com.jdc.xml.tag
Class Declaration

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.jdc.xml.Tag
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        +--com.jdc.xml.SimpleTag
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              +--com.jdc.xml.tag.Declaration

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Declaration

extends SimpleTag

Declaration represents the very first element in an XML document and declares it as XML. The minimal declaration is <?xml version="1.0"?>. The declaration is part of the document prolog.

Reference: A Quick Introduction to XML

Version:

1.0

Author:

Jay Damon

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

class	Declaration.Encoding The Encoding attribute specifies the XML declaration encoding character set.
class	Declaration.Standalone The Standalone attribute specifies whether or not the document references an external entity or an external data type specification.
class	Declaration.Version The Version attribute specifies the XML declaration version number.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jdc.xml.Tag

LEFT_BRACKET, RIGHT_BRACKET, SLASH, SPACE

Constructor Summary

Declaration()
Constructs a new Declaration object.

Method Summary

Declaration	setEncoding(String characterSet) Sets the declaration encoding character set.
Declaration	setStandalone(boolean standalone) Identifies whether or not this document references an external entity or an external data type specification.
Declaration	setStandalone(String standalone) Identifies whether or not this document references an external entity or an external data type specification.
Declaration	setVersion(String number) Sets the declaration version number.

Methods inherited from class com.jdc.xml.SimpleTag

create, create, getEndChar, getStartChar, setEndChar, setStartChar, toString

Methods inherited from class com.jdc.xml.Tag

addAttribute, create, getAttribute, getAttributes, getIdentifier, setIdentifier, tag

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Declaration

public Declaration()

Constructs a new Declaration object.

Method Detail

setEncoding

public Declaration setEncoding(String characterSet)

Sets the declaration encoding character set. The encoding character set identifies the character set used to encode the data. "ISO-8859-1" is "Latin-1" the Western European and English language character set. The default is compressed Unicode: UTF-8.

Returns:

This declaration tag.

setStandalone

public Declaration setStandalone(boolean standalone)

Identifies whether or not this document references an external entity or an external data type specification. If there are no external references, then true should be specified.

Returns:

This declaration tag.

setStandalone

public Declaration setStandalone(String standalone)

Identifies whether or not this document references an external entity or an external data type specification. If there are no external references, then "yes" should be specified.

Returns:

This declaration tag.

setVersion

public Declaration setVersion(String number)

Sets the declaration version number. The version number identifies the version of the XML markup language used in the data. This attribute is required.

Returns:

This declaration tag.