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

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`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.