CharacterData (xmlbeans API)

org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream

## Interface CharacterData

- All Superinterfaces:
    XMLEvent
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    Comment, Space

      public interface CharacterData
      extends XMLEvent

  A marker interface for character data
  Since:
    Weblogic XML Input Stream 1.0
  See Also:
    `XMLEvent`

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from interface org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream.XMLEvent

      `CHANGE_PREFIX_MAPPING, CHARACTER_DATA, COMMENT, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, END_PREFIX_MAPPING, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NULL_ELEMENT, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT, START_PREFIX_MAPPING, XML_EVENT`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `String` | `getContent()` Get the content of this element, returns null if the element has no content
    `boolean` | `hasContent()` Returns true if this element has content and false otherwise

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream.XMLEvent

      `getLocation, getName, getSchemaType, getType, getTypeAsString, hasName, isChangePrefixMapping, isCharacterData, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEndPrefixMapping, isEntityReference, isNull, isProcessingInstruction, isSpace, isStartDocument, isStartElement, isStartPrefixMapping`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getContent

          String getContent()

      Get the content of this element, returns null if the element has no content

    - #### hasContent

          boolean hasContent()

      Returns true if this element has content and false otherwise