Interface Attribute

All Superinterfaces:

XMLEvent, XMLStreamConstants

All Known Subinterfaces:

Namespace

public interface Attribute
extends XMLEvent

An interface that contains information about an attribute. Attributes are reported as a set of events accessible from a StartElement. Other applications may report Attributes as first-order events, for example as the results of an XPath expression.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

• StartElement

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	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

getName

QName getName()

Returns the QName for this attribute.

Returns:

the QName of the attribute

getValue

String getValue()

Gets the normalized value of this attribute.

Returns:

the normalized value of the attribute

getDTDType

String getDTDType()

Gets the type of this attribute, default is the String "CDATA".

Returns:

the type as a String, default is "CDATA"

isSpecified

boolean isSpecified()

A flag indicating whether this attribute was actually specified in the start-tag of its element, or was defaulted from the schema.

Returns:

returns true if this was specified in the start element