Interface NamespaceContext
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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 multipleXMLConstants.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.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description String
getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
Get Namespace URI bound to a prefix in the current scope.String
getPrefix(String namespaceURI)
Get prefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope.Iterator
getPrefixes(String namespaceURI)
Get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current scope.
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Method Detail
getNamespaceURI
String getNamespaceURI(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 prefixesprefix parameter Namespace URI return value DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX
("")default Namespace URI in the current scope or
when there is no default Namespace URI in the current scopeXMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI("")
bound prefix Namespace URI bound to prefix in current scope unbound prefix 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- Parameters:
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prefix
- prefix to look up - Returns:
- Namespace URI bound to prefix in the current scope
- Throws:
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IllegalArgumentException
- Whenprefix
isnull
getPrefix
String getPrefix(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
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 URIsNamespace 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- Parameters:
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namespaceURI
- URI of Namespace to lookup - Returns:
- prefix bound to Namespace URI in current context
- Throws:
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IllegalArgumentException
- WhennamespaceURI
isnull
getPrefixes
Iterator getPrefixes(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. theremove()
method will throwUnsupportedOperationException
.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 URIsNamespace 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, orderunbound Namespace URI empty Iterator
XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI
("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")Iterator
with one element set toXMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX
("xml")XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI
("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")Iterator
with one element set toXMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE
("xmlns")null
IllegalArgumentException
is thrown- Parameters:
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namespaceURI
- URI of Namespace to lookup - Returns:
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Iterator
for all prefixes bound to the Namespace URI in the current scope - Throws:
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IllegalArgumentException
- WhennamespaceURI
isnull
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