Interface Characters
- All Superinterfaces:
XMLEvent, XMLStreamConstants
public interface Characters extends XMLEvent
This describes the interface to Characters events. All text events get reported as Characters events. Content, CData and whitespace are all reported as Characters events. IgnorableWhitespace, in most cases, will be set to false unless an element declaration of element content is present for the current element.
- Since:
- 1.6
Field Summary
Fields declared in interface XMLStreamConstants
ATTRIBUTE, CDATA, CHARACTERS, COMMENT, DTD, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, ENTITY_DECLARATION, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NAMESPACE, NOTATION_DECLARATION, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT
Method Summary
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
String |
getData() |
Get the character data of this event |
boolean |
isCData() |
Returns true if this is a CData section. |
boolean |
isIgnorableWhiteSpace() |
Return true if this is ignorableWhiteSpace. |
boolean |
isWhiteSpace() |
Returns true if this set of Characters is all whitespace. |
Methods declared in interface XMLEvent
asCharacters, asEndElement, asStartElement, getEventType, getLocation, getSchemaType, isAttribute, isCharacters, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEntityReference, isNamespace, isProcessingInstruction, isStartDocument, isStartElement, writeAsEncodedUnicode
Method Details
getData
String getData()
Get the character data of this event
- Returns:
- the character data
isWhiteSpace
boolean isWhiteSpace()
Returns true if this set of Characters is all whitespace. Whitespace inside a document is reported as CHARACTERS. This method allows checking of CHARACTERS events to see if they are composed of only whitespace characters
- Returns:
- true if the
Charactersare all whitespace, false otherwise
isCData
boolean isCData()
Returns true if this is a CData section. If this event is CData its event type will be CDATA If javax.xml.stream.isCoalescing is set to true CDATA Sections that are surrounded by non CDATA characters will be reported as a single Characters event. This method will return false in this case.
- Returns:
- true if it is
CDATA, false otherwise
isIgnorableWhiteSpace
boolean isIgnorableWhiteSpace()
Return true if this is ignorableWhiteSpace. If this event is ignorableWhiteSpace its event type will be SPACE.
- Returns:
- true if it is ignorable whitespace, false otherwise
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