Package org.apache.axiom.om

## Interface OMContainer

- All Superinterfaces:
    `OMInformationItem`, `OMSerializable`
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    `OMDocument`, `OMElement`, `OMSourcedElement`, `SOAPBody`, `SOAPEnvelope`, `SOAPFault`, `SOAPFaultClassifier`, `SOAPFaultCode`, `SOAPFaultDetail`, `SOAPFaultNode`, `SOAPFaultReason`, `SOAPFaultRole`, `SOAPFaultSubCode`, `SOAPFaultText`, `SOAPFaultValue`, `SOAPHeader`, `SOAPHeaderBlock`, `SOAPMessage`

      public interface OMContainer
      extends OMSerializable

  Captures the operations related to containment shared by both a document and an element.

  Exposes the ability to add, find, and iterate over the children of a document or element.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `void` | `addChild​(OMNode omNode)` | Adds the given node as the last child of this container.
    `OMXMLParserWrapper` | `getBuilder()` | Returns the builder object.
    `Iterator<OMNode>` | `getChildren()` | Returns an iterator for the children of the container.
    `Iterator<OMElement>` | `getChildrenWithLocalName​(String localName)` | Returns an iterator for child nodes matching the local name.
    `Iterator<OMElement>` | `getChildrenWithName​(QName elementQName)` | Returns an iterator for child nodes matching the given QName.
    `Iterator<OMElement>` | `getChildrenWithNamespaceURI​(String uri)` | Returns an iterator for child nodes matching the namespace uri.
    `Iterator<? extends OMSerializable>` | `getDescendants​(boolean includeSelf)` | Get an iterator over all descendants of the container.
    `OMElement` | `getFirstChildWithName​(QName qname)` | Returns the first child in document order that matches the given QName.
    `OMNode` | `getFirstOMChild()` | Gets the first child.
    `SAXResult` | `getSAXResult()` | Get a `SAXResult` object that can be used to append child nodes to this container.
    `SAXSource` | `getSAXSource​(boolean cache)` | Get a `SAXSource` representation for this node.
    `XMLStreamReader` | `getXMLStreamReader()` | Get a pull parser representation of this element with caching enabled.
    `XMLStreamReader` | `getXMLStreamReader​(boolean cache)` | Get a pull parser representation of this information item.
    `XMLStreamReader` | `getXMLStreamReader​(boolean cache, OMXMLStreamReaderConfiguration configuration)` | Get a pull parser representation of this information item.
    `XMLStreamReader` | `getXMLStreamReaderWithoutCaching()` | Get a pull parser representation of this element with caching disabled.
    `XOPEncoded<XMLStreamReader>` | `getXOPEncodedStreamReader​(boolean cache)` | Get an XOP encoded pull parser representation of this information item.
    `void` | `removeChildren()` | Remove all children from this container.
    `void` | `serialize​(OutputStream output)` | Deprecated. Use `serialize(OutputStream, boolean)` instead.
    `void` | `serialize​(OutputStream output, boolean cache)` | Serialize the node.
    `void` | `serialize​(OutputStream output, OMOutputFormat format)` | Deprecated. Use `serialize(OutputStream, OMOutputFormat, boolean)` instead.
    `void` | `serialize​(OutputStream output, OMOutputFormat format, boolean cache)` | Serialize the node.
    `void` | `serialize​(Writer writer)` | Deprecated. Use `serialize(Writer, boolean)` instead.
    `void` | `serialize​(Writer writer, boolean cache)` | Serialize the node.
    `void` | `serialize​(Writer writer, OMOutputFormat format)` | Deprecated. Use `serialize(Writer, OMOutputFormat, boolean)` instead.
    `void` | `serialize​(Writer writer, OMOutputFormat format, boolean cache)` | Serialize the node.
    `void` | `serializeAndConsume​(OutputStream output)` | Deprecated. Use `serialize(OutputStream, boolean)` instead.
    `void` | `serializeAndConsume​(OutputStream output, OMOutputFormat format)` | Deprecated. Use `serialize(OutputStream, OMOutputFormat, boolean)` instead.
    `void` | `serializeAndConsume​(Writer writer)` | Deprecated. Use `serialize(Writer, boolean)` instead.
    `void` | `serializeAndConsume​(Writer writer, OMOutputFormat format)` | Deprecated. Use `serialize(Writer, OMOutputFormat, boolean)` instead.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.axiom.om.OMInformationItem

      `clone, getOMFactory`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.axiom.om.OMSerializable

      `build, close, isComplete, serialize, serialize, serializeAndConsume`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getBuilder

          OMXMLParserWrapper getBuilder()

      Returns the builder object.
      Returns:
        Returns the builder object used to construct the underlying XML infoset on the fly.

    - #### addChild

          void addChild​(OMNode omNode)

      Adds the given node as the last child of this container.

      The method may throw an `OMException` if the node is not allowed at this position of the document.

