Module java.xml
Package javax.xml.stream

# Interface XMLStreamReader

All Superinterfaces:
  `XMLStreamConstants`

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `StreamReaderDelegate`

public interface XMLStreamReader extends XMLStreamConstants
The XMLStreamReader interface allows forward, read-only access to XML. It is designed to be the lowest level and most efficient way to read XML data.

The XMLStreamReader is designed to iterate over XML using next() and hasNext(). The data can be accessed using methods such as getEventType(), getNamespaceURI(), getLocalName() and getText();

An XMLStreamReader instance is created with an initial event type START_DOCUMENT. At any moment in time, it has a current event that the methods of the interface access and may load the next event through the `next()` method. The current event type can be determined by `getEventType()`, and the next returned by the `next()` method.

Parsing events are defined as the XML Declaration, a DTD, start tag, character data, white space, end tag, comment, or processing instruction. An attribute or namespace event may be encountered at the root level of a document as the result of a query operation.

For XML 1.0 compliance an XML processor must pass the identifiers of declared unparsed entities, notation declarations and their associated identifiers to the application. This information is provided through the property API on this interface. The following two properties allow access to this information: javax.xml.stream.notations and javax.xml.stream.entities. When the current event is a DTD the following call will return a list of Notations `List l = (List) getProperty("javax.xml.stream.notations");` The following call will return a list of entity declarations: `List l = (List) getProperty("javax.xml.stream.entities");` These properties can only be accessed during a DTD event and are defined to return null if the information is not available.

The following table describes which methods are valid in what state. If a method is called in an invalid state the method will throw a java.lang.IllegalStateException.

Valid methods for each state
Event Type | Valid Methods
--- | ---
All States | getProperty(), hasNext(), require(), close(), getNamespaceURI(), isStartElement(), isEndElement(), isCharacters(), isWhiteSpace(), getNamespaceContext(), getEventType(), getLocation(), hasText(), hasName()
START_ELEMENT | next(), getName(), getLocalName(), hasName(), getPrefix(), getAttributeXXX(), isAttributeSpecified(), getNamespaceXXX(), getElementText(), nextTag()
ATTRIBUTE | next(), nextTag() getAttributeXXX(), isAttributeSpecified(),
NAMESPACE | next(), nextTag() getNamespaceXXX()
END_ELEMENT | next(), getName(), getLocalName(), hasName(), getPrefix(), getNamespaceXXX(), nextTag()
CHARACTERS | next(), getTextXXX(), nextTag()
CDATA | next(), getTextXXX(), nextTag()
COMMENT | next(), getTextXXX(), nextTag()
SPACE | next(), getTextXXX(), nextTag()
START_DOCUMENT | next(), getEncoding(), getVersion(), isStandalone(), standaloneSet(), getCharacterEncodingScheme(), nextTag()
END_DOCUMENT | close()
PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION | next(), getPITarget(), getPIData(), nextTag()
ENTITY_REFERENCE | next(), getLocalName(), getText(), nextTag()
DTD | next(), getText(), nextTag()

Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  - `XMLEvent`
  - `XMLInputFactory`
  - `XMLStreamWriter`

