Numbered list item 1");
 builder.writeln("Numbered list item 2");
 builder.writeln("Numbered list item 3");
 builder.getListFormat().removeNumbers();

 builder.getListFormat().applyBulletDefault();
 builder.writeln("Bulleted list item 1");
 builder.writeln("Bulleted list item 2");
 builder.writeln("Bulleted list item 3");
 builder.getListFormat().removeNumbers();

 NodeCollection paras = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.PARAGRAPH, true);
 for (Paragraph para : (Iterable) paras) {
     if (para.getListFormat().isListItem()) {
         System.out.println(java.text.MessageFormat.format("*** A paragraph belongs to list {0}", para.getListFormat().getList().getListId()));
         System.out.println(para.getText());
     }
 }

Returns: java.lang.String

hasChildNodes()

public boolean hasChildNodes()

Returns true if this node has any child nodes.

Examples:

Shows how to combine the rows from two tables into one.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Tables.docx");

 // Below are two ways of getting a table from a document.
 // 1 -  From the "Tables" collection of a Body node:
 Table firstTable = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getTables().get(0);

 // 2 -  Using the "GetChild" method:
 Table secondTable = (Table) doc.getChild(NodeType.TABLE, 1, true);

 // Append all rows from the current table to the next.
 while (secondTable.hasChildNodes())
     firstTable.getRows().add(secondTable.getFirstRow());

 // Remove the empty table container.
 secondTable.remove();

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Table.CombineTables.docx");

Returns: boolean - true if this node has any child nodes.

indexOf(Node child)

public int indexOf(Node child)

Returns the index of the specified child node in the child node array.

Remarks:

Returns -1 if the node is not found in the child nodes.

Examples:

Shows how to get the index of a given child node from its parent.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Rendering.docx");

 Body body = doc.getFirstSection().getBody();

 // Retrieve the index of the last paragraph in the body of the first section.
 Assert.assertEquals(24, body.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, false).indexOf(body.getLastParagraph()));

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
child	Node

Returns: int

insertAfter(Node newChild, Node refChild)

public Node insertAfter(Node newChild, Node refChild)

Inserts the specified node immediately after the specified reference node.

Remarks:

If refChild is null , inserts newChild at the beginning of the list of child nodes.

If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed.

Examples:

Shows how to replace all textbox shapes with image shapes.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Textboxes in drawing canvas.docx");

 List shapeList = Arrays.stream(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).toArray())
         .filter(Shape.class::isInstance)
         .map(Shape.class::cast)
         .collect(Collectors.toList());

 Assert.assertEquals(3, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapeList, s -> s.getShapeType() == ShapeType.TEXT_BOX));
 Assert.assertEquals(1, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapeList, s -> s.getShapeType() == ShapeType.IMAGE));

 for (Shape shape : shapeList) {
     if (((shape.getShapeType()) == (ShapeType.TEXT_BOX))) {
         Shape replacementShape = new Shape(doc, ShapeType.IMAGE);
         replacementShape.getImageData().setImage(getImageDir() + "Logo.jpg");
         replacementShape.setLeft(shape.getLeft());
         replacementShape.setTop(shape.getTop());
         replacementShape.setWidth(shape.getWidth());
         replacementShape.setHeight(shape.getHeight());
         replacementShape.setRelativeHorizontalPosition(shape.getRelativeHorizontalPosition());
         replacementShape.setRelativeVerticalPosition(shape.getRelativeVerticalPosition());
         replacementShape.setHorizontalAlignment(shape.getHorizontalAlignment());
         replacementShape.setVerticalAlignment(shape.getVerticalAlignment());
         replacementShape.setWrapType(shape.getWrapType());
         replacementShape.setWrapSide(shape.getWrapSide());

         shape.getParentNode().insertAfter(replacementShape, shape);
         shape.remove();
     }
 }

 shapeList = Arrays.stream(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).toArray())
         .filter(Shape.class::isInstance)
         .map(Shape.class::cast)
         .collect(Collectors.toList());

 Assert.assertEquals(0, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapeList, s -> s.getShapeType() == ShapeType.TEXT_BOX));
 Assert.assertEquals(4, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapeList, s -> s.getShapeType() == ShapeType.IMAGE));

