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/* * Copyright 2008 Google Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. */ package com.google.gwt.user.client; /** * An opaque handle to a native DOM Element. An <code>Element</code> cannot be * created directly. Instead, use the <code>Element</code> type when returning a * native DOM element from JSNI methods. An <code>Element</code> passed back * into JSNI becomes the original DOM element the <code>Element</code> was * created from, and can be accessed in JavaScript code as expected. This is * typically done by calling methods in the * {@link com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM} class. * <p> * As of GWT 2.6, users should use {@link com.google.gwt.dom.client.Element} * instead. As an exception, some methods still return a <code>Element</code> * object for backwards compatibility (though this will change in a future * release), so overriding them will require returning an <code>Element</code> * object too. * * @see DOM#asOld */ @Deprecated public class Element extends com.google.gwt.dom.client.Element { /** * Not directly instantiable. Subclasses should also define a protected * no-arg constructor to prevent client code from directly instantiating the * class. */ protected Element() { } }