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    Class XNode

    Abstract base class for all XML nodes: elements, text, comments, CDATA sections, and processing instructions.

    XNode extends XObject with sibling navigation, ancestor queries, parent-relative insertion and removal, and deep equality comparison.

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    Constructors

    constructor

    Properties

    nodeType parent

    Accessors

    document nextNode previousNode

    Methods

    addAfterSelf addAnnotation addBeforeSelf ancestors annotation annotations deepEquals elementsAfterSelf elementsBeforeSelf nodesAfterSelf nodesBeforeSelf remove removeAnnotations replaceWith deepEquals

    Constructors

    Properties

    nodeType: XmlNodeType = null

    The kind of XML node this object represents.

    const el = new XElement('root');
    console.log(el.nodeType); // 'Element'
    parent: XObject | null = null

    The parent of this object in the XML tree, or null if it is a root.

    const child = new XElement('child');
    const parent = new XElement('parent', child);
    console.log(child.parent === parent); // true

    Accessors

    • get document(): XDocument | null

      Gets the XDocument that contains this object, or null if the object is not part of a document tree.

      Returns XDocument | null

      const doc = new XDocument(new XElement('root', new XElement('child')));
      const child = doc.root!.elements()[0];
      console.log(child.document === doc); // true
    • get nextNode(): XNode | null

      Gets the next sibling node, or null if this is the last node.

      Returns XNode | null

    • get previousNode(): XNode | null

      Gets the previous sibling node, or null if this is the first node.

      Returns XNode | null

    Methods

    • Inserts the specified content immediately after this node in its parent.

      Parameters

      • ...content: unknown[]

        One or more nodes or strings to insert.

      Returns void

      Error if this node has no parent.

      const parent = new XElement('p', new XElement('a'), new XElement('c'));
      const a = parent.elements()[0];
      a.addAfterSelf(new XElement('b'));
      // parent now contains <a/>, <b/>, <c/>

    • Attaches an arbitrary annotation object to this XML object.

      Parameters

      • obj: unknown

        The annotation object to attach.

      Returns void

      class MyMeta { constructor(public tag: string) {} }
      const el = new XElement('item');
      el.addAnnotation(new MyMeta('important'));

    • Inserts the specified content immediately before this node in its parent.

      Parameters

      • ...content: unknown[]

        One or more nodes or strings to insert.

      Returns void

      Error if this node has no parent.

    • Returns a collection of the ancestor elements of this node.

      Returns XElement[]

      An array of ancestor XElement instances.

      When called with no arguments, returns all ancestor elements from the immediate parent up to the root. When a name is supplied, only ancestors with that name are returned. The collection is ordered from nearest ancestor to farthest.

      const xml = XElement.parse('<root><a><b/></a></root>');
      const b = xml.descendants('b')[0];
      b.ancestors();        // [<a>, <root>]
      b.ancestors('root');  // [<root>]

    • Returns a collection of the ancestor elements of this node filtered by name.

      Parameters

      • name: string | XName

        Name to filter ancestors by.

      Returns XElement[]

    • Returns the first annotation of the specified type, or null if none exists.

      Type Parameters

      • T

        The annotation class to look up.

      Parameters

      • ctor: new (...args: any[]) => T

        Constructor of the annotation type to retrieve.

      Returns T | null

      The first matching annotation, or null.

      class MyMeta { constructor(public tag: string) {} }
      const el = new XElement('item');
      el.addAnnotation(new MyMeta('important'));
      const m = el.annotation(MyMeta);
      console.log(m?.tag); // 'important'

    • Returns all annotations of the specified type.

      Type Parameters

      • T

        The annotation class to look up.

      Parameters

      • ctor: new (...args: any[]) => T

        Constructor of the annotation type to retrieve.

      Returns T[]

      An array of matching annotations (may be empty).

    • Performs a deep structural comparison of this node with another.

      Parameters

      • other: XNode

        The node to compare against.

      Returns boolean

      true if the two nodes are structurally identical.

      Two nodes are deeply equal when they have the same node type and their content (including all descendants and attributes for elements) is equal.

      const e1 = XElement.parse('<a x="1"><b/></a>');
      const e2 = XElement.parse('<a x="1"><b/></a>');
      e1.deepEquals(e2); // true

    • Returns the sibling elements that follow this node.

      Returns XElement[]

      An array of sibling XElement instances after this node.

      const parent = new XElement('p', new XElement('a'), new XElement('b'), new XElement('c'));
      const a = parent.elements()[0];
      a.elementsAfterSelf(); // [<b>, <c>]

    • Returns the sibling elements that follow this node, filtered by name.

      Parameters

      • name: string | XName

        Name to filter by.

      Returns XElement[]

    • Returns all sibling nodes that follow this node.

      Returns XNode[]

      An array of XNode instances after this node.

    • Returns all sibling nodes that precede this node.

      Returns XNode[]

      An array of XNode instances before this node.

    • Removes this node from its parent.

      Returns void

      Error if this node has no parent.

    • Removes annotations from this object.

      Returns void

      When called with no arguments, all annotations are removed. When called with a constructor, only annotations of that type are removed.

      class MyMeta { constructor(public tag: string) {} }
      const el = new XElement('item');
      el.addAnnotation(new MyMeta('important'));
      el.removeAnnotations(MyMeta);  // removes only MyMeta annotations
      el.removeAnnotations();        // removes everything

    • Removes annotations from this object.

      Type Parameters

      • T

      Parameters

      • ctor: new (...args: any[]) => T

      Returns void

      When called with no arguments, all annotations are removed. When called with a constructor, only annotations of that type are removed.

      class MyMeta { constructor(public tag: string) {} }
      const el = new XElement('item');
      el.addAnnotation(new MyMeta('important'));
      el.removeAnnotations(MyMeta);  // removes only MyMeta annotations
      el.removeAnnotations();        // removes everything

    • Replaces this node with the specified content.

      Parameters

      • ...content: unknown[]

        One or more nodes or strings that replace this node.

      Returns void

      Error if this node has no parent.

    • Static convenience method for deep structural comparison of two nodes.

      Parameters

      Returns boolean

      true if the two nodes are structurally identical.

      const e1 = XElement.parse('<a x="1"><b/></a>');
      const e2 = XElement.parse('<a x="1"><b/></a>');
      XNode.deepEquals(e1, e2); // true

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