DocumentEvent.ElementChange (Java SE 10 & JDK 10 )
Keywords: javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent.ElementChange interface

Module java.desktop
Package javax.swing.event

## Interface DocumentEvent.ElementChange

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    `AbstractDocument.ElementEdit`
  Enclosing interface:
    DocumentEvent

      public static interface DocumentEvent.ElementChange

  Describes changes made to a specific element.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `Element[]` | `getChildrenAdded()` | Gets the child elements that were added to the given parent element.
    `Element[]` | `getChildrenRemoved()` | Gets the child elements that were removed from the given parent element.
    `Element` | `getElement()` | Returns the element represented.
    `int` | `getIndex()` | Fetches the index within the element represented.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getElement

          Element getElement()

      Returns the element represented. This is the element that was changed.
      Returns:
        the element

    - #### getIndex

          int getIndex()

      Fetches the index within the element represented. This is the location that children were added and/or removed.
      Returns:
        the index >= 0

    - #### getChildrenRemoved

          Element[] getChildrenRemoved()

      Gets the child elements that were removed from the given parent element. The element array returned is sorted in the order that the elements used to lie in the document, and must be contiguous.
      Returns:
        the child elements

    - #### getChildrenAdded

          Element[] getChildrenAdded()

      Gets the child elements that were added to the given parent element. The element array returned is in the order that the elements lie in the document, and must be contiguous.
      Returns:
        the child elements