com.aspose.words

Property Getters/Setters Detail

• getDocument

  public DocumentBase getDocument()
  

  Gets the document to which this node belongs.

  The node always belongs to a document even if it has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree.

  Example:

  Shows how to create a node and set its owning document.

  // Open a file from disk
  Document doc = new Document();
  
  // Creating a new node of any type requires a document passed into the constructor
  Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);
  
  // The new paragraph node does not yet have a parent
  System.out.println("Paragraph has no parent node: " + (para.getParentNode() == null));
  
  // But the paragraph node knows its document
  System.out.println("Both nodes' documents are the same: " + (para.getDocument() == doc));
  
  // The fact that a node always belongs to a document allows us to access and modify 
  // properties that reference the document-wide data such as styles or lists
  para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");
  
  // Now add the paragraph to the main text of the first section
  doc.getFirstSection().getBody().appendChild(para);
  
  // The paragraph node is now a child of the Body node
  System.out.println("Paragraph has a parent node: " + (para.getParentNode() != null));

• getEditableRangeStart

  public EditableRangeStart getEditableRangeStart()
  

  Corresponding EditableRangeStart, received by ID.

  Example:

  Shows how to work with an editable range.

  Document doc = new Document();
  doc.protect(ProtectionType.READ_ONLY, "MyPassword");
  
  DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
  builder.writeln("Hello world! Since we have set the document's protection level to read-only," +
          " we cannot edit this paragraph without the password.");
  
  // Editable ranges allow us to leave parts of protected documents open for editing.
  EditableRangeStart editableRangeStart = builder.startEditableRange();
  builder.writeln("This paragraph is inside an editable range, and can be edited.");
  EditableRangeEnd editableRangeEnd = builder.endEditableRange();
  
  // A well-formed editable range has a start node, and end node.
  // These nodes have matching IDs and encompass editable nodes.
  EditableRange editableRange = editableRangeStart.getEditableRange();
  
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRange.getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeEnd.getId(), editableRange.getId());
  
  // Different parts of the editable range link to each other.
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRange.getEditableRangeStart().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRangeEnd.getEditableRangeStart().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRange.getId(), editableRangeStart.getEditableRange().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeEnd.getId(), editableRange.getEditableRangeEnd().getId());
  
  // We can access the node types of each part like this. The editable range itself is not a node,
  // but an entity which consists of a start, an end, and their enclosed contents.
  Assert.assertEquals(NodeType.EDITABLE_RANGE_START, editableRangeStart.getNodeType());
  Assert.assertEquals(NodeType.EDITABLE_RANGE_END, editableRangeEnd.getNodeType());
  
  builder.writeln("This paragraph is outside the editable range, and cannot be edited.");
  
  doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "EditableRange.CreateAndRemove.docx");
  
  // Remove an editable range. All the nodes that were inside the range will remain intact.
  editableRange.remove();

• getId/setId

  public int getId() / public void setId(int value)
  

  Specifies the identifier of the editable range.

  Example:

  Shows how to work with an editable range.

  Document doc = new Document();
  doc.protect(ProtectionType.READ_ONLY, "MyPassword");
  
  DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
  builder.writeln("Hello world! Since we have set the document's protection level to read-only," +
          " we cannot edit this paragraph without the password.");
  
  // Editable ranges allow us to leave parts of protected documents open for editing.
  EditableRangeStart editableRangeStart = builder.startEditableRange();
  builder.writeln("This paragraph is inside an editable range, and can be edited.");
  EditableRangeEnd editableRangeEnd = builder.endEditableRange();
  
  // A well-formed editable range has a start node, and end node.
  // These nodes have matching IDs and encompass editable nodes.
  EditableRange editableRange = editableRangeStart.getEditableRange();
  
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRange.getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeEnd.getId(), editableRange.getId());
  
  // Different parts of the editable range link to each other.
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRange.getEditableRangeStart().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRangeEnd.getEditableRangeStart().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRange.getId(), editableRangeStart.getEditableRange().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeEnd.getId(), editableRange.getEditableRangeEnd().getId());
  
  // We can access the node types of each part like this. The editable range itself is not a node,
  // but an entity which consists of a start, an end, and their enclosed contents.
  Assert.assertEquals(NodeType.EDITABLE_RANGE_START, editableRangeStart.getNodeType());
  Assert.assertEquals(NodeType.EDITABLE_RANGE_END, editableRangeEnd.getNodeType());
  
  builder.writeln("This paragraph is outside the editable range, and cannot be edited.");
  
  doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "EditableRange.CreateAndRemove.docx");
  
  // Remove an editable range. All the nodes that were inside the range will remain intact.
  editableRange.remove();

• isComposite

  public boolean isComposite()
  

  Returns true if this node can contain other nodes.

