public interface StartElement extends XMLEvent
ATTRIBUTE, CDATA, CHARACTERS, COMMENT, DTD, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, ENTITY_DECLARATION, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NAMESPACE, NOTATION_DECLARATION, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT| 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. | 
asCharacters, asEndElement, asStartElement, getEventType, getLocation, getSchemaType, isAttribute, isCharacters, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEntityReference, isNamespace, isProcessingInstruction, isStartDocument, isStartElement, writeAsEncodedUnicodeQName getName()
Iterator getAttributes()
Iterator getNamespaces()
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.
Attribute getAttributeByName(QName name)
name - the qname of the desired nameNamespaceContext getNamespaceContext()
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