Class XMLEventFactory

protected XMLEventFactory()

public abstract Attribute createAttribute(String localName,
                                          String value)

Create an attribute event.

public abstract Attribute createAttribute(String prefix,
                                          String namespaceURI,
                                          String localName,
                                          String value)

Create an attribute event.

public abstract Attribute createAttribute(QName name,
                                          String value)

Create an attribute event.

public abstract Characters createCData(String content)

Create a text event of type CDATA section.

public abstract Characters createCharacters(String content)

Create a text event.

public abstract Comment createComment(String text)

Create a comment event.

public abstract DTD createDTD(String dtd)

Create a DOCTYPE declaration event.

public abstract EndDocument createEndDocument()

Create an end-document event.

public abstract EndElement createEndElement(String prefix,
                                            String namespaceUri,
                                            String localName)

Create an end-element event.

public abstract EntityReference createEntityReference(String name,
                                                      EntityDeclaration declaration)

Create an entity reference event.

public abstract Characters createIgnorableSpace(String content)

Create a text event of type ignorable whitespace.

public abstract Namespace createNamespace(String namespaceURI)

Create a namespace declaration event.

public abstract Namespace createNamespace(String prefix,
                                          String namespaceUri)

Create a namespace declaration event.

public abstract ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(String target,
                                                                  String data)

Create a processing instruction event.

public abstract Characters createSpace(String content)

Create a text event of type whitespace.

public abstract StartDocument createStartDocument()

Create a start-document event.

public abstract StartDocument createStartDocument(String encoding)

Create a start-document event.

public abstract StartDocument createStartDocument(String encoding,
                                                  String version)

Create a start-document event.

public abstract StartDocument createStartDocument(String encoding,
                                                  String version,
                                                  boolean standalone)

Create a start-document event.

public abstract StartElement createStartElement(String prefix,
                                                String namespaceUri,
                                                String localName)

Create a start-element event.

public static XMLEventFactory newInstance()
            throws FactoryConfigurationError

Create a new factory instance.

See Also:

newInstance(String,ClassLoader)

public static XMLEventFactory newInstance(String factoryId,
                                          ClassLoader classLoader)
            throws FactoryConfigurationError

Create a new factory instance. The implementation class to load is the first found in the following locations:

1. the javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory system property
2. the above named property value in the $JAVA_HOME/lib/stax.properties file
3. the class name specified in the META-INF/services/javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory system resource
4. the default factory class

Parameters:

factoryId - name of the factory to find, same as a property name

classLoader - the class loader to use

Returns:

the factory implementation

Throws:

FactoryConfigurationError - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

public abstract void setLocation(Location location)

Sets the location for each event created by this factory.