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/*
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package javax.xml.stream;

import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;

/**
 * The XMLStreamWriter interface specifies how to write XML.  The XMLStreamWriter  does
 * not perform well formedness checking on its input.  However
 * the writeCharacters method is required to escape {@literal &, < and >}
 * For attribute values the writeAttribute method will escape the
 * above characters plus {@literal "} to ensure that all character content
 * and attribute values are well formed.
 *
 * Each NAMESPACE
 * and ATTRIBUTE must be individually written.
 *
 * <table class="striped">
 *     <caption>XML Namespaces, {@code javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces} and write method behaviour</caption>
 *     <thead>
 *         <tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">
 *             <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Method</th> <!-- method -->
 *             <th scope="col" colspan="2">{@code isRepairingNamespaces} == true</th>
 *             <th scope="col" colspan="2">{@code isRepairingNamespaces} == false</th>
 *         </tr>
 *         <tr>
 *             <!-- method -->
 *             <th scope="col">namespaceURI bound</th>
 *             <th scope="col">namespaceURI unbound</th>
 *             <th scope="col">namespaceURI bound</th>
 *             <th scope="col">namespaceURI unbound</th>
 *         </tr>
 *     </thead>
 *
 *     <tbody>
 *         <tr>
 *             <th scope="row">{@code writeAttribute(namespaceURI, localName, value)}</th>
 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == true -->
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->
 *                 prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup>
 *             </td>
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->
 *                 xmlns:{generated}="namespaceURI" {generated}:localName="value"
 *             </td>
 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == false -->
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->
 *                 prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup>
 *             </td>
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->
 *                 {@code XMLStreamException}
 *             </td>
 *         </tr>
 *
 *         <tr>
 *             <th scope="row">{@code writeAttribute(prefix, namespaceURI, localName, value)}</th>
 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == true -->
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->
 *                 bound to same prefix:<br>
 *                 prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup><br>
 *                 <br>
 *                 bound to different prefix:<br>
 *                 xmlns:{generated}="namespaceURI" {generated}:localName="value"
 *             </td>
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->
 *                 xmlns:prefix="namespaceURI" prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[3]</sup>
 *             </td>
 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == false -->
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->
 *                 bound to same prefix:<br>
 *                 prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[1][2]</sup><br>
 *                 <br>
 *                 bound to different prefix:<br>
 *                 {@code XMLStreamException}<sup>[2]</sup>
 *             </td>
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->
 *                 xmlns:prefix="namespaceURI" prefix:localName="value"&nbsp;<sup>[2][5]</sup>
 *             </td>
 *         </tr>
 *
 *         <tr>
 *             <th scope="row">{@code writeStartElement(namespaceURI, localName)}<br>
 *                 <br>
 *                 {@code writeEmptyElement(namespaceURI, localName)}</th>
 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == true -->
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->
 *                 {@code <prefix:localName>}&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup>
 *             </td>
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->
 *                 {@code <{generated}:localName xmlns:{generated}="namespaceURI">}
 *             </td>
 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == false -->
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->
 *                 {@code prefix:localName>}&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup>
 *             </td>
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->
 *                 {@code XMLStreamException}
 *             </td>
 *         </tr>
 *
 *         <tr>
 *             <th scope="row">{@code writeStartElement(prefix, localName, namespaceURI)}<br>
 *                 <br>
 *                 {@code writeEmptyElement(prefix, localName, namespaceURI)}</th>
 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == true -->
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->
 *                 bound to same prefix:<br>
 *                 {@code <prefix:localName>}&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup><br>
 *                 <br>
 *                 bound to different prefix:<br>
 *                 {@code <{generated}:localName xmlns:{generated}="namespaceURI">}
 *             </td>
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->
 *                 {@code <prefix:localName xmlns:prefix="namespaceURI">}&nbsp;<sup>[4]</sup>
 *             </td>
 *             <!-- isRepairingNamespaces == false -->
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI bound -->
 *                 bound to same prefix:<br>
 *                 {@code <prefix:localName>}&nbsp;<sup>[1]</sup><br>
 *                 <br>
 *                 bound to different prefix:<br>
 *                 {@code XMLStreamException}
 *             </td>
 *             <td>
 *                 <!-- namespaceURI unbound -->
 *                 {@code <prefix:localName>}&nbsp;
 *             </td>
 *         </tr>
 *     </tbody>
 * </table>
    
