HierarchicalElement (Gradle API 8.11)

All Superinterfaces:

Element, Model

All Known Subinterfaces:

BasicIdeaProject, EclipseProject, GradleProject, HierarchicalEclipseProject, IdeaModule, IdeaProject
```
public interface HierarchicalElement
extends Element
```
Represents an element which belongs to some hierarchy.

Since:

1.0-milestone-5

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`DomainObjectSet<? extends HierarchicalElement>`	`getChildren()`	Returns the child elements, or the empty set if there are no child elements.
`HierarchicalElement`	`getParent()`	Returns the parent of this element, or `null` if there is no parent.

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.tooling.model.Element
getDescription, getName

- Method Detail
  - getParent
```
@Nullable
HierarchicalElement getParent()
```
    Returns the parent of this element, or null if there is no parent.
    
    Returns:
    
    The parent of this element, or null if there is no parent.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0-milestone-5
  - getChildren
```
DomainObjectSet<? extends HierarchicalElement> getChildren()
```
    Returns the child elements, or the empty set if there are no child elements.
    
    Returns:
    
    The child elements, or the empty set if there are no child elements.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0-milestone-5