com.ctc.wstx.api

Interface EmptyElementHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

EmptyElementHandler.HtmlEmptyElementHandler, EmptyElementHandler.SetEmptyElementHandler

public interface EmptyElementHandler

Optional handler used to determine if a specific empty element (by name) should be allowed to use the self-closing syntax instead of having a separate end tag.

Since:

4.1

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	EmptyElementHandler.HtmlEmptyElementHandler HTML specific empty element handler.
static class	EmptyElementHandler.SetEmptyElementHandler Handler that uses a Set of Strings.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	allowEmptyElement(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String nsURI, boolean allowEmpty)

Method Detail

allowEmptyElement

boolean allowEmptyElement(java.lang.String prefix,
                          java.lang.String localName,
                          java.lang.String nsURI,
                          boolean allowEmpty)

Parameters:

prefix - The element's namespace prefix, null if not set

localName - The element's local name

nsURI - The elements's namespace URI, null if not set

allowEmpty - The allow empty setting specified by the caller.

Returns:

True if the empty element can be self-closing. False if a separate end tag should be written.