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Shape.ReplaceTextboxesWithImages.docx");

Shows how to add, update and delete child nodes in a CompositeNode’s collection of children.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // An empty document, by default, has one paragraph.
 Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getParagraphs().getCount());

 // Composite nodes such as our paragraph can contain other composite and inline nodes as children.
 Paragraph paragraph = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
 Run paragraphText = new Run(doc, "Initial text. ");
 paragraph.appendChild(paragraphText);

 // Create three more run nodes.
 Run run1 = new Run(doc, "Run 1. ");
 Run run2 = new Run(doc, "Run 2. ");
 Run run3 = new Run(doc, "Run 3. ");

 // The document body will not display these runs until we insert them into a composite node
 // that itself is a part of the document's node tree, as we did with the first run.
 // We can determine where the text contents of nodes that we insert
 // appears in the document by specifying an insertion location relative to another node in the paragraph.
 Assert.assertEquals("Initial text.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the second run into the paragraph in front of the initial run.
 paragraph.insertBefore(run2, paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. Initial text.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the third run after the initial run.
 paragraph.insertAfter(run3, paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. Initial text. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the first run to the start of the paragraph's child nodes collection.
 paragraph.prependChild(run1);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 1. Run 2. Initial text. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());
 Assert.assertEquals(4, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, true).getCount());

 // We can modify the contents of the run by editing and deleting existing child nodes.
 ((Run) paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.RUN, true).get(1)).setText("Updated run 2. ");
 paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.RUN, true).remove(paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 1. Updated run 2. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());
 Assert.assertEquals(3, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, true).getCount());

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
newChild	Node	The Node to insert.
refChild	Node	The Node that is the reference node. The newChild is placed after the refChild .

Returns: Node - The inserted node.

insertBefore(Node newChild, Node refChild)

public Node insertBefore(Node newChild, Node refChild)

Inserts the specified node immediately before the specified reference node.

Remarks:

If refChild is null , inserts newChild at the end of the list of child nodes.

If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed.

Examples:

Shows how to add, update and delete child nodes in a CompositeNode’s collection of children.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // An empty document, by default, has one paragraph.
 Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getParagraphs().getCount());

 // Composite nodes such as our paragraph can contain other composite and inline nodes as children.
 Paragraph paragraph = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
 Run paragraphText = new Run(doc, "Initial text. ");
 paragraph.appendChild(paragraphText);

 // Create three more run nodes.
 Run run1 = new Run(doc, "Run 1. ");
 Run run2 = new Run(doc, "Run 2. ");
 Run run3 = new Run(doc, "Run 3. ");

 // The document body will not display these runs until we insert them into a composite node
 // that itself is a part of the document's node tree, as we did with the first run.
 // We can determine where the text contents of nodes that we insert
 // appears in the document by specifying an insertion location relative to another node in the paragraph.
 Assert.assertEquals("Initial text.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the second run into the paragraph in front of the initial run.
 paragraph.insertBefore(run2, paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. Initial text.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the third run after the initial run.
 paragraph.insertAfter(run3, paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. Initial text. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the first run to the start of the paragraph's child nodes collection.
 paragraph.prependChild(run1);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 1. Run 2. Initial text. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());
 Assert.assertEquals(4, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, true).getCount());

 // We can modify the contents of the run by editing and deleting existing child nodes.
 ((Run) paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.RUN, true).get(1)).setText("Updated run 2. ");
 paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.RUN, true).remove(paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 1. Updated run 2. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());
 Assert.assertEquals(3, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, true).getCount());

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
newChild	Node	The Node to insert.
refChild	Node	The Node that is the reference node. The newChild is placed before this node.

Returns: Node - The inserted node.

isComposite()

public boolean isComposite()

Returns true as this node can have child nodes.

