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CharacterDataRef Interface

Table 15-4 summarizes the methods of available through CharacterDataRef interface.

Table 15-4 Summary of CharacterDataRef Methods; Dom Package

Function	Summary
appendData	Append data to end of node's current data.
deleteData	Remove part of node's data.
freeString	Deallocate the string allocated by substringData.
getData	Return node's data.
getLength	Return length of node's data.
insertData	Insert string into node's current data.
replaceData	Replace part of node's data.
setData	Set node's data.
substringData	Get substring of node's data.

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appendData

Append a string to the end of a CharacterData node's data. The appended data should be in the data encoding. It will not be verified, converted, or checked.

Syntax

void appendData( 
   oratext* data) 
throw (DOMException);

Parameter	Description
data	data to append

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deleteData

Remove a range of characters from a CharacterData node's data. The offset is zero-based, so offset zero refers to the start of the data. Both offset and count are in characters, not bytes. If the sum of offset and count exceeds the data length then all characters from offset to the end of the data are deleted.

Syntax

void deleteData( 
   ub4 offset, 
   ub4 count) 
throw (DOMException);

Parameter	Description
offset	character offset where deletion starts
count	number of characters to delete

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freeString

Deallocates the string allocated by substringData(). It is Oracle's extension.

Syntax

void freeString( 
   oratext* str);

Parameter	Description
str	string

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getData

Returns the data for a CharacterData node (type text, comment or CDATA) in the data encoding.

Syntax

oratext* getData() const;

Returns

(oratext*) node's data

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getLength

Returns the length of the data for a CharacterData node (type Text, Comment or CDATA) in characters (not bytes).

Syntax

ub4 getLength() const;

Returns

(ub4) length in characters (not bytes!) of node's data

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insertData

Insert a string into a CharacterData node's data at the specified position. The inserted data must be in the data encoding. It will not be verified, converted, or checked. The offset is specified as characters, not bytes. The offset is zero-based, so inserting at offset zero prepends the data.

Syntax

void insertData( 
   ub4 offset,
   oratext* data) 
throw (DOMException);

Parameter	Description
offset	character offset where insertion starts
data	data to insert

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replaceData

Replaces a range of characters in a CharacterData node's data with a new string. The offset is zero-based, so offset zero refers to the start of the data. The replacement data must be in the data encoding. It will not be verified, converted, or checked. The offset and count are both in characters, not bytes. If the sum of offset and count exceeds length, then all characters to the end of the data are replaced.

Syntax

void replaceData( 
   ub4 offset, 
   ub4 count, 
   oratext* data)
throw (DOMException);

Parameter	Description
offset	offset
count	number of characters to replace
data	data

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setData

Sets data for a CharacterData node (type text, comment or CDATA), replacing the old data. The new data is not verified, converted, or checked -- it should be in the data encoding.

Syntax

void setData( 
   oratext* data) 
throw (DOMException);

Parameter	Description
data	data

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substringData

Returns a range of character data from a CharacterData node (type Text, Comment or CDATA). Since the data is in the data encoding, offset and count are in characters, not bytes. The beginning of the string is offset 0. If the sum of offset and count exceeds the length, then all characters to the end of the data are returned. The substring is permanently allocated in the context managed memory and should be explicitly deallocated by freeString

Syntax

oratext* substringData( 
   ub4 offset, 
   ub4 count) 
throw (DOMException);

Parameter	Description
offset	offset
count	number of characters to extract

Returns

(oratext *) specified substring