Interface EndElement

All Superinterfaces:: XMLEvent, XMLStreamConstants

public interface EndElement extends XMLEvent

An interface for the end element event. An EndElement is reported for each End Tag in the document.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

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
`QName`	`getName()`	Get the name of this event
`Iterator<Namespace>`	`getNamespaces()`	Returns an Iterator of namespaces that have gone out of scope.

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

getName

QName getName()

Get the name of this event

Returns:: the qualified name of this event

getNamespaces

Iterator<Namespace> getNamespaces()

Returns an Iterator of namespaces that have gone out of scope. Returns an empty iterator if no namespaces have gone out of scope.

Returns:: an Iterator over Namespace interfaces, or an empty iterator

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