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NamespaceContext.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 9263 Fri Aug 26 14:58:22 BST 2005 javax.xml.namespace

NamespaceContext

public interface NamespaceContext

Interface for read only XML Namespace context processing.

An XML Namespace has the properties:

Namespace URI: Namespace name expressed as a URI to which the prefix is bound
prefix: syntactically, this is the part of the attribute name following the XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns") in the Namespace declaration

example: <element xmlns:prefix="http://Namespace-name-URI">

All get*(*) methods operate in the current scope for Namespace URI and prefix resolution.

Note that a Namespace URI can be bound to multiple prefixes in the current scope. This can occur when multiple XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns") Namespace declarations occur in the same Start-Tag and refer to the same Namespace URI. e.g.

<element xmlns:prefix1="http://Namespace-name-URI"
xmlns:prefix2="http://Namespace-name-URI">

This can also occur when the same Namespace URI is used in multiple XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns") Namespace declarations in the logical parent element hierarchy. e.g.

<parent xmlns:prefix1="http://Namespace-name-URI">
<child xmlns:prefix2="http://Namespace-name-URI">
...
</child>
</parent>

A prefix can only be bound to a single Namespace URI in the current scope.

author: Jeff Suttor
version: $Revision: 1.4.16.1 $, $Date: 2004/06/28 18:20:38 $
see: javax.xml.XMLConstants javax.XMLConstants for declarations of common XML values
see: XML Schema Part2: Datatypes
see: Namespaces in XML
see: Namespaces in XML Errata
since: 1.5

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public java.lang.String getNamespaceURI(java.lang.String prefix)
Get Namespace URI bound to a prefix in the current scope.

When requesting a Namespace URI by prefix, the following table describes the returned Namespace URI value for all possible prefix values:

getNamespaceURI(prefix) return value for specified prefixes

prefix parameter Namespace URI return value

DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX ("") default Namespace URI in the current scope or {@link javax.xml.XMLConstants#NULL_NS_URI XMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI("")} when there is no default Namespace URI in the current scope

bound prefix Namespace URI bound to prefix in current scope

unbound prefix {@link javax.xml.XMLConstants#NULL_NS_URI XMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI("")}

XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX ("xml") XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")

XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns") XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")

null IllegalArgumentException is thrown

param
prefix prefix to look up
return
Namespace URI bound to prefix in the current scope
public java.lang.String getPrefix(java.lang.String namespaceURI)
Get prefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope.

To get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current scope, use {@link #getPrefixes(String namespaceURI)}.

When requesting a prefix by Namespace URI, the following table describes the returned prefix value for all Namespace URI values:

getPrefix(namespaceURI) return value for specified Namespace URIs

Namespace URI parameter prefix value returned

<default Namespace URI> XMLConstants.DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX ("")

bound Namespace URI prefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope, if multiple prefixes are bound to the Namespace URI in the current scope, a single arbitrary prefix, whose choice is implementation dependent, is returned

unbound Namespace URI null

XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace") XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX ("xml")

XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/") XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns")

null IllegalArgumentException is thrown

param
namespaceURI URI of Namespace to lookup
return
prefix bound to Namespace URI in current context
public java.util.Iterator getPrefixes(java.lang.String namespaceURI)
Get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current scope.

An Iterator over String elements is returned in an arbitrary, implementation dependent, order.

The Iterator is not modifiable. e.g. the remove() method will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

When requesting prefixes by Namespace URI, the following table describes the returned prefixes value for all Namespace URI values:

getPrefixes(namespaceURI) return value for specified Namespace URIs

Namespace URI parameter prefixes value returned

bound Namespace URI, including the <default Namespace URI> Iterator over prefixes bound to Namespace URI in the current scope in an arbitrary, implementation dependent, order

unbound Namespace URI empty Iterator

XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace") Iterator with one element set to XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX ("xml")

XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/") Iterator with one element set to XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns")

null IllegalArgumentException is thrown

param
namespaceURI URI of Namespace to lookup
return
Iterator for all prefixes bound to the Namespace URI in the current scope