java.lang.Object
- org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
- - org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch
  - - org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement
    - - org.dom4j.tree.DefaultElement
      - org.dom4j.util.IndexedElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Branch, Element, Node
```
public class IndexedElement
extends DefaultElement
```
IndexedElement is an implementation of Elementwhich maintains an index of the attributes and elements it contains to optimise lookups via name.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement
  USE_STRINGVALUE_SEPARATOR, VERBOSE_TOSTRING
- Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch
  DEFAULT_CONTENT_LIST_SIZE
- Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
  NODE_TYPE_NAMES
- Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
  ANY_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, MAX_NODE_TYPE, NAMESPACE_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE, UNKNOWN_NODE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

IndexedElement(String name)

IndexedElement(QName qname)

IndexedElement(QName qname, int attributeCount)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`addNode(Node node)`
`protected void`	`addToAttributeIndex(Object key, Attribute value)`
`protected void`	`addToAttributeIndex(Attribute attribute)`
`protected void`	`addToElementIndex(Object key, Element value)`
`protected void`	`addToElementIndex(Element element)`
`protected Element`	`asElement(Object object)`
`protected Iterator<Element>`	`asElementIterator(Object object)`	Deprecated. WILL BE REMOVED IN dom4j-1.6 !!
`protected List<Element>`	`asElementList(Object object)`
`Attribute`	`attribute(String name)`	Returns the attribute with the given name
`Attribute`	`attribute(QName qName)`	DOCUMENT ME!
`protected Map<Object,Attribute>`	`attributeIndex()`
`protected Map<Object,Attribute>`	`createAttributeIndex()`	A Factory Method to create the index for attributes
`protected Map<Object,Object>`	`createElementIndex()`	A Factory Method to create the index for elements
`protected <T> Map<Object,T>`	`createIndex()`	Factory method to return a new map implementation for indices
`protected <T extends Node> List<T>`	`createList()`	Factory method to return a list implementation for indices
`Element`	`element(String name)`	Returns the first element for the given local name and any namespace.
`Element`	`element(QName qName)`	Returns the first element for the given fully qualified name.
`protected Map<Object,Object>`	`elementIndex()`
`List<Element>`	`elements(String name)`	Returns the elements contained in this element with the given local name and any namespace.
`List<Element>`	`elements(QName qName)`	Returns the elements contained in this element with the given fully qualified name.
`protected void`	`removeFromAttributeIndex(Object key, Attribute value)`
`protected void`	`removeFromAttributeIndex(Attribute attribute)`
`protected void`	`removeFromElementIndex(Object key, Element value)`
`protected void`	`removeFromElementIndex(Element element)`
`protected boolean`	`removeNode(Node node)`

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement
accept, add, add, add, add, add, add, add, add, addAttribute, addAttribute, addCDATA, addComment, addElement, addEntity, addNamespace, addNewNode, addNode, addProcessingInstruction, addProcessingInstruction, addText, appendAttributes, asXML, attributeValue, attributeValue, attributeValue, attributeValue, childAdded, childRemoved, createAttributeList, createAttributeList, createCopy, createCopy, createCopy, createElement, createElement, createSingleIterator, elementIterator, elementIterator, elementIterator, elementIterator, elements, elements, elementText, elementText, elementTextTrim, elementTextTrim, ensureAttributesCapacity, getData, getName, getNamespace, getNamespacePrefix, getNamespacesForURI, getNamespaceURI, getNodeType, getPath, getQName, getQualifiedName, getUniquePath, getXPathNameStep, getXPathResult, hasMixedContent, isRootElement, isTextOnly, normalize, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, remove, setAttributes, setAttributeValue, setAttributeValue, setData, setName, setNamespace, setText, toString, write

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch
addElement, addElement, addElement, appendContent, content, contentRemoved, createContentList, createContentList, createEmptyList, createResultList, createSingleResultList, elementByID, elementID, getContentAsStringValue, getContentAsText, getTextTrim, hasContent, invalidNodeTypeAddException, isReadOnly, setProcessingInstructions

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode
asXPathResult, createPattern, createXPath, createXPathFilter, createXPathResult, detach, getNodeTypeName, getPath, getUniquePath, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Branch
addElement, addElement, appendContent, content, elementByID, setProcessingInstructions

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Element
getTextTrim

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
asXPathResult, createXPath, detach, getNodeTypeName, getPath, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, valueOf