  This method returns false as Node cannot have child nodes.

  Example:

  Shows how to efficiently visit all direct and indirect children of a composite node.

  public void recurseAllNodes() throws Exception {
      Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");
  
      // Any node that can contain child nodes, such as the document itself, is composite
      Assert.assertTrue(doc.isComposite());
  
      // Invoke the recursive function that will go through and print all the child nodes of a composite node
      traverseAllNodes(doc, 0);
  }
  
  /// <summary>
  /// Recursively traverses a node tree while printing the type of each node with an indent depending on depth as well as the contents of all inline nodes.
  /// </summary>
  @Test(enabled = false)
  public void traverseAllNodes(CompositeNode parentNode, int depth) {
      // Loop through immediate children of a node
      for (Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
          System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("{0}{1}", String.format("    ", depth), Node.nodeTypeToString(childNode.getNodeType())));
  
          // Recurse into the node if it is a composite node
          if (childNode.isComposite()) {
              System.out.println();
              traverseAllNodes((CompositeNode) childNode, depth + 1);
          } else if (childNode instanceof Inline) {
              System.out.println(" - \"{childNode.GetText().Trim()}\"");
          } else {
              System.out.println();
          }
      }
  }

• getNextSibling

  public Node getNextSibling()
  

  Gets the node immediately following this node.

  If there is no next node, a null is returned.

  Example:

  Shows how to enumerate immediate child nodes of a composite node using NextSibling.

  Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");
  
  // Loop starting from the first child until we reach null
  for (Node node = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
      // Output the types of the nodes that we come across
      System.out.println(Node.nodeTypeToString(node.getNodeType()));
  }

  Example:

  Shows how to efficiently visit all direct and indirect children of a composite node.

  public void recurseAllNodes() throws Exception {
      Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");
  
      // Any node that can contain child nodes, such as the document itself, is composite
      Assert.assertTrue(doc.isComposite());
  
      // Invoke the recursive function that will go through and print all the child nodes of a composite node
      traverseAllNodes(doc, 0);
  }
  
  /// <summary>
  /// Recursively traverses a node tree while printing the type of each node with an indent depending on depth as well as the contents of all inline nodes.
  /// </summary>
  @Test(enabled = false)
  public void traverseAllNodes(CompositeNode parentNode, int depth) {
      // Loop through immediate children of a node
      for (Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
          System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("{0}{1}", String.format("    ", depth), Node.nodeTypeToString(childNode.getNodeType())));
  
          // Recurse into the node if it is a composite node
          if (childNode.isComposite()) {
              System.out.println();
              traverseAllNodes((CompositeNode) childNode, depth + 1);
          } else if (childNode instanceof Inline) {
              System.out.println(" - \"{childNode.GetText().Trim()}\"");
          } else {
              System.out.println();
          }
      }
  }

• getNodeType

  public int getNodeType()
  

  Returns NodeType.EDITABLE_RANGE_END. The value of the property is NodeType integer constant.

  Example:

  Shows how to work with an editable range.

