Interface Namespace

All Superinterfaces:: Attribute, XMLEvent, XMLStreamConstants

public interface Namespace extends Attribute

An interface that contains information about a namespace. Namespaces are accessed from a StartElement.

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
`String`	`getNamespaceURI()`	Gets the uri bound to the prefix of this namespace
`String`	`getPrefix()`	Gets the prefix, returns "" if this is a default namespace declaration.
`boolean`	`isDefaultNamespaceDeclaration()`	returns true if this attribute declares the default namespace

Methods declared in interface Attribute

getDTDType, getName, getValue, isSpecified

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDTDType()`	Gets the type of this attribute, default is the String "CDATA".
`QName`	`getName()`	Returns the QName for this attribute.
`String`	`getValue()`	Gets the normalized value of this attribute.
`boolean`	`isSpecified()`	A flag indicating whether this attribute was actually specified in the start-tag of its element, or was defaulted from the schema.

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

getPrefix

String getPrefix()

Gets the prefix, returns "" if this is a default namespace declaration.

Returns:: the prefix

getNamespaceURI

String getNamespaceURI()

Gets the uri bound to the prefix of this namespace

Returns:: the NamespaceURI

isDefaultNamespaceDeclaration

boolean isDefaultNamespaceDeclaration()

returns true if this attribute declares the default namespace

Returns:: true if this is default namespace, false otherwise

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