javax.xml.namespace

Interface NamespaceContext

public interface NamespaceContext

Interface for read only XML Namespace context processing.

An XML Namespace has the properties:

example: <element xmlns:prefix="http://Namespace-name-URI">

All get*(*) methods operate in the current scope for Namespace URI and prefix resolution.

Note that a Namespace URI can be bound to multiple prefixes in the current scope. This can occur when multiple XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns") Namespace declarations occur in the same Start-Tag and refer to the same Namespace URI. e.g.

 <element xmlns:prefix1="http://Namespace-name-URI"
          xmlns:prefix2="http://Namespace-name-URI">
 
This can also occur when the same Namespace URI is used in multiple XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns") Namespace declarations in the logical parent element hierarchy. e.g.
 <parent xmlns:prefix1="http://Namespace-name-URI">
   <child xmlns:prefix2="http://Namespace-name-URI">
     ...
   </child>
 </parent>
 

A prefix can only be bound to a single Namespace URI in the current scope.

Version:
$Revision: 226187 $, $Date: 2005-04-11 09:02:02 +0200 (Mon, 11 Apr 2005) $
Author:
Jeff Suttor
Since:
1.5
See Also:
javax.XMLConstants for declarations of common XML values, XML Schema Part2: Datatypes, Namespaces in XML, Namespaces in XML Errata

Method Summary

String
getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
Get Namespace URI bound to a prefix in the current scope.
String
getPrefix(String namespaceURI)
Get prefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope.
Iterator
getPrefixes(String namespaceURI)
Get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current scope.

Method Details

getNamespaceURI

public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
Get Namespace URI bound to a prefix in the current scope.

When requesting a Namespace URI by prefix, the following table describes the returned Namespace URI value for all possible prefix values:

getNamespaceURI(prefix) return value for specified prefixes
prefix parameterNamespace URI return value
DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX ("")default Namespace URI in the current scope or XMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI("") when there is no default Namespace URI in the current scope
bound prefixNamespace URI bound to prefix in current scope
unbound prefixXMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI("")
XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX ("xml")XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns")XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")
nullIllegalArgumentException is thrown
Parameters:
prefix - prefix to look up
Returns:
Namespace URI bound to prefix in the current scope

getPrefix

public String getPrefix(String namespaceURI)
Get prefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope.

To get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current scope, use getPrefixes(String namespaceURI).

When requesting a prefix by Namespace URI, the following table describes the returned prefix value for all Namespace URI values:

getPrefix(namespaceURI) return value for specified Namespace URIs
Namespace URI parameterprefix value returned
<default Namespace URI>XMLConstants.DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX ("")
bound Namespace URIprefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope, if multiple prefixes are bound to the Namespace URI in the current scope, a single arbitrary prefix, whose choice is implementation dependent, is returned
unbound Namespace URInull
XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX ("xml")
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns")
nullIllegalArgumentException is thrown
Parameters:
namespaceURI - URI of Namespace to lookup
Returns:
prefix bound to Namespace URI in current context

getPrefixes

public Iterator getPrefixes(String namespaceURI)
Get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current scope.

An Iterator over String elements is returned in an arbitrary, implementation dependent, order.

The Iterator is not modifiable. e.g. the remove() method will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

When requesting prefixes by Namespace URI, the following table describes the returned prefixes value for all Namespace URI values:

getPrefixes(namespaceURI) return value for specified Namespace URIs
Namespace URI parameterprefixes value returned
bound Namespace URI, including the <default Namespace URI>Iterator over prefixes bound to Namespace URI in the current scope in an arbitrary, implementation dependent, order
unbound Namespace URIempty Iterator
XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")Iterator with one element set to XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX ("xml")
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")Iterator with one element set to XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE ("xmlns")
nullIllegalArgumentException is thrown
Parameters:
namespaceURI - URI of Namespace to lookup
Returns:
Iterator for all prefixes bound to the Namespace URI in the current scope