com.tibco.cep.kernel.model.entity

## Interface Element

- All Superinterfaces:
    Entity
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    Concept, ContainedConcept

      public interface Element
      extends Entity

  Base for mutable entities that may have children.
  Since:
    2.0.0

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `delete()` This method will be called to clean up when the element instance is retracted from the working memory explicitly, or after a failure to assert.
    `java.util.List` | `getChildren()` Gets a list of all the children instances of this instance.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface com.tibco.cep.kernel.model.entity.Entity

      `getExtId, getId`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getChildren

          java.util.List getChildren()

      Gets a list of all the children instances of this instance.
      Returns:
        a `List` of all children instances under this instance.
      Since:
        2.0.0

    - #### delete

          void delete()

      This method will be called to clean up when the element instance is retracted from the working memory explicitly, or after a failure to assert.
      Since:
        2.0.0