Interface XMLInputStream

  • All Known Subinterfaces:
    BufferedXMLInputStream
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    GenericXmlInputStream, ValidatingXMLInputStream

    public interface XMLInputStream
    Deprecated.
    XMLInputStream was deprecated by XMLStreamReader from STaX - jsr173 API.
    This is the top level interface for iterating over XML Events in an XML document.

    Difference from SAX

    An event stream can be thought of encapsulating SAX events. It applies an iterator/pull metaphor to the parser allowing procedural, stream-based, handling of input XML rather than having to write chained event handlers to handle complex XML documents.

    Difference from DOM

    The pull metaphor allows single-pass, stream-based parsing of the document rather than tree based manipulation.

    Since:
    XMLInputStream 1.0
    See Also:
    XMLEvent, CharacterData, ProcessingInstruction, StartElement, EndElement, CharacterData, XMLName
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      void close()
      Deprecated.
      Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream.
      ReferenceResolver getReferenceResolver()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the reference resolver that was set for this stream, returns null if no ReferenceResolver has been set.
      XMLInputStream getSubStream()
      Deprecated.
      getSubStream() returns a stream which points to the entire next element in the current stream.
      boolean hasNext()
      Deprecated.
      Check if there are more events to pull of the stream
      XMLEvent next()
      Deprecated.
      Get the next XMLEvent on the stream
      XMLEvent peek()
      Deprecated.
      Check the next XMLEvent without reading it from the stream.
      void setReferenceResolver​(ReferenceResolver resolver)
      Deprecated.
      Provides a way to set the ReferenceResolver of the stream, this is mostly needed for handle references to other parts of the document.
      void skip()
      Deprecated.
      Skip the next stream event
      boolean skip​(int eventType)
      Deprecated.
      Position the stream at the next XMLEvent of this type.
      boolean skip​(XMLName name)
      Deprecated.
      Position the stream at the next element of this name.
      boolean skip​(XMLName name, int eventType)
      Deprecated.
      Position the stream at the next element of this name and this type.
      void skipElement()
      Deprecated.
      Skips the entire next start tag / end tag pair.
    • Method Detail

      • skip

        boolean skip​(int eventType)
              throws XMLStreamException
        Deprecated.
        Position the stream at the next XMLEvent of this type. The method returns true if the stream contains another XMLEvent of this type and false otherwise.
        Parameters:
        eventType - An integer code that indicates the element type.
        Throws:
        XMLStreamException
        See Also:
        XMLEvent
      • skip

        boolean skip​(XMLName name)
              throws XMLStreamException
        Deprecated.
        Position the stream at the next element of this name. The method returns true if the stream contains another element with this name and false otherwise. Skip is a forward operator only. It does not look backward in the stream.
        Parameters:
        name - An object that defines an XML name. If the XMLName.getNameSpaceName() method on the XMLName argument returns null the XMLName will match just the local name. Prefixes are not checked for equality.
        Throws:
        XMLStreamException
        See Also:
        XMLName
      • skip

        boolean skip​(XMLName name,
                     int eventType)
              throws XMLStreamException
        Deprecated.
        Position the stream at the next element of this name and this type. The method returns true if the stream contains another element with this name of this type and false otherwise.
        Parameters:
        name - An object that defines an XML name. If the XMLName.getNameSpaceName() method on the XMLName argument returns null the XMLName will match just the local name. Prefixes are not checked for equality.
        eventType - An integer code that indicates the element type.
        Throws:
        XMLStreamException
        See Also:
        XMLEvent, XMLName
      • getSubStream

        XMLInputStream getSubStream()
                             throws XMLStreamException
        Deprecated.
        getSubStream() returns a stream which points to the entire next element in the current stream. For example: take a document that has a root node A, where the children of A are B, C, and D. If the stream is pointing to the start element of A, getSubStream() will return A, B, C and D including the start element of A and the end element of A. The position of the parent stream is not changed and the events read by the substream are written back to its parent.
        Throws:
        XMLStreamException
      • getReferenceResolver

        ReferenceResolver getReferenceResolver()
        Deprecated.
        Returns the reference resolver that was set for this stream, returns null if no ReferenceResolver has been set.
        See Also:
        ReferenceResolver
      • setReferenceResolver

        void setReferenceResolver​(ReferenceResolver resolver)
        Deprecated.
        Provides a way to set the ReferenceResolver of the stream, this is mostly needed for handle references to other parts of the document.
        See Also:
        ReferenceResolver