Element class

The Element interface represents an element in an inline xbrl document.

Inheritance: Element → Node

The Element type exposes the following members:

Property	Description
node_type	Gets the node type.
parent_node	Gets the parent node.
base_uri	Gets the absolute base URI of this node or null if the implementation wasn’t able to obtain an absolute URI.
owner_document	Gets the document object associated with this node.
child_nodes	Gets the child nodes.
node_name	Gets the node name of the element.
node_value	Gets or sets the value of this node, depending on its type.
text_content	Gets the text content of the element.
local_name	Gets the local name of the element.
prefix	Gets the prefix of the element.
namespace_uri	Gets the namespace URI of the element.
has_child_nodes	Gets whether this node has any children.
previous_sibling	Gets the node immediately preceding this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
next_sibling	Gets the node immediately following this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
first_child	Gets the first child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
last_child	Gets the last child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns null.
COMMENT_NODE
DOCUMENT_NODE
DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
ELEMENT_NODE
PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE
TEXT_NODE
attributes	Gets the attributes of the element.
parent_element	Gets the parent element of the element.
child_elements	Gets the child elements of the element.

Method	Description
append_child(node)	Adds the node newChild to the end of the list of children of this node.
remove_child(node)	Removes the child node indicated by old child from the list of children.
replace_child(node, child)	Replaces the child node old child with new child in the list of children, and returns the old child node.
get_attribute(name)	Gets an attribute value by name.
get_attribute_ns(namespace_uri, local_name)	Gets an attribute value by local name and namespace URI.
has_attribute(name)	Returns true when an attribute with a given name is specified on this element or has a default value, false otherwise.
has_attribute_ns(namespace_uri, local_name)	Returns true when an attribute with a given local name and namespace URI is specified on this element or has a default value, false otherwise.
set_attribute(name, value)	Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with that name is already present in the element, its value is changed to be that of the value parameter.
set_attribute_ns(namespace_uri, qualified_name, value)	Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with the same local name and namespace URI is already present on the element, its prefix is changed to be the prefix part of the qualifiedName, and its value is changed to be the value parameter.
remove_attribute(name)	Removes an attribute by name.
remove_attribute_ns(namespace_uri, local_name)	Removes an attribute by local name and namespace URI.