Examples:

Shows how to traverse a composite node’s tree of child nodes.


 public void recurseChildren() throws Exception {
     Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

     // Any node that can contain child nodes, such as the document itself, is composite.
     Assert.assertTrue(doc.isComposite());

     // Invoke the recursive function that will go through and print all the child nodes of a composite node.
     traverseAllNodes(doc, 0);
 }

 /// 
 /// Recursively traverses a node tree while printing the type of each node
 /// with an indent depending on depth as well as the contents of all inline nodes.
 /// 
 public void traverseAllNodes(CompositeNode parentNode, int depth) {
     for (Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
         System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("{0}{1}", String.format("    ", depth), Node.nodeTypeToString(childNode.getNodeType())));

         // Recurse into the node if it is a composite node. Otherwise, print its contents if it is an inline node.
         if (childNode.isComposite()) {
             System.out.println();
             traverseAllNodes((CompositeNode) childNode, depth + 1);
         } else if (childNode instanceof Inline) {
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format(" - \"{0}\"", childNode.getText().trim()));
         } else {
             System.out.println();
         }
     }
 }

Returns: boolean - true as this node can have child nodes.

isHeader()

public boolean isHeader()

True if this HeaderFooter object is a header.

Examples:

Shows how to create a header and a footer.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // Create a header and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
 // will appear at the top of every page of this section, above the main body text.
 HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY);
 doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().add(header);

 Paragraph para = header.appendParagraph("My header.");

 Assert.assertTrue(header.isHeader());
 Assert.assertTrue(para.isEndOfHeaderFooter());

 // Create a footer and append a paragraph to it. The text in that paragraph
 // will appear at the bottom of every page of this section, below the main body text.
 HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
 doc.getFirstSection().getHeadersFooters().add(footer);

 para = footer.appendParagraph("My footer.");

 Assert.assertFalse(footer.isHeader());
 Assert.assertTrue(para.isEndOfHeaderFooter());

 Assert.assertEquals(para.getParentStory(), footer);
 Assert.assertEquals(para.getParentSection(), footer.getParentSection());
 Assert.assertEquals(header.getParentSection(), footer.getParentSection());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.Create.docx");

Returns: boolean - The corresponding boolean value.

isLinkedToPrevious()

public boolean isLinkedToPrevious()

True if this header or footer is linked to the corresponding header or footer in the previous section.

Remarks:

Default is true .

Note, when your link a header or footer, its contents is cleared.

Examples:

Shows how to link headers and footers between sections.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 builder.write("Section 1");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE);
 builder.write("Section 2");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE);
 builder.write("Section 3");

 // Move to the first section and create a header and a footer. By default,
 // the header and the footer will only appear on pages in the section that contains them.
 builder.moveToSection(0);

 builder.moveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY);
 builder.write("This is the header, which will be displayed in sections 1 and 2.");

 builder.moveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
 builder.write("This is the footer, which will be displayed in sections 1, 2 and 3.");

 // We can link a section's headers/footers to the previous section's headers/footers
 // to allow the linking section to display the linked section's headers/footers.
 doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(true);

 // Each section will still have its own header/footer objects. When we link sections,
 // the linking section will display the linked section's header/footers while keeping its own.
 Assert.assertNotEquals(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().get(0), doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().get(0));
 Assert.assertNotEquals(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().get(0).getParentSection(), doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().get(0).getParentSection());

 // Link the headers/footers of the third section to the headers/footers of the second section.
 // The second section already links to the first section's header/footers,
 // so linking to the second section will create a link chain.
 // The first, second, and now the third sections will all display the first section's headers.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(true);

 // We can un-link a previous section's header/footers by passing "false" when calling the LinkToPrevious method.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(false);

 // We can also select only a specific type of header/footer to link using this method.
 // The third section now will have the same footer as the second and first sections, but not the header.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY, true);

 // The first section's header/footers cannot link themselves to anything because there is no previous section.
 Assert.assertEquals(2, doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(0, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));

 // All the second section's header/footers are linked to the first section's headers/footers.
 Assert.assertEquals(6, doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(6, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));

 // In the third section, only the footer is linked to the first section's footer via the second section.
 Assert.assertEquals(6, doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(1, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));
 Assert.assertTrue(doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().get(3).isLinkedToPrevious());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.Link.docx");

Returns: boolean - The corresponding boolean value.

isLinkedToPrevious(boolean value)

public void isLinkedToPrevious(boolean value)

True if this header or footer is linked to the corresponding header or footer in the previous section.

