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package javax.xml.stream;

import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;

/**

 * The XMLStreamWriter interface specifies how to write XML.  The XMLStreamWriter  does

 * not perform well formedness checking on its input.  However

 * the writeCharacters method is required to escape & , < and >

 * For attribute values the writeAttribute method will escape the

 * above characters plus " to ensure that all character content

 * and attribute values are well formed.

 *

 * Each NAMESPACE

 * and ATTRIBUTE must be individually written.

 *

 * <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">

 *     <thead>

 *         <tr>

 *             <th colspan="5">XML Namespaces, <code>javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces</code> and write method behaviour</th>

 *         </tr>

 *         <tr>

 *             <th>Method</th> <!-- method -->

 *             <th colspan="2"><code>isRepairingNamespaces</code> == true</th>

 *             <th colspan="2"><code>isRepairingNamespaces</code> == false</th>

 *         </tr>

 *         <tr>

 *             <th></th> <!-- method -->

 *             <th>namespaceURI bound</th>

 *             <th>namespaceURI unbound</th>

 *             <th>namespaceURI bound</th>

 *             <th>namespaceURI unbound</th>

 *         </tr>

 *     </thead>

 *

 *     <tbody>

 *         <tr>

 *             <th><code>writeAttribute(namespaceURI, localName, value)</code></th>

 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == true -->

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->

 *                 prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup>

 *             </td>

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->

 *                 xmlns:{generated}="namespaceURI" {generated}:localName="value"

 *             </td>

 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == false -->

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->

 *                 prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup>

 *             </td>

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->

 *                 <code>XMLStreamException</code>

 *             </td>

 *         </tr>

 *

 *         <tr>

 *             <th><code>writeAttribute(prefix, namespaceURI, localName, value)</code></th>

 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == true -->

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->

 *                 bound to same prefix:<br />

 *                 prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup><br />

 *                 <br />

 *                 bound to different prefix:<br />

 *                 xmlns:{generated}="namespaceURI" {generated}:localName="value"

 *             </td>

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->

 *                 xmlns:prefix="namespaceURI" prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[3]</sup>

 *             </td>

 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == false -->

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->

 *                 bound to same prefix:<br />

 *                 prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[1][2]</sup><br />

 *                 <br />

 *                 bound to different prefix:<br />

 *                 <code>XMLStreamException</code><sup>[2]</sup>

 *             </td>

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->

 *                 xmlns:prefix="namespaceURI" prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[2][5]</sup>

 *             </td>

 *         </tr>

 *

 *         <tr>

 *             <th><code>writeStartElement(namespaceURI, localName)</code><br />

 *                 <br />

 *                 <code>writeEmptyElement(namespaceURI, localName)</code></th>

 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == true -->

 *             <td >

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->

 *                 &lt;prefix:localName&gt;&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup>

 *             </td>

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->

 *                 <{generated}:localName xmlns:{generated}="namespaceURI">

 *             </td>

 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == false -->

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->

 *                 &lt;prefix:localName&gt;&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup>

 *             </td>

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->

 *                 <code>XMLStreamException</code>

 *             </td>

 *         </tr>

 *

 *         <tr>

 *             <th><code>writeStartElement(prefix, localName, namespaceURI)</code><br />

 *                 <br />

 *                 <code>writeEmptyElement(prefix, localName, namespaceURI)</code></th>

 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == true -->

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->

 *                 bound to same prefix:<br />

 *                 &lt;prefix:localName&gt;&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup><br />

 *                 <br />

 *                 bound to different prefix:<br />

 *                 <{generated}:localName xmlns:{generated}="namespaceURI">

 *             </td>

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->

 *                 &lt;prefix:localName xmlns:prefix="namespaceURI"&gt;&nbsp;<sup>[4]</sup>

 *             </td>

 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == false -->

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->

 *                 bound to same prefix:<br />

 *                 &lt;prefix:localName&gt;&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup><br />

