Method Detail

• nextEvent

  XMLEvent nextEvent()
                     throws XMLStreamException

  Get the next XMLEvent

  Throws:

  XMLStreamException - if there is an error with the underlying XML.

  NoSuchElementException - iteration has no more elements.

  See Also:

  XMLEvent

• hasNext

  boolean hasNext()

  Check if there are more events. Returns true if there are more events and false otherwise.

  Specified by:

  hasNext in interface Iterator

  Returns:

  true if the event reader has more events, false otherwise

• peek

  XMLEvent peek()
                throws XMLStreamException

  Check the next XMLEvent without reading it from the stream. Returns null if the stream is at EOF or has no more XMLEvents. A call to peek() will be equal to the next return of next().

  Throws:

  XMLStreamException

  See Also:

  XMLEvent

• getElementText

  String getElementText()
                        throws XMLStreamException

  Reads the content of a text-only element. Precondition: the current event is START_ELEMENT. Postcondition: The current event is the corresponding END_ELEMENT.

  Throws:

  XMLStreamException - if the current event is not a START_ELEMENT or if a non text element is encountered

• nextTag

  XMLEvent nextTag()
                   throws XMLStreamException

  Skips any insignificant space events until a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT is reached. If anything other than space characters are encountered, an exception is thrown. This method should be used when processing element-only content because the parser is not able to recognize ignorable whitespace if the DTD is missing or not interpreted.

  Throws:

  XMLStreamException - if anything other than space characters are encountered

• getProperty

  Object getProperty(String name)
                     throws IllegalArgumentException

  Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the property

  Returns:

  The value of the property

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if the property is not supported

• close

  void close()
             throws XMLStreamException

  Frees any resources associated with this Reader. This method does not close the underlying input source.

  Throws:

  XMLStreamException - if there are errors freeing associated resources