Package org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull

Interface XmlSerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

MXSerializer

public interface XmlSerializer

Define an interface to serialization of XML Infoset. This interface abstracts away if serialized XML is XML 1.0 compatible text or other formats of XML 1.0 serializations (such as binary XML for example with WBXML).

PLEASE NOTE: This interface will be part of XmlPull 1.2 API. It is included as basis for discussion. It may change in any way.

Exceptions that may be thrown are: IOException or runtime exception (more runtime exceptions can be thrown but are not declared and as such have no semantics defined for this interface):

• IllegalArgumentException - for almost all methods to signal that argument is illegal
• IllegalStateException - to signal that call has good arguments but is not expected here (violation of contract) and for features/properties when requesting setting unimplemented feature/property (UnsupportedOperationException would be better but it is not in MIDP)

NOTE: writing CDSECT, ENTITY_REF, IGNORABLE_WHITESPACE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, COMMENT, and DOCDECL in some implementations may not be supported (for example when serializing to WBXML). In such case IllegalStateException will be thrown and it is recommended to use an optional feature to signal that implementation is not supporting this kind of output.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
XmlSerializer	attribute(String namespace, String name, String value)	Write an attribute.
void	cdsect(String text)
void	comment(String text)
void	docdecl(String text)
void	endDocument()	Finish writing.
XmlSerializer	endTag(String namespace, String name)	Write end tag.
void	entityRef(String text)
void	flush()	Write all pending output to the stream.
int	getDepth()
boolean	getFeature(String name)	Return the current value of the feature with given name.
String	getName()	Returns the name of the current element as set by startTag().
String	getNamespace()	Returns the namespace URI of the current element as set by startTag().
String	getPrefix(String namespace, boolean generatePrefix)
Object	getProperty(String name)	Look up the value of a property.
void	ignorableWhitespace(String text)
void	processingInstruction(String text)
void	setFeature(String name, boolean state)	Set feature identified by name (recommended to be URI for uniqueness).
void	setOutput(OutputStream os, String encoding)	Set to use binary output stream with given encoding.
void	setOutput(Writer writer)
void	setPrefix(String prefix, String namespace)	Binds the given prefix to the given namespace.
void	setProperty(String name, Object value)	Set the value of a property.
void	startDocument(String encoding, Boolean standalone)	Write <?xml declaration with encoding (if encoding not null) and standalone flag (if standalone not null) This method can only be called just after setOutput.
XmlSerializer	startTag(String namespace, String name)	Writes a start tag with the given namespace and name.
XmlSerializer	text(char[] buf, int start, int len)	Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically
XmlSerializer	text(String text)

Method Details

setFeature

void setFeature(String name,
 boolean state)
         throws IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Set feature identified by name (recommended to be URI for uniqueness). Some well known optional features are defined in http://www.xmlpull.org/v1/doc/features.html. If feature is not recognized or can not be set then IllegalStateException MUST be thrown.

Parameters:

name - feature name

state - feature state

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If the feature is not supported or can not be set

IllegalArgumentException

getFeature

boolean getFeature(String name)

Return the current value of the feature with given name.

NOTE: unknown properties are always returned as null

Parameters:

name - The name of feature to be retrieved.

Returns:

The value of named feature.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if feature string is null

setProperty

void setProperty(String name,
 Object value)
          throws IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Set the value of a property. (the property name is recommended to be URI for uniqueness). Some well known optional properties are defined in http://www.xmlpull.org/v1/doc/properties.html. If property is not recognized or can not be set then IllegalStateException MUST be thrown.

Parameters:

name - property name

value - property value

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the property is not supported or can not be set

IllegalArgumentException

getProperty

Object getProperty(String name)

Look up the value of a property. The property name is any fully-qualified URI. I

NOTE: unknown properties are always returned as null

Parameters:

name - The name of property to be retrieved.

Returns:

The value of named property.

setOutput

void setOutput(OutputStream os,
 String encoding)
        throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Set to use binary output stream with given encoding.

Parameters:

os - out

encoding - encoding

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

setOutput

void setOutput(Writer writer)
        throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Parameters:

writer - Set the output to the given writer.

WARNING no information about encoding is available!

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

startDocument

void startDocument(String encoding,
 Boolean standalone)
            throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Write <?xml declaration with encoding (if encoding not null) and standalone flag (if standalone not null) This method can only be called just after setOutput.

Parameters:

encoding - document encoding

standalone - standalone flag value

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

endDocument

void endDocument()
          throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Finish writing. All unclosed start tags will be closed and output will be flushed. After calling this method no more output can be serialized until next call to setOutput()

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

setPrefix

void setPrefix(String prefix,
 String namespace)
        throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Binds the given prefix to the given namespace. This call is valid for the next element including child elements. The prefix and namespace MUST be always declared even if prefix is not used in element (startTag() or attribute()) - for XML 1.0 it must result in declaring xmlns:prefix='namespace' (or xmlns:prefix="namespace" depending what character is used to quote attribute value).

