NodeVisitor.java

package org.jsoup.select;

import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
import org.jsoup.nodes.Node;

/**
 * Node visitor interface. Provide an implementing class to {@link NodeTraversor} to iterate through nodes.
 * <p>
 * This interface provides two methods, {@code head} and {@code tail}. The head method is called when the node is first
 * seen, and the tail method when all of the node's children have been visited. As an example, {@code head} can be used to
 * emit a start tag for a node, and {@code tail} to create the end tag.
 * </p>
 */
public interface NodeVisitor {
    /**
     Callback for when a node is first visited.
     <p>The node may be modified (e.g. {@link Node#attr(String)}, replaced {@link Node#replaceWith(Node)}) or removed
     {@link Node#remove()}. If it's {@code instanceOf Element}, you may cast it to an {@link Element} and access those
     methods.</p>

     @param node the node being visited.
     @param depth the depth of the node, relative to the root node. E.g., the root node has depth 0, and a child node
     of that will have depth 1.
     */
    void head(Node node, int depth);

    /**
     Callback for when a node is last visited, after all of its descendants have been visited.
     <p>This method has a default no-op implementation.</p>
     <p>Note that neither replacement with {@link Node#replaceWith(Node)} nor removal with {@link Node#remove()} is
     supported during {@code tail()}.

     @param node the node being visited.
     @param depth the depth of the node, relative to the root node. E.g., the root node has depth 0, and a child node
     of that will have depth 1.
     */
    default void tail(Node node, int depth) {
        // no-op by default, to allow just specifying the head() method
    }
}