Remarks:

Default is true .

Note, when your link a header or footer, its contents is cleared.

Examples:

Shows how to link headers and footers between sections.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 builder.write("Section 1");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE);
 builder.write("Section 2");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE);
 builder.write("Section 3");

 // Move to the first section and create a header and a footer. By default,
 // the header and the footer will only appear on pages in the section that contains them.
 builder.moveToSection(0);

 builder.moveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY);
 builder.write("This is the header, which will be displayed in sections 1 and 2.");

 builder.moveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY);
 builder.write("This is the footer, which will be displayed in sections 1, 2 and 3.");

 // We can link a section's headers/footers to the previous section's headers/footers
 // to allow the linking section to display the linked section's headers/footers.
 doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(true);

 // Each section will still have its own header/footer objects. When we link sections,
 // the linking section will display the linked section's header/footers while keeping its own.
 Assert.assertNotEquals(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().get(0), doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().get(0));
 Assert.assertNotEquals(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().get(0).getParentSection(), doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().get(0).getParentSection());

 // Link the headers/footers of the third section to the headers/footers of the second section.
 // The second section already links to the first section's header/footers,
 // so linking to the second section will create a link chain.
 // The first, second, and now the third sections will all display the first section's headers.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(true);

 // We can un-link a previous section's header/footers by passing "false" when calling the LinkToPrevious method.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(false);

 // We can also select only a specific type of header/footer to link using this method.
 // The third section now will have the same footer as the second and first sections, but not the header.
 doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().linkToPrevious(HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY, true);

 // The first section's header/footers cannot link themselves to anything because there is no previous section.
 Assert.assertEquals(2, doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(0, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(0).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));

 // All the second section's header/footers are linked to the first section's headers/footers.
 Assert.assertEquals(6, doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(6, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(1).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));

 // In the third section, only the footer is linked to the first section's footer via the second section.
 Assert.assertEquals(6, doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().getCount());
 Assert.assertEquals(1, IterableUtils.countMatches(doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters(), s -> s.isLinkedToPrevious()));
 Assert.assertTrue(doc.getSections().get(2).getHeadersFooters().get(3).isLinkedToPrevious());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "HeaderFooter.Link.docx");

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
value	boolean	The corresponding boolean value.

iterator()

public Iterator iterator()

Provides support for the for each style iteration over the child nodes of this node.

Examples:

Shows how to print all of a document’s comments and their replies.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Comments.docx");

 NodeCollection comments = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.COMMENT, true);
 // If a comment has no ancestor, it is a "top-level" comment as opposed to a reply-type comment.
 // Print all top-level comments along with any replies they may have.
 for (Comment comment : (Iterable) comments) {
     if (comment.getAncestor() == null) {
         System.out.println("Top-level comment:");
         System.out.println("\t\"{comment.GetText().Trim()}\", by {comment.Author}");
         System.out.println("Has {comment.Replies.Count} replies");
         for (Comment commentReply : comment.getReplies()) {
             System.out.println("\t\"{commentReply.GetText().Trim()}\", by {commentReply.Author}");
         }
         System.out.println();
     }
 }

Returns: java.util.Iterator

nextPreOrder(Node rootNode)

public Node nextPreOrder(Node rootNode)

Gets next node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.

Examples:

Shows how to traverse the document’s node tree using the pre-order traversal algorithm, and delete any encountered shape with an image.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
 ArrayList shapes = (ArrayList) IterableUtils.toList(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true));

 Assert.assertEquals(9, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapes, s -> {
     try {
         return s.hasImage();
     } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
     return false;
 }));

 Node curNode = doc;
 while (curNode != null) {
     Node nextNode = curNode.nextPreOrder(doc);

     if (curNode.previousPreOrder(doc) != null && nextNode != null)
         Assert.assertEquals(curNode, nextNode.previousPreOrder(doc));

     if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.SHAPE && ((Shape) curNode).hasImage())
         curNode.remove();

     curNode = nextNode;
 }

 shapes = (ArrayList) IterableUtils.toList(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true));

 Assert.assertEquals(0, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapes, s -> {
     try {
         return s.hasImage();
     } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
     return false;
 }));

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
rootNode	Node	The top node (limit) of traversal.

