javax.xml.stream.events

## Interface StartElement

- All Superinterfaces:
    XMLEvent, XMLStreamConstants

      public interface StartElement
      extends XMLEvent

  The StartElement interface provides access to information about start elements. A StartElement is reported for each Start Tag in the document.
  Since:
    1.6

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from interface javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants

      `ATTRIBUTE, CDATA, CHARACTERS, COMMENT, DTD, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, ENTITY_DECLARATION, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NAMESPACE, NOTATION_DECLARATION, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Attribute` | `getAttributeByName(QName name)` Returns the attribute referred to by this name
    `Iterator` | `getAttributes()` Returns an Iterator of non-namespace declared attributes declared on this START_ELEMENT, returns an empty iterator if there are no attributes.
    `QName` | `getName()` Get the name of this event
    `NamespaceContext` | `getNamespaceContext()` Gets a read-only namespace context.
    `Iterator` | `getNamespaces()` Returns an Iterator of namespaces declared on this element.
    `String` | `getNamespaceURI(String prefix)` Gets the value that the prefix is bound to in the context of this element.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent

      `asCharacters, asEndElement, asStartElement, getEventType, getLocation, getSchemaType, isAttribute, isCharacters, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEntityReference, isNamespace, isProcessingInstruction, isStartDocument, isStartElement, writeAsEncodedUnicode`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getName

          QName getName()

      Get the name of this event
      Returns:
        the qualified name of this event

    - #### getAttributes

          Iterator getAttributes()

      Returns an Iterator of non-namespace declared attributes declared on this START_ELEMENT, returns an empty iterator if there are no attributes. The iterator must contain only implementations of the javax.xml.stream.Attribute interface. Attributes are fundamentally unordered and may not be reported in any order.
      Returns:
        a readonly Iterator over Attribute interfaces, or an empty iterator

    - #### getNamespaces

          Iterator getNamespaces()

      Returns an Iterator of namespaces declared on this element. This Iterator does not contain previously declared namespaces unless they appear on the current START_ELEMENT. Therefore this list may contain redeclared namespaces and duplicate namespace declarations. Use the getNamespaceContext() method to get the current context of namespace declarations.

      The iterator must contain only implementations of the javax.xml.stream.Namespace interface.

      A Namespace isA Attribute. One can iterate over a list of namespaces as a list of attributes. However this method returns only the list of namespaces declared on this START_ELEMENT and does not include the attributes declared on this START_ELEMENT. Returns an empty iterator if there are no namespaces.

      Returns:
        a readonly Iterator over Namespace interfaces, or an empty iterator

    - #### getAttributeByName

          Attribute getAttributeByName(QName name)

      Returns the attribute referred to by this name
      Parameters:
        `name` - the qname of the desired name
      Returns:
        the attribute corresponding to the name value or null

    - #### getNamespaceContext

          NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext()

      Gets a read-only namespace context. If no context is available this method will return an empty namespace context. The NamespaceContext contains information about all namespaces in scope for this StartElement.
      Returns:
        the current namespace context

    - #### getNamespaceURI

          String getNamespaceURI(String prefix)

      Gets the value that the prefix is bound to in the context of this element. Returns null if the prefix is not bound in this context
      Parameters:
        `prefix` - the prefix to lookup
      Returns:
        the uri bound to the prefix or null

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