NAME

       XML::DOM::Text - A piece of XML text in XML::DOM

DESCRIPTION

       XML::DOM::Text extends XML::DOM::CharacterData, which extends XML::DOM::Node.

       The  Text  interface represents the textual content (termed character data in XML) of an Element or Attr.
       If there is no markup inside an element's content, the text is contained in a single object  implementing
       the  Text  interface that is the only child of the element.  If there is markup, it is parsed into a list
       of elements and Text nodes that form the list of children of the element.

       When a document is first made available via the DOM, there is only one Text node for each block of  text.
       Users  may  create  adjacent  Text  nodes  that  represent  the  contents  of a given element without any
       intervening markup, but should be aware that there is no way to represent the separations  between  these
       nodes in XML or HTML, so they will not (in general) persist between DOM editing sessions. The normalize()
       method  on  Element merges any such adjacent Text objects into a single node for each block of text; this
       is recommended before employing operations that depend  on  a  particular  document  structure,  such  as
       navigation with XPointers.

       METHODS

       splitText (offset)
           Breaks  this  Text  node  into  two  Text  nodes at the specified offset, keeping both in the tree as
           siblings. This node then only contains all the content up to the offset point. And a new  Text  node,
           which  is inserted as the next sibling of this node, contains all the content at and after the offset
           point.

           Parameters:
            offset  The offset at which to split, starting from 0.

           Return Value: The new Text node.

           DOMExceptions:

           * INDEX_SIZE_ERR
               Raised if the specified offset is negative or greater than the number of characters in data.

           * NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
               Raised if this node is readonly.

perl v5.8.8                                        2002-02-09                                XML::DOM::Text(3pm)