 * Notes:
 * <ul>
 *    <li>[1] if namespaceURI == default Namespace URI, then no prefix is written</li>
 *    <li>[2] if prefix == "" || null {@literal &&} namespaceURI == "", then
 *            no prefix or Namespace declaration is generated or written</li>
 *    <li>[3] if prefix == "" || null, then a prefix is randomly generated</li>
 *    <li>[4] if prefix == "" || null, then it is treated as the default Namespace and
 *            no prefix is generated or written, an xmlns declaration is generated
 *            and written if the namespaceURI is unbound</li>
 *    <li>[5] if prefix == "" || null, then it is treated as an invalid attempt to
 *            define the default Namespace and an XMLStreamException is thrown</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @version 1.0
 * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 * @see XMLOutputFactory
 * @see XMLStreamReader
 * @since 1.6
 */
public interface XMLStreamWriter {

    /**
     * Writes a start tag to the output.  All writeStartElement methods
     * open a new scope in the internal namespace context.  Writing the
     * corresponding EndElement causes the scope to be closed.
     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeStartElement(String localName) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes a start tag to the output
     * @param namespaceURI the namespaceURI of the prefix to use, may not be null
     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException if the namespace URI has not been bound to a prefix and
     * javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces has not been set to true
     */
    public void writeStartElement(String namespaceURI, String localName) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes a start tag to the output
     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null
     * @param prefix the prefix of the tag, may not be null
     * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the prefix to, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeStartElement(String prefix, String localName, String namespaceURI) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an empty element tag to the output
     * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the tag to, may not be null
     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException if the namespace URI has not been bound to a prefix and
     * javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces has not been set to true
     */
    public void writeEmptyElement(String namespaceURI, String localName) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an empty element tag to the output
     * @param prefix the prefix of the tag, may not be null
     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null
     * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the tag to, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeEmptyElement(String prefix, String localName, String namespaceURI) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an empty element tag to the output
     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeEmptyElement(String localName) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes string data to the output without checking for well formedness.
     * The data is opaque to the XMLStreamWriter, i.e. the characters are written
     * blindly to the underlying output.  If the method cannot be supported
     * in the currrent writing context the implementation may throw a
     * UnsupportedOperationException.  For example note that any
     * namespace declarations, end tags, etc. will be ignored and could
     * interfere with proper maintanence of the writers internal state.
     *
     * @param data the data to write
     */
    //  public void writeRaw(String data) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an end tag to the output relying on the internal
     * state of the writer to determine the prefix and local name
     * of the event.
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeEndElement() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Closes any start tags and writes corresponding end tags.
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeEndDocument() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Close this writer and free any resources associated with the
     * writer.  This must not close the underlying output stream.
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void close() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Write any cached data to the underlying output mechanism.
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void flush() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an attribute to the output stream without
     * a prefix.
     * @param localName the local name of the attribute
     * @param value the value of the attribute
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Attribute writing
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeAttribute(String localName, String value) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an attribute to the output stream
     * @param prefix the prefix for this attribute
     * @param namespaceURI the uri of the prefix for this attribute
     * @param localName the local name of the attribute
     * @param value the value of the attribute
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Attribute writing
     * @throws XMLStreamException if the namespace URI has not been bound to a prefix and
     * javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces has not been set to true
     */

