javax.xml.stream

Interface XMLEventReader

All Superinterfaces:
Iterator<E>
Known Implementing Classes:
EventReaderDelegate

public interface XMLEventReader
extends Iterator<E>

An XML parser.

Method Summary

void
close()
Free any resources associated with this parser.
String
getElementText()
Reads the text context of an element.
Object
getProperty(String name)
Returns the implementation-specific feature or property of the given name.
boolean
hasNext()
Indicates whether there are more XML events to be read.
XMLEvent
nextEvent()
Returns the next XML event.
XMLEvent
nextTag()
Returns the next element event.
XMLEvent
peek()
Looks at the next XML event without advancing the cursor in the stream.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Iterator<E>

hasNext, next, remove

Method Details

close

public void close()
            throws XMLStreamException
Free any resources associated with this parser. This method will not close the underlying input source.

getElementText

public String getElementText()
            throws XMLStreamException
Reads the text context of an element. When invoked, the current event must be START_ELEMENT. On completion, the current event will be END_ELEMENT.

getProperty

public Object getProperty(String name)
            throws IllegalArgumentException
Returns the implementation-specific feature or property of the given name.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the property is not supported

hasNext

public boolean hasNext()
Indicates whether there are more XML events to be read.
Specified by:
hasNext in interface Iterator<E>

nextEvent

public XMLEvent nextEvent()
            throws XMLStreamException
Returns the next XML event.

nextTag

public XMLEvent nextTag()
            throws XMLStreamException
Returns the next element event. This method skips insignificant space until a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT event is found.
Throws:
XMLStreamException - if an event that was not an insignificant space event was encountered

peek

public XMLEvent peek()
            throws XMLStreamException
Looks at the next XML event without advancing the cursor in the stream. Returns null if there are no more events to read.

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