Interface HTMLTableElement

All Superinterfaces:

Element, HTMLElement, Node

public interface HTMLTableElement
extends HTMLElement

The create* and delete* methods on the table allow authors to construct and modify tables. HTML 4.0 specifies that only one of each of the CAPTION , THEAD , and TFOOT elements may exist in a table. Therefore, if one exists, and the createTHead() or createTFoot() method is called, the method returns the existing THead or TFoot element. See the TABLE element definition in HTML 4.0.

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

Since:

1.4, DOM Level 2

Field Summary

Fields declared in 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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
HTMLElement	createCaption()	Create a new table caption object or return an existing one.
HTMLElement	createTFoot()	Create a table footer row or return an existing one.
HTMLElement	createTHead()	Create a table header row or return an existing one.
void	deleteCaption()	Delete the table caption, if one exists.
void	deleteRow(int index)	Delete a table row.
void	deleteTFoot()	Delete the footer from the table, if one exists.
void	deleteTHead()	Delete the header from the table, if one exists.
String	getAlign()	Specifies the table's position with respect to the rest of the document.
String	getBgColor()	Cell background color.
String	getBorder()	The width of the border around the table.
HTMLTableCaptionElement	getCaption()	Returns the table's CAPTION , or void if none exists.
String	getCellPadding()	Specifies the horizontal and vertical space between cell content and cell borders.
String	getCellSpacing()	Specifies the horizontal and vertical separation between cells.
String	getFrame()	Specifies which external table borders to render.
HTMLCollection	getRows()	Returns a collection of all the rows in the table, including all in THEAD , TFOOT , all TBODY elements.
String	getRules()	Specifies which internal table borders to render.
String	getSummary()	Description about the purpose or structure of a table.
HTMLCollection	getTBodies()	Returns a collection of the defined table bodies.
HTMLTableSectionElement	getTFoot()	Returns the table's TFOOT , or null if none exists.
HTMLTableSectionElement	getTHead()	Returns the table's THEAD , or null if none exists.
String	getWidth()	Specifies the desired table width.
HTMLElement	insertRow(int index)	Insert a new empty row in the table.
void	setAlign(String align)
void	setBgColor(String bgColor)
void	setBorder(String border)
void	setCaption(HTMLTableCaptionElement caption)
void	setCellPadding(String cellPadding)
void	setCellSpacing(String cellSpacing)
void	setFrame(String frame)
void	setRules(String rules)
void	setSummary(String summary)
void	setTFoot(HTMLTableSectionElement tFoot)
void	setTHead(HTMLTableSectionElement tHead)
void	setWidth(String width)

Methods declared in 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 declared in interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLElement

getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle

Methods declared in 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 Details

getCaption

HTMLTableCaptionElement getCaption()

Returns the table's CAPTION , or void if none exists.

setCaption

void setCaption(HTMLTableCaptionElement caption)

getTHead

HTMLTableSectionElement getTHead()

Returns the table's THEAD , or null if none exists.

setTHead

void setTHead(HTMLTableSectionElement tHead)

getTFoot

HTMLTableSectionElement getTFoot()

Returns the table's TFOOT , or null if none exists.

setTFoot

void setTFoot(HTMLTableSectionElement tFoot)

getRows

HTMLCollection getRows()

Returns a collection of all the rows in the table, including all in THEAD , TFOOT , all TBODY elements.

getTBodies

HTMLCollection getTBodies()

Returns a collection of the defined table bodies.

getAlign

String getAlign()

Specifies the table's position with respect to the rest of the document. See the align attribute definition in HTML 4.0. This attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0.

setAlign

void setAlign(String align)

getBgColor

String getBgColor()

Cell background color. See the bgcolor attribute definition in HTML 4.0. This attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0.

setBgColor

void setBgColor(String bgColor)

getBorder

String getBorder()

The width of the border around the table. See the border attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setBorder

void setBorder(String border)

getCellPadding

String getCellPadding()

Specifies the horizontal and vertical space between cell content and cell borders. See the cellpadding attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setCellPadding

void setCellPadding(String cellPadding)

getCellSpacing

String getCellSpacing()

Specifies the horizontal and vertical separation between cells. See the cellspacing attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setCellSpacing

void setCellSpacing(String cellSpacing)

getFrame

String getFrame()

Specifies which external table borders to render. See the frame attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setFrame

void setFrame(String frame)

getRules

String getRules()

Specifies which internal table borders to render. See the rules attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setRules

void setRules(String rules)

getSummary

String getSummary()

Description about the purpose or structure of a table. See the summary attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setSummary

void setSummary(String summary)

getWidth

String getWidth()

Specifies the desired table width. See the width attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setWidth

void setWidth(String width)

createTHead

HTMLElement createTHead()

Create a table header row or return an existing one.

Returns:

A new table header element (THEAD ).

deleteTHead

void deleteTHead()

Delete the header from the table, if one exists.

createTFoot

HTMLElement createTFoot()

Create a table footer row or return an existing one.

Returns:

A footer element (TFOOT ).

deleteTFoot

void deleteTFoot()

Delete the footer from the table, if one exists.

createCaption

HTMLElement createCaption()

Create a new table caption object or return an existing one.

Returns:

A CAPTION element.

deleteCaption

void deleteCaption()

Delete the table caption, if one exists.

insertRow

HTMLElement insertRow(int index)
               throws DOMException

Insert a new empty row in the table. The new row is inserted immediately before and in the same section as the current index th row in the table. If index is equal to the number of rows, the new row is appended. In addition, when the table is empty the row is inserted into a TBODY which is created and inserted into the table. Note. A table row cannot be empty according to HTML 4.0 Recommendation.

Parameters:

index - The row number where to insert a new row. This index starts from 0 and is relative to all the rows contained inside the table, regardless of section parentage.

Returns:

The newly created row.

Throws:

DOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified index is greater than the number of rows or if the index is negative.

deleteRow

void deleteRow(int index)
        throws DOMException

Delete a table row.

Parameters:

index - The index of the row to be deleted. This index starts from 0 and is relative to all the rows contained inside the table, regardless of section parentage.

Throws:

DOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified index is greater than or equal to the number of rows or if the index is negative.