- Constructor Detail
  - IndexedElement
```
public IndexedElement(String name)
```
  - IndexedElement
```
public IndexedElement(QName qname)
```
  - IndexedElement
```
public IndexedElement(QName qname,
                      int attributeCount)
```
- Method Detail
  - attribute
```
public Attribute attribute(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the attribute with the given name
    
    Specified by:
    
    attribute in interface Element
    
    Overrides:
    
    attribute in class DefaultElement
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the attribute for the given local name in any namespace. If there are more than one attributes with the given local name in different namespaces then the first one is returned.
  - attribute
```
public Attribute attribute(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    attribute in interface Element
    
    Overrides:
    
    attribute in class DefaultElement
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name
    
    Returns:
    
    the attribute for the given fully qualified name or null if it could not be found.
  - element
```
public Element element(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the first element for the given local name and any namespace.
    
    Specified by:
    
    element in interface Element
    
    Overrides:
    
    element in class DefaultElement
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the first element with the given local name
  - element
```
public Element element(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the first element for the given fully qualified name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    element in interface Element
    
    Overrides:
    
    element in class DefaultElement
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name to search for
    
    Returns:
    
    the first element with the given fully qualified name
  - elements
```
public List<Element> elements(String name)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the elements contained in this element with the given local name and any namespace. If no elements are found then this method returns an empty list. The list is backed by the element such that changes to the list will be reflected in the element though the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    elements in interface Element
    
    Overrides:
    
    elements in class AbstractElement
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of all the elements in this element for the given local name
  - elements
```
public List<Element> elements(QName qName)
```
    Description copied from interface: Element
    
    Returns the elements contained in this element with the given fully qualified name. If no elements are found then this method returns an empty list. The list is backed by the element such that changes to the list will be reflected in the element though the reverse is not the case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    elements in interface Element
    
    Overrides:
    
    elements in class AbstractElement
    
    Parameters:
    
    qName - is the fully qualified name to search for
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of all the elements in this element for the given fully qualified name.
  - asElement
```
protected Element asElement(Object object)
```
  - asElementList
```
protected List<Element> asElementList(Object object)
```
  - asElementIterator
```
protected Iterator<Element> asElementIterator(Object object)
```
    Deprecated.
    WILL BE REMOVED IN dom4j-1.6 !!
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - addNode
```
protected void addNode(Node node)
```
    Overrides:
    
    addNode in class AbstractElement
  - removeNode
```
protected boolean removeNode(Node node)
```
    Overrides:
    
    removeNode in class DefaultElement
  - attributeIndex
```
protected Map<Object,Attribute> attributeIndex()
```
  - elementIndex
```
protected Map<Object,Object> elementIndex()
```
  - createAttributeIndex
```
protected Map<Object,Attribute> createAttributeIndex()
```
    A Factory Method to create the index for attributes
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - createElementIndex
```
protected Map<Object,Object> createElementIndex()
```
    A Factory Method to create the index for elements
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - addToElementIndex
```
protected void addToElementIndex(Element element)
```
  - addToElementIndex
```
protected void addToElementIndex(Object key,
                                 Element value)
```
  - removeFromElementIndex
```
protected void removeFromElementIndex(Element element)
```
  - removeFromElementIndex
```
protected void removeFromElementIndex(Object key,
                                      Element value)
```
  - addToAttributeIndex
```
protected void addToAttributeIndex(Attribute attribute)
```
  - addToAttributeIndex
```
protected void addToAttributeIndex(Object key,
                                   Attribute value)
```
  - removeFromAttributeIndex
```
protected void removeFromAttributeIndex(Attribute attribute)
```
  - removeFromAttributeIndex
```
protected void removeFromAttributeIndex(Object key,
                                        Attribute value)
```
  - createIndex
```
protected <T> Map<Object,T> createIndex()
```
    Factory method to return a new map implementation for indices
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
  - createList
```
protected <T extends Node> List<T> createList()
```
    Factory method to return a list implementation for indices
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!

Constructor	Description
`IndexedElement(String name)`
`IndexedElement(QName qname)`
`IndexedElement(QName qname, int attributeCount)`

Class IndexedElement

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch

Fields inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.DefaultElement

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractElement

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractBranch

Methods inherited from class org.dom4j.tree.AbstractNode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Branch

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Element

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Constructor Detail

IndexedElement

IndexedElement

IndexedElement

Method Detail

attribute

attribute

element

element

elements

elements

asElement

asElementList

asElementIterator

addNode

removeNode

attributeIndex

elementIndex

createAttributeIndex

createElementIndex

addToElementIndex

addToElementIndex

removeFromElementIndex

removeFromElementIndex

addToAttributeIndex

addToAttributeIndex

removeFromAttributeIndex

removeFromAttributeIndex

createIndex

createList