- ## Field Summary

  ### Fields declared in interface javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants

  `ATTRIBUTE, CDATA, CHARACTERS, COMMENT, DTD, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, ENTITY_DECLARATION, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NAMESPACE, NOTATION_DECLARATION, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `void`
  `close()`
  Frees any resources associated with this Reader.
  `int`
  `getAttributeCount()`
  Returns the count of attributes on this START_ELEMENT, this method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE.
  `String`
  `getAttributeLocalName(int index)`
  Returns the localName of the attribute at the provided index
  `QName`
  `getAttributeName(int index)`
  Returns the qname of the attribute at the provided index
  `String`
  `getAttributeNamespace(int index)`
  Returns the namespace of the attribute at the provided index
  `String`
  `getAttributePrefix(int index)`
  Returns the prefix of this attribute at the provided index
  `String`
  `getAttributeType(int index)`
  Returns the XML type of the attribute at the provided index
  `String`
  `getAttributeValue(int index)`
  Returns the value of the attribute at the index
  `String`
  `getAttributeValue(String namespaceURI, String localName)`
  Returns the normalized attribute value of the attribute with the namespace and localName If the namespaceURI is null the namespace is not checked for equality
  `String`
  `getCharacterEncodingScheme()`
  Returns the character encoding declared on the xml declaration Returns null if none was declared
  `String`
  `getElementText()`
  Reads the content of a text-only element, an exception is thrown if this is not a text-only element.
  `String`
  `getEncoding()`
  Return input encoding if known or null if unknown.
  `int`
  `getEventType()`
  Returns an integer code that indicates the type of the event the cursor is pointing to.
  `String`
  `getLocalName()`
  Returns the (local) name of the current event.
  `Location`
  `getLocation()`
  Return the current location of the processor.
  `QName`
  `getName()`
  Returns a QName for the current START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT event
  `NamespaceContext`
  `getNamespaceContext()`
  Returns a read only namespace context for the current position.
  `int`
  `getNamespaceCount()`
  Returns the count of namespaces declared on this START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT, this method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE.
  `String`
  `getNamespacePrefix(int index)`
  Returns the prefix for the namespace declared at the index.
  `String`
  `getNamespaceURI()`
  If the current event is a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT this method returns the URI of the prefix or the default namespace.
  `String`
  `getNamespaceURI(int index)`
  Returns the uri for the namespace declared at the index.
  `String`
  `getNamespaceURI(String prefix)`
  Return the uri for the given prefix.
  `String`
  `getPIData()`
  Get the data section of a processing instruction
  `String`
  `getPITarget()`
  Get the target of a processing instruction
  `String`
  `getPrefix()`
  Returns the prefix of the current event or null if the event does not have a prefix
  `Object`
  `getProperty(String name)`
  Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation
  `String`
  `getText()`
  Returns the current value of the parse event as a string, this returns the string value of a CHARACTERS event, returns the value of a COMMENT, the replacement value for an ENTITY_REFERENCE, the string value of a CDATA section, the string value for a SPACE event, or the String value of the internal subset of the DTD.
  `char[]`
  `getTextCharacters()`
  Returns an array which contains the characters from this event.
  `int`
  `getTextCharacters(int sourceStart, char[] target, int targetStart, int length)`
  Gets the text associated with a CHARACTERS, SPACE or CDATA event.
  `int`
  `getTextLength()`
  Returns the length of the sequence of characters for this Text event within the text character array.
  `int`
  `getTextStart()`
  Returns the offset into the text character array where the first character (of this text event) is stored.
  `String`
  `getVersion()`
  Get the xml version declared on the xml declaration Returns null if none was declared
  `boolean`
  `hasName()`
  returns a boolean indicating whether the current event has a name (is a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT).
  `boolean`
  `hasNext()`
  Returns true if there are more parsing events and false if there are no more events.
  `boolean`
  `hasText()`
  Return a boolean indicating whether the current event has text.
  `boolean`
  `isAttributeSpecified(int index)`
  Returns a boolean which indicates if this attribute was created by default
  `boolean`
  `isCharacters()`
  Returns true if the cursor points to a character data event
  `boolean`
  `isEndElement()`
  Returns true if the cursor points to an end tag (otherwise false)
  `boolean`
  `isStandalone()`
  Get the standalone declaration from the xml declaration
  `boolean`
  `isStartElement()`
  Returns true if the cursor points to a start tag (otherwise false)
  `boolean`
  `isWhiteSpace()`
  Returns true if the cursor points to a character data event that consists of all whitespace
  `int`
  `next()`
  Get next parsing event - a processor may return all contiguous character data in a single chunk, or it may split it into several chunks.
  `int`
  `nextTag()`
  Skips any white space (isWhiteSpace() returns true), COMMENT, or PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, until a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT is reached.
  `void`
  `require(int type, String namespaceURI, String localName)`
  Test if the current event is of the given type and if the namespace and name match the current namespace and name of the current event.
  `boolean`
  `standaloneSet()`
  Checks if standalone was set in the document

- ## Method Details

  - ### 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, may not be null
    Returns:
      The value of the property
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if name is null

  - ### next

    int next() throws XMLStreamException
    Get next parsing event - a processor may return all contiguous character data in a single chunk, or it may split it into several chunks. If the property javax.xml.stream.isCoalescing is set to true element content must be coalesced and only one CHARACTERS event must be returned for contiguous element content or CDATA Sections. By default entity references must be expanded and reported transparently to the application. An exception will be thrown if an entity reference cannot be expanded. If element content is empty (i.e. content is "") then no CHARACTERS event will be reported.