Returns: Node - Next node in pre-order order. Null if reached the rootNode .

nodeTypeToString(int nodeType)

public static String nodeTypeToString(int nodeType)

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
nodeType	int

Returns: java.lang.String

prependChild(Node newChild)

public Node prependChild(Node newChild)

Adds the specified node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for this node.

Remarks:

If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed.

Examples:

Shows how to add, update and delete child nodes in a CompositeNode’s collection of children.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // An empty document, by default, has one paragraph.
 Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getParagraphs().getCount());

 // Composite nodes such as our paragraph can contain other composite and inline nodes as children.
 Paragraph paragraph = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
 Run paragraphText = new Run(doc, "Initial text. ");
 paragraph.appendChild(paragraphText);

 // Create three more run nodes.
 Run run1 = new Run(doc, "Run 1. ");
 Run run2 = new Run(doc, "Run 2. ");
 Run run3 = new Run(doc, "Run 3. ");

 // The document body will not display these runs until we insert them into a composite node
 // that itself is a part of the document's node tree, as we did with the first run.
 // We can determine where the text contents of nodes that we insert
 // appears in the document by specifying an insertion location relative to another node in the paragraph.
 Assert.assertEquals("Initial text.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the second run into the paragraph in front of the initial run.
 paragraph.insertBefore(run2, paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. Initial text.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the third run after the initial run.
 paragraph.insertAfter(run3, paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 2. Initial text. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());

 // Insert the first run to the start of the paragraph's child nodes collection.
 paragraph.prependChild(run1);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 1. Run 2. Initial text. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());
 Assert.assertEquals(4, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, true).getCount());

 // We can modify the contents of the run by editing and deleting existing child nodes.
 ((Run) paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.RUN, true).get(1)).setText("Updated run 2. ");
 paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.RUN, true).remove(paragraphText);

 Assert.assertEquals("Run 1. Updated run 2. Run 3.", paragraph.getText().trim());
 Assert.assertEquals(3, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, true).getCount());

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
newChild	Node	The node to add.

Returns: Node - The node added.

previousPreOrder(Node rootNode)

public Node previousPreOrder(Node rootNode)

Gets the previous node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.

Examples:

Shows how to traverse the document’s node tree using the pre-order traversal algorithm, and delete any encountered shape with an image.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
 ArrayList shapes = (ArrayList) IterableUtils.toList(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true));

 Assert.assertEquals(9, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapes, s -> {
     try {
         return s.hasImage();
     } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
     return false;
 }));

 Node curNode = doc;
 while (curNode != null) {
     Node nextNode = curNode.nextPreOrder(doc);

     if (curNode.previousPreOrder(doc) != null && nextNode != null)
         Assert.assertEquals(curNode, nextNode.previousPreOrder(doc));

     if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.SHAPE && ((Shape) curNode).hasImage())
         curNode.remove();

     curNode = nextNode;
 }

 shapes = (ArrayList) IterableUtils.toList(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true));

 Assert.assertEquals(0, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapes, s -> {
     try {
         return s.hasImage();
     } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
     return false;
 }));

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
rootNode	Node	The top node (limit) of traversal.

Returns: Node - Previous node in pre-order order. Null if reached the rootNode .

remove()

public void remove()

Removes itself from the parent.

Examples:

Shows how to remove all child nodes of a specific type from a composite node.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Tables.docx");

 Assert.assertEquals(2, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true).getCount());

 Node curNode = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstChild();

 while (curNode != null) {
     // Save the next sibling node as a variable in case we want to move to it after deleting this node.
     Node nextNode = curNode.getNextSibling();

     // A section body can contain Paragraph and Table nodes.
     // If the node is a Table, remove it from the parent.
     if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.TABLE) {
         curNode.remove();
     }

     curNode = nextNode;
 }

 Assert.assertEquals(0, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true).getCount());

Shows how to delete all shapes with images from a document.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
 ArrayList shapes = (ArrayList) IterableUtils.toList(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true));

 Assert.assertEquals(9, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapes, s -> {
     try {
         return s.hasImage();
     } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
     return false;
 }));

 for (Shape shape : shapes)
     if (shape.hasImage())
         shape.remove();

 shapes = (ArrayList) IterableUtils.toList(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true));

 Assert.assertEquals(0, IterableUtils.countMatches(shapes, s -> {
     try {
         return s.hasImage();
     } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     }
     return false;
 }));

removeAllChildren()

public void removeAllChildren()

Removes all the child nodes of the current node.

