org.dom4j
Class QName

java.lang.Object
  org.dom4j.QName

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class QName

extends Object

implements Serializable

QName represents a qualified name value of an XML element or attribute. It consists of a local name and a Namespaceinstance. This object is immutable.

Author:

James Strachan

See Also:

Serialized Form

QName

public QName(String name)

QName

public QName(String name,
             Namespace namespace)

QName

public QName(String name,
             Namespace namespace,
             String qualifiedName)

get

public static QName get(String name)

get

public static QName get(String name,
                        Namespace namespace)

get

public static QName get(String name,
                        String prefix,
                        String uri)

get

public static QName get(String qualifiedName,
                        String uri)

get

public static QName get(String localName,
                        Namespace namespace,
                        String qualifiedName)

getName

public String getName()

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Returns:

the local name

getQualifiedName

public String getQualifiedName()

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Returns:

the qualified name in the format prefix:localName

getNamespace

public Namespace getNamespace()

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Returns:

the namespace of this QName

getNamespacePrefix

public String getNamespacePrefix()

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Returns:

the namespace URI of this QName

getNamespaceURI

public String getNamespaceURI()

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Returns:

the namespace URI of this QName

hashCode

public int hashCode()

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Returns:

the hash code based on the qualified name and the URI of the namespace.

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

toString

public String toString()

getDocumentFactory

public DocumentFactory getDocumentFactory()

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Returns:

the factory that should be used for Elements of this QName

setDocumentFactory

public void setDocumentFactory(DocumentFactory documentFactory)