The Element Class

• Largest class in XOM

• Subclass of ParentNode

• Every Element has:

  • Local name
  • Namespace prefix (which can be the empty string)
  • Namespace URI (which can be the empty string)
  • A collection of Attributes
  • A collection of additional namespaces
  • A list of children
  • A ParentNode (which may be null)
  • An owner Document (which may be null)