minwin-gcc-5-2/libjava/classpath/javax/xml/stream/XMLStreamReader.java

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package javax.xml.stream;

import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

/**
 * Interface implemented by an XML parser.
 */
public interface XMLStreamReader
  extends XMLStreamConstants
{

  /**
   * Returns the implementation-specific feature or property of the given
   * name.
   */
  Object getProperty(String name)
    throws IllegalArgumentException;

  /**
   * Returns the next parsing event.
   */
  int next()
    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**
   * Tests whether the current event is of the given type and namespace.
   * @exception XMLStreamException if the test fails
   */
  void require(int type, String namespaceURI, String localName)
    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**
   * Returns the text content of a text-only element.
   * When invoked, the current event must be START_ELEMENT.
   * On completion, the current event will be END_ELEMENT.
   */
  String getElementText()
    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**
   * Skips any ignorable whitespace, comments, and processing instructions
   * until a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT event is encountered.
   * @exception XMLStreamException if an event of any other type is
   * encountered
   */
  int nextTag()
    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**
   * Indicates whether there are any remaining events to be read.
   */
  boolean hasNext()
    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**
   * Frees any resources used by this parser.
   * This method will not close the underlying input source.
   */
  void close()
    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**
   * Returns the namespace URI for the given prefix.
   */
  String getNamespaceURI(String prefix);

  /**
   * Indicates whether the current event is START_ELEMENT.
   */
  boolean isStartElement();

  /**
   * Indicates whether the current event is END_ELEMENT.
   */
  boolean isEndElement();

  /**
   * Indicates whether the current event is character data.
   */
  boolean isCharacters();

  /**
   * Indicates whether the current event is ignorable whitespace.
   */
  boolean isWhiteSpace();

  /**
   * Returns the normalized attribute value for the given attribute.
   */
  String getAttributeValue(String namespaceURI, String localName);

  /**
   * Returns the number of attributes on this element.
   * This method can only be invoked on a START_ELEMENT event.
   */
  int getAttributeCount();

  /**
   * Returns the QName of the attribute at the given index.
   */
  QName getAttributeName(int index);

  /**
   * Returns the namespace URI of the attribute at the given index.
   */
  String getAttributeNamespace(int index);

  /**
   * Returns the local-name of the attribute at the given index.
   */
  String getAttributeLocalName(int index);

  /**
   * Returns the namespace prefix of the attribute at the given index.
   */
  String getAttributePrefix(int index);

  /**
   * Returns the type of the attribute at the specified index.
   */
  String getAttributeType(int index);

  /**
   * Returns the normalized value of the attribute at the given index.
   */
  String getAttributeValue(int index);

  /**
   * Indicates whether the attribute at the given index was specified in the
   * underlying XML source or created by default.
   */
  boolean isAttributeSpecified(int index);

  /**
   * Returns the number of namespaces declared on this event.
   * This method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT, or NAMESPACE
   * event.
   */
  int getNamespaceCount();

  /**
   * Returns the prefix of the namespace at the given index, or null if this
   * is the default namespace declaration.
   */
  String getNamespacePrefix(int index);

  /**
   * Returns the URI of the namespace at the given index.
   */
  String getNamespaceURI(int index);

  /**
   * Returns the namespace context for the current position.
   */
  NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext();

  /**
   * Returns the type of the current event.
   */
  int getEventType();

  /**
   * Returns the string value of the current event.
   */
  String getText();

  /**
   * Returns the string value of the current event as a character array.
   */
  char[] getTextCharacters();

  /**
   * Copies the string value of the current event into the specified
   * character array.
   */
  int getTextCharacters(int sourceStart, char[] target,
                        int targetStart, int length)
    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**
   * Returns the offset of the first character in the text character array.
   */
  int getTextStart();

  /**
   * Returns the length of the characters in the text character array.
   */
  int getTextLength();

  /**
   * Returns the input encoding.
   */
  String getEncoding();

  /**
   * Indicates whether the current event has text.
   */
  boolean hasText();

  /**
   * Returns the current location of the parser cursor in the underlying
   * input source.
   */
  Location getLocation();

  /**
   * Returns the QName of the current element.
   * This method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT event.
   */
  QName getName();

  /**
   * Returns the local-name of the current element.
   */
  String getLocalName();

  /**
   * Indicates whether the current event has a name.
   */
  boolean hasName();

  /**
   * Returns the namespace URI of the current element.
   */
  String getNamespaceURI();

  /**
   * Returns the namespace prefix of the current element.
   */
  String getPrefix();

  /**
   * Returns the XML version declared in the XML declaration.
   */
  String getVersion();

  /**
   * Returns the standalone flag declared in the XML declaration.
   */
  boolean isStandalone();

  /**
   * Indicates whether the standalone flag was set in the document.
   */
  boolean standaloneSet();

  /**
   * Returns the encoding declared in the XML declaration.
   */
  String getCharacterEncodingScheme();

  /**
   * Returns the target of the current processing instruction event.
   */
  String getPITarget();

  /**
   * Returns the data of the current processing instruction event.
   */
  String getPIData();

}