// File:      LDOM_Element.hxx
// Created:   26.06.01 12:39:31
// Author:    Alexander GRIGORIEV
// Copyright: OpenCascade 2001


#ifndef LDOM_Element_HeaderFile
#define LDOM_Element_HeaderFile

#include <LDOM_Attr.hxx>
#include <LDOM_NodeList.hxx>

class LDOMParser;
class LDOM_BasicElement;

//  Class LDOM_Element
//

class LDOM_Element : public LDOM_Node
{
 public:
  // ---------- PUBLIC METHODS ----------

  LDOM_Element () {}
  //    Empty constructor

  LDOM_Element (const LDOM_Element& anOther) : LDOM_Node (anOther) {}
  //    Copy constructor

  LDOM_Element& operator =              (const LDOM_Element& anOther)
                    { return (LDOM_Element&) LDOM_Node::operator = (anOther); }
  //    Assignment

  Standard_EXPORT LDOM_Element&
                operator =              (const LDOM_NullPtr * aNull)
                    { return (LDOM_Element&) LDOM_Node::operator = (aNull); }
  //    Nullify

  LDOMString    getTagName              () const { return getNodeName(); }

  Standard_EXPORT LDOMString
                getAttribute            (const LDOMString& aName) const; 

  Standard_EXPORT LDOM_Attr
                getAttributeNode        (const LDOMString& aName) const;

  Standard_EXPORT LDOM_NodeList
                getElementsByTagName    (const LDOMString& aName) const;

  Standard_EXPORT void  setAttribute    (const LDOMString& aName,
                                         const LDOMString& aValue);

  Standard_EXPORT void  setAttributeNode(const LDOM_Attr& aNewAttr);

  Standard_EXPORT void  removeAttribute (const LDOMString& aName);

//      AGV auxiliary API
  Standard_EXPORT LDOM_Element
                GetChildByTagName       (const LDOMString& aTagName) const;

  Standard_EXPORT LDOM_Element
                GetSiblingByTagName     () const;

  Standard_EXPORT void
                ReplaceElement          (const LDOM_Element& anOther);
  //    The old element is destroyed by the new one

  Standard_EXPORT LDOM_NodeList
                GetAttributesList       () const;

 protected:
  friend class LDOM_Document;
  friend class LDOMParser;
  // ---------- PROTECTED METHODS ----------

  LDOM_Element                          (const LDOM_BasicElement&       anElem,
                                         const Handle(LDOM_MemManager)& aDoc);

 private:
  // ---------- PRIVATE FIELDS ----------

};


#endif