 *                 <br />

 *                 bound to different prefix:<br />

 *                 <code>XMLStreamException</code>

 *             </td>

 *             <td>

 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->

 *                 <prefix:localName> 

 *             </td>

 *         </tr>

 *     </tbody>

 *     <tfoot>

 *         <tr>

 *             <td colspan="5">

 *                 Notes:

 *                 <ul>

 *                     <li>[1] if namespaceURI == default Namespace URI, then no prefix is written</li>

 *                     <li>[2] if prefix == "" || null && namespaceURI == "", then no prefix or Namespace declaration is generated or written</li>

 *                     <li>[3] if prefix == "" || null, then a prefix is randomly generated</li>

 *                     <li>[4] if prefix == "" || null, then it is treated as the default Namespace and no prefix is generated or written, an xmlns declaration is generated and written if the namespaceURI is unbound</li>

 *                     <li>[5] if prefix == "" || null, then it is treated as an invalid attempt to define the default Namespace and an XMLStreamException is thrown</li>

 *                 </ul>

 *             </td>

 *         </tr>

 *     </tfoot>

 * </table>

 *

 * @author Copyright (c) 2003 by BEA Systems. All Rights Reserved.

 * @see XMLOutputFactory

 * @see XMLStreamReader

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface XMLStreamWriter {

  /**

   * Writes a start tag to the output.  All writeStartElement methods

   * open a new scope in the internal namespace context.  Writing the

   * corresponding EndElement causes the scope to be closed.

   * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeStartElement(String localName)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes a start tag to the output

   * @param namespaceURI the namespaceURI of the prefix to use, may not be null

   * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException if the namespace URI has not been bound to a prefix and

   * javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces has not been set to true

   */

  public void writeStartElement(String namespaceURI, String localName)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes a start tag to the output

   * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null

   * @param prefix the prefix of the tag, may not be null

   * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the prefix to, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeStartElement(String prefix,

                                String localName,

                                String namespaceURI)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an empty element tag to the output

   * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the tag to, may not be null

   * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException if the namespace URI has not been bound to a prefix and

   * javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces has not been set to true

   */

  public void writeEmptyElement(String namespaceURI, String localName)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an empty element tag to the output

   * @param prefix the prefix of the tag, may not be null

   * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null

   * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the tag to, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeEmptyElement(String prefix, String localName, String namespaceURI)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an empty element tag to the output

   * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeEmptyElement(String localName)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes string data to the output without checking for well formedness.

   * The data is opaque to the XMLStreamWriter, i.e. the characters are written

   * blindly to the underlying output.  If the method cannot be supported

   * in the currrent writing context the implementation may throw a

   * UnsupportedOperationException.  For example note that any

   * namespace declarations, end tags, etc. will be ignored and could

   * interfere with proper maintanence of the writers internal state.

   *

   * @param data the data to write

   */

  //  public void writeRaw(String data) throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an end tag to the output relying on the internal

   * state of the writer to determine the prefix and local name

   * of the event.

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeEndElement()

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Closes any start tags and writes corresponding end tags.

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeEndDocument()

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Close this writer and free any resources associated with the

   * writer.  This must not close the underlying output stream.

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void close()

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Write any cached data to the underlying output mechanism.

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void flush()

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an attribute to the output stream without

   * a prefix.

   * @param localName the local name of the attribute

   * @param value the value of the attribute

   * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Attribute writing

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeAttribute(String localName, String value)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an attribute to the output stream

   * @param prefix the prefix for this attribute

   * @param namespaceURI the uri of the prefix for this attribute

   * @param localName the local name of the attribute

   * @param value the value of the attribute

   * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Attribute writing

   * @throws XMLStreamException if the namespace URI has not been bound to a prefix and

   * javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces has not been set to true

   */

  public void writeAttribute(String prefix,

                             String namespaceURI,

                             String localName,

                             String value)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an attribute to the output stream

   * @param namespaceURI the uri of the prefix for this attribute

   * @param localName the local name of the attribute

   * @param value the value of the attribute

   * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Attribute writing

   * @throws XMLStreamException if the namespace URI has not been bound to a prefix and

   * javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces has not been set to true

   */

  public void writeAttribute(String namespaceURI,

                             String localName,

                             String value)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes a namespace to the output stream

   * If the prefix argument to this method is the empty string,

   * "xmlns", or null this method will delegate to writeDefaultNamespace

   *

   * @param prefix the prefix to bind this namespace to

   * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the prefix to

   * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Namespace writing

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeNamespace(String prefix, String namespaceURI)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes the default namespace to the stream

   * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the default namespace to

   * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Namespace writing

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeDefaultNamespace(String namespaceURI)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an xml comment with the data enclosed

   * @param data the data contained in the comment, may be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeComment(String data)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes a processing instruction

   * @param target the target of the processing instruction, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeProcessingInstruction(String target)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes a processing instruction

   * @param target the target of the processing instruction, may not be null

   * @param data the data contained in the processing instruction, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeProcessingInstruction(String target,

                                         String data)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes a CData section

   * @param data the data contained in the CData Section, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeCData(String data)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Write a DTD section.  This string represents the entire doctypedecl production

   * from the XML 1.0 specification.

   *

   * @param dtd the DTD to be written

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeDTD(String dtd)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Writes an entity reference

   * @param name the name of the entity

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeEntityRef(String name)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Write the XML Declaration. Defaults the XML version to 1.0, and the encoding to utf-8

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeStartDocument()

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Write the XML Declaration. Defaults the XML version to 1.0

   * @param version version of the xml document

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeStartDocument(String version)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Write the XML Declaration.  Note that the encoding parameter does

   * not set the actual encoding of the underlying output.  That must

   * be set when the instance of the XMLStreamWriter is created using the

   * XMLOutputFactory

   * @param encoding encoding of the xml declaration

   * @param version version of the xml document

   * @throws XMLStreamException If given encoding does not match encoding

   * of the underlying stream

   */

  public void writeStartDocument(String encoding,

                                 String version)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Write text to the output

   * @param text the value to write

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeCharacters(String text)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Write text to the output

   * @param text the value to write

   * @param start the starting position in the array

   * @param len the number of characters to write

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void writeCharacters(char[] text, int start, int len)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Gets the prefix the uri is bound to

   * @return the prefix or null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public String getPrefix(String uri)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Sets the prefix the uri is bound to.  This prefix is bound

   * in the scope of the current START_ELEMENT / END_ELEMENT pair.

   * If this method is called before a START_ELEMENT has been written

   * the prefix is bound in the root scope.

   * @param prefix the prefix to bind to the uri, may not be null

   * @param uri the uri to bind to the prefix, may be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void setPrefix(String prefix, String uri)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Binds a URI to the default namespace

   * This URI is bound

   * in the scope of the current START_ELEMENT / END_ELEMENT pair.

   * If this method is called before a START_ELEMENT has been written

   * the uri is bound in the root scope.

   * @param uri the uri to bind to the default namespace, may be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void setDefaultNamespace(String uri)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Sets the current namespace context for prefix and uri bindings.

   * This context becomes the root namespace context for writing and

   * will replace the current root namespace context.  Subsequent calls

   * to setPrefix and setDefaultNamespace will bind namespaces using

   * the context passed to the method as the root context for resolving

   * namespaces.  This method may only be called once at the start of

   * the document.  It does not cause the namespaces to be declared.

   * If a namespace URI to prefix mapping is found in the namespace

   * context it is treated as declared and the prefix may be used

   * by the StreamWriter.

   * @param context the namespace context to use for this writer, may not be null

   * @throws XMLStreamException

   */

  public void setNamespaceContext(NamespaceContext context)

    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**

   * Returns the current namespace context.

   * @return the current NamespaceContext

   */

  public NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext();

  /**

   * Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation

   * @param name The name of the property, may not be null

   * @return The value of the property

   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the property is not supported

   * @throws NullPointerException if the name is null

   */

  public Object getProperty(java.lang.String name) throws IllegalArgumentException;

}