org.dom4j.io
Class STAXEventWriter

java.lang.Object
  org.dom4j.io.STAXEventWriter

public class STAXEventWriter

extends Object

Writes DOM4J Nodes to a StAX event stream. In addition the createXXX methods are provided to directly create STAX events from DOM4J nodes.

Author:

Christian Niles

STAXEventWriter

public STAXEventWriter()

STAXEventWriter

public STAXEventWriter(File file)
                throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException,
                       IOException

Constructs a STAXEventWriter that writes events to the provided file.

Parameters:

file - The file to which events will be written.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs creating an event writer from the file.

IOException - If an error occurs openin the file for writing.

STAXEventWriter

public STAXEventWriter(Writer writer)
                throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Constructs a STAXEventWriter that writes events to the provided character stream.

Parameters:

writer - The character stream to which events will be written.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs constructing an event writer from the character stream.

STAXEventWriter

public STAXEventWriter(OutputStream stream)
                throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Constructs a STAXEventWriter that writes events to the provided stream.

Parameters:

stream - The output stream to which events will be written.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs constructing an event writer from the stream.

STAXEventWriter

public STAXEventWriter(javax.xml.stream.util.XMLEventConsumer consumer)

Constructs a STAXEventWriter that writes events to the provided event stream.

Parameters:

consumer - The event stream to which events will be written.

getConsumer

public javax.xml.stream.util.XMLEventConsumer getConsumer()

Returns a reference to the underlying event consumer to which events are written.

Returns:

The underlying event consumer to which events are written.

setConsumer

public void setConsumer(javax.xml.stream.util.XMLEventConsumer consumer)

Sets the underlying event consumer to which events are written.

Parameters:

consumer - The event consumer to which events should be written.

getEventFactory

public javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory getEventFactory()

Returns a reference to the event factory used to construct STAX events.

Returns:

The event factory used to construct STAX events.

setEventFactory

public void setEventFactory(javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory eventFactory)

Sets the event factory used to construct STAX events.

Parameters:

eventFactory - The new event factory.

writeNode

public void writeNode(Node n)
               throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J Nodeto the stream. This method is simply a gateway to the overloaded methods such as .

Parameters:

n - The DOM4J Nodeto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

writeChildNodes

public void writeChildNodes(Branch branch)
                     throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes each child node within the provided Branchinstance. This method simply iterates through the Branch's nodes and calls writeNode(Node).

Parameters:

branch - The node whose children will be written to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

writeElement

public void writeElement(Element elem)
                  throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J Elementnode and its children to the stream.

Parameters:

elem - The Elementnode to write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createStartElement

public javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement createStartElement(Element elem)

Constructs a STAX StartElementevent from a DOM4J Element.

Parameters:

elem - The Elementfrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The newly constructed StartElementevent.

createEndElement

public javax.xml.stream.events.EndElement createEndElement(Element elem)

Constructs a STAX EndElementevent from a DOM4J Element.

Parameters:

elem - The Elementfrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The newly constructed EndElementevent.

writeAttribute

public void writeAttribute(Attribute attr)
                    throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J Attributeto the stream.

Parameters:

attr - The Attributeto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createAttribute

public javax.xml.stream.events.Attribute createAttribute(Attribute attr)

Constructs a STAX Attributeevent from a DOM4J Attribute.

Parameters:

attr - The Attributefrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The newly constructed Attribute event.

writeNamespace

public void writeNamespace(Namespace ns)
                    throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J Namespaceto the stream.

Parameters:

ns - The Namespaceto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createNamespace

public javax.xml.stream.events.Namespace createNamespace(Namespace ns)

Constructs a STAX Namespaceevent from a DOM4J Namespace.

Parameters:

ns - The Namespacefrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The constructed Namespaceevent.

writeText

public void writeText(Text text)
               throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J Textto the stream.

Parameters:

text - The Textto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createCharacters

public javax.xml.stream.events.Characters createCharacters(Text text)

Constructs a STAX Charactersevent from a DOM4J Text.

Parameters:

text - The Textfrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The constructed Charactersevent.

writeCDATA

public void writeCDATA(CDATA cdata)
                throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J CDATAto the event stream.

Parameters:

cdata - The CDATAto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createCharacters

public javax.xml.stream.events.Characters createCharacters(CDATA cdata)

Constructs a STAX Charactersevent from a DOM4J CDATA.

Parameters:

cdata - The CDATAfrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The newly constructed Charactersevent.

writeComment

public void writeComment(Comment comment)
                  throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J Commentto the stream.

Parameters:

comment - The Commentto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createComment

public javax.xml.stream.events.Comment createComment(Comment comment)

Constructs a STAX Commentevent from a DOM4J Comment.

Parameters:

comment - The Commentfrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The constructed Commentevent.

writeProcessingInstruction

public void writeProcessingInstruction(ProcessingInstruction pi)
                                throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J ProcessingInstructionto the stream.

Parameters:

pi - The ProcessingInstructionto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createProcessingInstruction

public javax.xml.stream.events.ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(ProcessingInstruction pi)

Constructs a STAX ProcessingInstruction event from a DOM4J ProcessingInstruction.

Parameters:

pi - The ProcessingInstructionfrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The constructed ProcessingInstruction event.

writeEntity

public void writeEntity(Entity entity)
                 throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J Entityto the stream.

Parameters:

entity - The Entityto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

writeDocumentType

public void writeDocumentType(DocumentType docType)
                       throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J DocumentTypeto the stream.

Parameters:

docType - The DocumentTypeto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createDTD

public javax.xml.stream.events.DTD createDTD(DocumentType docType)

Constructs a STAX DTDevent from a DOM4J DocumentType.

Parameters:

docType - The DocumentTypefrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The constructed DTDevent.

Throws:

RuntimeException - DOCUMENT ME!

writeDocument

public void writeDocument(Document doc)
                   throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Writes a DOM4J Documentnode, and all its contents, to the stream.

Parameters:

doc - The Documentto write to the stream.

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - If an error occurs writing to the stream.

createStartDocument

public javax.xml.stream.events.StartDocument createStartDocument(Document doc)

Constructs a STAX StartDocumentevent from a DOM4J Document.

Parameters:

doc - The Documentfrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The constructed StartDocumentevent.

createEndDocument

public javax.xml.stream.events.EndDocument createEndDocument(Document doc)

Constructs a STAX EndDocumentevent from a DOM4J Document.

Parameters:

doc - The Documentfrom which to construct the event.

Returns:

The constructed EndDocumentevent.

createQName

public javax.xml.namespace.QName createQName(QName qname)

Constructs a STAX QNamefrom a DOM4J QName.

Parameters:

qname - The QNamefrom which to construct the STAX QName.

Returns:

The constructed QName.