Examples:

Shows how to construct an Aspose.Words document by hand.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // A blank document contains one section, one body and one paragraph.
 // Call the "RemoveAllChildren" method to remove all those nodes,
 // and end up with a document node with no children.
 doc.removeAllChildren();

 // This document now has no composite child nodes that we can add content to.
 // If we wish to edit it, we will need to repopulate its node collection.
 // First, create a new section, and then append it as a child to the root document node.
 Section section = new Section(doc);
 doc.appendChild(section);

 // Set some page setup properties for the section.
 section.getPageSetup().setSectionStart(SectionStart.NEW_PAGE);
 section.getPageSetup().setPaperSize(PaperSize.LETTER);

 // A section needs a body, which will contain and display all its contents
 // on the page between the section's header and footer.
 Body body = new Body(doc);
 section.appendChild(body);

 // Create a paragraph, set some formatting properties, and then append it as a child to the body.
 Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);

 para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");
 para.getParagraphFormat().setAlignment(ParagraphAlignment.CENTER);

 body.appendChild(para);

 // Finally, add some content to do the document. Create a run,
 // set its appearance and contents, and then append it as a child to the paragraph.
 Run run = new Run(doc);
 run.setText("Hello World!");
 run.getFont().setColor(Color.RED);
 para.appendChild(run);

 Assert.assertEquals("Hello World!", doc.getText().trim());

 doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Section.CreateManually.docx");

removeChild(Node oldChild)

public Node removeChild(Node oldChild)

Removes the specified child node.

Remarks:

The parent of oldChild is set to null after the node is removed.

Examples:

Shows how to use of methods of Node and CompositeNode to remove a section before the last section in the document.


 Document doc = new Document();
 DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

 builder.writeln("Section 1 text.");
 builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
 builder.writeln("Section 2 text.");

 // Both sections are siblings of each other.
 Section lastSection = (Section) doc.getLastChild();
 Section firstSection = (Section) lastSection.getPreviousSibling();

 // Remove a section based on its sibling relationship with another section.
 if (lastSection.getPreviousSibling() != null)
     doc.removeChild(firstSection);

 // The section we removed was the first one, leaving the document with only the second.
 Assert.assertEquals("Section 2 text.", doc.getText().trim());

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
oldChild	Node	The node to remove.

Returns: Node - The removed node.

removeSmartTags()

public void removeSmartTags()

Removes all SmartTag descendant nodes of the current node.

Remarks:

This method does not remove the content of the smart tags.

Examples:

Removes all smart tags from descendant nodes of a composite node.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Smart tags.doc");

 Assert.assertEquals(8, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SMART_TAG, true).getCount());

 doc.removeSmartTags();

 Assert.assertEquals(0, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SMART_TAG, true).getCount());

Shows how to create smart tags.


 public void create() throws Exception {
     Document doc = new Document();

     // A smart tag appears in a document with Microsoft Word recognizes a part of its text as some form of data,
     // such as a name, date, or address, and converts it to a hyperlink that displays a purple dotted underline.
     SmartTag smartTag = new SmartTag(doc);

     // Smart tags are composite nodes that contain their recognized text in its entirety.
     // Add contents to this smart tag manually.
     smartTag.appendChild(new Run(doc, "May 29, 2019"));

     // Microsoft Word may recognize the above contents as being a date.
     // Smart tags use the "Element" property to reflect the type of data they contain.
     smartTag.setElement("date");

     // Some smart tag types process their contents further into custom XML properties.
     smartTag.getProperties().add(new CustomXmlProperty("Day", "", "29"));
     smartTag.getProperties().add(new CustomXmlProperty("Month", "", "5"));
     smartTag.getProperties().add(new CustomXmlProperty("Year", "", "2019"));