  Document doc = new Document();
  doc.protect(ProtectionType.READ_ONLY, "MyPassword");
  
  DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
  builder.writeln("Hello world! Since we have set the document's protection level to read-only," +
          " we cannot edit this paragraph without the password.");
  
  // Editable ranges allow us to leave parts of protected documents open for editing.
  EditableRangeStart editableRangeStart = builder.startEditableRange();
  builder.writeln("This paragraph is inside an editable range, and can be edited.");
  EditableRangeEnd editableRangeEnd = builder.endEditableRange();
  
  // A well-formed editable range has a start node, and end node.
  // These nodes have matching IDs and encompass editable nodes.
  EditableRange editableRange = editableRangeStart.getEditableRange();
  
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRange.getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeEnd.getId(), editableRange.getId());
  
  // Different parts of the editable range link to each other.
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRange.getEditableRangeStart().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeStart.getId(), editableRangeEnd.getEditableRangeStart().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRange.getId(), editableRangeStart.getEditableRange().getId());
  Assert.assertEquals(editableRangeEnd.getId(), editableRange.getEditableRangeEnd().getId());
  
  // We can access the node types of each part like this. The editable range itself is not a node,
  // but an entity which consists of a start, an end, and their enclosed contents.
  Assert.assertEquals(NodeType.EDITABLE_RANGE_START, editableRangeStart.getNodeType());
  Assert.assertEquals(NodeType.EDITABLE_RANGE_END, editableRangeEnd.getNodeType());
  
  builder.writeln("This paragraph is outside the editable range, and cannot be edited.");
  
  doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "EditableRange.CreateAndRemove.docx");
  
  // Remove an editable range. All the nodes that were inside the range will remain intact.
  editableRange.remove();

• getParentNode

  public CompositeNode getParentNode()
  

  Gets the immediate parent of this node.

  If a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, the parent is null.

  Example:

  Shows how to access the parent node.

  Document doc = new Document();
  
  // Get the document's first paragraph and append a child node to it in the form of a run with text
  Paragraph para = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
  
  // When inserting a new node, the document that the node will belong to must be provided as an argument
  Run run = new Run(doc, "Hello world!");
  para.appendChild(run);
  
  // The node lineage can be traced back to the document itself
  Assert.assertEquals(para, run.getParentNode());
  Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection().getBody(), para.getParentNode());
  Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection(), doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getParentNode());
  Assert.assertEquals(doc, doc.getFirstSection().getParentNode());

  Example:

  Shows how to create a node and set its owning document.

  // Open a file from disk
  Document doc = new Document();
  
  // Creating a new node of any type requires a document passed into the constructor
  Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);
  
  // The new paragraph node does not yet have a parent
  System.out.println("Paragraph has no parent node: " + (para.getParentNode() == null));
  
  // But the paragraph node knows its document
  System.out.println("Both nodes' documents are the same: " + (para.getDocument() == doc));
  
  // The fact that a node always belongs to a document allows us to access and modify 
  // properties that reference the document-wide data such as styles or lists
  para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");
  
  // Now add the paragraph to the main text of the first section
  doc.getFirstSection().getBody().appendChild(para);
  
  // The paragraph node is now a child of the Body node
  System.out.println("Paragraph has a parent node: " + (para.getParentNode() != null));

• getPreviousSibling

  public Node getPreviousSibling()
  

  Gets the node immediately preceding this node.

  If there is no preceding node, a null is returned.

  Example:

  Shows how to use of methods of Node and CompositeNode to remove a section before the last section in the document.

  Document doc = new Document();
  DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
  
  // Create a second section by inserting a section break and add text to both sections
  builder.writeln("Section 1 text.");
  builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
  builder.writeln("Section 2 text.");
  
  // Both sections are siblings of each other
  Section lastSection = (Section) doc.getLastChild();
  Section firstSection = (Section) lastSection.getPreviousSibling();
  
  // Remove a section based on its sibling relationship with another section
  if (lastSection.getPreviousSibling() != null)
      doc.removeChild(firstSection);
  
  // The section we removed was the first one, leaving the document with only the second
  Assert.assertEquals("Section 2 text.", doc.getText().trim());

• getRange

  public Range getRange()
  

  Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node.

  Example:

  Shows how to delete all characters of a range.

  // Insert two sections into a blank document
  Document doc = new Document();
  DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
  
  builder.write("Section 1. ");
  builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
  builder.write("Section 2.");
  
  // Verify the whole text of the document
  Assert.assertEquals("Section 1. \fSection 2.", doc.getText().trim());
  
  // Delete the first section from the document
  doc.getSections().get(0).getRange().delete();
  
  // Check the first section was deleted by looking at the text of the whole document again
  Assert.assertEquals("Section 2.", doc.getText().trim());

Method Detail

• accept

  public boolean accept(DocumentVisitor visitor)
                throws java.lang.Exception

  Accepts a visitor.

