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org.w3c.dom.html

## Interface HTMLElement

- All Superinterfaces:
    Element, Node
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    HTMLAnchorElement, HTMLAppletElement, HTMLAreaElement, HTMLBaseElement, HTMLBaseFontElement, HTMLBodyElement, HTMLBRElement, HTMLButtonElement, HTMLDirectoryElement, HTMLDivElement, HTMLDListElement, HTMLFieldSetElement, HTMLFontElement, HTMLFormElement, HTMLFrameElement, HTMLFrameSetElement, HTMLHeadElement, HTMLHeadingElement, HTMLHRElement, HTMLHtmlElement, HTMLIFrameElement, HTMLImageElement, HTMLInputElement, HTMLIsIndexElement, HTMLLabelElement, HTMLLegendElement, HTMLLIElement, HTMLLinkElement, HTMLMapElement, HTMLMenuElement, HTMLMetaElement, HTMLModElement, HTMLObjectElement, HTMLOListElement, HTMLOptGroupElement, HTMLOptionElement, HTMLParagraphElement, HTMLParamElement, HTMLPreElement, HTMLQuoteElement, HTMLScriptElement, HTMLSelectElement, HTMLStyleElement, HTMLTableCaptionElement, HTMLTableCellElement, HTMLTableColElement, HTMLTableElement, HTMLTableRowElement, HTMLTableSectionElement, HTMLTextAreaElement, HTMLTitleElement, HTMLUListElement

      public interface HTMLElement
      extends Element

  All HTML element interfaces derive from this class. Elements that only expose the HTML core attributes are represented by the base `HTMLElement` interface. These elements are as follows: HEAD special: SUB, SUP, SPAN, BDO font: TT, I, B, U, S, STRIKE, BIG, SMALL phrase: EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, ACRONYM, ABBR list: DD, DT NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT ADDRESS, CENTER The `style` attribute of an HTML element is accessible through the `ElementCSSInlineStyle` interface which is defined in the .

  See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification.

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

      `ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `String` | `getClassName()` | The class attribute of the element.
    `String` | `getDir()` | Specifies the base direction of directionally neutral text and the directionality of tables.
    `String` | `getId()` | The element's identifier.
    `String` | `getLang()` | Language code defined in RFC 1766.
    `String` | `getTitle()` | The element's advisory title.
    `void` | `setClassName(String className)` |
    `void` | `setDir(String dir)` |
    `void` | `setId(String id)` |
    `void` | `setLang(String lang)` |
    `void` | `setTitle(String title)` |

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element

      `getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

      `appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getId

          String getId()

      The element's identifier. See the id attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

    - #### setId

          void setId(String id)

    - #### getTitle

          String getTitle()

      The element's advisory title. See the title attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

    - #### setTitle

          void setTitle(String title)

    - #### getLang

          String getLang()

      Language code defined in RFC 1766. See the lang attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

    - #### setLang

          void setLang(String lang)

    - #### getDir

          String getDir()

      Specifies the base direction of directionally neutral text and the directionality of tables. See the dir attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

    - #### setDir

          void setDir(String dir)

    - #### getClassName

          String getClassName()

      The class attribute of the element. This attribute has been renamed due to conflicts with the "class" keyword exposed by many languages. See the class attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

    - #### setClassName

          void setClassName(String className)

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