     // Set the smart tag's URI to the default value.
     smartTag.setUri("urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags");

     doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().appendChild(smartTag);
     doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().appendChild(new Run(doc, " is a date. "));

     // Create another smart tag for a stock ticker.
     smartTag = new SmartTag(doc);
     smartTag.setElement("stockticker");
     smartTag.setUri("urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags");

     smartTag.appendChild(new Run(doc, "MSFT"));

     doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().appendChild(smartTag);
     doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().appendChild(new Run(doc, " is a stock ticker."));

     // Print all the smart tags in our document using a document visitor.
     doc.accept(new SmartTagPrinter());

     // Older versions of Microsoft Word support smart tags.
     doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "SmartTag.Create.doc");

     // Use the "RemoveSmartTags" method to remove all smart tags from a document.
     Assert.assertEquals(2, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SMART_TAG, true).getCount());

     doc.removeSmartTags();

     Assert.assertEquals(0, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SMART_TAG, true).getCount());
 }

 /// 
 /// Prints visited smart tags and their contents.
 /// 
 private static class SmartTagPrinter extends DocumentVisitor {
     /// 
     /// Called when a SmartTag node is encountered in the document.
     /// 
     public int visitSmartTagStart(SmartTag smartTag) {
         System.out.println("Smart tag type: {smartTag.Element}");
         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }

     /// 
     /// Called when the visiting of a SmartTag node is ended.
     /// 
     public int visitSmartTagEnd(SmartTag smartTag) {
         System.out.println("\tContents: \"{smartTag.ToString(SaveFormat.Text)}\"");

         if (smartTag.getProperties().getCount() == 0) {
             System.out.println("\tContains no properties");
         } else {
             System.out.println("\tProperties: ");
             String[] properties = new String[smartTag.getProperties().getCount()];
             int index = 0;

             for (CustomXmlProperty cxp : smartTag.getProperties())
                 properties[index++] = MessageFormat.format("\"{0}\" = \"{1}\"", cxp.getName(), cxp.getValue());

             System.out.println(StringUtils.join(properties, ", "));
         }

         return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
     }
 }

selectNodes(String xpath)

public NodeList selectNodes(String xpath)

Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression.

Remarks:

Only expressions with element names are supported at the moment. Expressions that use attribute names are not supported.

Examples:

Shows how to use an XPath expression to test whether a node is inside a field.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Mail merge destination - Northwind employees.docx");

 // The NodeList that results from this XPath expression will contain all nodes we find inside a field.
 // However, FieldStart and FieldEnd nodes can be on the list if there are nested fields in the path.
 // Currently does not find rare fields in which the FieldCode or FieldResult spans across multiple paragraphs.
 NodeList resultList =
         doc.selectNodes("//FieldStart/following-sibling::node()[following-sibling::FieldEnd]");
 Run[] runs = Arrays.stream(resultList.toArray()).filter(n -> n.getNodeType() == NodeType.RUN).toArray(Run[]::new);
 Run run = runs[0];

 // Check if the specified run is one of the nodes that are inside the field.
 System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Contents of the first Run node that''s part of a field: {0}", run.getText().trim()));

Shows how to select certain nodes by using an XPath expression.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Tables.docx");

 // This expression will extract all paragraph nodes,
 // which are descendants of any table node in the document.
 NodeList nodeList = doc.selectNodes("//Table//Paragraph");

 // Iterate through the list with an enumerator and print the contents of every paragraph in each cell of the table.
 int index = 0;

 Iterator e = nodeList.iterator();
 while (e.hasNext()) {
     Node currentNode = e.next();
     System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table paragraph index {0}, contents: \"{1}\"", index++, currentNode.getText().trim()));
 }

 // This expression will select any paragraphs that are direct children of any Body node in the document.
 nodeList = doc.selectNodes("//Body/Paragraph");

 // We can treat the list as an array.
 Assert.assertEquals(nodeList.toArray().length, 4);

 // Use SelectSingleNode to select the first result of the same expression as above.
 Node node = doc.selectSingleNode("//Body/Paragraph");

 Assert.assertEquals(Paragraph.class, node.getClass());

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
xpath	java.lang.String	The XPath expression.

