IElementTraversal Interface

IElementTraversal interface

The ElementTraversal interface is a set of read-only attributes which allow an author to easily navigate between elements in a document. In conforming implementations of Element Traversal, all objects that implement Element must also implement the ElementTraversal interface.

public interface IElementTraversal

Properties

NameDescription
getChildElementCount Returns the current number of element nodes that are children of this element. 0 if this element has no child nodes that are of nodeType 1.
getFirstElementChild Returns the first child element node of this element. null if this element has no child elements.
getLastElementChild Returns the last child element node of this element. null if this element has no child elements.
getNextElementSibling Returns the next sibling element node of this element. null if this element has no element sibling nodes that come after this one in the document tree.
getPreviousElementSibling Returns the previous sibling element node of this element. null if this element has no element sibling nodes that come before this one in the document tree.

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