    Given the following XML:
    `<foo><!--description-->content text<![CDATA[<greeting>Hello>/greeting>]]>other content>/foo>`
    The behavior of calling next() when being on foo will be:
    1- the comment (COMMENT)
    2- then the characters section (CHARACTERS)
    3- then the CDATA section (another CHARACTERS)
    4- then the next characters section (another CHARACTERS)
    5- then the END_ELEMENT

    NOTE: empty element (such as `<tag/>`) will be reported with two separate events: START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT - This preserves parsing equivalency of empty element to `<tag></tag>`.

    Returns:
      the integer code corresponding to the current parse event
    Throws:
      `NoSuchElementException` - if this is called when hasNext() returns false
      `XMLStreamException` - if there is an error processing the underlying XML source
    See Also:
      - `XMLEvent`

  - ### require

    void require(int type, String namespaceURI, String localName) throws XMLStreamException
    Test if the current event is of the given type and if the namespace and name match the current namespace and name of the current event. If the namespaceURI is null it is not checked for equality, if the localName is null it is not checked for equality.
    Parameters:
      `type` - the event type
      `namespaceURI` - the uri of the event, may be null
      `localName` - the localName of the event, may be null
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if the required values are not matched.

  - ### getElementText

    String getElementText() throws XMLStreamException
    Reads the content of a text-only element, an exception is thrown if this is not a text-only element. Regardless of value of javax.xml.stream.isCoalescing this method always returns coalesced content.
    Precondition: the current event is START_ELEMENT.
    Postcondition: the current event is the corresponding END_ELEMENT.
    The method does the following (implementations are free to optimized but must do equivalent processing):

         if(getEventType() != XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
             throw new XMLStreamException(
             "parser must be on START_ELEMENT to read next text", getLocation());
         }

         int eventType = next();
         StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
         while(eventType != XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) {
             if(eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS
                || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CDATA
                || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.SPACE
                || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.ENTITY_REFERENCE) {
                   buf.append(getText());
             } else if(eventType == XMLStreamConstants.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION
                       || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.COMMENT) {
                 // skipping
             } else if(eventType == XMLStreamConstants.END_DOCUMENT) {
                 throw new XMLStreamException(
                 "unexpected end of document when reading element text content", this);
             } else if(eventType == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
                 throw new XMLStreamException(
                 "element text content may not contain START_ELEMENT", getLocation());
             } else {
                 throw new XMLStreamException(
                 "Unexpected event type "+eventType, getLocation());
             }
             eventType = next();
         }
         return buf.toString();

    Returns:
      the content of a text-only element
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if the current event is not a START_ELEMENT or if a non text element is encountered

  - ### nextTag

    int nextTag() throws XMLStreamException
    Skips any white space (isWhiteSpace() returns true), COMMENT, or PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, until a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT is reached. If other than white space characters, COMMENT, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT are encountered, an exception is thrown. This method should be used when processing element-only content separated by white space.
    Precondition: none
    Postcondition: the current event is START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT and cursor may have moved over any whitespace event.
    Essentially it does the following (implementations are free to optimized but must do equivalent processing):

         int eventType = next();
         while((eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS && isWhiteSpace()) // skip whitespace
         || (eventType == XMLStreamConstants.CDATA && isWhiteSpace())
         // skip whitespace
         || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.SPACE
         || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION
         || eventType == XMLStreamConstants.COMMENT
         ) {
             eventType = next();
         }
         if (eventType != XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT && eventType != XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) {
             throw new String XMLStreamException("expected start or end tag", getLocation());
         }
         return eventType;

    Returns:
      the event type of the element read (START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT)
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if the current event is not white space, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT
      `NoSuchElementException` - if this is called when hasNext() returns false

  - ### hasNext

    boolean hasNext() throws XMLStreamException
    Returns true if there are more parsing events and false if there are no more events. This method will return false if the current state of the XMLStreamReader is END_DOCUMENT
    Returns:
      true if there are more events, false otherwise
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if there is a fatal error detecting the next state

  - ### 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

  - ### getNamespaceURI

    String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)
    Return the uri for the given prefix. The uri returned depends on the current state of the processor.

    NOTE:The 'xml' prefix is bound as defined in Namespaces in XML specification to "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace".

