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XmlWriter Class

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Package:
com.azure.xml
Maven Artifact:
com.azure:azure-xml:1.1.0
  • java.lang.Object
    • com.azure.xml.XmlWriter

Implements

AutoCloseable

public final class XmlWriter
implements AutoCloseable

Writes an XML encoded value to a stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method and Description
void close()

Closes the XML stream.
XmlWriter flush()

Flushes any un-flushed content that has been written to the XmlWriter.
static XmlWriter fromXmlStreamWriter(XMLStreamWriter writer)

Creates an instance of XmlWriter that writes to the provided XMLStreamWriter.
static XmlWriter toStream(OutputStream xml)

Creates an instance of XmlWriter that writes to the provided OutputStream.
static XmlWriter toWriter(Writer xml)

Creates an instance of XmlWriter that writes to the provided Writer.
XmlWriter writeBinary(byte[] value)

Writes a binary value as a base64 string.
XmlWriter writeBinaryAttribute(String localName, byte[] value)

Writes a binary attribute as a base64 string (attribute="value").
XmlWriter writeBinaryAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, byte[] value)

Writes a binary attribute as a base64 string that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="value").
XmlWriter writeBinaryElement(String localName, byte[] value)

Writes a binary element as a base64 string (value).
XmlWriter writeBinaryElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, byte[] value)

Writes a binary element as a base64 string that has a prefix (value).
XmlWriter writeBoolean(boolean value)

Writes a boolean value.
XmlWriter writeBoolean(Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean value.
XmlWriter writeBooleanAttribute(String localName, boolean value)

Writes a boolean attribute (attribute="true").
XmlWriter writeBooleanAttribute(String localName, Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean attribute (attribute="false").
XmlWriter writeBooleanAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, boolean value)

Writes a boolean attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="true").
XmlWriter writeBooleanAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="false").
XmlWriter writeBooleanElement(String localName, boolean value)

Writes a boolean element (true).
XmlWriter writeBooleanElement(String localName, Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean element (true).
XmlWriter writeBooleanElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, boolean value)

Writes a boolean element that has a prefix (true).
XmlWriter writeBooleanElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean element that has a prefix (true).
XmlWriter writeCDataString(String value)

Writes a CData value directly into an XML element (value).
XmlWriter writeDouble(double value)

Writes a double value.
XmlWriter writeDoubleAttribute(String localName, double value)

Writes a double attribute (attribute="3.14").
XmlWriter writeDoubleAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, double value)

Writes a double attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="3.14").
XmlWriter writeDoubleElement(String localName, double value)

Writes a double element (3.14).
XmlWriter writeDoubleElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, double value)

Writes a double element that has a prefix (3.14).
XmlWriter writeEndElement()

Ends the current XML element by writing the closing tag (``).
XmlWriter writeFloat(float value)

Writes a float value.
XmlWriter writeFloatAttribute(String localName, float value)

Writes a float attribute (attribute="2.7").
XmlWriter writeFloatAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, float value)

Writes a float attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="2.7").
XmlWriter writeFloatElement(String localName, float value)

Writes a float element (2.7).
XmlWriter writeFloatElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, float value)

Writes a float element that has a prefix (2.7).
XmlWriter writeInt(int value)

Writes an int value.
XmlWriter writeIntAttribute(String localName, int value)

Writes an int attribute (attribute="10").
XmlWriter writeIntAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, int value)

Writes an int attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="10").
XmlWriter writeIntElement(String localName, int value)

Writes an int element (10).
XmlWriter writeIntElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, int value)

Writes an int element that has a prefix (10).
XmlWriter writeLong(long value)

Writes a long value.
XmlWriter writeLongAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, long value)

Writes a long attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="100000000000").
XmlWriter writeLongAttribute(String localName, long value)

Writes a long attribute (attribute="100000000000").
XmlWriter writeLongElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, long value)

Writes a long element that has a prefix (100000000000).
XmlWriter writeLongElement(String localName, long value)

Writes a long element (100000000000).
XmlWriter writeNamespace(String namespaceUri)

Writes a default XML namespace.
XmlWriter writeNamespace(String namespacePrefix, String namespaceUri)

Writes an XML namespace with a specified prefix.
XmlWriter writeNumber(Number value)

Writes a nullable number.
XmlWriter writeNumberAttribute(String localName, Number value)

Writes a nullable number attribute (attribute="number").
XmlWriter writeNumberAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, Number value)

