Class AttributeList


  • public class AttributeList
    extends Object
    The attribute list is used by a writer to specify the attributes of an XML element in a certain order.
    Author:
    Thomas Morgner
    • Field Detail

      • XMLNS_NAMESPACE

        public static final String XMLNS_NAMESPACE
        A constant containing the XML-Namespace namespace identifier.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
      • XML_NAMESPACE

        public static final String XML_NAMESPACE
        A constant containing the XML namespace identifier.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values
    • Constructor Detail

      • AttributeList

        public AttributeList()
        Creates an empty attribute list with no default values.
    • Method Detail

      • iterator

        public Iterator iterator()
        Deprecated.
        use toArray instead.
        Returns an iterator over the entry list. The iterator returns AttributeList.AttributeEntry objects.
        Returns:
        the iterator over the entries contained in this list.
      • setAttribute

        public void setAttribute​(String namespace,
                                 String name,
                                 String value)
        Defines an attribute.
        Parameters:
        namespace - the namespace of the attribute.
        name - the name of the attribute to be defined
        value - the value of the attribute.
      • getAttribute

        public String getAttribute​(String namespace,
                                   String name)
        Returns the attribute value for the given attribute name or null, if the attribute is not defined in this list.
        Parameters:
        namespace - the namespace of the attribute.
        name - the name of the attribute
        Returns:
        the attribute value or null.
      • getAttribute

        public String getAttribute​(String namespace,
                                   String name,
                                   String defaultValue)
        Returns the attribute value for the given attribute name or the given defaultvalue, if the attribute is not defined in this list.
        Parameters:
        namespace - the namespace of the attribute.
        name - the name of the attribute.
        defaultValue - the default value.
        Returns:
        the attribute value or the defaultValue.
      • removeAttribute

        public void removeAttribute​(String namespace,
                                    String name)
        Removes the attribute with the given name from the list.
        Parameters:
        namespace - the namespace of the attribute that should be removed.
        name - the name of the attribute which should be removed..
      • isEmpty

        public boolean isEmpty()
        Checks, whether this list is empty.
        Returns:
        true, if the list is empty, false otherwise.
      • addNamespaceDeclaration

        public void addNamespaceDeclaration​(String prefix,
                                            String namespaceUri)
        Adds a namespace declaration. In XML, Namespaces are declared by using a special attribute-syntax. As this syntax is confusing and complicated, this method encapsulates this and make defining namespaces less confusing.
        Parameters:
        prefix - the desired namespace prefix (can be null or empty to define the default namespace.
        namespaceUri - the URI of the namespace.
      • removeNamespaceDeclaration

        public void removeNamespaceDeclaration​(String prefix)
        Removes a namespace declaration from this attribute list.
        Parameters:
        prefix - the declared namespace prefix.
      • isNamespacePrefixDefined

        public boolean isNamespacePrefixDefined​(String prefix)
        Checks, whether the given prefix is defined.
        Parameters:
        prefix - the namespace prefix.
        Returns:
        true, if the prefix is defined, false otherwise.
      • isNamespaceUriDefined

        public boolean isNamespaceUriDefined​(String uri)
        Checks, whether the given namespace URI has a defined prefix.
        Parameters:
        uri - the uri.
        Returns:
        true, if there is at least one namespace declaration matching the given URI, false otherwise.