    NOTE: The 'xmlns' prefix must be resolved to following namespace http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/

    Parameters:
      `prefix` - The prefix to lookup, may not be null
    Returns:
      the uri bound to the given prefix or null if it is not bound
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the prefix is null

  - ### isStartElement

    boolean isStartElement()
    Returns true if the cursor points to a start tag (otherwise false)
    Returns:
      true if the cursor points to a start tag, false otherwise

  - ### isEndElement

    boolean isEndElement()
    Returns true if the cursor points to an end tag (otherwise false)
    Returns:
      true if the cursor points to an end tag, false otherwise

  - ### isCharacters

    boolean isCharacters()
    Returns true if the cursor points to a character data event
    Returns:
      true if the cursor points to character data, false otherwise

  - ### isWhiteSpace

    boolean isWhiteSpace()
    Returns true if the cursor points to a character data event that consists of all whitespace
    Returns:
      true if the cursor points to all whitespace, false otherwise

  - ### getAttributeValue

    String getAttributeValue(String namespaceURI, String localName)
    Returns the normalized attribute value of the attribute with the namespace and localName If the namespaceURI is null the namespace is not checked for equality
    Parameters:
      `namespaceURI` - the namespace of the attribute
      `localName` - the local name of the attribute, cannot be null
    Returns:
      returns the value of the attribute , returns null if not found
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### getAttributeCount

    int getAttributeCount()
    Returns the count of attributes on this START_ELEMENT, this method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE. This count excludes namespace definitions. Attribute indices are zero-based.
    Returns:
      returns the number of attributes
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### getAttributeName

    QName getAttributeName(int index)
    Returns the qname of the attribute at the provided index
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the attribute
    Returns:
      the QName of the attribute
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### getAttributeNamespace

    String getAttributeNamespace(int index)
    Returns the namespace of the attribute at the provided index
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the attribute
    Returns:
      the namespace URI (can be null)
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### getAttributeLocalName

    String getAttributeLocalName(int index)
    Returns the localName of the attribute at the provided index
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the attribute
    Returns:
      the localName of the attribute
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### getAttributePrefix

    String getAttributePrefix(int index)
    Returns the prefix of this attribute at the provided index
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the attribute
    Returns:
      the prefix of the attribute
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### getAttributeType

    String getAttributeType(int index)
    Returns the XML type of the attribute at the provided index
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the attribute
    Returns:
      the XML type of the attribute
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### getAttributeValue

    String getAttributeValue(int index)
    Returns the value of the attribute at the index
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the attribute
    Returns:
      the attribute value
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### isAttributeSpecified

    boolean isAttributeSpecified(int index)
    Returns a boolean which indicates if this attribute was created by default
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the attribute
    Returns:
      true if this is a default attribute
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE

  - ### getNamespaceCount

    int getNamespaceCount()
    Returns the count of namespaces declared on this START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT, this method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE. On an END_ELEMENT the count is of the namespaces that are about to go out of scope. This is the equivalent of the information reported by SAX callback for an end element event.
    Returns:
      returns the number of namespace declarations on this specific element
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE

  - ### getNamespacePrefix

    String getNamespacePrefix(int index)
    Returns the prefix for the namespace declared at the index. Returns null if this is the default namespace declaration
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the namespace declaration
    Returns:
      returns the namespace prefix
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE

  - ### getNamespaceURI

    String getNamespaceURI(int index)
    Returns the uri for the namespace declared at the index.
    Parameters:
      `index` - the position of the namespace declaration
    Returns:
      returns the namespace uri
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or NAMESPACE

  - ### getNamespaceContext

    NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext()
    Returns a read only namespace context for the current position. The context is transient and only valid until a call to next() changes the state of the reader.
    Returns:
      return a namespace context

  - ### getEventType

    int getEventType()
    Returns an integer code that indicates the type of the event the cursor is pointing to. The initial event type is `XMLStreamConstants.START_DOCUMENT`.
    Returns:
      the type of the current event

  - ### getText

    String getText()
    Returns the current value of the parse event as a string, this returns the string value of a CHARACTERS event, returns the value of a COMMENT, the replacement value for an ENTITY_REFERENCE, the string value of a CDATA section, the string value for a SPACE event, or the String value of the internal subset of the DTD. If an ENTITY_REFERENCE has been resolved, any character data will be reported as CHARACTERS events.
    Returns:
      the current text or null
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this state is not a valid text state.

  - ### getTextCharacters

    char[] getTextCharacters()
    Returns an array which contains the characters from this event. This array should be treated as read-only and transient. I.e. the array will contain the text characters until the XMLStreamReader moves on to the next event. Attempts to hold onto the character array beyond that time or modify the contents of the array are breaches of the contract for this interface.
    Returns:
      the current text or an empty array
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this state is not a valid text state.

