Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

javax.xml.stream
Interface XMLStreamConstants

All Known Subinterfaces:
Attribute, Characters, Comment, DTD, EndDocument, EndElement, EntityDeclaration, EntityReference, Namespace, NotationDeclaration, ProcessingInstruction, StartDocument, StartElement, XMLEvent, XMLStreamReader
All Known Implementing Classes:
StreamReaderDelegate

public interface XMLStreamConstants

This interface declares the constants used in this API. Numbers in the range 0 to 256 are reserved for the specification, user defined events must use event codes outside that range.

Since:
1.6

Field Summary
static int ATTRIBUTE
          Indicates an event is an attribute
static int CDATA
          Indicates an event is a CDATA section
static int CHARACTERS
          Indicates an event is characters
static int COMMENT
          Indicates an event is a comment
static int DTD
          Indicates an event is a DTD
static int END_DOCUMENT
          Indicates an event is an end document
static int END_ELEMENT
          Indicates an event is an end element
static int ENTITY_DECLARATION
          Indicates a Entity Declaration
static int ENTITY_REFERENCE
          Indicates an event is an entity reference
static int NAMESPACE
          Indicates the event is a namespace declaration
static int NOTATION_DECLARATION
          Indicates a Notation
static int PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION
          Indicates an event is a processing instruction
static int SPACE
          The characters are white space (see [XML], 2.10 "White Space Handling").
static int START_DOCUMENT
          Indicates an event is a start document
static int START_ELEMENT
          Indicates an event is a start element
 

Field Detail

START_ELEMENT

static final int START_ELEMENT
Indicates an event is a start element

See Also:
StartElement, Constant Field Values

END_ELEMENT

static final int END_ELEMENT
Indicates an event is an end element

See Also:
EndElement, Constant Field Values

PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION

static final int PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION
Indicates an event is a processing instruction

See Also:
ProcessingInstruction, Constant Field Values

CHARACTERS

static final int CHARACTERS
Indicates an event is characters

See Also:
Characters, Constant Field Values

COMMENT

static final int COMMENT
Indicates an event is a comment

See Also:
Comment, Constant Field Values

SPACE

static final int SPACE
The characters are white space (see [XML], 2.10 "White Space Handling"). Events are only reported as SPACE if they are ignorable white space. Otherwise they are reported as CHARACTERS.

See Also:
Characters, Constant Field Values

START_DOCUMENT

static final int START_DOCUMENT
Indicates an event is a start document

See Also:
StartDocument, Constant Field Values

END_DOCUMENT

static final int END_DOCUMENT
Indicates an event is an end document

See Also:
EndDocument, Constant Field Values

ENTITY_REFERENCE

static final int ENTITY_REFERENCE
Indicates an event is an entity reference

See Also:
EntityReference, Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTE

static final int ATTRIBUTE
Indicates an event is an attribute

See Also:
Attribute, Constant Field Values

DTD

static final int DTD
Indicates an event is a DTD

See Also:
DTD, Constant Field Values

CDATA

static final int CDATA
Indicates an event is a CDATA section

See Also:
Characters, Constant Field Values

NAMESPACE

static final int NAMESPACE
Indicates the event is a namespace declaration

See Also:
Namespace, Constant Field Values

NOTATION_DECLARATION

static final int NOTATION_DECLARATION
Indicates a Notation

See Also:
NotationDeclaration, Constant Field Values

ENTITY_DECLARATION

static final int ENTITY_DECLARATION
Indicates a Entity Declaration

See Also:
NotationDeclaration, Constant Field Values

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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