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+/*
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+package javax.xml.stream;
+
+import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * This is the top level interface for parsing XML Events.  It provides
+ * the ability to peek at the next event and returns configuration
+ * information through the property interface.
+ *
+ * @version 1.0
+ * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
+ * @see XMLInputFactory
+ * @see XMLEventWriter
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+public interface XMLEventReader extends Iterator {
+  /**
+   * Get the next XMLEvent
+   * @see XMLEvent
+   * @throws XMLStreamException if there is an error with the underlying XML.
+   * @throws NoSuchElementException iteration has no more elements.
+   */
+  public XMLEvent nextEvent() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+  /**
+   * Check if there are more events.
+   * Returns true if there are more events and false otherwise.
+   * @return true if the event reader has more events, false otherwise
+   */
+  public boolean hasNext();
+
+  /**
+   * Check the next XMLEvent without reading it from the stream.
+   * Returns null if the stream is at EOF or has no more XMLEvents.
+   * A call to peek() will be equal to the next return of next().
+   * @see XMLEvent
+   * @throws XMLStreamException
+   */
+  public XMLEvent peek() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+  /**
+   * Reads the content of a text-only element. Precondition:
+   * the current event is START_ELEMENT. Postcondition:
+   * The current event is the corresponding END_ELEMENT.
+   * @throws XMLStreamException if the current event is not a START_ELEMENT
+   * or if a non text element is encountered
+   */
+  public String getElementText() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+  /**
+   * Skips any insignificant space events until a START_ELEMENT or
+   * END_ELEMENT is reached. If anything other than space characters are
+   * encountered, an exception is thrown. This method should
+   * be used when processing element-only content because
+   * the parser is not able to recognize ignorable whitespace if
+   * the DTD is missing or not interpreted.
+   * @throws XMLStreamException if anything other than space characters are encountered
+   */
+  public XMLEvent nextTag() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation
+   * @param name The name of the property
+   * @return The value of the property
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the property is not supported
+   */
+  public Object getProperty(java.lang.String name) throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException;
+
+  /**
+   * Frees any resources associated with this Reader.  This method does not close the
+   * underlying input source.
+   * @throws XMLStreamException if there are errors freeing associated resources
+   */
+  public void close() throws XMLStreamException;
+}