Interface DTD

All Superinterfaces:: XMLEvent, XMLStreamConstants

public interface DTD extends XMLEvent

This is the top level interface for events dealing with DTDs

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

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final int`	`ATTRIBUTE`	Indicates an event is an attribute
`static final int`	`CDATA`	Indicates an event is a CDATA section
`static final int`	`CHARACTERS`	Indicates an event is characters
`static final int`	`COMMENT`	Indicates an event is a comment
`static final int`	`DTD`	Indicates an event is a DTD
`static final int`	`END_DOCUMENT`	Indicates an event is an end document
`static final int`	`END_ELEMENT`	Indicates an event is an end element
`static final int`	`ENTITY_DECLARATION`	Indicates a Entity Declaration
`static final int`	`ENTITY_REFERENCE`	Indicates an event is an entity reference
`static final int`	`NAMESPACE`	Indicates the event is a namespace declaration
`static final int`	`NOTATION_DECLARATION`	Indicates a Notation
`static final int`	`PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION`	Indicates an event is a processing instruction
`static final int`	`SPACE`	The characters are white space (see [XML], 2.10 "White Space Handling").
`static final int`	`START_DOCUMENT`	Indicates an event is a start document
`static final int`	`START_ELEMENT`	Indicates an event is a start element

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDocumentTypeDeclaration()`	Returns the entire Document Type Declaration as a string, including the internal DTD subset.
`List<EntityDeclaration>`	`getEntities()`	Return a List containing the general entities, both external and internal, declared in the DTD.
`List<NotationDeclaration>`	`getNotations()`	Return a List containing the notations declared in the DTD.
`Object`	`getProcessedDTD()`	Returns an implementation defined representation of the DTD.

Methods declared in interface XMLEvent

asCharacters, asEndElement, asStartElement, getEventType, getLocation, getSchemaType, isAttribute, isCharacters, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEntityReference, isNamespace, isProcessingInstruction, isStartDocument, isStartElement, writeAsEncodedUnicode

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Characters`	`asCharacters()`	Returns this event as Characters, may result in a class cast exception if this event is not Characters.
`EndElement`	`asEndElement()`	Returns this event as an end element event, may result in a class cast exception if this event is not a end element.
`StartElement`	`asStartElement()`	Returns this event as a start element event, may result in a class cast exception if this event is not a start element.
`int`	`getEventType()`	Returns an integer code for this event.
`Location`	`getLocation()`	Return the location of this event.
`QName`	`getSchemaType()`	This method is provided for implementations to provide optional type information about the associated event.
`boolean`	`isAttribute()`	A utility function to check if this event is an Attribute.
`boolean`	`isCharacters()`	A utility function to check if this event is Characters.
`boolean`	`isEndDocument()`	A utility function to check if this event is an EndDocument.
`boolean`	`isEndElement()`	A utility function to check if this event is a EndElement.
`boolean`	`isEntityReference()`	A utility function to check if this event is an EntityReference.
`boolean`	`isNamespace()`	A utility function to check if this event is a Namespace.
`boolean`	`isProcessingInstruction()`	A utility function to check if this event is a ProcessingInstruction.
`boolean`	`isStartDocument()`	A utility function to check if this event is a StartDocument.
`boolean`	`isStartElement()`	A utility function to check if this event is a StartElement.
`void`	`writeAsEncodedUnicode(Writer writer)`	This method will write the XMLEvent as per the XML 1.0 specification as Unicode characters.

Method Details

getDocumentTypeDeclaration

String getDocumentTypeDeclaration()

Returns the entire Document Type Declaration as a string, including the internal DTD subset. This may be null if there is not an internal subset. If it is not null it must return the entire Document Type Declaration which matches the doctypedecl production in the XML 1.0 specification

Returns:: the Document Type Declaration

getProcessedDTD

Object getProcessedDTD()

Returns an implementation defined representation of the DTD. This method may return null if no representation is available.

Returns:: the representation of the DTD

getNotations

List<NotationDeclaration> getNotations()

Return a List containing the notations declared in the DTD. This list must contain NotationDeclaration events.

Returns:

an unordered list of NotationDeclaration events

See Also:

getEntities

List<EntityDeclaration> getEntities()

Return a List containing the general entities, both external and internal, declared in the DTD. This list must contain EntityDeclaration events.

Returns:

an unordered list of EntityDeclaration events

See Also:

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