DTD.java

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package javax.xml.stream.events;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * This is the top level interface for events dealing with DTDs
 *
 * @version 1.0
 * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 * @since 1.6
 */
public interface DTD extends XMLEvent {

    /**
     * Returns the entire Document Type Declaration as a string, including the
     * internal DTD subset. This may be null if there is not an internal subset.
     * If it is not null it must return the entire Document Type Declaration
     * which matches the doctypedecl production in the XML 1.0 specification
     *
     * @return the Document Type Declaration
     */
    String getDocumentTypeDeclaration();

    /**
     * Returns an implementation defined representation of the DTD. This method
     * may return null if no representation is available.
     *
     * @return the representation of the DTD
     */
    Object getProcessedDTD();

    /**
     * Return a List containing the notations declared in the DTD. This list
     * must contain NotationDeclaration events.
     *
     * @see NotationDeclaration
     * @return an unordered list of NotationDeclaration events
     */
    List<NotationDeclaration> getNotations();

    /**
     * Return a List containing the general entities, both external and
     * internal, declared in the DTD. This list must contain EntityDeclaration
     * events.
     *
     * @see EntityDeclaration
     * @return an unordered list of EntityDeclaration events
     */
    List<EntityDeclaration> getEntities();
}