Index: Element.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jdom/src/java/org/jdom/Element.java,v
retrieving revision 1.99
diff -u -r1.99 Element.java
--- Element.java	2001/08/29 21:45:28	1.99
+++ Element.java	2001/09/29 22:41:41
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
  * @author Kevin Regan
  * @author Dan Schaffer
  * @author Yusuf Goolamabbas
+ * @author Kent C. Johnson
  * @version 1.0
  */
 public class Element implements Serializable, Cloneable {
@@ -706,6 +707,26 @@
 
     /**
      * <p>
+     *  This convenience method returns the normalized textual content of the 
+     *    named child element, or returns null if there's no such child.  
+     *    See <code>{@link #getTextNormalize()}</code> for details of text
+     *    normalizing.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the child
+     * @return normalized text content for the named child, or null if none
+     */
+    public String getChildTextNormalize(String name) {
+        Element child = getChild(name);
+        if (child == null) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            return child.getTextNormalize();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
      * This convenience method returns the textual content of the named
      * child element, or returns null if there's no such child.
      * </p>
@@ -746,6 +767,27 @@
 
     /**
      * <p>
+     *  This convenience method returns the normalized textual content of the 
+     *    named child element, or returns null if there's no such child.  
+     *    See <code>{@link #getTextNormalize()}</code> for
+     *    details of text normalizing.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the child
+     * @param ns the namespace of the child
+     * @return normalized text content for the named child, or null if none
+     */
+    public String getChildTextNormalize(String name, Namespace ns) {
+        Element child = getChild(name, ns);
+        if (child == null) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            return child.getTextNormalize();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
      * This sets the content of the element to be the text given.
      * All existing text content and non-text context is removed.
      * If this element should have both textual content and nested 
@@ -1748,24 +1790,24 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * <p>
+     * This removes the supplied Attribute should it exist.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param attribute Reference to the attribute to be removed.
+     * @return whether the attribute was removed
+     */
+    public boolean removeAttribute(Attribute attribute) {
+        if (attributes == null || 
+           (attribute == null) || (attribute.getParent() != this)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        
+        return attributes.remove(attribute);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * <p>
-     * This removes the supplied Attribute should it exist.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @param attribute Reference to the attribute to be removed.
-     * @return whether the attribute was removed
-     */
-    public boolean removeAttribute(Attribute attribute) {
-        if (attributes == null || 
-           (attribute == null) || (attribute.getParent() != this)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        
-        return attributes.remove(attribute);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * <p>
      *  This returns a <code>String</code> representation of the
      *    <code>Element</code>, suitable for debugging. If the XML
      *    representation of the <code>Element</code> is desired,