NOTE: this method MUST be called directly before startTag() and if anything but startTag() or setPrefix() is called next there will be exception.

NOTE: prefixes "xml" and "xmlns" are already bound and can not be redefined see: Namespaces in XML Errata.

NOTE: to set default namespace use as prefix empty string.

Parameters:

prefix - must be not null (or IllegalArgumentException is thrown)

namespace - must be not null

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

getPrefix

String getPrefix(String namespace,
 boolean generatePrefix)
          throws IllegalArgumentException

Parameters:

namespace - the namespace

generatePrefix - to generate the missing prefix

Returns:

namespace that corresponds to given prefix If there is no prefix bound to this namespace return null but if generatePrefix is false then return generated prefix.

NOTE: if the prefix is empty string "" and default namespace is bound to this prefix then empty string ("") is returned.

NOTE: prefixes "xml" and "xmlns" are already bound will have values as defined Namespaces in XML specification

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if null

getDepth

int getDepth()

Returns:

the current depth of the element. Outside the root element, the depth is 0. The depth is incremented by 1 when startTag() is called. The depth is decremented after the call to endTag() event was observed.

 <!-- outside -->     0
 <root>               1
   sometext                 1
     <foobar>         2
     </foobar>        2
 </root>              1
 <!-- outside -->     0
 

getNamespace

String getNamespace()

Returns the namespace URI of the current element as set by startTag().

NOTE: that means in particular that:

• if there was startTag("", ...) then getNamespace() returns ""
• if there was startTag(null, ...) then getNamespace() returns null

Returns:

namespace set by startTag() that is currently in scope

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of the current element as set by startTag(). It can only be null before first call to startTag() or when last endTag() is called to close first startTag().

Returns:

namespace set by startTag() that is currently in scope

startTag

XmlSerializer startTag(String namespace,
 String name)
                throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Writes a start tag with the given namespace and name. If there is no prefix defined for the given namespace, a prefix will be defined automatically. The explicit prefixes for namespaces can be established by calling setPrefix() immediately before this method. If namespace is null no namespace prefix is printed but just name. If namespace is empty string then serializer will make sure that default empty namespace is declared (in XML 1.0 xmlns='') or throw IllegalStateException if default namespace is already bound to non-empty string.

Parameters:

namespace - ns

name - tag name

Returns:

XmlSerializer

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

attribute

XmlSerializer attribute(String namespace,
 String name,
 String value)
                 throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Write an attribute. Calls to attribute() MUST follow a call to startTag() immediately. If there is no prefix defined for the given namespace, a prefix will be defined automatically. If namespace is null or empty string no namespace prefix is printed but just name.

Parameters:

name - attribute name

value - attribute value

namespace - namespace to use

Returns:

XmlSerializer

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

endTag

XmlSerializer endTag(String namespace,
 String name)
              throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Write end tag. Repetition of namespace and name is just for avoiding errors. Background: in kXML endTag had no arguments, and non matching tags were very difficult to find... If namespace is null no namespace prefix is printed but just name. If namespace is empty string then serializer will make sure that default empty namespace is declared (in XML 1.0 xmlns='').

Parameters:

namespace - ns

name - tag name

Returns:

XmlSerializer

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

text

XmlSerializer text(String text)
            throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Parameters:

text - Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically

Returns:

XmlSerializer

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

text

XmlSerializer text(char[] buf,
 int start,
 int len)
            throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically

Parameters:

buf - characters

len - lenght

start - start

Returns:

XmlSerializer

Throws:

IOException - io

IllegalArgumentException - if null

IllegalStateException - illegal use

cdsect

void cdsect(String text)
     throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Throws:

IOException

IllegalArgumentException

IllegalStateException

entityRef

void entityRef(String text)
        throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Throws:

IOException

IllegalArgumentException

IllegalStateException

processingInstruction

void processingInstruction(String text)
                    throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Throws:

IOException

IllegalArgumentException

IllegalStateException

comment

void comment(String text)
      throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Throws:

IOException

IllegalArgumentException

IllegalStateException

docdecl

void docdecl(String text)
      throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Throws:

IOException

IllegalArgumentException

IllegalStateException

ignorableWhitespace

void ignorableWhitespace(String text)
                  throws IOException,
IllegalArgumentException,
IllegalStateException

Throws:

IOException

IllegalArgumentException

IllegalStateException

flush

void flush()
    throws IOException

Write all pending output to the stream. If method startTag() or attribute() was called then start tag is closed (final >) before flush() is called on underlying output stream.

NOTE: if there is need to close start tag (so no more attribute() calls are allowed) but without flushing output call method text() with empty string (text("")).

Throws:

IOException - io