javax.xml

Class XMLConstants

java.lang.Object

javax.xml.XMLConstants

public class XMLConstants
extends Object

Utility class to contain basic XML values as constants.

See Also:

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition), Namespaces in XML, Namespaces in XML Errata

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX Prefix to use to represent the default XML Namespace.
static String	FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING Feature for secure processing.
static String	XML_NS_PREFIX The official XML Namespace prefix.
static String	XML_NS_URI The official XML Namespace name URI.
static String	XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE The official XML attribute used for specifying XML Namespace declarations.
static String	XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI The official XML attribute used for specifying XML Namespace declarations, "xmlns", Namespace name URI.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX

public static final String DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX

Prefix to use to represent the default XML Namespace.

Defined by the XML specification to be "".

See Also:

Namespaces in XML, Constant Field Values

XML_NS_PREFIX

public static final String XML_NS_PREFIX

The official XML Namespace prefix.

Defined by the XML specification to be "xml".

See Also:

Namespaces in XML, Constant Field Values

XML_NS_URI

public static final String XML_NS_URI

The official XML Namespace name URI.

Defined by the XML specification to be "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace".

See Also:

Namespaces in XML, Constant Field Values

XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE

public static final String XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE

The official XML attribute used for specifying XML Namespace declarations.

It is not valid to use as a prefix. Defined by the XML specification to be "xmlns".

See Also:

Namespaces in XML, Constant Field Values

XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI

public static final String XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI

The official XML attribute used for specifying XML Namespace declarations, "xmlns", Namespace name URI.

Defined by the XML specification to be "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/".

See Also:

Namespaces in XML, Namespaces in XML Errata, Constant Field Values

FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING

public static final String FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING

Feature for secure processing.

• true instructs the implementation to process XML securely. This may set limits on XML constructs to avoid conditions such as denial of service attacks.
• false instructs the implementation to process XML according the letter of the XML specifications ignoring security issues such as limits on XML constructs to avoid conditions such as denial of service attacks.

See Also:

Constant Field Values