Added in API level 1

XmlSerializer

interface XmlSerializer

org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializer

Define an interface to serialization of XML Infoset. This interface abstracts away if serialized XML is XML 1.0 compatible text or other formats of XML 1.0 serializations (such as binary XML for example with WBXML).

PLEASE NOTE: This interface will be part of XmlPull 1.2 API. It is included as basis for discussion. It may change in any way.

Exceptions that may be thrown are: IOException or runtime exception (more runtime exceptions can be thrown but are not declared and as such have no semantics defined for this interface):

IllegalArgumentException - for almost all methods to signal that argument is illegal
IllegalStateException - to signal that call has good arguments but is not expected here (violation of contract) and for features/properties when requesting setting unimplemented feature/property (UnsupportedOperationException would be better but it is not in MIDP)

NOTE: writing CDSECT, ENTITY_REF, IGNORABLE_WHITESPACE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, COMMENT, and DOCDECL in some implementations may not be supported (for example when serializing to WBXML). In such case IllegalStateException will be thrown and it is recommended to use an optional feature to signal that implementation is not supporting this kind of output.

Summary

Public methods
abstract XmlSerializer!	`attribute(namespace: String!, name: String!, value: String!)` Write an attribute.
abstract Unit	`cdsect(text: String!)`
abstract Unit	`comment(text: String!)`
abstract Unit	`docdecl(text: String!)`
abstract Unit	`endDocument()` Finish writing.
abstract XmlSerializer!	`endTag(namespace: String!, name: String!)` Write end tag.
abstract Unit	`entityRef(text: String!)`
abstract Unit	`flush()` Write all pending output to the stream.
abstract Int	`getDepth()` Returns the current depth of the element.
abstract Boolean	`getFeature(name: String!)` Return the current value of the feature with given name.
abstract String!	`getName()` Returns the name of the current element as set by startTag().
abstract String!	`getNamespace()` Returns the namespace URI of the current element as set by startTag().
abstract String!	`getPrefix(namespace: String!, generatePrefix: Boolean)` Return namespace that corresponds to given prefix If there is no prefix bound to this namespace return null but if generatePrefix is false then return generated prefix.
abstract Any!	`getProperty(name: String!)` Look up the value of a property.
abstract Unit	`ignorableWhitespace(text: String!)`
abstract Unit	`processingInstruction(text: String!)`
abstract Unit	`setFeature(name: String!, state: Boolean)` Set feature identified by name (recommended to be URI for uniqueness).
abstract Unit	`setOutput(os: OutputStream!, encoding: String!)` Set to use binary output stream with given encoding.
abstract Unit	`setOutput(writer: Writer!)` Set the output to the given writer.
abstract Unit	`setPrefix(prefix: String!, namespace: String!)` Binds the given prefix to the given namespace.
abstract Unit	`setProperty(name: String!, value: Any!)` Set the value of a property.
abstract Unit	`startDocument(encoding: String!, standalone: Boolean!)` Write <?xml declaration with encoding (if encoding not null) and standalone flag (if standalone not null) This method can only be called just after setOutput.
abstract XmlSerializer!	`startTag(namespace: String!, name: String!)` Writes a start tag with the given namespace and name.
abstract XmlSerializer!	`text(buf: CharArray!, start: Int, len: Int)` Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically
abstract XmlSerializer!	`text(text: String!)` Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically

Public methods

attribute

Added in API level 1

abstract fun attribute(
    namespace: String!, 
    name: String!, 
    value: String!
): XmlSerializer!

Write an attribute. Calls to attribute() MUST follow a call to startTag() immediately. If there is no prefix defined for the given namespace, a prefix will be defined automatically. If namespace is null or empty string no namespace prefix is printed but just name.

cdsect

Added in API level 1

abstract fun cdsect(text: String!): Unit

comment

Added in API level 1

abstract fun comment(text: String!): Unit

docdecl

Added in API level 1

abstract fun docdecl(text: String!): Unit

endDocument

Added in API level 1

abstract fun endDocument(): Unit

Finish writing. All unclosed start tags will be closed and output will be flushed. After calling this method no more output can be serialized until next call to setOutput()

endTag

Added in API level 1

abstract fun endTag(
    namespace: String!, 
    name: String!
): XmlSerializer!

Write end tag. Repetition of namespace and name is just for avoiding errors.

Background: in kXML endTag had no arguments, and non matching tags were very difficult to find... If namespace is null no namespace prefix is printed but just name. If namespace is empty string then serializer will make sure that default empty namespace is declared (in XML 1.0 xmlns='').

entityRef

Added in API level 1

abstract fun entityRef(text: String!): Unit

flush

Added in API level 1

abstract fun flush(): Unit

Write all pending output to the stream. If method startTag() or attribute() was called then start tag is closed (final >) before flush() is called on underlying output stream.

NOTE: if there is need to close start tag (so no more attribute() calls are allowed) but without flushing output call method text() with empty string (text("")).

getDepth

Added in API level 1

abstract fun getDepth(): Int

Returns the current depth of the element. Outside the root element, the depth is 0. The depth is incremented by 1 when startTag() is called. The depth is decremented after the call to endTag() event was observed.

