| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| javax.imageio.metadata | A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with reading and writing
metadata. | 
| org.w3c.dom | Provides the interfaces for the Document Object Model (DOM). | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | IIOMetadataNodeA class representing a node in a meta-data tree, which implements
 the 
  org.w3c.dom.Elementinterface and additionally allows
 for the storage of non-textual objects via thegetUserObjectandsetUserObjectmethods. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| NodeList | IIOMetadataNode. getChildNodes()Returns a  NodeListthat contains all children of this node. | 
| NodeList | IIOMetadataNode. getElementsByTagName(String name) | 
| NodeList | IIOMetadataNode. getElementsByTagNameNS(String namespaceURI,
                      String localName)Equivalent to  getElementsByTagName(localName). | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| NodeList | Node. getChildNodes()A  NodeListthat contains all children of this node. | 
| NodeList | Element. getElementsByTagName(String name)Returns a  NodeListof all descendantElementswith a given tag name, in document order. | 
| NodeList | Document. getElementsByTagName(String tagname)Returns a  NodeListof all theElementsin
 document order with a given tag name and are contained in the
 document. | 
| NodeList | Element. getElementsByTagNameNS(String namespaceURI,
                      String localName)Returns a  NodeListof all the descendantElementswith a given local name and namespace URI in
 document order. | 
| NodeList | Document. getElementsByTagNameNS(String namespaceURI,
                      String localName)Returns a  NodeListof all theElementswith a
 given local name and namespace URI in document order. | 
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