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XMLConstants.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API6400Fri Aug 26 14:58:22 BST 2005javax.xml

XMLConstants

public final class XMLConstants extends Object

Utility class to contain basic XML values as constants.

author
Jeff Suttor
version
$Revision: 1.10.12.1 $, $Date: 2004/05/05 20:04:51 $
see
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1
see
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)
see
XML 1.0 Second Edition Specification Errata
see
Namespaces in XML 1.1
see
Namespaces in XML
see
Namespaces in XML Errata
see
XML Schema Part 1: Structures
since
1.5

Fields Summary
public static final String
NULL_NS_URI

Namespace URI to use to represent that there is no Namespace.

Defined by the Namespace specification to be "".

public static final String
DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX

Prefix to use to represent the default XML Namespace.

Defined by the XML specification to be "".

public static final String
XML_NS_URI

The official XML Namespace name URI.

Defined by the XML specification to be "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace".

public static final String
XML_NS_PREFIX

The official XML Namespace prefix.

Defined by the XML specification to be "xml".

public static final String
XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI

The official XML attribute used for specifying XML Namespace declarations, {@link #XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE}, Namespace name URI.

Defined by the XML specification to be "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/".

public static final String
XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE

The official XML attribute used for specifying XML Namespace declarations.

It is NOT valid to use as a prefix. Defined by the XML specification to be "xmlns".

public static final String
W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI

W3C XML Schema Namespace URI.

Defined to be "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema".

public static final String
W3C_XML_SCHEMA_INSTANCE_NS_URI

W3C XML Schema Instance Namespace URI.

Defined to be "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance".

public static final String
W3C_XPATH_DATATYPE_NS_URI

W3C XPath Datatype Namespace URI.

Defined to be "http://www.w3.org/2003/11/xpath-datatypes".

public static final String
XML_DTD_NS_URI

XML Document Type Declaration Namespace URI as an arbitrary value.

Since not formally defined by any existing standard, arbitrarily define to be "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml".

public static final String
RELAXNG_NS_URI

RELAX NG Namespace URI.

Defined to be "http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0".

public static final String
FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING

Feature for secure processing.

  • true instructs the implementation to process XML securely. This may set limits on XML constructs to avoid conditions such as denial of service attacks.
  • false instructs the implementation to process XML acording the letter of the XML specifications ingoring security issues such as limits on XML constructs to avoid conditions such as denial of service attacks.
Constructors Summary
private XMLConstants()

Private constructor to prevent instantiation.

	
Methods Summary