Writes a nullable number attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="number").
XmlWriter writeNumberElement(String localName, Number value)

Writes a nullable number element (number).
XmlWriter writeNumberElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, Number value)

Writes a nullable number element that has a prefix (number).
XmlWriter writeStartDocument()

Writes the XML document start (``).
XmlWriter writeStartDocument(String version, String encoding)

Writes the XML document start (``).
XmlWriter writeStartElement(String localName)

Begins an XML element start (``).
XmlWriter writeStartElement(String namespaceUri, String localName)

Begins an XML element start that has a prefix (``).
XmlWriter writeStartSelfClosingElement(String localName)

Begins an XML element start that will be self-closing (``).
XmlWriter writeStartSelfClosingElement(String namespaceUri, String localName)

Begins an XML element start that has a prefix that will be self-closing (``).
XmlWriter writeString(String value)

Writes a value directly into an XML element (value).
XmlWriter writeStringAttribute(String localName, String value)

Writes a String attribute (attribute="value").
XmlWriter writeStringAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, String value)

Writes a String attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="value").
XmlWriter writeStringElement(String localName, String value)

Writes a string element (string).
XmlWriter writeStringElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, String value)

Writes a string element that has a prefix (string).
XmlWriter writeXml(XmlSerializable<?> value)

Writes an XmlSerializable<T> object.
XmlWriter writeXml(XmlSerializable<?> value, String rootElementName)

Writes an XmlSerializable<T> object.

Methods inherited from java.lang.Object

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Method Details

close

public void close()

Closes the XML stream.

During closing the implementation of XmlWriter must flush any un-flushed content.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the underlying content store fails to close.

flush

public XmlWriter flush()

Flushes any un-flushed content that has been written to the XmlWriter.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the un-flushed XML content could not be flushed.

fromXmlStreamWriter

public static XmlWriter fromXmlStreamWriter(XMLStreamWriter writer)

Creates an instance of XmlWriter that writes to the provided XMLStreamWriter.

Parameters:

writer - The XMLStreamWriter where content will be written.

Returns:

A new instance of XmlWriter.

toStream

public static XmlWriter toStream(OutputStream xml)

Creates an instance of XmlWriter that writes to the provided OutputStream.

This uses the XMLStreamWriter implementation provided by the default XMLOutputFactory#newInstance(). If you need to provide a custom implementation of XMLStreamWriter use fromXmlStreamWriter(XMLStreamWriter writer).

Parameters:

xml - The OutputStream where content will be written.

Returns:

A new instance of XmlWriter.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If xml is null.

toWriter

public static XmlWriter toWriter(Writer xml)

Creates an instance of XmlWriter that writes to the provided Writer.

This uses the XMLStreamWriter implementation provided by the default XMLOutputFactory#newInstance(). If you need to provide a custom implementation of XMLStreamWriter use fromXmlStreamWriter(XMLStreamWriter writer).

Parameters:

xml - The Writer where content will be written.

Returns:

A new instance of XmlWriter.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If xml is null.

writeBinary

public XmlWriter writeBinary(byte[] value)

Writes a binary value as a base64 string.

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

value - Binary value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeBinaryAttribute

public XmlWriter writeBinaryAttribute(String localName, byte[] value)

Writes a binary attribute as a base64 string (attribute="value").

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - Binary value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeBinaryAttribute

public XmlWriter writeBinaryAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, byte[] value)

Writes a binary attribute as a base64 string that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="value").

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - Binary value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeBinaryElement

public XmlWriter writeBinaryElement(String localName, byte[] value)

Writes a binary element as a base64 string (value).

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.
value - Binary value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeBinaryElement

public XmlWriter writeBinaryElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, byte[] value)

Writes a binary element as a base64 string that has a prefix (value).

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - Binary value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeBoolean

public XmlWriter writeBoolean(boolean value)

Writes a boolean value.

Parameters:

value - boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeBoolean

public XmlWriter writeBoolean(Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean value.

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

value - Boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeBooleanAttribute

public XmlWriter writeBooleanAttribute(String localName, boolean value)

Writes a boolean attribute (attribute="true").

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeBooleanAttribute

public XmlWriter writeBooleanAttribute(String localName, Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean attribute (attribute="false").

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - Boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeBooleanAttribute

public XmlWriter writeBooleanAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, boolean value)

Writes a boolean attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="true").

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeBooleanAttribute

public XmlWriter writeBooleanAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="false").

