BaseMarkupSerializer

The system identifier of the document type, if known.

The system identifier of the document type, if known.

The output format associated with this serializer. This will never be a null reference. If no format was passed to the constructor, the default one for this document type will be used. The format object is never changed by the serializer.

True if indenting printer.

Association between namespace URIs (keys) and prefixes (values). Accumulated here prior to starting an element and placing this list in the element state.

The printer used for printing text parts.

If the document has been started (header serialized), this flag is set to true so it's not started twice.

Current node that is being processed

Temporary buffer to store character data

Protected constructor can only be used by derived class. Must initialize the serializer before serializing any document, by calling setOutputCharStream(Writer) or setOutputByteStream(OutputStream) first

Return a ContentHandler interface into this serializer. If the serializer does not support the ContentHandler interface, it should return null.

Return a DOMSerializer interface into this serializer. If the serializer does not support the DOMSerializer interface, it should return null.

Return a DocumentHandler interface into this serializer. If the serializer does not support the DocumentHandler interface, it should return null.

Called at the end of the document to wrap it up. Will flush the output stream and throw an exception if any I/O error occured while serializing.

Serializes the DOM element using the previously specified writer and output format. Throws an exception only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.

Serializes the DOM document using the previously specified writer and output format. Throws an exception only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.

Serializes the DOM document fragmnt using the previously specified writer and output format. Throws an exception only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.

Specifies an output stream to which the document should be serialized. This method should not be called while the serializer is in the process of serializing a document.

Specifies a writer to which the document should be serialized. This method should not be called while the serializer is in the process of serializing a document.

Specifies an output format for this serializer. It the serializer has already been associated with an output format, it will switch to the new format. This method should not be called while the serializer is in the process of serializing a document.

Called to print the text contents in the prevailing element format. Since this method is capable of printing text as CDATA, it is used for that purpose as well. White space handling is determined by the current element state. In addition, the output format can dictate whether the text is printed as CDATA or unescaped.

DOM level 3: Check a node to determine if it contains unbound namespace prefixes.

Must be called by a method about to print any type of content. If the element was just opened, the opening tag is closed and will be matched to a closing tag. Returns the current element state with empty and afterElement set to false.

Enter a new element state for the specified element. Tag name and space preserving is specified, element state is initially empty.

Return the state of the current element.

Returns the suitable entity reference for this character value, or null if no such entity exists. Calling this method with '&' will return "&".

Returns the namespace prefix for the specified URI. If the URI has been mapped to a prefix, returns the prefix, otherwise returns null.

Returns true if in the state of the document. Returns true before entering any element and after leaving the root element.

Leave the current element state and return to the state of the parent element. If this was the root element, return to the state of the document.

The method modifies global DOM error object

Print a document type public or system identifier URL. Encapsulates the URL in double quotes, escapes non-printing characters and print it equivalent to printText(char[], int, int, boolean, boolean).

Escapes a string so it may be printed as text content or attribute value. Non printable characters are escaped using character references. Where the format specifies a deault entity reference, that reference is used (e.g. <).

Called to print additional text with whitespace handling. If spaces are preserved, the text is printed as if by calling printText(String, boolean, boolean) with a call to breakLine() for each new line. If spaces are not preserved, the text is broken at space boundaries if longer than the line width; Multiple spaces are printed as such, but spaces at beginning of line are removed.

Called to serializee the DOM element. The element is serialized based on the serializer's method (XML, HTML, XHTML).

Serialize the DOM node. This method is shared across XML, HTML and XHTML serializers and the differences are masked out in a separate serializeElement(Element).

Comments and PIs cannot be serialized before the root element, because the root element serializes the document type, which generally comes first. Instead such PIs and comments are accumulated inside a vector and serialized by calling this method. Will be called when the root element is serialized and when the document finished serializing.