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gnu.xml.dom

Class DomDoctype

java.lang.Object
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+--gnu.xml.dom.DomNode
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   +--gnu.xml.dom.DomExtern
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      +--gnu.xml.dom.DomDoctype

All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Cloneable, DocumentType, DocumentEvent, EventTarget, Node, NodeList

public class DomDoctype
extends DomExtern
implements DocumentType

"DocumentType" implementation (with no extensions for supporting any document typing information). This is a non-core DOM class, supporting the "XML" feature.

Few XML applications will actually care about this partial DTD support, since it doesn't expose any (!) of the data typing facilities which can motivate applications to use DTDs. It does not expose element content models, or information about attribute typing rules. Plus the information it exposes isn't very useful; as one example, DOM exposes information about unparsed ENTITY objects, which is only used with certain element attributes, but does not expose the information about those attributes which is needed to apply that data!

Also, note that there are no nonportable ways to associate even the notation and entity information exposed by DOM with a DocumentType. While there is a DOM L2 method to construct a DocumentType, it only gives access to the textual content of the <!DOCTYPE ...> declaration.

In short, you are strongly advised not to rely on this incomplete DTD functionality in your application code.

Author:
David Brownell
See Also:
DomEntity
DomEntityReference
DomNotation

Constructor Summary

DomDoctype(DOMImplementation impl, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId, java.lang.String internalSubset)

Constructs a DocumentType node associated with the specified implementation, with the specified name.

Method Summary

Entity

declareEntity(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId, java.lang.String notation)

Records the declaration of a general entity in this DocumentType.

Notation

declareNotation(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId)

Records the declaration of a notation in this DocumentType.

NamedNodeMap

getEntities()

DOM L1 Returns information about any general entities declared in the DTD.

DOMImplementation

getImplementation()

Returns the implementation associated with this document type.

java.lang.String

getInternalSubset()

DOM L2 Returns the internal subset of the document, as a string of unparsed XML declarations (and comments, PIs, whitespace); or returns null if there is no such subset.

java.lang.String

getName()

DOM L1 Returns the root element's name (just like getNodeName).

short

getNodeType()

DOM L1 Returns the constant DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE.

NamedNodeMap

getNotations()

DOM L1 Returns information about any notations declared in the DTD.

void

makeReadonly()

Sets the internal "readonly" flag so the node and its associated data (only lists of entities and notations, no type information at the moment) can't be changed.

boolean

supports(java.lang.String feature, java.lang.String version)

DOM L2 Consults the DOM implementation to determine if the requested feature is supported.

Constructor Details

DomDoctype

protected DomDoctype(DOMImplementation impl, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId, java.lang.String internalSubset)

Constructs a DocumentType node associated with the specified implementation, with the specified name.

This constructor should only be invoked by a DOMImplementation as part of its createDocumentType functionality, or through a subclass which is similarly used in a "Sub-DOM" style layer.

Note that at this time there is no standard SAX API granting access to the internal subset text, so that relying on that value is not currently portable.

Parameters:
impl - The implementation with which this object is associated
name - Name of this root element
publicId - If non-null, provides the external subset's PUBLIC identifier
systemId - If non-null, provides the external subset's SYSTEM identifier
internalSubset - Provides the literal value (unparsed, no entities expanded) of the DTD's internal subset.

Method Details

declareEntity

public Entity declareEntity(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId, java.lang.String notation)

Records the declaration of a general entity in this DocumentType.

Parameters:
name - Name of the entity
publicId - If non-null, provides the entity's PUBLIC identifier
systemId - Provides the entity's SYSTEM identifier
notation - If non-null, provides the entity's notation (indicating an unparsed entity)
Returns:
The Entity that was declared, or null if the entity wasn't recorded (because it's a parameter entity or because an entity with this name was already declared).
Throws:
DOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if the DocumentType is no longer writable.
DOMException - HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR if the DocumentType is not associated with a document.

declareNotation

public Notation declareNotation(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId)

Records the declaration of a notation in this DocumentType.

Parameters:
name - Name of the notation
publicId - If non-null, provides the notation's PUBLIC identifier
systemId - If non-null, provides the notation's SYSTEM identifier
Returns:
The notation that was declared.
Throws:
DOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if the DocumentType is no longer writable.
DOMException - HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR if the DocumentType is not associated with a document.

getEntities

public NamedNodeMap getEntities()

DOM L1 Returns information about any general entities declared in the DTD.

Note: DOM L1 doesn't throw a DOMException here, but then it doesn't have the strange construction rules of L2.

Throws:
DOMException - HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR if the DocumentType is not associated with a document.

getImplementation

public final DOMImplementation getImplementation()

Returns the implementation associated with this document type.

getInternalSubset

public String getInternalSubset()

DOM L2 Returns the internal subset of the document, as a string of unparsed XML declarations (and comments, PIs, whitespace); or returns null if there is no such subset. There is no vendor-independent expectation that this attribute be set, or that declarations found in it be reflected in the entities or notations attributes of this Document "Type" object.

Some application-specific XML profiles require that documents only use specific PUBLIC identifiers, without an internal subset to modify the interperetation of the declarations associated with that PUBLIC identifier through some standard.

getName

public final String getName()

DOM L1 Returns the root element's name (just like getNodeName).

getNodeType

public final short getNodeType()

DOM L1 Returns the constant DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE.

getNotations

public NamedNodeMap getNotations()

DOM L1 Returns information about any notations declared in the DTD.

Note: DOM L1 doesn't throw a DOMException here, but then it doesn't have the strange construction rules of L2.

Throws:
DOMException - HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR if the DocumentType is not associated with a document.

makeReadonly

public void makeReadonly()

Sets the internal "readonly" flag so the node and its associated data (only lists of entities and notations, no type information at the moment) can't be changed.

supports

public final boolean supports(java.lang.String feature, java.lang.String version)

DOM L2 Consults the DOM implementation to determine if the requested feature is supported.

Parameters:
feature
version
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