Class ContentElement

Represents a base class for all content elements in the content model.

Inheritance

System.Object

ContentElement

Implements

IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObject

IronSoftware.Abstractions.IDocumentObject

System.ICloneable

Namespace: IronWord.Models.Abstract

Assembly: IronWord.dll

Syntax

public abstract class ContentElement : Object, IWordDocumentObject, IDocumentObject, ICloneable

Constructors

ContentElement()

Initializes a new instance of the ContentElement class.

Declaration

protected ContentElement()

Properties

Parent

Gets the parent element of this element.

Declaration

public ParentElement Parent { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ParentElement

Status

Gets or sets the status of the element, indicating whether it is new, updated, or deleted.

Declaration

public ElementStatus Status { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.ElementStatus

Methods

Clone()

Creates a copy of the ContentElement.

Declaration

public virtual object Clone()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Object	A new instance of the Shape with all properties copied.

CloneObject()

Declaration

protected virtual object CloneObject()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Object

GetIndex<T>()

Gets the index of this element within its parent's list of child elements of the same type.

Declaration

protected int GetIndex<T>()
    where T : ContentElement

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	The index of this element, or 0 if it has no parent.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the element and its siblings.

Remove()

Declaration

public virtual void Remove()

Replace(IWordDocumentObject)

Replaces the current element with a new child element into same position within parent.

Declaration

public void Replace(IWordDocumentObject newChild)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObject	newChild	The new child element to replace the current element.

Implements

IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObject

IronSoftware.Abstractions.IDocumentObject

System.ICloneable