ElementInstance (Geotools modules 31-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

InstanceComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementImpl
```
public interface ElementInstance
extends InstanceComponent
```
Represents an element in an instance document.

Author:

Justin Deoliveira,Refractions Research Inc.,jdeolive@refractions.net

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AttributeInstance[]`	`getAttributes()`
`XSDElementDeclaration`	`getElementDeclaration()`
`void`	`setAttributes(AttributeInstance[] atts)`	Sets the attributes of the element.

Methods inherited from interface InstanceComponent
getDeclaration, getName, getNamespace, getText, getTypeDefinition, setName, setNamespace, setText

- Method Detail
  - getElementDeclaration
```
XSDElementDeclaration getElementDeclaration()
```
    Returns:
    
    The declaration of the element in the schema.
  - getAttributes
```
AttributeInstance[] getAttributes()
```
    Returns:
    
    The attributes of the element.
  - setAttributes
```
void setAttributes(AttributeInstance[] atts)
```
    Sets the attributes of the element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    atts - The new attributes.