  Calls DocumentVisitor.visitEditableRangeEnd(com.aspose.words.EditableRangeEnd).

  For more info see the Visitor design pattern.

  Parameters:

  visitor - The visitor that will visit the node.

  Returns:

  False if the visitor requested the enumeration to stop.

  Example:

  Shows how to limit the editing rights of editable ranges to a specific group/user.

  public void visitor() throws Exception
  {
      Document doc = new Document();
      doc.protect(ProtectionType.READ_ONLY, "MyPassword");
  
      DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
      builder.writeln("Hello world! Since we have set the document's protection level to read-only," +
                      " we cannot edit this paragraph without the password.");
  
      // When we write-protect documents, editable ranges allow us to pick specific areas that users are allowed to edit.
      // There are two mutually exclusive ways to narrow down the list of allowed editors.
      // 1 -  Specify a user:
      EditableRange editableRange = builder.startEditableRange().getEditableRange();
      editableRange.setSingleUser("john.doe@myoffice.com");
      builder.writeln(MessageFormat.format("This paragraph is inside the first editable range, can only be edited by {0}.", editableRange.getSingleUser()));
      builder.endEditableRange();
  
      Assert.assertEquals(EditorType.UNSPECIFIED, editableRange.getEditorGroup());
  
      // 2 -  Specify a group that allowed users are associated with:
      editableRange = builder.startEditableRange().getEditableRange();
      editableRange.setEditorGroup(EditorType.ADMINISTRATORS);
      builder.writeln(MessageFormat.format("This paragraph is inside the first editable range, can only be edited by {0}.", editableRange.getEditorGroup()));
      builder.endEditableRange();
  
      Assert.assertEquals("", editableRange.getSingleUser());
  
      builder.writeln("This paragraph is outside the editable range, and cannot be edited by anybody.");
  
      // Print details and contents of every editable range in the document.
      EditableRangePrinter editableRangePrinter = new EditableRangePrinter();
  
      doc.accept(editableRangePrinter);
  
      System.out.println(editableRangePrinter.toText());
  }
  
  /// <summary>
  /// Collects attributes and contents of visited editable ranges in a string.
  /// </summary>
  public static class EditableRangePrinter extends DocumentVisitor {
      public EditableRangePrinter() {
          mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
      }
  
      public String toText() {
          return mBuilder.toString();
      }
  
      public void reset()
      {
          mBuilder.setLength(0);
          mInsideEditableRange = false;
      }
  
      /// <summary>
      /// Called when an EditableRangeStart node is encountered in the document.
      /// </summary>
      public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitEditableRangeStart(EditableRangeStart editableRangeStart)
      {
          mBuilder.append(" -- Editable range found! -- ");
          mBuilder.append("\tID:\t\t" + editableRangeStart.getId());
          if (editableRangeStart.getEditableRange().getSingleUser().equals(""))
              mBuilder.append("\tGroup:\t" + editableRangeStart.getEditableRange().getEditorGroup());
          else
              mBuilder.append("\tUser:\t" + editableRangeStart.getEditableRange().getSingleUser());
          mBuilder.append("\tContents:");
  
          mInsideEditableRange = true;
  
          return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
      }
  
      /// <summary>
      /// Called when an EditableRangeEnd node is encountered in the document.
      /// </summary>
      public int visitEditableRangeEnd(final EditableRangeEnd editableRangeEnd) {
          mBuilder.append(" -- End of editable range -- " + "\r\n");
  
          mInsideEditableRange = false;
  
          return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
      }
  
      /// <summary>
      /// Called when a Run node is encountered in the document. This visitor only records runs that are inside editable ranges.
      /// </summary>
      public int visitRun(final Run run) {
          if (mInsideEditableRange) {
              mBuilder.append("\t\"" + run.getText() + "\"" + "\r\n");
          }
  
          return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
      }
  
      private boolean mInsideEditableRange;
      private StringBuilder mBuilder;
  }

• deepClone

  public Node deepClone(boolean isCloneChildren)

  Creates a duplicate of the node.

