public interface NamespaceContext
An XML Namespace has the properties:
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE
("xmlns") in the Namespace declarationexample: <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 multiple XMLConstants.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.
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
String |
getNamespaceURI |
Get Namespace URI bound to a prefix in the current scope. |
String |
getPrefix |
Get prefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope. |
Iterator |
getPrefixes |
Get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current scope. |
String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
When requesting a Namespace URI by prefix, the following table describes the returned Namespace URI value for all possible prefix values:
prefix 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 scope |
bound prefix | Namespace URI bound to prefix in current scope |
unbound prefix | |
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 |
prefix
- prefix to look upIllegalArgumentException
- When prefix
is null
String getPrefix(String namespaceURI)
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:
Namespace 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 |
namespaceURI
- URI of Namespace to lookupIllegalArgumentException
- When namespaceURI
is null
Iterator<String> getPrefixes(String namespaceURI)
An Iterator over String elements is returned in an arbitrary, implementation dependent, order.
The Iterator
is not modifiable. e.g. the remove()
method will throw UnsupportedOperationException
.
When requesting prefixes by Namespace URI, the following table describes the returned prefixes value for all Namespace URI values:
Namespace 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, order |
unbound Namespace URI | empty Iterator
|
XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace") |
Iterator with one element set to XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX ("xml") |
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/") |
Iterator with one element set to XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns") |
null |
IllegalArgumentException is thrown |
namespaceURI
- URI of Namespace to lookupIterator
for all prefixes bound to the Namespace URI in the current scopeIllegalArgumentException
- When namespaceURI
is null
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