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - Boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeBooleanElement

public XmlWriter writeBooleanElement(String localName, boolean value)

Writes a boolean element (true).

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.
value - boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeBooleanElement

public XmlWriter writeBooleanElement(String localName, Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean element (true).

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.
value - Boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeBooleanElement

public XmlWriter writeBooleanElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, boolean value)

Writes a boolean element that has a prefix (true).

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeBooleanElement

public XmlWriter writeBooleanElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, Boolean value)

Writes a nullable boolean element that has a prefix (true).

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - Boolean value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeCDataString

public XmlWriter writeCDataString(String value)

Writes a CData value directly into an XML element (value).

This doesn't write the XML element start tag or end tag.

This API is a convenience over writeString(String value) for CData values, it is possible to use writeString(String value) instead of this API.

Parameters:

value - CData value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML CData value cannot be written.

writeDouble

public XmlWriter writeDouble(double value)

Writes a double value.

Parameters:

value - double value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeDoubleAttribute

public XmlWriter writeDoubleAttribute(String localName, double value)

Writes a double attribute (attribute="3.14").

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - double value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeDoubleAttribute

public XmlWriter writeDoubleAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, double value)

Writes a double attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="3.14").

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - double value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeDoubleElement

public XmlWriter writeDoubleElement(String localName, double value)

Writes a double element (3.14).

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.
value - double value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeDoubleElement

public XmlWriter writeDoubleElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, double value)

Writes a double element that has a prefix (3.14).

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - double value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeEndElement

public XmlWriter writeEndElement()

Ends the current XML element by writing the closing tag (``).

This call will determine the XML element tag name and prefix, if there is one, to close the current XML element scope.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element end cannot be written.

writeFloat

public XmlWriter writeFloat(float value)

Writes a float value.

Parameters:

value - float value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeFloatAttribute

public XmlWriter writeFloatAttribute(String localName, float value)

Writes a float attribute (attribute="2.7").

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - float value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeFloatAttribute

public XmlWriter writeFloatAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, float value)

Writes a float attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="2.7").

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - float value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeFloatElement

public XmlWriter writeFloatElement(String localName, float value)

Writes a float element (2.7).

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.
value - float value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeFloatElement

public XmlWriter writeFloatElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, float value)

Writes a float element that has a prefix (2.7).

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - float value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeInt

public XmlWriter writeInt(int value)

Writes an int value.

Parameters:

value - int value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeIntAttribute

public XmlWriter writeIntAttribute(String localName, int value)

Writes an int attribute (attribute="10").

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - int value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeIntAttribute

public XmlWriter writeIntAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, int value)

Writes an int attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="10").

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - int value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeIntElement

public XmlWriter writeIntElement(String localName, int value)

Writes an int element (10).

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.
value - int value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeIntElement

public XmlWriter writeIntElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, int value)

Writes an int element that has a prefix (10).

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - int value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeLong

public XmlWriter writeLong(long value)

Writes a long value.

Parameters:

value - long value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeLongAttribute

public XmlWriter writeLongAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, long value)

Writes a long attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="100000000000").

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - long value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeLongAttribute

public XmlWriter writeLongAttribute(String localName, long value)

Writes a long attribute (attribute="100000000000").

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - long value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeLongElement

public XmlWriter writeLongElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, long value)

Writes a long element that has a prefix (100000000000).

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - long value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeLongElement

public XmlWriter writeLongElement(String localName, long value)

Writes a long element (100000000000).

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element
value - long value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeNamespace

public XmlWriter writeNamespace(String namespaceUri)

Writes a default XML namespace.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind as the default namespace.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML namespace cannot be written.

writeNamespace

public XmlWriter writeNamespace(String namespacePrefix, String namespaceUri)

Writes an XML namespace with a specified prefix.

If the namespacePrefix is null or xmlns calling this method is equivalent to writeNamespace(String namespaceUri).

Parameters:

namespacePrefix - Prefix that the namespace binds.
namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind to the prefix.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML namespace cannot be written.

writeNumber

public XmlWriter writeNumber(Number value)

Writes a nullable number.

If value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

value - Number value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeNumberAttribute

public XmlWriter writeNumberAttribute(String localName, Number value)

Writes a nullable number attribute (attribute="number").

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - Number value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeNumberAttribute

public XmlWriter writeNumberAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, Number value)

Writes a nullable number attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="number").

