# Uses of Interface
org.w3c.dom.CharacterData

Packages that use CharacterData
Package
Description
org.w3c.dom
Provides the interfaces for the Document Object Model (DOM).

## Uses of CharacterData in org.w3c.dom

Subinterfaces of CharacterData in org.w3c.dom
Modifier and Type
Interface
Description
`interface`
`CDATASection`
CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text containing characters that would otherwise be regarded as markup.
`interface`
`Comment`
This interface inherits from `CharacterData` and represents the content of a comment, i.e., all the characters between the starting '`<!--`' and ending '`-->`'.
`interface`
`Text`
The `Text` interface inherits from `CharacterData` and represents the textual content (termed character data in XML) of an `Element` or `Attr`.