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This package contains several general purpose classes that are used by the XML Parser
and Object Model.
- Atom and Name
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The Atom and Name classes
since these are used for all Name tokens in the XML document.
Tokenization means storing the strings in a hash table so that the same tag names
that are used over and over can be shared. This greatly reduces memory usage and
subsequently increases the performance of the parser.
The Name object is also a convenient place holder for new functionality like
Namespaces. See Namespaces Specification for
details.
- Attribute
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This class encapsulates a simple Name/Value pair which is used for
XML Attributes. The Name is a true Name object and the Value can be
a String, Name, or Vector of Names.
- XMLInputStream and XMLOutputStream
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The XMLInputStream performs auto-encoding detection as described
in the XML Language Specification - including big and little
endian unicode support. It also provides a setEncoding method
that is used by the parser when the XML ENCODING attribute is encountered.
The XMLOutputStream is the complement of this providing support for
writing out in the same format as found by the XMLInputStream.
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