gnu.xml.dom

Class DomDoctype

public class DomDoctype extends DomExtern implements DocumentType

"DocumentType" implementation (with no extensions for supporting any document typing information). This is a non-core DOM class, supporting the "XML" feature.

Few XML applications will actually care about this partial DTD support, since it doesn't expose any (!) of the data typing facilities which can motivate applications to use DTDs. It does not expose element content models, or information about attribute typing rules. Plus the information it exposes isn't very useful; as one example, DOM exposes information about unparsed ENTITY objects, which is only used with certain element attributes, but does not expose the information about those attributes which is needed to apply that data!

Also, note that there are no nonportable ways to associate even the notation and entity information exposed by DOM with a DocumentType. While there is a DOM L2 method to construct a DocumentType, it only gives access to the textual content of the <!DOCTYPE ...> declaration.

In short, you are strongly advised not to rely on this incomplete DTD functionality in your application code.

Version: $Date: 2001/11/20 04:53:46 $

Author: David Brownell

See Also: DomEntity DomEntityReference

Constructor Summary
protected DomDoctype(DOMImplementation impl, String name, String publicId, String systemId, String internalSubset)
Constructs a DocumentType node associated with the specified implementation, with the specified name.
Method Summary
EntitydeclareEntity(String name, String publicId, String systemId, String notation)
Records the declaration of a general entity in this DocumentType.
NotationdeclareNotation(String name, String publicId, String systemId)
Records the declaration of a notation in this DocumentType.
NamedNodeMapgetEntities()
DOM L1 Returns information about any general entities declared in the DTD.
DOMImplementationgetImplementation()
Returns the implementation associated with this document type.
StringgetInternalSubset()
DOM L2 Returns the internal subset of the document, as a string of unparsed XML declarations (and comments, PIs, whitespace); or returns null if there is no such subset.
StringgetName()
DOM L1 Returns the root element's name (just like getNodeName).
shortgetNodeType()
DOM L1 Returns the constant DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE.
NamedNodeMapgetNotations()
DOM L1 Returns information about any notations declared in the DTD.
voidmakeReadonly()
Sets the internal "readonly" flag so the node and its associated data (only lists of entities and notations, no type information at the moment) can't be changed.
booleansupports(String feature, String version)
DOM L2 Consults the DOM implementation to determine if the requested feature is supported.

Constructor Detail

DomDoctype

protected DomDoctype(DOMImplementation impl, String name, String publicId, String systemId, String internalSubset)
Constructs a DocumentType node associated with the specified implementation, with the specified name.

This constructor should only be invoked by a DOMImplementation as part of its createDocumentType functionality, or through a subclass which is similarly used in a "Sub-DOM" style layer.

Note that at this time there is no standard SAX API granting access to the internal subset text, so that relying on that value is not currently portable.

Parameters: impl The implementation with which this object is associated name Name of this root element publicId If non-null, provides the external subset's PUBLIC identifier systemId If non-null, provides the external subset's SYSTEM identifier internalSubset Provides the literal value (unparsed, no entities expanded) of the DTD's internal subset.

Method Detail

declareEntity

public Entity declareEntity(String name, String publicId, String systemId, String notation)
Records the declaration of a general entity in this DocumentType.

Parameters: name Name of the entity publicId If non-null, provides the entity's PUBLIC identifier systemId Provides the entity's SYSTEM identifier notation If non-null, provides the entity's notation (indicating an unparsed entity)

Returns: The Entity that was declared, or null if the entity wasn't recorded (because it's a parameter entity or because an entity with this name was already declared).

Throws: DOMException NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if the DocumentType is no longer writable. DOMException HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR if the DocumentType is not associated with a document.

declareNotation

public Notation declareNotation(String name, String publicId, String systemId)
Records the declaration of a notation in this DocumentType.

Parameters: name Name of the notation publicId If non-null, provides the notation's PUBLIC identifier systemId If non-null, provides the notation's SYSTEM identifier

Returns: The notation that was declared.

Throws: DOMException NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if the DocumentType is no longer writable. DOMException HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR if the DocumentType is not associated with a document.

getEntities

public NamedNodeMap getEntities()
DOM L1 Returns information about any general entities declared in the DTD.

Note: DOM L1 doesn't throw a DOMException here, but then it doesn't have the strange construction rules of L2.

Throws: DOMException HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR if the DocumentType is not associated with a document.

getImplementation

public final DOMImplementation getImplementation()
Returns the implementation associated with this document type.

getInternalSubset

public String getInternalSubset()
DOM L2 Returns the internal subset of the document, as a string of unparsed XML declarations (and comments, PIs, whitespace); or returns null if there is no such subset. There is no vendor-independent expectation that this attribute be set, or that declarations found in it be reflected in the entities or notations attributes of this Document "Type" object.

Some application-specific XML profiles require that documents only use specific PUBLIC identifiers, without an internal subset to modify the interperetation of the declarations associated with that PUBLIC identifier through some standard.

getName

public final String getName()
DOM L1 Returns the root element's name (just like getNodeName).

getNodeType

public final short getNodeType()
DOM L1 Returns the constant DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE.

getNotations

public NamedNodeMap getNotations()
DOM L1 Returns information about any notations declared in the DTD.

Note: DOM L1 doesn't throw a DOMException here, but then it doesn't have the strange construction rules of L2.

Throws: DOMException HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR if the DocumentType is not associated with a document.

makeReadonly

public void makeReadonly()
Sets the internal "readonly" flag so the node and its associated data (only lists of entities and notations, no type information at the moment) can't be changed.

supports

public final boolean supports(String feature, String version)
DOM L2 Consults the DOM implementation to determine if the requested feature is supported.

Source code is under GPL (with library exception) in the JAXP project at http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx/jaxp
This documentation was derived from that source code on 2013-01-12.