org.gjt.xpp

Interface XmlTag

Known Subinterfaces:
XmlEndTag, XmlNode, XmlPullNode, XmlStartTag
Known Implementing Classes:
EndTag, Node, PullNode, StartTag, Tag

public interface XmlTag

Base interface that encapsulates common functionality for XML elements: both start tag and end tag (an empty element is equivalent to start tag followed by end tag so for simplicity ti is not modeled as a separate class).
Author:
Aleksander Slominski
See Also:
XmlStartTag, XmlEndTag

Method Summary

String
getLocalName()
Returns the local name of the current element
String
getNamespaceUri()
Returns the namespace URI of the current element Returns null if not applicable
String
getPrefix()
Returns the prefix of the current element or null if elemet has no prefix.
String
getRawName()
Returns the raw name (prefix + ':' + localName) of the current element
void
modifyTag(String namespaceURI, String localName, String rawName)
Modify tag to have namespace URI, localName and rawName.
void
resetTag()
Clear all Tag state to default values.

Method Details

getLocalName

public String getLocalName()
Returns the local name of the current element

getNamespaceUri

public String getNamespaceUri()
Returns the namespace URI of the current element Returns null if not applicable

getPrefix

public String getPrefix()
Returns the prefix of the current element or null if elemet has no prefix.

getRawName

public String getRawName()
Returns the raw name (prefix + ':' + localName) of the current element

modifyTag

public void modifyTag(String namespaceURI,
                      String localName,
                      String rawName)
            throws XmlPullParserException
Modify tag to have namespace URI, localName and rawName.

NOTE: setting modeled after SAX2 startTag

Parameters:
namespaceURI - maybe null then default "" namespace is used
localName - may be null then rawName is used
rawName - actual attribute name MUST be not null if it is null exception MUST be thrown

resetTag

public void resetTag()
Clear all Tag state to default values.

Copyright (c) 2003 IU Extreme! Lab http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/ All Rights Reserved.

Note this package is deprecated by
XPP3 that implements XmlPull API