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## org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class TextElement

    java.lang.Object
      org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode
          org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.TextElement

All Implemented Interfaces:
  org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.IDocElement

public final class TextElement
extends ASTNode
implements org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.IDocElement

AST node for a text element within a doc comment.

     TextElement:
         Sequence of characters not including a close comment delimiter */

Since:
  3.0
See Also:
  `Javadoc`

Field Summary
`static SimplePropertyDescriptor` | `TEXT_PROPERTY` The "test" structural property of this node type.

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode
`ANNOTATION_TYPE_DECLARATION, ANNOTATION_TYPE_MEMBER_DECLARATION, ANONYMOUS_CLASS_DECLARATION, ARRAY_ACCESS, ARRAY_CREATION, ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_TYPE, ASSERT_STATEMENT, ASSIGNMENT, BLOCK, BLOCK_COMMENT, BOOLEAN_LITERAL, BREAK_STATEMENT, CAST_EXPRESSION, CATCH_CLAUSE, CHARACTER_LITERAL, CLASS_INSTANCE_CREATION, COMPILATION_UNIT, CONDITIONAL_EXPRESSION, CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, CONTINUE_STATEMENT, DO_STATEMENT, EMPTY_STATEMENT, ENHANCED_FOR_STATEMENT, ENUM_CONSTANT_DECLARATION, ENUM_DECLARATION, EXPRESSION_STATEMENT, FIELD_ACCESS, FIELD_DECLARATION, FOR_STATEMENT, IF_STATEMENT, IMPORT_DECLARATION, INFIX_EXPRESSION, INITIALIZER, INSTANCEOF_EXPRESSION, JAVADOC, LABELED_STATEMENT, LINE_COMMENT, MALFORMED, MARKER_ANNOTATION, MEMBER_REF, MEMBER_VALUE_PAIR, METHOD_DECLARATION, METHOD_INVOCATION, METHOD_REF, METHOD_REF_PARAMETER, MODIFIER, NORMAL_ANNOTATION, NULL_LITERAL, NUMBER_LITERAL, ORIGINAL, PACKAGE_DECLARATION, PARAMETERIZED_TYPE, PARENTHESIZED_EXPRESSION, POSTFIX_EXPRESSION, PREFIX_EXPRESSION, PRIMITIVE_TYPE, PROTECT, QUALIFIED_NAME, QUALIFIED_TYPE, RETURN_STATEMENT, SIMPLE_NAME, SIMPLE_TYPE, SINGLE_MEMBER_ANNOTATION, SINGLE_VARIABLE_DECLARATION, STRING_LITERAL, SUPER_CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, SUPER_FIELD_ACCESS, SUPER_METHOD_INVOCATION, SWITCH_CASE, SWITCH_STATEMENT, SYNCHRONIZED_STATEMENT, TAG_ELEMENT, TEXT_ELEMENT, THIS_EXPRESSION, THROW_STATEMENT, TRY_STATEMENT, TYPE_DECLARATION, TYPE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, TYPE_LITERAL, TYPE_PARAMETER, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_EXPRESSION, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, WHILE_STATEMENT, WILDCARD_TYPE`

Method Summary
`String` | `getText()` Returns this node's text.
`static List` | `propertyDescriptors(int apiLevel)` Returns a list of structural property descriptors for this node type.
`void` | `setText(String text)` Sets the text of this node to the given value.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode
`accept, copySubtree, copySubtrees, delete, equals, getAST, getFlags, getLength, getLocationInParent, getNodeType, getParent, getProperty, getRoot, getStartPosition, getStructuralProperty, nodeClassForType, properties, setFlags, setProperty, setSourceRange, setStructuralProperty, structuralPropertiesForType, subtreeBytes, subtreeMatch, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### TEXT_PROPERTY

    public static final SimplePropertyDescriptor TEXT_PROPERTY

  The "test" structural property of this node type.

  Since:
    3.0

Method Detail

### propertyDescriptors

    public static List propertyDescriptors(int apiLevel)

  Returns a list of structural property descriptors for this node type. Clients must not modify the result.

  Parameters:
    `apiLevel` - the API level; one of the `AST.JLS*` constants
  Returns:
    a list of property descriptors (element type: `StructuralPropertyDescriptor`)
  Since:
    3.0

### getText

    public String getText()

  Returns this node's text.

  Returns:
    the text of this node

### setText

    public void setText(String text)

  Sets the text of this node to the given value.

  The text element typically includes leading and trailing whitespace that separates it from the immediately preceding or following elements. The text element must not include a block comment closing delimiter "*"+"/".

  Parameters:
    `text` - the text of this node
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the text is null or contains a block comment closing delimiter

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