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GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf Assembly / GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Recognition.Structure Namespace / Element Class
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    Element Class Members
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    The following tables list the members exposed by Element.

    Public Properties
     NameDescription
    Public PropertyChildrenGets the list of current element's child elements.

    Note that even if the current element has no children, accessing this property initializes the list. To simply check whether the element has any children, use HasChildren.

     
    Public PropertyContentItemsGets the list of content items associated with the current element.

    Note that even if the current element has no associated content items, accessing this property initializes the list. To simply check whether the element has any associated content items, use HasContentItems.

     
    Public PropertyHasChildrenGets a value indicating whether the current element has any children Element objects (the Children list is not empty).

    Note that even if the current element has no children, accessing Children will initialize it, so using this property is recommended when checking whether an element has any children.

     
    Public PropertyHasContentItemsGets a value indicating whether the current element has any content items associated with it (the ContentItems list is not empty).

    Note that even if there are no associated content items, accessing ContentItems will initialize it, so using this property is recommended when checking whether an element has any associated content items.

     
    Public PropertyHasItemsGets a value indicating whether the current element has any children (the Items list is not empty).

    Note that even if the current element has no children, accessing Items will initialize it, so using this property is recommended when checking whether an element has any children.

     
    Public PropertyItemsGets the list of current element's child elements.

    Note that even if the current element has no children, accessing this property initializes the list. To simply check whether the element has any children, use HasItems.

     
    Public PropertyLogicalStructureGets the document logical structure to which this element belongs.  
    Public PropertyParentGets the parent of the current element.  
    Public PropertyStructElementGets the structure element (PDF tag) that was used to create this element.  
    Public PropertyTypeGets the GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Structure.StructElement.Type if it is not null. Gets an empty string if GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Structure.StructElement.Type is null.  
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    Public Methods
     NameDescription
    Public MethodFindChildIterates over child elements of this Element or its children, and returns an Element that matches a criteria specified via a callback.  
    Public MethodFindContentItemIterates over content items that belong to this Element or its children, and returns a ContentItem that matches a criteria specified via a callback.  
    Public MethodGetFullTypeBuilds and returns the dot-delimited full name of this element including all parent elements' names.

    The result looks like "xxx.yyy.Type".

     
    Public MethodGetImagesReturns the list of GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.PdfImageInfo objects associated with the current element.  
    Public MethodGetParagraphsReturns the list of GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.TextMap.ITextParagraph objects representing the content associated with the current element.  
    Public MethodGetTextReturns the text associated with this element. This method calls GetParagraphs and returns an empty string if that method returns null.  
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    Element Class
    GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Recognition.Structure Namespace