  This method serves as a copy constructor for nodes. The cloned node has no parent, but belongs to the same document as the original node.

  This method always performs a deep copy of the node. The isCloneChildren parameter specifies whether to perform copy all child nodes as well.

  Parameters:

  isCloneChildren - True to recursively clone the subtree under the specified node; false to clone only the node itself.

  Returns:

  The cloned node.

  Example:

  Shows how to clone composite nodes with and without their child nodes.

  Document doc = new Document();
  Paragraph para = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
  para.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello world!"));
  
  // Clone the paragraph and the child nodes
  Node cloneWithChildren = para.deepClone(true);
  
  Assert.assertTrue(((CompositeNode) cloneWithChildren).hasChildNodes());
  Assert.assertEquals("Hello world!", cloneWithChildren.getText().trim());
  
  // Clone the paragraph without its clild nodes
  Node cloneWithoutChildren = para.deepClone(false);
  
  Assert.assertFalse(((CompositeNode) cloneWithoutChildren).hasChildNodes());
  Assert.assertEquals("", cloneWithoutChildren.getText().trim());

• getAncestor

  public CompositeNode getAncestor(int ancestorType)

  Gets the first ancestor of the specified NodeType.

  Parameters:

  ancestorType - A NodeType value. The node type of the ancestor to retrieve.

  Returns:

  The ancestor of the specified type or null if no ancestor of this type was found.

  Example:

  Shows how to find out if a table contains another table or if the table itself is nested inside another table.

  public void calculateDepthOfNestedTables() throws Exception {
      Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Nested tables.docx");
      NodeCollection tables = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true);
  
      for (int i = 0; i < tables.getCount(); i++) {
          // First lets find if any cells in the table have tables themselves as children
          int count = getChildTableCount((Table) tables.get(i));
          System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} has {1} tables directly within its cells", i, count));
  
          // Now let's try the other way around, lets try find if the table is nested inside another table and at what depth
          int tableDepth = getNestedDepthOfTable((Table) tables.get(i));
  
          if (tableDepth > 0)
              System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is nested inside another table at depth of {1}", i, tableDepth));
          else
              System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is a non nested table (is not a child of another table)", i));
      }
  }
  
  /**
   * Calculates what level a table is nested inside other tables.
   *
   * @returns An integer containing the level the table is nested at.
   * 0 = Table is not nested inside any other table
   * 1 = Table is nested within one parent table
   * 2 = Table is nested within two parent tables etc..
   */
  private static int getNestedDepthOfTable(final Table table) {
      int depth = 0;
  
      int type = table.getNodeType();
      // The parent of the table will be a Cell, instead attempt to find a grandparent that is of type Table
      Node parent = table.getAncestor(table.getNodeType());
  
      while (parent != null) {
          // Every time we find a table a level up we increase the depth counter and then try to find an
          // ancestor of type table from the parent
          depth++;
          parent = parent.getAncestor(Table.class);
      }
  
      return depth;
  }
  
  /**
   * Determines if a table contains any immediate child table within its cells.
   * Does not recursively traverse through those tables to check for further tables.
   *
   * @returns Returns true if at least one child cell contains a table.
   * Returns false if no cells in the table contains a table.
   */
  private static int getChildTableCount(final Table table) {
      int tableCount = 0;
      // Iterate through all child rows in the table
      for (Row row : table.getRows()) {
          // Iterate through all child cells in the row
          for (Cell cell : row.getCells()) {
              // Retrieve the collection of child tables of this cell
              TableCollection childTables = cell.getTables();
  
              // If this cell has a table as a child then return true
              if (childTables.getCount() > 0) tableCount++;
          }
      }
  
      // No cell contains a table
      return tableCount;
  }

• getAncestor

  public CompositeNode getAncestor(java.lang.Class ancestorType)

  Gets the first ancestor of the specified object type.

  The ancestor type matches if it is equal to ancestorType or derived from ancestorType.

  Parameters:

  ancestorType - The object type of the ancestor to retrieve.

  Returns:

  The ancestor of the specified type or null if no ancestor of this type was found.

