org.jdom

Class Namespace

java.lang.Object

org.jdom.Namespace

public final class Namespace
extends Object

An XML namespace representation, as well as a factory for creating XML namespace objects. Namespaces are not Serializable, however objects that use namespaces have special logic to handle serialization manually. These classes call the getNamespace() method on deserialization to ensure there is one unique Namespace object for any unique prefix/uri pair.

Version:

$Revision: 1.44 $, $Date: 2008/12/17 23:22:48 $

Author:

Brett McLaughlin, Elliotte Rusty Harold, Jason Hunter, Wesley Biggs

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Namespace	NO_NAMESPACE Define a Namespace for when not in a namespace
static Namespace	XML_NAMESPACE Define a Namespace for the standard xml prefix.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object ob) This tests for equality - Two Namespaces are equal if and only if their URIs are byte-for-byte equals.
static Namespace	getNamespace(String uri) This will retrieve (if in existence) or create (if not) a Namespace for the supplied URI, and make it usable as a default namespace, as no prefix is supplied.
static Namespace	getNamespace(String prefix, String uri) This will retrieve (if in existence) or create (if not) a Namespace for the supplied prefix and URI.
String	getPrefix() This returns the prefix mapped to this Namespace.
String	getURI() This returns the namespace URI for this Namespace.
int	hashCode() This returns a probably unique hash code for the Namespace.
String	toString() This returns a String representation of this Namespace, suitable for use in debugging.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NO_NAMESPACE

public static final Namespace NO_NAMESPACE

Define a Namespace for when not in a namespace

XML_NAMESPACE

public static final Namespace XML_NAMESPACE

Define a Namespace for the standard xml prefix.

Method Detail

getNamespace

public static Namespace getNamespace(String prefix,
                     String uri)

This will retrieve (if in existence) or create (if not) a Namespace for the supplied prefix and URI.

Parameters:

prefix - String prefix to map to Namespace.

uri - String URI of new Namespace.

Returns:

Namespace - ready to use namespace.

Throws:

IllegalNameException - if the given prefix and uri make up an illegal namespace name.

getNamespace

public static Namespace getNamespace(String uri)

This will retrieve (if in existence) or create (if not) a Namespace for the supplied URI, and make it usable as a default namespace, as no prefix is supplied.

Parameters:

uri - String URI of new Namespace.

Returns:

Namespace - ready to use namespace.

getPrefix

public String getPrefix()

This returns the prefix mapped to this Namespace.

Returns:

String - prefix for this Namespace.

getURI

public String getURI()

This returns the namespace URI for this Namespace.

Returns:

String - URI for this Namespace.

equals

public boolean equals(Object ob)

This tests for equality - Two Namespaces are equal if and only if their URIs are byte-for-byte equals.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

ob - Object to compare to this Namespace.

Returns:

boolean - whether the supplied object is equal to this Namespace.

toString

public String toString()

This returns a String representation of this Namespace, suitable for use in debugging.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String - information about this instance.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

This returns a probably unique hash code for the Namespace. If two namespaces have the same URI, they are equal and have the same hash code, even if they have different prefixes.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

int - hash code for this Namespace.