svn commit: r724209 - /webservices/commons/trunk/modules/axiom/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMElement.java

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Author: veithen
Date: Sun Dec  7 13:43:28 2008
New Revision: 724209

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=724209&view=rev
Log:
WSCOMMONS-239: Completed the Javadoc of the OMElement#getText method (based on the behavior of the LLOM and DOM implementations).

Modified:
    webservices/commons/trunk/modules/axiom/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMElement.java

Modified: webservices/commons/trunk/modules/axiom/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMElement.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/webservices/commons/trunk/modules/axiom/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMElement.java?rev=724209&r1=724208&r2=724209&view=diff
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--- webservices/commons/trunk/modules/axiom/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMElement.java (original)
+++ webservices/commons/trunk/modules/axiom/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMElement.java Sun Dec  7 13:43:28 2008
@@ -245,9 +245,17 @@
     void setText(QName text);
 
     /**
-     * Returns the non-empty text children as a String.
+     * Returns the non-empty text children as a string.
+     * <p>
+     * This method iterates over all the text children of the element and concatenates
+     * them to a single string. Only direct children will be considered, i.e. the text
+     * is not extracted recursively. For example the return value for
+     * <tt>&lt;element>A&lt;child>B&lt;/child>C&lt;/element></tt> will be <tt>AC</tt>.
+     * <p>
+     * All whitespace will be preserved.
      *
-     * @return Returns a String representing the concatenation of the child text nodes.
+     * @return A string representing the concatenation of the child text nodes.
+     *         If there are no child text nodes, an empty string is returned.
      */
     String getText();