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package javax.xml.stream;

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
/** * 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 */
public interface XMLStreamConstants {
Indicates an event is a start element
See Also:
  • StartElement
/** * Indicates an event is a start element * @see javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement */
public static final int START_ELEMENT=1;
Indicates an event is an end element
See Also:
  • EndElement
/** * Indicates an event is an end element * @see javax.xml.stream.events.EndElement */
public static final int END_ELEMENT=2;
Indicates an event is a processing instruction
See Also:
  • ProcessingInstruction
/** * Indicates an event is a processing instruction * @see javax.xml.stream.events.ProcessingInstruction */
public static final int PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION=3;
Indicates an event is characters
See Also:
  • Characters
/** * Indicates an event is characters * @see javax.xml.stream.events.Characters */
public static final int CHARACTERS=4;
Indicates an event is a comment
See Also:
  • Comment
/** * Indicates an event is a comment * @see javax.xml.stream.events.Comment */
public static final int COMMENT=5;
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
/** * 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 javax.xml.stream.events.Characters */
public static final int SPACE=6;
Indicates an event is a start document
See Also:
  • StartDocument
/** * Indicates an event is a start document * @see javax.xml.stream.events.StartDocument */
public static final int START_DOCUMENT=7;
Indicates an event is an end document
See Also:
  • EndDocument
/** * Indicates an event is an end document * @see javax.xml.stream.events.EndDocument */
public static final int END_DOCUMENT=8;
Indicates an event is an entity reference
See Also:
  • EntityReference
/** * Indicates an event is an entity reference * @see javax.xml.stream.events.EntityReference */
public static final int ENTITY_REFERENCE=9;
Indicates an event is an attribute
See Also:
  • Attribute
/** * Indicates an event is an attribute * @see javax.xml.stream.events.Attribute */
public static final int ATTRIBUTE=10;
Indicates an event is a DTD
See Also:
  • DTD
/** * Indicates an event is a DTD * @see javax.xml.stream.events.DTD */
public static final int DTD=11;
Indicates an event is a CDATA section
See Also:
  • Characters
/** * Indicates an event is a CDATA section * @see javax.xml.stream.events.Characters */
public static final int CDATA=12;
Indicates the event is a namespace declaration
See Also:
  • Namespace
/** * Indicates the event is a namespace declaration * * @see javax.xml.stream.events.Namespace */
public static final int NAMESPACE=13;
Indicates a Notation
See Also:
  • NotationDeclaration
/** * Indicates a Notation * @see javax.xml.stream.events.NotationDeclaration */
public static final int NOTATION_DECLARATION=14;
Indicates a Entity Declaration
See Also:
  • NotationDeclaration
/** * Indicates a Entity Declaration * @see javax.xml.stream.events.NotationDeclaration */
public static final int ENTITY_DECLARATION=15; }