# Interface HTMLElement

All Superinterfaces:
  `Element, Node`

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `HTMLAnchorElement, HTMLAppletElement, HTMLAreaElement, HTMLBaseElement, HTMLBaseFontElement, HTMLBodyElement, HTMLBRElement, HTMLButtonElement, HTMLDirectoryElement, HTMLDivElement, HTMLDListElement, HTMLFieldSetElement, HTMLFontElement, HTMLFormElement, HTMLFrameElement, HTMLFrameSetElement, HTMLHeadElement, HTMLHeadingElement, HTMLHRElement, HTMLHtmlElement, HTMLIFrameElement, HTMLImageElement, HTMLInputElement, HTMLIsIndexElement, HTMLLabelElement, HTMLLegendElement, HTMLLIElement, HTMLLinkElement, HTMLMapElement, HTMLMenuElement, HTMLMetaElement, HTMLModElement, HTMLObjectElement, HTMLOListElement, HTMLOptGroupElement, HTMLOptionElement, HTMLParagraphElement, HTMLParamElement, HTMLPreElement, HTMLQuoteElement, HTMLScriptElement, HTMLSelectElement, HTMLStyleElement, HTMLTableCaptionElement, HTMLTableCellElement, HTMLTableColElement, HTMLTableElement, HTMLTableRowElement, HTMLTableSectionElement, HTMLTextAreaElement, HTMLTitleElement, HTMLUListElement`

public interface HTMLElement extends Element
All HTML element interfaces derive from this class. Elements that only expose the HTML core attributes are represented by the base `HTMLElement` interface. These elements are as follows: HEAD special: SUB, SUP, SPAN, BDO font: TT, I, B, U, S, STRIKE, BIG, SMALL phrase: EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, ACRONYM, ABBR list: DD, DT NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT ADDRESS, CENTER The `style` attribute of an HTML element is accessible through the `ElementCSSInlineStyle` interface which is defined in the .

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification.

Since:
  1.4, DOM Level 2

## Field Summary

### Fields declared in interface Node

`ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE`

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`String`
`getClassName()`
The class attribute of the element.
`String`
`getDir()`
Specifies the base direction of directionally neutral text and the directionality of tables.
`String`
`getId()`
The element's identifier.
`String`
`getLang()`
Language code defined in RFC 1766.
`String`
`getTitle()`
The element's advisory title.
`void`
`setClassName(String className)`
`void`
`setDir(String dir)`
`void`
`setId(String id)`
`void`
`setLang(String lang)`
`void`
`setTitle(String title)`

### Methods declared in interface Element

`getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS`

### Methods declared in interface Node

`appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData`

## Method Details

### getId

String getId()
The element's identifier. See the id attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

### setId

void setId(String id)

### getTitle

String getTitle()
The element's advisory title. See the title attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

### setTitle

void setTitle(String title)

### getLang

String getLang()
Language code defined in RFC 1766. See the lang attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

### setLang

void setLang(String lang)

### getDir

String getDir()
Specifies the base direction of directionally neutral text and the directionality of tables. See the dir attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

### setDir

void setDir(String dir)

### getClassName

String getClassName()
The class attribute of the element. This attribute has been renamed due to conflicts with the "class" keyword exposed by many languages. See the class attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

### setClassName

void setClassName(String className)