  - ### getTextCharacters

    int getTextCharacters(int sourceStart, char[] target, int targetStart, int length) throws XMLStreamException
    Gets the text associated with a CHARACTERS, SPACE or CDATA event. Text starting a "sourceStart" is copied into "target" starting at "targetStart". Up to "length" characters are copied. The number of characters actually copied is returned. The "sourceStart" argument must be greater or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the number of characters associated with the event. Usually, one requests text starting at a "sourceStart" of 0. If the number of characters actually copied is less than the "length", then there is no more text. Otherwise, subsequent calls need to be made until all text has been retrieved. For example:

         int length = 1024;
         char[] myBuffer = new char[ length ];

         for ( int sourceStart = 0 ; ; sourceStart += length )
         {
            int nCopied = stream.getTextCharacters( sourceStart, myBuffer, 0, length );

           if (nCopied < length)
               break;
         }

    XMLStreamException may be thrown if there are any XML errors in the underlying source. The "targetStart" argument must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than the length of "target", Length must be greater than 0 and "targetStart + length" must be less than or equal to length of "target".
    Parameters:
      `sourceStart` - the index of the first character in the source array to copy
      `target` - the destination array
      `targetStart` - the start offset in the target array
      `length` - the number of characters to copy
    Returns:
      the number of characters actually copied
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if the underlying XML source is not well-formed
      `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if targetStart < 0 or > than the length of target
      `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if length < 0 or targetStart + length > length of target
      `UnsupportedOperationException` - if this method is not supported
      `NullPointerException` - is if target is null

  - ### getTextStart

    int getTextStart()
    Returns the offset into the text character array where the first character (of this text event) is stored.
    Returns:
      the starting position of the text in the character array
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this state is not a valid text state.

  - ### getTextLength

    int getTextLength()
    Returns the length of the sequence of characters for this Text event within the text character array.
    Returns:
      the length of the text
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this state is not a valid text state.

  - ### getEncoding

    String getEncoding()
    Return input encoding if known or null if unknown.
    Returns:
      the encoding of this instance or null

  - ### hasText

    boolean hasText()
    Return a boolean indicating whether the current event has text. The following events have text: CHARACTERS,DTD ,ENTITY_REFERENCE, COMMENT, SPACE
    Returns:
      true if the event has text, false otherwise

  - ### getLocation

    Location getLocation()
    Return the current location of the processor. If the Location is unknown the processor should return an implementation of Location that returns -1 for the location and null for the publicId and systemId. The location information is only valid until next() is called.
    Returns:
      the location of the cursor

  - ### getName

    QName getName()
    Returns a QName for the current START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT event
    Returns:
      the QName for the current START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT event
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this is not a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT

  - ### getLocalName

    String getLocalName()
    Returns the (local) name of the current event. For START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT returns the (local) name of the current element. For ENTITY_REFERENCE it returns entity name. The current event must be START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT, or ENTITY_REFERENCE
    Returns:
      the localName
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if this not a START_ELEMENT, END_ELEMENT or ENTITY_REFERENCE

  - ### hasName

    boolean hasName()
    returns a boolean indicating whether the current event has a name (is a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT).
    Returns:
      true if the event has a name, false otherwise

  - ### getNamespaceURI

    String getNamespaceURI()
    If the current event is a START_ELEMENT or END_ELEMENT this method returns the URI of the prefix or the default namespace. Returns null if the event does not have a prefix.
    Returns:
      the URI bound to this elements prefix, the default namespace, or null

  - ### getPrefix

    String getPrefix()
    Returns the prefix of the current event or null if the event does not have a prefix
    Returns:
      the prefix or null

  - ### getVersion

    String getVersion()
    Get the xml version declared on the xml declaration Returns null if none was declared
    Returns:
      the XML version or null

  - ### isStandalone

    boolean isStandalone()
    Get the standalone declaration from the xml declaration
    Returns:
      true if this is standalone, or false otherwise

  - ### standaloneSet

    boolean standaloneSet()
    Checks if standalone was set in the document
    Returns:
      true if standalone was set in the document, or false otherwise

  - ### getCharacterEncodingScheme

    String getCharacterEncodingScheme()
    Returns the character encoding declared on the xml declaration Returns null if none was declared
    Returns:
      the encoding declared in the document or null

  - ### getPITarget

    String getPITarget()
    Get the target of a processing instruction
    Returns:
      the target or null

  - ### getPIData

    String getPIData()
    Get the data section of a processing instruction
    Returns:
      the data or null