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - Number value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeNumberElement

public XmlWriter writeNumberElement(String localName, Number value)

Writes a nullable number element (number).

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.
value - Number value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeNumberElement

public XmlWriter writeNumberElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, Number value)

Writes a nullable number element that has a prefix (number).

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - Number value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeStartDocument

public XmlWriter writeStartDocument()

Writes the XML document start (``).

This uses the default version and encoding which are 1.0 and UTF-8 respectively. If a different version or encoding is required use writeStartDocument(String version, String encoding) which allows for specifying those values.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML start document cannot be written.

writeStartDocument

public XmlWriter writeStartDocument(String version, String encoding)

Writes the XML document start (``).

Both version and encoding are optional and if they aren't passed their default values will be used. For version the default is 1.0 and for encoding the default is UTF-8.

Parameters:

version - XML document version.
encoding - XML document encoding.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML start document cannot be written.

writeStartElement

public XmlWriter writeStartElement(String localName)

Begins an XML element start (``).

This call doesn't close (>) the XML element start but instead defers it until a call to begin another element or to write the body of the element. This also requires an explicit call to writeEndElement() to end the XML element's body.

Calls to write attributes won't close the XML element.

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element start cannot be written.

writeStartElement

public XmlWriter writeStartElement(String namespaceUri, String localName)

Begins an XML element start that has a prefix (``).

This call doesn't close (>) the XML element start but instead defers it until a call to begin another element or to write the body of the element. This also requires an explicit call to writeEndElement() to end the XML element's body.

Calls to write attributes won't close the XML element.

If prefix is null this will behave the same as writeStartElement(String localName).

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element start cannot be written.

writeStartSelfClosingElement

public XmlWriter writeStartSelfClosingElement(String localName)

Begins an XML element start that will be self-closing (``).

This call doesn't close (/>) the XML element start but instead defers it until a call to begin another element. If there is an attempt to write the body of the element after beginning a self-closing element an IllegalStateException will be thrown as self-closing elements do not have a body.

Calls to write attributes won't close the XML element.

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element start cannot be written.

writeStartSelfClosingElement

public XmlWriter writeStartSelfClosingElement(String namespaceUri, String localName)

Begins an XML element start that has a prefix that will be self-closing (``).

This call doesn't close (/>) the XML element start but instead defers it until a call to begin another element. If there is an attempt to write the body of the element after beginning a self-closing element an IllegalStateException will be thrown as self-closing elements do not have a body.

Calls to write attributes won't close the XML element.

If prefix is null this will behave the same as writeStartSelfClosingElement(String localName).

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element start cannot be written.

writeString

public XmlWriter writeString(String value)

Writes a value directly into an XML element (value).

This doesn't write the XML element start tag or end tag.

writeCDataString(String value) is a convenience API if an XML CData value needs to be written.

Parameters:

value - Value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML value cannot be written.

writeStringAttribute

public XmlWriter writeStringAttribute(String localName, String value)

Writes a String attribute (attribute="value").

Parameters:

localName - Name of the attribute.
value - Value of the attribute.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeStringAttribute

public XmlWriter writeStringAttribute(String namespaceUri, String localName, String value)

Writes a String attribute that has a prefix (prefix:attribute="value").

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the attribute.
value - Value of the attribute.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML attribute cannot be written.

writeStringElement

public XmlWriter writeStringElement(String localName, String value)

Writes a string element (string).

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

localName - Name of the element.
value - String value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeStringElement

public XmlWriter writeStringElement(String namespaceUri, String localName, String value)

Writes a string element that has a prefix (string).

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - Namespace URI to bind the prefix to, if null the default namespace is used.
localName - Name of the element.
value - String value to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML element and value cannot be written.

writeXml

public XmlWriter writeXml(XmlSerializable value)

Writes an XmlSerializable<T> object.

If the value is null this is a no-op.

Parameters:

value - XmlSerializable<T> object to write.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML object cannot be written.

writeXml

public XmlWriter writeXml(XmlSerializable value, String rootElementName)

Writes an XmlSerializable<T> object.

If the value is null this is a no-op.

If rootElementName is null this is the same as calling writeXml(XmlSerializable<?> value).

Parameters:

value - XmlSerializable<T> object to write.
rootElementName - Override of the XML element name defined by the object.

Returns:

The updated XmlWriter object.

Throws:

XMLStreamException

 - If the XML object cannot be written.

Applies to