* <foo><!--description-->content text<![CDATA[<greeting>Hello</greeting>]]>other content</foo><br> * The behavior of calling next() when being on foo will be:<br> * 1- the comment (COMMENT)<br> * 2- then the characters section (CHARACTERS)<br> * 3- then the CDATA section (another CHARACTERS)<br> * 4- then the next characters section (another CHARACTERS)<br> * 5- then the END_ELEMENT<br> * * <p>NOTE: empty element (such as <tag/>) will be reported * with two separate events: START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT - This preserves * parsing equivalency of empty element to <tag></tag>. * * This method will throw an IllegalStateException if it is called after hasNext() returns false. * @see javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent * @return the integer code corresponding to the current parse event * @throws NoSuchElementException if this is called when hasNext() returns false * @throws XMLStreamException if there is an error processing the underlying XML source */ public int next() throws XMLStreamException; /** * Test if the current event is of the given type and if the namespace and name match the current * namespace and name of the current event. If the namespaceURI is null it is not checked for equality, * if the localName is null it is not checked for equality. * @param type the event type * @param namespaceURI the uri of the event, may be null * @param localName the localName of the event, may be null * @throws XMLStreamException if the required values are not matched. */ public void require(int type, String namespaceURI, String localName) throws XMLStreamException; /** * Reads the content of a text-only element, an exception is thrown if this is * not a text-only element. * Regardless of value of javax.xml.stream.isCoalescing this method always returns coalesced content. * <br /> Precondition: the current event is START_ELEMENT. * <br /> Postcondition: the current event is the corresponding END_ELEMENT. * * <br />The method does the following (implementations are free to optimized * but must do equivalent processing): * <pre> * if(getEventType() != XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) { * throw new XMLStreamException( * "parser must be on START_ELEMENT to read next text", getLocation()); * } * int eventType = next(); * StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer(); * while(eventType != XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT ) { * if(eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS * || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CDATA * || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.SPACE * || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.ENTITY_REFERENCE) { * buf.append(getText()); * } else if(eventType == XMLStreamConstants.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION * || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.COMMENT) { * // skipping * } else if(eventType == XMLStreamConstants.END_DOCUMENT) { * throw new XMLStreamException( * "unexpected end of document when reading element text content", this); * } else if(eventType == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) { * throw new XMLStreamException( * "element text content may not contain START_ELEMENT", getLocation()); * } else { * throw new XMLStreamException( * "Unexpected event type "+eventType, getLocation()); * } * eventType = next(); * } * return buf.toString(); * </pre> * * @throws XMLStreamException if the current event is not a START_ELEMENT * or if a non text element is encountered */ public String getElementText() throws XMLStreamException; /** * Skips any white space (isWhiteSpace() returns true), COMMENT, * or PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, * until a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT is reached. * If other than white space characters, COMMENT, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT * are encountered, an exception is thrown. This method should * be used when processing element-only content seperated by white space. * * <br /> Precondition: none * <br /> Postcondition: the current event is START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT * and cursor may have moved over any whitespace event. * * <br />Essentially it does the following (implementations are free to optimized * but must do equivalent processing): * <pre> * int eventType = next(); * while((eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS && isWhiteSpace()) // skip whitespace * || (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CDATA && isWhiteSpace()) * // skip whitespace * || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.SPACE * || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION * || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.COMMENT * ) { * eventType = next(); * } * if (eventType != XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT && eventType != XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) { * throw new String XMLStreamException("expected start or end tag", getLocation()); * } * return eventType; * </pre> * * @return the event type of the element read (START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT) * @throws XMLStreamException if the current event is not white space, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, * START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT * @throws NoSuchElementException if this is called when hasNext() returns false */ public int nextTag() throws XMLStreamException; /** * Returns true if there are more parsing events and false * if there are no more events. This method will return * false if the current state of the XMLStreamReader is * END_DOCUMENT * @return true if there are more events, false otherwise * @throws XMLStreamException if there is a fatal error detecting the next state */ public boolean hasNext() throws XMLStreamException; /** * Frees any resources associated with this Reader. This method does not close the * underlying input source. * @throws XMLStreamException if there are errors freeing associated resources */ public void close() throws XMLStreamException; /** * Return the uri for the given prefix. * The uri returned depends on the current state of the processor. * * <p>NOTE:The 'xml' prefix is bound as defined in * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#ns-using">Namespaces in XML * specification to "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace". * * <p>NOTE: The 'xmlns' prefix must be resolved to following namespace * <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/">http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/ * @param prefix The prefix to lookup, may not be null * @return the uri bound to the given prefix or null if it is not bound * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the prefix is null */ public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix); /** * Returns true if the cursor points to a start tag (otherwise false) * @return true if the cursor points to a start tag, false otherwise */ public boolean isStartElement(); /** * Returns true if the cursor points to an end tag (otherwise false) * @return true if the cursor points to an end tag, false otherwise */ public boolean isEndElement(); /** * Returns true if the cursor points to a character data event * @return true if the cursor points to character