Returns: NodeList - A list of nodes matching the XPath query.

selectSingleNode(String xpath)

public Node selectSingleNode(String xpath)

Selects the first Node that matches the XPath expression.

Remarks:

Only expressions with element names are supported at the moment. Expressions that use attribute names are not supported.

Examples:

Shows how to select certain nodes by using an XPath expression.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Tables.docx");

 // This expression will extract all paragraph nodes,
 // which are descendants of any table node in the document.
 NodeList nodeList = doc.selectNodes("//Table//Paragraph");

 // Iterate through the list with an enumerator and print the contents of every paragraph in each cell of the table.
 int index = 0;

 Iterator e = nodeList.iterator();
 while (e.hasNext()) {
     Node currentNode = e.next();
     System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table paragraph index {0}, contents: \"{1}\"", index++, currentNode.getText().trim()));
 }

 // This expression will select any paragraphs that are direct children of any Body node in the document.
 nodeList = doc.selectNodes("//Body/Paragraph");

 // We can treat the list as an array.
 Assert.assertEquals(nodeList.toArray().length, 4);

 // Use SelectSingleNode to select the first result of the same expression as above.
 Node node = doc.selectSingleNode("//Body/Paragraph");

 Assert.assertEquals(Paragraph.class, node.getClass());

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
xpath	java.lang.String	The XPath expression.

Returns: Node - The first Node that matches the XPath query or null if no matching node is found.

setCustomNodeId(int value)

public void setCustomNodeId(int value)

Specifies custom node identifier.

Remarks:

Default is zero.

This identifier can be set and used arbitrarily. For example, as a key to get external data.

Important note, specified value is not saved to an output file and exists only during the node lifetime.

Examples:

Shows how to traverse through a composite node’s collection of child nodes.


 Document doc = new Document();

 // Add two runs and one shape as child nodes to the first paragraph of this document.
 Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph) doc.getChild(NodeType.PARAGRAPH, 0, true);
 paragraph.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello world! "));

 Shape shape = new Shape(doc, ShapeType.RECTANGLE);
 shape.setWidth(200.0);
 shape.setHeight(200.0);
 // Note that the 'CustomNodeId' is not saved to an output file and exists only during the node lifetime.
 shape.setCustomNodeId(100);
 shape.setWrapType(WrapType.INLINE);
 paragraph.appendChild(shape);

 paragraph.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello again!"));

 // Iterate through the paragraph's collection of immediate children,
 // and print any runs or shapes that we find within.
 NodeCollection children = paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, false);

 Assert.assertEquals(3, paragraph.getChildNodes(NodeType.ANY, false).getCount());

 for (Node child : (Iterable) children)
     switch (child.getNodeType()) {
         case NodeType.RUN:
             System.out.println("Run contents:");
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\t\"{0}\"", child.getText().trim()));
             break;
         case NodeType.SHAPE:
             Shape childShape = (Shape)child;
             System.out.println("Shape:");
             System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\t{0}, {1}x{2}", childShape.getShapeType(), childShape.getWidth(), childShape.getHeight()));
             break;
     }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
value	int	The corresponding int value.

toString()

public String toString()

Returns: java.lang.String

toString(SaveOptions saveOptions)

public String toString(SaveOptions saveOptions)

Exports the content of the node into a string using the specified save options.

Examples:

Exports the content of a node to String in HTML format.


 Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Document.docx");

 Node node = doc.getLastSection().getBody().getLastParagraph();

 // When we call the ToString method using the html SaveFormat overload,
 // it converts the node's contents to their raw html representation.
 Assert.assertEquals(" " +
         "Hello World!" +
         "", node.toString(SaveFormat.HTML));

 // We can also modify the result of this conversion using a SaveOptions object.
 HtmlSaveOptions saveOptions = new HtmlSaveOptions();
 saveOptions.setExportRelativeFontSize(true);

 Assert.assertEquals(" " +
         "Hello World!" +
         "", node.toString(saveOptions));

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
saveOptions	SaveOptions	Specifies the options that control how the node is saved.

Returns: java.lang.String - The content of the node in the specified format.

toString(int saveFormat)

public String toString(int saveFormat)

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
saveFormat	int

Returns: java.lang.String

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