<!-- outside -->     0
  <root>               1
    sometext                 1
      <foobar>         2
      </foobar>        2
  </root>              1
  <!-- outside -->     0

getFeature

Added in API level 1

abstract fun getFeature(name: String!): Boolean

Return the current value of the feature with given name.

NOTE: unknown properties are always returned as null

Parameters
`name`	String!: The name of feature to be retrieved.

Return
`Boolean`	The value of named feature.

Exceptions
`java.lang.IllegalArgumentException`	if feature string is null

getName

Added in API level 1

abstract fun getName(): String!

Returns the name of the current element as set by startTag(). It can only be null before first call to startTag() or when last endTag() is called to close first startTag().

Return
`String!`	namespace set by startTag() that is currently in scope

getNamespace

Added in API level 1

abstract fun getNamespace(): String!

Returns the namespace URI of the current element as set by startTag().

NOTE: that means in particular that:

if there was startTag("", ...) then getNamespace() returns ""
if there was startTag(null, ...) then getNamespace() returns null

Return
`String!`	namespace set by startTag() that is currently in scope

getPrefix

Added in API level 1

abstract fun getPrefix(
    namespace: String!, 
    generatePrefix: Boolean
): String!

Return namespace that corresponds to given prefix If there is no prefix bound to this namespace return null but if generatePrefix is false then return generated prefix.

NOTE: if the prefix is empty string "" and default namespace is bound to this prefix then empty string ("") is returned.

NOTE: prefixes "xml" and "xmlns" are already bound will have values as defined Namespaces in XML specification

getProperty

Added in API level 1

abstract fun getProperty(name: String!): Any!

Look up the value of a property. The property name is any fully-qualified URI. I

NOTE: unknown properties are always returned as null

Parameters
`name`	String!: The name of property to be retrieved.

Return
`Any!`	The value of named property.

ignorableWhitespace

Added in API level 1

abstract fun ignorableWhitespace(text: String!): Unit

processingInstruction

Added in API level 1

abstract fun processingInstruction(text: String!): Unit

setFeature

Added in API level 1

abstract fun setFeature(
    name: String!, 
    state: Boolean
): Unit

Set feature identified by name (recommended to be URI for uniqueness). Some well known optional features are defined in http://www.xmlpull.org/v1/doc/features.html. If feature is not recognized or can not be set then IllegalStateException MUST be thrown.

Exceptions
`java.lang.IllegalStateException`	If the feature is not supported or can not be set

setOutput

Added in API level 1

abstract fun setOutput(
    os: OutputStream!, 
    encoding: String!
): Unit

Set to use binary output stream with given encoding.

setOutput

Added in API level 1

abstract fun setOutput(writer: Writer!): Unit

Set the output to the given writer.

WARNING no information about encoding is available!

setPrefix

Added in API level 1

abstract fun setPrefix(
    prefix: String!, 
    namespace: String!
): Unit

Binds the given prefix to the given namespace. This call is valid for the next element including child elements. The prefix and namespace MUST be always declared even if prefix is not used in element (startTag() or attribute()) - for XML 1.0 it must result in declaring xmlns:prefix='namespace' (or xmlns:prefix="namespace" depending what character is used to quote attribute value).

NOTE: this method MUST be called directly before startTag() and if anything but startTag() or setPrefix() is called next there will be exception.

NOTE: prefixes "xml" and "xmlns" are already bound and can not be redefined see: Namespaces in XML Errata.

NOTE: to set default namespace use as prefix empty string.

Parameters
`prefix`	String!: must be not null (or IllegalArgumentException is thrown)
`namespace`	String!: must be not null

setProperty

Added in API level 1

abstract fun setProperty(
    name: String!, 
    value: Any!
): Unit

Set the value of a property. (the property name is recommended to be URI for uniqueness). Some well known optional properties are defined in http://www.xmlpull.org/v1/doc/properties.html. If property is not recognized or can not be set then IllegalStateException MUST be thrown.

Exceptions
`java.lang.IllegalStateException`	if the property is not supported or can not be set

startDocument

Added in API level 1

abstract fun startDocument(
    encoding: String!, 
    standalone: Boolean!
): Unit

Write <?xml declaration with encoding (if encoding not null) and standalone flag (if standalone not null) This method can only be called just after setOutput.

startTag

Added in API level 1

abstract fun startTag(
    namespace: String!, 
    name: String!
): XmlSerializer!

Writes a start tag with the given namespace and name. If there is no prefix defined for the given namespace, a prefix will be defined automatically. The explicit prefixes for namespaces can be established by calling setPrefix() immediately before this method. If namespace is null no namespace prefix is printed but just name. If namespace is empty string then serializer will make sure that default empty namespace is declared (in XML 1.0 xmlns='') or throw IllegalStateException if default namespace is already bound to non-empty string.

text

Added in API level 1

abstract fun text(
    buf: CharArray!, 
    start: Int, 
    len: Int
): XmlSerializer!

Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically

text

Added in API level 1

abstract fun text(text: String!): XmlSerializer!

Writes text, where special XML chars are escaped automatically