org.simpleframework.xml.stream
Class Format

java.lang.Object
  org.simpleframework.xml.stream.Format

public class Format
extends java.lang.Object

The Format object is used to provide information on how a generated XML document should be structured. The information provided tells the formatter whether an XML prolog is required and the number of spaces that should be used for indenting. The prolog specified will be written directly before the XML document.

Should a Format be created with an indent of zero or less then no indentation is done, and the generated XML will be on the same line. The prolog can contain any legal XML heading, which can domain a DTD declaration and XML comments if required.

Author:

Niall Gallagher

Constructor Summary

Format()
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(int indent)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(int indent, java.lang.String prolog)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(int indent, java.lang.String prolog, Style style)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(int indent, java.lang.String prolog, Style style, Verbosity verbosity)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(int indent, Style style)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(int indent, Style style, Verbosity verbosity)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(int indent, Verbosity verbosity)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(java.lang.String prolog)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(Style style)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(Style style, Verbosity verbosity)
Constructor for the Format object.

Format(Verbosity verbosity)
Constructor for the Format object.

Method Summary

int	getIndent() This method returns the size of the indent to use for the XML generated.
java.lang.String	getProlog() This method returns the prolog that is to be used at the start of the generated XML document.
Style	getStyle() This is used to acquire the Style for the format.
Verbosity	getVerbosity() This method is used to indicate the preference of verbosity for the resulting XML.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Format

public Format()

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses an indent size of three.

Format

public Format(int indent)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified indent size and a null prolog, which means no prolog is generated.

Parameters:

indent - this is the number of spaces used in the indent

Format

public Format(java.lang.String prolog)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified prolog that is to be inserted at the start of the XML document.

Parameters:

prolog - this is the prolog for the generated XML document

Format

public Format(int indent,
              java.lang.String prolog)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified indent size and the text to use in the generated prolog.

Parameters:

indent - this is the number of spaces used in the indent

prolog - this is the prolog for the generated XML document

Format

public Format(Verbosity verbosity)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified style to style the attributes and elements of the XML document.

Parameters:

verbosity - this indicates the verbosity of the format

Format

public Format(int indent,
              Verbosity verbosity)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified style to style the attributes and elements of the XML document.

Parameters:

indent - this is the number of spaces used in the indent

verbosity - this indicates the verbosity of the format

Format

public Format(Style style)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified style to style the attributes and elements of the XML document.

Parameters:

style - this is the style to apply to the format object

Format

public Format(Style style,
              Verbosity verbosity)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified style to style the attributes and elements of the XML document.

Parameters:

style - this is the style to apply to the format object

verbosity - this indicates the verbosity of the format

Format

public Format(int indent,
              Style style)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified indent size and the style provided to style the XML document.

Parameters:

indent - this is the number of spaces used in the indent

style - this is the style to apply to the format object

Format

public Format(int indent,
              Style style,
              Verbosity verbosity)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified indent size and the style provided to style the XML document.

Parameters:

indent - this is the number of spaces used in the indent

style - this is the style to apply to the format object

verbosity - this indicates the verbosity of the format

Format

public Format(int indent,
              java.lang.String prolog,
              Style style)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified indent size and the text to use in the generated prolog.

Parameters:

indent - this is the number of spaces used in the indent

prolog - this is the prolog for the generated XML document

style - this is the style to apply to the format object

Format

public Format(int indent,
              java.lang.String prolog,
              Style style,
              Verbosity verbosity)

Constructor for the Format object. This creates an object that is used to describe how the formatter should create the XML document. This constructor uses the specified indent size and the text to use in the generated prolog.

Parameters:

indent - this is the number of spaces used in the indent

prolog - this is the prolog for the generated XML document

style - this is the style to apply to the format object

verbosity - this indicates the verbosity of the format

Method Detail

getIndent

public int getIndent()

This method returns the size of the indent to use for the XML generated. The indent size represents the number of spaces that are used for the indent, and indent of zero means no indenting.

Returns:

returns the number of spaces to used for indenting

getProlog

public java.lang.String getProlog()

This method returns the prolog that is to be used at the start of the generated XML document. This allows a DTD or a version to be specified at the start of a document. If this returns null then no prolog is written to the start of the XML document.

Returns:

this returns the prolog for the start of the document

getStyle

public Style getStyle()

This is used to acquire the Style for the format. If no style has been set a default style is used, which does not modify the attributes and elements that are used to build the resulting XML document.

Returns:

this returns the style used for this format object

getVerbosity

public Verbosity getVerbosity()

This method is used to indicate the preference of verbosity for the resulting XML. This is typically used when default serialization is used. It ensures that the various types that are serialized are of either high or low verbosity.

Returns:

this returns the verbosity preference for the XML