  Example:

  Shows how to find out if a table contains another table or if the table itself is nested inside another table.

  public void calculateDepthOfNestedTables() throws Exception {
      Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Nested tables.docx");
      NodeCollection tables = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true);
  
      for (int i = 0; i < tables.getCount(); i++) {
          // First lets find if any cells in the table have tables themselves as children
          int count = getChildTableCount((Table) tables.get(i));
          System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} has {1} tables directly within its cells", i, count));
  
          // Now let's try the other way around, lets try find if the table is nested inside another table and at what depth
          int tableDepth = getNestedDepthOfTable((Table) tables.get(i));
  
          if (tableDepth > 0)
              System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is nested inside another table at depth of {1}", i, tableDepth));
          else
              System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is a non nested table (is not a child of another table)", i));
      }
  }
  
  /**
   * Calculates what level a table is nested inside other tables.
   *
   * @returns An integer containing the level the table is nested at.
   * 0 = Table is not nested inside any other table
   * 1 = Table is nested within one parent table
   * 2 = Table is nested within two parent tables etc..
   */
  private static int getNestedDepthOfTable(final Table table) {
      int depth = 0;
  
      int type = table.getNodeType();
      // The parent of the table will be a Cell, instead attempt to find a grandparent that is of type Table
      Node parent = table.getAncestor(table.getNodeType());
  
      while (parent != null) {
          // Every time we find a table a level up we increase the depth counter and then try to find an
          // ancestor of type table from the parent
          depth++;
          parent = parent.getAncestor(Table.class);
      }
  
      return depth;
  }
  
  /**
   * Determines if a table contains any immediate child table within its cells.
   * Does not recursively traverse through those tables to check for further tables.
   *
   * @returns Returns true if at least one child cell contains a table.
   * Returns false if no cells in the table contains a table.
   */
  private static int getChildTableCount(final Table table) {
      int tableCount = 0;
      // Iterate through all child rows in the table
      for (Row row : table.getRows()) {
          // Iterate through all child cells in the row
          for (Cell cell : row.getCells()) {
              // Retrieve the collection of child tables of this cell
              TableCollection childTables = cell.getTables();
  
              // If this cell has a table as a child then return true
              if (childTables.getCount() > 0) tableCount++;
          }
      }
  
      // No cell contains a table
      return tableCount;
  }

• getText

  public java.lang.String getText()

  Gets the text of this node and of all its children.

  The returned string includes all control and special characters as described in ControlChar.

  Example:

  Shows how to construct an Aspose Words document node by node.

  Document doc = new Document();
  
  // A newly created blank document still comes one section, one body and one paragraph
  // Calling this method will remove all those nodes to completely empty the document
  doc.removeAllChildren();
  
  // This document now has no composite nodes that content can be added to
  // If we wish to edit it, we will need to repopulate its node collection,
  // which we will start to do with by creating a new Section node
  Section section = new Section(doc);
  
  // Append the section to the document
  doc.appendChild(section);
  
  // Lets set some properties for the section
  section.getPageSetup().setSectionStart(SectionStart.NEW_PAGE);
  section.getPageSetup().setPaperSize(PaperSize.LETTER);
  
  // A section needs a body, which will contain all other nodes that can be edited
  Body body = new Body(doc);
  section.appendChild(body);
  
  // The body needs to have at least one paragraph
  // Note that the paragraph has not yet been added to the document, but we have to specify the parent document
  // The parent document is needed so the paragraph can correctly work
  // with styles and other document-wide information
  Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);
  body.appendChild(para);
  
  // We can set some formatting for the paragraph
  para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");
  para.getParagraphFormat().setAlignment(ParagraphAlignment.CENTER);
  
  // Now we can begin adding content to the document
  Run run = new Run(doc);
  run.setText("Hello World!");
  run.getFont().setColor(Color.RED);
  para.appendChild(run);
  
  Assert.assertEquals("Hello World!" + ControlChar.SECTION_BREAK_CHAR, doc.getText());
  
  doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Section.CreateFromScratch.docx");

  Example:

  Shows how to use control characters.

