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XmlSerializer.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API14903Wed May 06 22:41:06 BST 2009org.xmlpull.v1

XmlSerializer

public interface XmlSerializer
Define an interface to serialziation of XML Infoset. This interface abstracts away if serialized XML is XML 1.0 comaptible 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 recommened to use an optional feature to signal that implementation is not supporting this kind of output.

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializerattribute(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
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.

public voidcdsect(java.lang.String text)

public voidcomment(java.lang.String text)

public voiddocdecl(java.lang.String text)

public voidendDocument()
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()

public org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializerendTag(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String name)
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 serialzier will make sure that default empty namespace is declared (in XML 1.0 xmlns='').

public voidentityRef(java.lang.String text)

public voidflush()
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 flushinging output call method text() with empty string (text("")).

public intgetDepth()
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

public booleangetFeature(java.lang.String name)
Return the current value of the feature with given name.

NOTE: unknown properties are always returned as null

param
name The name of feature to be retrieved.
return
The value of named feature.
exception
IllegalArgumentException if feature string is null

public java.lang.StringgetName()
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().

return
namespace set by startTag() that is currently in scope

public java.lang.StringgetNamespace()
Returns the namespace URI of the current element as set by startTag().

NOTE: that measn in particaulr that:

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

return
namespace set by startTag() that is currently in scope

public java.lang.StringgetPrefix(java.lang.String namespace, boolean generatePrefix)
Return 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 defualt 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

public java.lang.ObjectgetProperty(java.lang.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

param
name The name of property to be retrieved.
return
The value of named property.

public voidignorableWhitespace(java.lang.String text)

public voidprocessingInstruction(java.lang.String text)

public voidsetFeature(java.lang.String name, boolean state)
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 recocgnized or can not be set then IllegalStateException MUST be thrown.

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

public voidsetOutput(java.io.OutputStream os, java.lang.String encoding)
Set to use binary output stream with given encoding.

public voidsetOutput(java.io.Writer writer)
Set the output to the given writer.

WARNING no information about encoding is available!

public voidsetPrefix(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String namespace)
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.

param
prefix must be not null (or IllegalArgumentException is thrown)
param
namespace must be not null

public voidsetProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)
Set the value of a property. (the property name is recommened 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 recocgnized or can not be set then IllegalStateException MUST be thrown.

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

public voidstartDocument(java.lang.String encoding, java.lang.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.

public org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializerstartTag(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String name)
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 serialzier 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.

public org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializertext(java.lang.String text)
Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically

public org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializertext(char[] buf, int start, int len)
Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically