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Class QXmlStreamWriter

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
      extended by com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
          extended by com.trolltech.qt.xml.QXmlStreamWriter
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QtJambiInterface

public class QXmlStreamWriter
extends QtJambiObject

The QXmlStreamWriter class provides an XML writer with a simple streaming API.

QXmlStreamWriter is the pendent to QXmlStreamReader for writing XML. Like its related class, it operates on a QIODevice specified with setDevice. The API is simple and straight forward: For every XML token or event you want to write, the writer provides a specialized function.

You start a document with writeStartDocument and end it with writeEndDocument. This will implicitly close all remaining open tags.

Element tags are opened with writeStartElement followed by writeAttribute or writeAttributes, element content, and then writeEndElement. A shorter form writeEmptyElement can be used to write empty elements.

Element content consists of either characters, entity references or nested elements. It is written with writeCharacters, which also takes care of escaping all forbidden characters and character sequences, writeEntityReference, or subsequent calls to writeStartElement. A convenience method writeTextElement can be used for writing terminal elements that contain nothing but text.

QXmlStreamWriter takes care of prefixing namespaces, all you have to do is specify the namespaceUri when writing elements or attributes. If you must conform to certain prefixes, you can force the writer to use them by declaring the namespaces manually with either writeNamespace or writeDefaultNamespace. Alternatively, you can bypass the stream writer's namespace support and use overloaded methods that take a qualified name instead. The namespace http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace is implicit and mapped to the prefix xml.

The stream writer can automatically format the generated XML data by adding line-breaks and indentation to empty sections between elements, making the XML data more readable for humans and easier to work with for most source code management systems. The feature can be turned on with the autoFormatting property.

Other functions are writeCDATA, writeComment, writeProcessingInstruction, and writeDTD. Chaining of XML streams is supported with writeCurrentToken.

By default, QXmlStreamWriter encodes XML in UTF-8. Different encodings can be enforced using setCodec.

The QXmlStream Bookmarks Example illustrates how to use a subclassed stream writer to write an XML bookmark file (XBEL) that was previously read in by a QXmlStreamReader.


Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
QSignalEmitter.AbstractSignal, QSignalEmitter.Signal0, QSignalEmitter.Signal1<A>, QSignalEmitter.Signal2<A,B>, QSignalEmitter.Signal3<A,B,C>, QSignalEmitter.Signal4<A,B,C,D>, QSignalEmitter.Signal5<A,B,C,D,E>, QSignalEmitter.Signal6<A,B,C,D,E,F>, QSignalEmitter.Signal7<A,B,C,D,E,F,G>, QSignalEmitter.Signal8<A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H>, QSignalEmitter.Signal9<A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I>
 
Constructor Summary
QXmlStreamWriter()
          Constructs a stream writer.
QXmlStreamWriter(QByteArray array)
          Constructs a stream writer that writes into array.
QXmlStreamWriter(QIODevice device)
          Constructs a stream writer that writes into device;
 
Method Summary
 boolean autoFormatting()
          the auto-formatting flag of the stream writer
 QTextCodec codec()
          Returns the codec that is currently assigned to the stream.
 QIODevice device()
          Returns the current device associated with the QXmlStreamWriter, or 0 if no device has been assigned.
static QXmlStreamWriter fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)
          This function returns the QXmlStreamWriter instance pointed to by nativePointer
 void setAutoFormatting(boolean arg__1)
          the auto-formatting flag of the stream writer
 void setCodec(QTextCodec codec)
          Sets the codec for this stream to codec.
 void setCodec(java.lang.String codecName)
          Sets the codec for this stream to the QTextCodec for the encoding specified by codecName.
 void setDevice(QIODevice device)
          Sets the current device to device.
 void writeAttribute(QXmlStreamAttribute attribute)
          Writes the attribute.
 void writeAttribute(java.lang.String qualifiedName, java.lang.String value)
          Writes an attribute with qualifiedName and value.
 void writeAttribute(java.lang.String namespaceUri, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
          Writes an attribute with name and value, prefixed for the specified namespaceUri.
 void writeAttributes(QXmlStreamAttributes attributes)
          Writes the attribute vector attributes.
 void writeCDATA(java.lang.String text)
          Writes text as CDATA section.
 void writeCharacters(java.lang.String text)
          Writes text.
 void writeComment(java.lang.String text)
          Writes text as XML comment, where text must not contain the forbidden sequence "--" or end with "-".
 void writeCurrentToken(QXmlStreamReader reader)
          Writes the current state of the reader.
 void writeDefaultNamespace(java.lang.String namespaceUri)
          Writes a default namespace declaration for namespaceUri.
 void writeDTD(java.lang.String dtd)
          Writes a DTD section.
 void writeEmptyElement(java.lang.String qualifiedName)
          Writes an empty element with qualified name qualifiedName.
 void writeEmptyElement(java.lang.String namespaceUri, java.lang.String name)
          Writes an empty element with name, prefixed for the specified namespaceUri.
 void writeEndDocument()
          Closes all remaining open start elements and writes a newline.
 void writeEndElement()
          Closes the previous start element.
 void writeEntityReference(java.lang.String name)
          Writes the entity reference name to the stream, as "&name;".
 void writeNamespace(java.lang.String namespaceUri)
          Equivalent to writeNamespace(namespaceUri, QString()).
 void writeNamespace(java.lang.String namespaceUri, java.lang.String prefix)
          Writes a namespace declaration for namespaceUri with prefix.
 void writeProcessingInstruction(java.lang.String target)
          Equivalent to writeProcessingInstruction(target, QString()).
 void writeProcessingInstruction(java.lang.String target, java.lang.String data)
          Writes an XML processing instruction with target and data, where data must not contain the sequence "?>".
 void writeStartDocument()
          Writes a document start with XML version number "1.0"
 void writeStartDocument(java.lang.String version)
          Writes a document start with the XML version number version.
 void writeStartElement(java.lang.String qualifiedName)
          Writes a start element with qualifiedName.
 void writeStartElement(java.lang.String namespaceUri, java.lang.String name)
          Writes a start element with name, prefixed for the specified namespaceUri.
 void writeTextElement(java.lang.String qualifiedName, java.lang.String text)
          Writes a text element with qualifiedName and text.
 void writeTextElement(java.lang.String namespaceUri, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String text)
          Writes a text element with name, prefixed for the specified namespaceUri, and text.
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
dispose, disposed, finalize, reassignNativeResources, tr, tr, tr
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
blockSignals, disconnect, disconnect, signalsBlocked, signalSender, thread
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiInterface
disableGarbageCollection, nativeId, nativePointer, reenableGarbageCollection, setJavaOwnership
 

Constructor Detail

QXmlStreamWriter

public QXmlStreamWriter(QIODevice device)

Constructs a stream writer that writes into device;


QXmlStreamWriter

public QXmlStreamWriter()

Constructs a stream writer.

See Also:
setDevice

QXmlStreamWriter

public QXmlStreamWriter(QByteArray array)
Constructs a stream writer that writes into array. This is the same as creating an xml writer that operates on a QBuffer device which in turn operates on array.

Method Detail

autoFormatting

public final boolean autoFormatting()

the auto-formatting flag of the stream writer

This property controls whether or not the stream writer automatically formats the generated XML data. If enabled, the writer automatically adds line-breaks and indentation to empty sections between elements (ignorable whitespace). The main purpose of auto-formatting is to split the data into several lines, and to increase readability for a human reader.

By default, auto-formatting is disabled.

See Also:
setAutoFormatting

codec

public final QTextCodec codec()

Returns the codec that is currently assigned to the stream.

See Also:
setCodec

device

public final QIODevice device()

Returns the current device associated with the QXmlStreamWriter, or 0 if no device has been assigned.

See Also:
setDevice

setAutoFormatting

public final void setAutoFormatting(boolean arg__1)

the auto-formatting flag of the stream writer

This property controls whether or not the stream writer automatically formats the generated XML data. If enabled, the writer automatically adds line-breaks and indentation to empty sections between elements (ignorable whitespace). The main purpose of auto-formatting is to split the data into several lines, and to increase readability for a human reader.

By default, auto-formatting is disabled.

See Also:
autoFormatting

setCodec

public final void setCodec(QTextCodec codec)

Sets the codec for this stream to codec. The codec is used for encoding any data that is written. By default, QXmlStreamWriter uses UTF-8.

See Also:
codec

setDevice

public final void setDevice(QIODevice device)

Sets the current device to device. If you want the stream to write into a QByteArray, you can create a QBuffer device.

See Also:
device

writeAttribute

public final void writeAttribute(java.lang.String qualifiedName,
                                 java.lang.String value)

Writes an attribute with qualifiedName and value.

This function can only be called after writeStartElement before any content is written, or after writeEmptyElement.


writeAttribute

public final void writeAttribute(QXmlStreamAttribute attribute)

Writes the attribute.

This function can only be called after writeStartElement before any content is written, or after writeEmptyElement.


writeAttribute

public final void writeAttribute(java.lang.String namespaceUri,
                                 java.lang.String name,
                                 java.lang.String value)

Writes an attribute with name and value, prefixed for the specified namespaceUri. If the namespace has not been declared yet, QXmlStreamWriter will generate a namespace declaration for it.

This function can only be called after writeStartElement before any content is written, or after writeEmptyElement.


writeAttributes

public final void writeAttributes(QXmlStreamAttributes attributes)

Writes the attribute vector attributes. If a namespace referenced in an attribute not been declared yet, QXmlStreamWriter will generate a namespace declaration for it.

This function can only be called after writeStartElement before any content is written, or after writeEmptyElement.

See Also:
writeAttribute, writeNamespace

writeCDATA

public final void writeCDATA(java.lang.String text)

Writes text as CDATA section. If text contains the forbidden character sequence "]]>", it is split into different CDATA sections.

This function mainly exists for completeness. Normally you should not need use it, because writeCharacters automatically escapes all non-content characters.


writeCharacters

public final void writeCharacters(java.lang.String text)

Writes text. The characters "<", "&", and """ are escaped as entity references "&lt;", "&amp;, and "&quot;". To avoid the forbidden sequence "]]>", ">" is also escaped as "&gt;".

See Also:
writeEntityReference

writeComment

public final void writeComment(java.lang.String text)

Writes text as XML comment, where text must not contain the forbidden sequence "--" or end with "-". Note that XML does not provide any way to escape "-" in a comment.


writeCurrentToken

public final void writeCurrentToken(QXmlStreamReader reader)

Writes the current state of the reader. All possible valid states are supported.

The purpose of this function is to support chained processing of XML data.

See Also:
QXmlStreamReader::tokenType

writeDTD

public final void writeDTD(java.lang.String dtd)

Writes a DTD section. The dtd represents the entire doctypedecl production from the XML 1.0 specification.


writeDefaultNamespace

public final void writeDefaultNamespace(java.lang.String namespaceUri)

Writes a default namespace declaration for namespaceUri.

If writeStartElement or writeEmptyElement was called, the declaration applies to the current element; otherwise it applies to the next child element.

Note that the namespaces http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace (bound to xmlns) and http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/ (bound to xml) by definition cannot be declared as default.


writeEmptyElement

public final void writeEmptyElement(java.lang.String namespaceUri,
                                    java.lang.String name)

Writes an empty element with name, prefixed for the specified namespaceUri. If the namespace has not been declared, QXmlStreamWriter will generate a namespace declaration for it.

See Also:
writeNamespace

writeEmptyElement

public final void writeEmptyElement(java.lang.String qualifiedName)

Writes an empty element with qualified name qualifiedName.


writeEndDocument

public final void writeEndDocument()

Closes all remaining open start elements and writes a newline.

See Also:
writeStartDocument

writeEndElement

public final void writeEndElement()

Closes the previous start element.

See Also:
writeStartElement

writeEntityReference

public final void writeEntityReference(java.lang.String name)

Writes the entity reference name to the stream, as "&name;".


writeNamespace

public final void writeNamespace(java.lang.String namespaceUri)

Equivalent to writeNamespace(namespaceUri, QString()).


writeNamespace

public final void writeNamespace(java.lang.String namespaceUri,
                                 java.lang.String prefix)

Writes a namespace declaration for namespaceUri with prefix. If prefix is empty, QXmlStreamWriter assigns a unique prefix consisting of the letter 'n' followed by a number.

If writeStartElement or writeEmptyElement was called, the declaration applies to the current element; otherwise it applies to the next child element.

Note that the prefix xml is both predefined and reserved for http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace, which in turn cannot be bound to any other prefix. The prefix xmlns and its URI http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/ are used for the namespace mechanism itself and thus completely forbidden in declarations.


writeProcessingInstruction

public final void writeProcessingInstruction(java.lang.String target)

Equivalent to writeProcessingInstruction(target, QString()).


writeProcessingInstruction

public final void writeProcessingInstruction(java.lang.String target,
                                             java.lang.String data)

Writes an XML processing instruction with target and data, where data must not contain the sequence "?>".


writeStartDocument

public final void writeStartDocument()

Writes a document start with XML version number "1.0"

See Also:
writeEndDocument

writeStartDocument

public final void writeStartDocument(java.lang.String version)

Writes a document start with the XML version number version.

See Also:
writeEndDocument

writeStartElement

public final void writeStartElement(java.lang.String namespaceUri,
                                    java.lang.String name)

Writes a start element with name, prefixed for the specified namespaceUri. If the namespace has not been declared yet, QXmlStreamWriter will generate a namespace declaration for it.

See Also:
writeNamespace, writeEndElement, writeEmptyElement

writeStartElement

public final void writeStartElement(java.lang.String qualifiedName)

Writes a start element with qualifiedName.

See Also:
writeEndElement, writeEmptyElement

writeTextElement

public final void writeTextElement(java.lang.String qualifiedName,
                                   java.lang.String text)

Writes a text element with qualifiedName and text.

This is a convenience function equivalent to:

    writeStartElement(qualifiedName);
    writeCharacters(text);
    writeEndElement();


writeTextElement

public final void writeTextElement(java.lang.String namespaceUri,
                                   java.lang.String name,
                                   java.lang.String text)

Writes a text element with name, prefixed for the specified namespaceUri, and text. If the namespace has not been declared, QXmlStreamWriter will generate a namespace declaration for it.

This is a convenience function equivalent to:

    writeStartElement(namespaceUri, name);
    writeCharacters(text);
    writeEndElement();


fromNativePointer

public static QXmlStreamWriter fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)
This function returns the QXmlStreamWriter instance pointed to by nativePointer

Parameters:
nativePointer - the QNativePointer of which object should be returned.

setCodec

public final void setCodec(java.lang.String codecName)
Sets the codec for this stream to the QTextCodec for the encoding specified by codecName. Common values for \c codecName include "ISO 8859-1", "UTF-8", and "UTF-16". If the encoding isn't recognized, nothing happens.


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