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:

• 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	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