  Document doc = new Document();
  DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
  
  // Insert paragraphs with text with DocumentBuilder.
  builder.writeln("Hello world!");
  builder.writeln("Hello again!");
  
  // Converting the document to text form reveals that control characters
  // represent some of the document's structural elements, such as page breaks.
  Assert.assertEquals(MessageFormat.format("Hello world!{0}", ControlChar.CR) +
                  MessageFormat.format("Hello again!{0}", ControlChar.CR) +
                  ControlChar.PAGE_BREAK, doc.getText());
  
  // When converting a document to string form,
  // we can omit some of the control characters with the Trim method.
  Assert.assertEquals(MessageFormat.format("Hello world!{0}", ControlChar.CR) +
                  "Hello again!", doc.getText().trim());

• nextPreOrder

  public Node nextPreOrder(Node rootNode)

  Gets next node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.

  Parameters:

  rootNode - The top node (limit) of traversal.

  Returns:

  Next node in pre-order order. Null if reached the rootNode.

  Example:

  Shows how to delete all images from a document using pre-order tree traversal.

  Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
  Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 10);
  
  Node curNode = doc;
  while (curNode != null) {
      Node nextNode = curNode.nextPreOrder(doc);
  
      if (curNode.previousPreOrder(doc) != null && nextNode != null) {
          Assert.assertEquals(curNode, nextNode.previousPreOrder(doc));
      }
  
      if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.SHAPE) {
          Shape shape = (Shape) curNode;
  
          // Several shape types can have an image including image shapes and OLE objects
          if (shape.hasImage()) {
              shape.remove();
          }
      }
  
      curNode = nextNode;
  }
  
  // The only remaining shape doesn't have an image
  Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount());
  Assert.assertFalse(((Shape) doc.getChild(NodeType.SHAPE, 0, true)).hasImage());

• previousPreOrder

  public Node previousPreOrder(Node rootNode)

  Gets the previous node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.

  Parameters:

  rootNode - The top node (limit) of traversal.

  Returns:

  Previous node in pre-order order. Null if reached the rootNode.

  Example:

  Shows how to delete all images from a document using pre-order tree traversal.

  Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
  Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 10);
  
  Node curNode = doc;
  while (curNode != null) {
      Node nextNode = curNode.nextPreOrder(doc);
  
      if (curNode.previousPreOrder(doc) != null && nextNode != null) {
          Assert.assertEquals(curNode, nextNode.previousPreOrder(doc));
      }
  
      if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.SHAPE) {
          Shape shape = (Shape) curNode;
  
          // Several shape types can have an image including image shapes and OLE objects
          if (shape.hasImage()) {
              shape.remove();
          }
      }
  
      curNode = nextNode;
  }
  
  // The only remaining shape doesn't have an image
  Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount());
  Assert.assertFalse(((Shape) doc.getChild(NodeType.SHAPE, 0, true)).hasImage());

• remove

  public void remove()

  Removes itself from the parent.

  Example:

  Shows how to delete all images from a document.

  Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
  Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 10);
  
  // Here we get all shapes from the document node, but you can do this for any smaller
  // node too, for example delete shapes from a single section or a paragraph
  NodeCollection shapes = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true);
  
  // We cannot delete shape nodes while we enumerate through the collection
  // One solution is to add nodes that we want to delete to a temporary array and delete afterwards
  ArrayList shapesToDelete = new ArrayList();
  for (Shape shape : (Iterable<Shape>) shapes) {
      // Several shape types can have an image including image shapes and OLE objects
      if (shape.hasImage()) {
          shapesToDelete.add(shape);
      }
  }
  
  // Now we can delete shapes
  for (Shape shape : (Iterable<Shape>) shapesToDelete)
      shape.remove();
  
  // The only remaining shape doesn't have an image
  Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount());
  Assert.assertFalse(((Shape) doc.getChild(NodeType.SHAPE, 0, true)).hasImage());

  Example:

  Shows how to remove all nodes of a specific type from a composite node.

  Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Tables.docx");
  
  Assert.assertEquals(2, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true).getCount());
  
  // Select the first child node in the body
  Node curNode = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstChild();
  
  while (curNode != null) {
      // Save the next sibling node as a variable in case we want to move to it after deleting this node
      Node nextNode = curNode.getNextSibling();
  
      // A section body can contain Paragraph and Table nodes
      // If the node is a Table, remove it from the parent
      if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.TABLE) {
          curNode.remove();
      }
  
      // Continue going through child nodes until null (no more siblings) is reached
      curNode = nextNode;
  }
  
  Assert.assertEquals(0, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true).getCount());

• toString

  public java.lang.String toString(SaveOptions saveOptions)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

  Exports the content of the node into a string using the specified save options.

  Parameters:

  saveOptions - Specifies the options that control how the node is saved.

  Returns:

  The content of the node in the specified format.

  Example:

  Exports the content of a node to String in HTML format.

  Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Document.docx");
  
  // Extract the last paragraph in the document to convert to HTML
  Node node = doc.getLastSection().getBody().getLastParagraph();
  
  // When ToString is called using the html SaveFormat overload then the node is converted directly to html
  Assert.assertEquals("<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%; font-size:12pt\">" +
          "<span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">Hello World!</span>" +
          "</p>", node.toString(SaveFormat.HTML));
  
  // We can also modify the result of this conversion using a SaveOptions object
  HtmlSaveOptions saveOptions = new HtmlSaveOptions();
  saveOptions.setExportRelativeFontSize(true);
  
  Assert.assertEquals("<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%\">" +
          "<span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">Hello World!</span>" +
          "</p>", node.toString(saveOptions));

• toString

  public java.lang.String toString(int saveFormat)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

  Exports the content of the node into a string in the specified format.

  Returns:

  The content of the node in the specified format.

  Parameters:

  saveFormat - A SaveFormat value.

  Example:

  Shows how to extract the label of each paragraph in a list as a value or a String.

  Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Rendering.docx");
  doc.updateListLabels();
  int listParaCount = 1;
  
  for (Paragraph paragraph : (Iterable<Paragraph>) doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.PARAGRAPH, true)) {
      // Find if we have the paragraph list. In our document our list uses plain arabic numbers,
      // which start at three and ends at six
      if (paragraph.getListFormat().isListItem()) {
          System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("List item paragraph #{0}", listParaCount));
  
          // This is the text we get when actually getting when we output this node to text format
          // The list labels are not included in this text output. Trim any paragraph formatting characters
          String paragraphText = paragraph.toString(SaveFormat.TEXT).trim();
          System.out.println("Exported Text: " + paragraphText);
  
          ListLabel label = paragraph.getListLabel();
          // This gets the position of the paragraph in current level of the list. If we have a list with multiple level then this
          // will tell us what position it is on that particular level
          System.out.println("\tNumerical Id: " + label.getLabelValue());
  
          // Combine them together to include the list label with the text in the output
          System.out.println("\tList label combined with text: " + label.getLabelString() + " " + paragraphText);
  
          listParaCount++;
      }
  }

  Example:

  Exports the content of a node to String in HTML format.

  Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Document.docx");
  
  // Extract the last paragraph in the document to convert to HTML
  Node node = doc.getLastSection().getBody().getLastParagraph();
  
  // When ToString is called using the html SaveFormat overload then the node is converted directly to html
  Assert.assertEquals("<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%; font-size:12pt\">" +
          "<span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">Hello World!</span>" +
          "</p>", node.toString(SaveFormat.HTML));
  
  // We can also modify the result of this conversion using a SaveOptions object
  HtmlSaveOptions saveOptions = new HtmlSaveOptions();
  saveOptions.setExportRelativeFontSize(true);
  
  Assert.assertEquals("<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%\">" +
          "<span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">Hello World!</span>" +
          "</p>", node.toString(saveOptions));

  Example:

  Shows the difference between calling the GetText and ToString methods on a node.

  Document doc = new Document();
  
  DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
  builder.insertField("MERGEFIELD Field");
  
  // GetText will retrieve the visible text as well as field codes and special characters.
  Assert.assertEquals("\u0013MERGEFIELD Field\u0014«Field»\u0015\f", doc.getText());
  
  // ToString will give us the document's appearance if saved to a passed save format.
  Assert.assertEquals("«Field»\r\n", doc.toString(SaveFormat.TEXT));