    public void writeAttribute(String prefix, String namespaceURI, String localName, String value)
            throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an attribute to the output stream
     * @param namespaceURI the uri of the prefix for this attribute
     * @param localName the local name of the attribute
     * @param value the value of the attribute
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Attribute writing
     * @throws XMLStreamException if the namespace URI has not been bound to a prefix and
     * javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces has not been set to true
     */
    public void writeAttribute(String namespaceURI, String localName, String value) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes a namespace to the output stream
     * If the prefix argument to this method is the empty string,
     * "xmlns", or null this method will delegate to writeDefaultNamespace
     *
     * @param prefix the prefix to bind this namespace to
     * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the prefix to
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Namespace writing
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeNamespace(String prefix, String namespaceURI) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes the default namespace to the stream
     * @param namespaceURI the uri to bind the default namespace to
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Namespace writing
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeDefaultNamespace(String namespaceURI) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an xml comment with the data enclosed
     * @param data the data contained in the comment, may be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeComment(String data) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes a processing instruction
     * @param target the target of the processing instruction, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeProcessingInstruction(String target) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes a processing instruction
     * @param target the target of the processing instruction, may not be null
     * @param data the data contained in the processing instruction, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeProcessingInstruction(String target, String data) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes a CData section
     * @param data the data contained in the CData Section, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeCData(String data) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Write a DTD section.  This string represents the entire doctypedecl production
     * from the XML 1.0 specification.
     *
     * @param dtd the DTD to be written
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeDTD(String dtd) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Writes an entity reference
     * @param name the name of the entity
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeEntityRef(String name) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Write the XML Declaration. Defaults the XML version to 1.0, and the encoding to utf-8
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeStartDocument() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Write the XML Declaration. Defaults the XML version to 1.0
     * @param version version of the xml document
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeStartDocument(String version) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Write the XML Declaration.  Note that the encoding parameter does
     * not set the actual encoding of the underlying output.  That must
     * be set when the instance of the XMLStreamWriter is created using the
     * XMLOutputFactory
     * @param encoding encoding of the xml declaration
     * @param version version of the xml document
     * @throws XMLStreamException If given encoding does not match encoding
     * of the underlying stream
     */
    public void writeStartDocument(String encoding, String version) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Write text to the output
     * @param text the value to write
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeCharacters(String text) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Write text to the output
     * @param text the value to write
     * @param start the starting position in the array
     * @param len the number of characters to write
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void writeCharacters(char[] text, int start, int len) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Gets the prefix the uri is bound to
     * @return the prefix or null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public String getPrefix(String uri) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Sets the prefix the uri is bound to.  This prefix is bound
     * in the scope of the current START_ELEMENT / END_ELEMENT pair.
     * If this method is called before a START_ELEMENT has been written
     * the prefix is bound in the root scope.
     * @param prefix the prefix to bind to the uri, may not be null
     * @param uri the uri to bind to the prefix, may be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void setPrefix(String prefix, String uri) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Binds a URI to the default namespace
     * This URI is bound
     * in the scope of the current START_ELEMENT / END_ELEMENT pair.
     * If this method is called before a START_ELEMENT has been written
     * the uri is bound in the root scope.
     * @param uri the uri to bind to the default namespace, may be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void setDefaultNamespace(String uri) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Sets the current namespace context for prefix and uri bindings.
     * This context becomes the root namespace context for writing and
     * will replace the current root namespace context.  Subsequent calls
     * to setPrefix and setDefaultNamespace will bind namespaces using
     * the context passed to the method as the root context for resolving
     * namespaces.  This method may only be called once at the start of
     * the document.  It does not cause the namespaces to be declared.
     * If a namespace URI to prefix mapping is found in the namespace
     * context it is treated as declared and the prefix may be used
     * by the StreamWriter.
     * @param context the namespace context to use for this writer, may not be null
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    public void setNamespaceContext(NamespaceContext context) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**
     * Returns the current namespace context.
     * @return the current NamespaceContext
     */
    public NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext();

    /**
     * Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation
     * @param name The name of the property, may not be null
     * @return The value of the property
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the property is not supported
     * @throws NullPointerException if the name is null
     */
    public Object getProperty(java.lang.String name) throws IllegalArgumentException;

}