data, false otherwise */ public boolean isCharacters(); /** * Returns true if the cursor points to a character data event * that consists of all whitespace * @return true if the cursor points to all whitespace, false otherwise */ public boolean isWhiteSpace(); /** * Returns the normalized attribute value of the * attribute with the namespace and localName * If the namespaceURI is null the namespace * is not checked for equality * @param namespaceURI the namespace of the attribute * @param localName the local name of the attribute, cannot be null * @return returns the value of the attribute , returns null if not found * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public String getAttributeValue(String namespaceURI, String localName); /** * Returns the count of attributes on this START_ELEMENT, * this method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE. This * count excludes namespace definitions. Attribute indices are * zero-based. * @return returns the number of attributes * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public int getAttributeCount(); /** Returns the qname of the attribute at the provided index * * @param index the position of the attribute * @return the QName of the attribute * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public QName getAttributeName(int index); /** * Returns the namespace of the attribute at the provided * index * @param index the position of the attribute * @return the namespace URI (can be null) * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public String getAttributeNamespace(int index); /** * Returns the localName of the attribute at the provided * index * @param index the position of the attribute * @return the localName of the attribute * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public String getAttributeLocalName(int index); /** * Returns the prefix of this attribute at the * provided index * @param index the position of the attribute * @return the prefix of the attribute * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public String getAttributePrefix(int index); /** * Returns the XML type of the attribute at the provided * index * @param index the position of the attribute * @return the XML type of the attribute * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public String getAttributeType(int index); /** * Returns the value of the attribute at the * index * @param index the position of the attribute * @return the attribute value * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public String getAttributeValue(int index); /** * Returns a boolean which indicates if this * attribute was created by default * @param index the position of the attribute * @return true if this is a default attribute * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE */ public boolean isAttributeSpecified(int index); /** * Returns the count of namespaces declared on this START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT, * this method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE. On * an END_ELEMENT the count is of the namespaces that are about to go * out of scope. This is the equivalent of the information reported * by SAX callback for an end element event. * @return returns the number of namespace declarations on this specific element * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE */ public int getNamespaceCount(); /** * Returns the prefix for the namespace declared at the * index. Returns null if this is the default namespace * declaration * * @param index the position of the namespace declaration * @return returns the namespace prefix * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE */ public String getNamespacePrefix(int index); /** * Returns the uri for the namespace declared at the * index. * * @param index the position of the namespace declaration * @return returns the namespace uri * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE */ public String getNamespaceURI(int index); /** * Returns a read only namespace context for the current * position. The context is transient and only valid until * a call to next() changes the state of the reader. * @return return a namespace context */ public NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext(); /** * Returns a reader that points to the current start element * and all of its contents. Throws an XMLStreamException if the * cursor does not point to a START_ELEMENT.<p> * The sub stream is read from it MUST be read before the parent stream is * moved on, if not any call on the sub stream will cause an XMLStreamException to be * thrown. The parent stream will always return the same result from next() * whatever is done to the sub stream. * @return an XMLStreamReader which points to the next element */ // public XMLStreamReader subReader() throws XMLStreamException; /** * Allows the implementation to reset and reuse any underlying tables */ // public void recycle() throws XMLStreamException; /** * Returns an integer code that indicates the type * of the event the cursor is pointing to. */ public int getEventType(); /** * Returns the current value of the parse event as a string, * this returns the string value of a CHARACTERS event, * returns the value of a COMMENT, the replacement value * for an ENTITY_REFERENCE, the string value of a CDATA section, * the string value for a SPACE event, * or the String value of the internal subset of the DTD. * If an ENTITY_REFERENCE has been resolved, any character data * will be reported as CHARACTERS events. * @return the current text or null * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if this state is not * a valid text state. */ public String getText(); /** * Returns an array which contains the characters from this event. * This array should be treated as read-only and transient. I.e. the array will * contain the text characters until the XMLStreamReader moves on to the next event. * Attempts to hold onto the character array beyond that time or modify the * contents of the array are breaches of the contract for this interface. * @return the current text or an empty array * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if this state is not * a valid text state. */ public char[] getTextCharacters(); /** * Gets the the text associated with a CHARACTERS, SPACE or CDATA event. * Text starting a "sourceStart" is copied into "target" starting at "targetStart". * Up to "length" characters are copied. The number of characters actually copied is returned. * * The "sourceStart" argument must be greater or equal to 0 and less than or equal to * the number of characters associated with the event. Usually, one requests text starting at a "sourceStart" of 0. * If the number of characters actually copied is less than the "length", then there is no more text. * Otherwise, subsequent calls need to be made until all text has been retrieved. For example: * *<code> * int length = 1024; * char[] myBuffer = new char[ length ]; * * for ( int sourceStart = 0 ; ; sourceStart += length ) * { * int nCopied = stream.getTextCharacters( sourceStart, myBuffer, 0, length ); * * if (nCopied < length) * break; * } * </code> * XMLStreamException may be thrown if there are any XML errors in the underlying source. * The "targetStart" argument must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than the length of "target", * Length must be greater than 0 and "targetStart + length" must be less than or equal to length of "target". * * @param sourceStart the index of the first character in the source array to copy * @param target the destination array * @param targetStart the start offset in the target array * @param length the number of characters to copy * @return the number of characters actually copied * @throws XMLStreamException if the underlying XML source is not well-formed * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if targetStart < 0 or > than the length of target * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if length < 0 or targetStart + length > length of target * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this method is not supported * @throws NullPointerException is if target is null */ public int getTextCharacters(int sourceStart, char[] target, int targetStart, int length) throws XMLStreamException; /** * Gets the text associated with a CHARACTERS, SPACE or CDATA event. Allows the underlying * implementation to return the text as a stream of characters. The reference to the * Reader returned by this method is only valid until next() is called. * * All characters must have been checked for well-formedness. * * <p> This method is optional and will throw UnsupportedOperationException if it is not supported. * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this method is not supported * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a valid text state */ //public Reader getTextStream(); /** * Returns the offset into the text character array where the first * character (of this text event) is stored. * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if this state is not * a valid text state. */ public int getTextStart(); /** * Returns the length of the sequence of characters for this * Text event within the text character array. * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if this state is not * a valid text state. */ public int getTextLength(); /** * Return input encoding if known or null if unknown. * @return the encoding of this instance or null */ public String getEncoding(); /** * Return true if the current event has text, false otherwise * The following events have text: * CHARACTERS,DTD ,ENTITY_REFERENCE, COMMENT, SPACE */ public boolean hasText(); /** * Return the current location of the processor. * If the Location is unknown the processor should return * an implementation of Location that returns -1 for the * location and null for the publicId and systemId. * The location information is only valid until next() is * called. */ public Location getLocation(); /** * Returns a QName for the current START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT event * @return the QName for the current START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT event * @throws IllegalStateException if this is not a START_ELEMENT or * END_ELEMENT */ public QName getName(); /** * Returns the (local) name of the current event. * For START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT returns the (local) name of the current element. * For ENTITY_REFERENCE it returns entity name. * The current event must be START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT, * or ENTITY_REFERENCE * @return the localName * @throws IllegalStateException if this not a START_ELEMENT, * END_ELEMENT or ENTITY_REFERENCE */ public String getLocalName(); /** * returns true if the current event has a name (is a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT) * returns false otherwise */ public boolean hasName(); /** * If the current event is a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT this method * returns the URI of the prefix or the default namespace. * Returns null if the event does not have a prefix. * @return the URI bound to this elements prefix, the default namespace, or null */ public String getNamespaceURI(); /** * Returns the prefix of the current event or null if the event does not have a prefix * @return the prefix or null */ public String getPrefix(); /** * Get the xml version declared on the xml declaration * Returns null if none was declared * @return the XML version or null */ public String getVersion(); /** * Get the standalone declaration from the xml declaration * @return true if this is standalone, or false otherwise */ public boolean isStandalone(); /** * Checks if standalone was set in the document * @return true if standalone was set in the document, or false otherwise */ public boolean standaloneSet(); /** * Returns the character encoding declared on the xml declaration * Returns null if none was declared * @return the encoding declared in the document or null */ public String getCharacterEncodingScheme(); /** * Get the target of a processing instruction * @return the target or null */ public String getPITarget(); /** * Get the data section of a processing instruction * @return the data or null */ public String getPIData(); }
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The XMLStreamReader.java Java example source code/* * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ /* * Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved. */ package javax.xml.stream; import java.io.Reader; import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext; import javax.xml.namespace.QName; /** * The XMLStreamReader interface allows forward, read-only access to XML. * It is designed to be the lowest level and most efficient way to * read XML data. * * <p> The XMLStreamReader is designed to iterate over XML using * next() and hasNext(). The data can be accessed using methods such as getEventType(), * getNamespaceURI(), getLocalName() and getText(); * * <p> The next() method causes the reader to read the next parse event. * The next() method returns an integer which identifies the type of event just read. * <p> The event type can be determined using getEventType(). * <p> Parsing events are defined as the XML Declaration, a DTD, * start tag, character data, white space, end tag, comment, * or processing instruction. An attribute or namespace event may be encountered * at the root level of a document as the result of a query operation. * * <p>For XML 1.0 compliance an XML processor must pass the * identifiers of declared unparsed entities, notation declarations and their * associated identifiers to the application. This information is * provided through the property API on this interface. * The following two properties allow access to this information: * javax.xml.stream.notations and javax.xml.stream.entities. * When the current event is a DTD the following call will return a * list of Notations * <code>List l = (List) getProperty("javax.xml.stream.notations"); * The following call will return a list of entity declarations: * <code>List l = (List) getProperty("javax.xml.stream.entities"); * These properties can only be accessed during a DTD event and * are defined to return null if the information is not available. * * <p>The following table describes which methods are valid in what state. * If a method is called in an invalid state the method will throw a * java.lang.IllegalStateException. * * <table border="2" rules="all" cellpadding="4"> * <thead> * <tr> * <th align="center" colspan="2"> * Valid methods for each state * </th> * </tr> * </thead> * <tbody> * <tr> * <th>Event Type * <th>Valid Methods * </tr> * <tr> * <td> All States |