      Parameters:
        `omNode` - the node to be added to this container

    - #### getChildrenWithName

          Iterator<OMElement> getChildrenWithName​(QName elementQName)

      Returns an iterator for child nodes matching the given QName.
      Parameters:
        `elementQName` - The QName specifying namespace and local name to match.
      Returns:
        Returns an iterator of `OMElement` items that match the given QName

    - #### getChildrenWithLocalName

          Iterator<OMElement> getChildrenWithLocalName​(String localName)

      Returns an iterator for child nodes matching the local name.
      Parameters:
        `localName` -
      Returns:
        Returns an iterator of `OMElement` items that match the given localName

    - #### getChildrenWithNamespaceURI

          Iterator<OMElement> getChildrenWithNamespaceURI​(String uri)

      Returns an iterator for child nodes matching the namespace uri.
      Parameters:
        `uri` -
      Returns:
        Returns an iterator of `OMElement` items that match the given uri

    - #### getFirstChildWithName

          OMElement getFirstChildWithName​(QName qname)
                                   throws OMException

      Returns the first child in document order that matches the given QName. The QName filter is applied in the same way as by the `getChildrenWithName(QName)` method.
      Parameters:
        `qname` - The QName to use for matching.
      Returns:
        The first child element in document order that matches the `qname` criteria, or `null` if none is found.
      Throws:
        `OMException` - If an error occurs during deferred parsing.
      See Also:
        `getChildrenWithName(QName)`

    - #### getChildren

          Iterator<OMNode> getChildren()

      Returns an iterator for the children of the container.
      Returns:
        Returns a `Iterator` of children, all of which implement `OMNode`.
      See Also:
        `getFirstChildWithName(javax.xml.namespace.QName)`, `getChildrenWithName(javax.xml.namespace.QName)`

    - #### getDescendants

          Iterator<? extends OMSerializable> getDescendants​(boolean includeSelf)

      Get an iterator over all descendants of the container. The items are returned in document order. Note that attributes and namespace declarations are not considered descendants.
      Parameters:
        `includeSelf` - `true` if the iterator should also return the container itself; `false` if the first item returned by the iterator should be the first child of the container
      Returns:
        an iterator over the descendants of this container

    - #### getFirstOMChild

          OMNode getFirstOMChild()

      Gets the first child.
      Returns:
        Returns the first child. May return null if the container has no children.

    - #### removeChildren

          void removeChildren()

      Remove all children from this container. This method has the same effect as the following code:

           for (Iterator it = container.getChildren(); it.hasNext(); ) {
               it.next();
               it.remove();
           }

      However, the implementation may do this in an optimized way. In particular, if the node is incomplete, it may choose not to instantiate child node that would become unreachable anyway.

    - #### serialize

          void serialize​(OutputStream output,
                         boolean cache)
                  throws IOException

      Serialize the node.

      This method will always serialize the infoset as plain XML. In particular, any `OMText` containing optimized binary will be inlined using base64 encoding.

      Parameters:
        `output` - the byte stream to write the serialized infoset to
        `cache` - indicates if caching should be enabled
      Throws:
        `IOException` - if the stream throws an `IOException`

    - #### serialize

          void serialize​(Writer writer,
                         boolean cache)
                  throws IOException

      Serialize the node.

      This method will always serialize the infoset as plain XML. In particular, any `OMText` containing optimized binary will be inlined using base64 encoding.

      Parameters:
        `writer` - the character stream to write the serialized infoset to
        `cache` - indicates if caching should be enabled
      Throws:
        `IOException` - if the stream throws an `IOException`

    - #### serialize

          void serialize​(OutputStream output,
                         OMOutputFormat format,
                         boolean cache)
                  throws IOException

      Serialize the node.

      The format of the output is controlled by the provided `OMOutputFormat` object. In particular, `OMOutputFormat.setDoOptimize(boolean)` can be used to instruct this method to produce an XOP/MTOM encoded MIME message.

      Parameters:
        `output` - the byte stream to write the serialized infoset to
        `format` - the output format to use
        `cache` - indicates if caching should be enabled
      Throws:
        `IOException` - if the stream throws an `IOException`

    - #### serialize

          void serialize​(Writer writer,
                         OMOutputFormat format,
                         boolean cache)
                  throws IOException

      Serialize the node.
      Parameters:
        `writer` - the character stream to write the serialized infoset to
        `format` - the output format to use
        `cache` - indicates if caching should be enabled
      Throws:
        `IOException` - if the stream throws an `IOException`

    - #### serialize

          void serialize​(OutputStream output)
                  throws XMLStreamException

      Deprecated.
      Use `serialize(OutputStream, boolean)` instead.
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### serialize

          void serialize​(Writer writer)
                  throws XMLStreamException

      Deprecated.
      Use `serialize(Writer, boolean)` instead.
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### serialize

          void serialize​(OutputStream output,
                         OMOutputFormat format)
                  throws XMLStreamException

      Deprecated.
      Use `serialize(OutputStream, OMOutputFormat, boolean)` instead.
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### serialize

          void serialize​(Writer writer,
                         OMOutputFormat format)
                  throws XMLStreamException

      Deprecated.
      Use `serialize(Writer, OMOutputFormat, boolean)` instead.
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### serializeAndConsume

          void serializeAndConsume​(OutputStream output)
                            throws XMLStreamException

      Deprecated.
      Use `serialize(OutputStream, boolean)` instead.
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### serializeAndConsume

          void serializeAndConsume​(Writer writer)
                            throws XMLStreamException

      Deprecated.
      Use `serialize(Writer, boolean)` instead.
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### serializeAndConsume

          void serializeAndConsume​(OutputStream output,
                                   OMOutputFormat format)
                            throws XMLStreamException

      Deprecated.
      Use `serialize(OutputStream, OMOutputFormat, boolean)` instead.
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### serializeAndConsume

          void serializeAndConsume​(Writer writer,
                                   OMOutputFormat format)
                            throws XMLStreamException

      Deprecated.
      Use `serialize(Writer, OMOutputFormat, boolean)` instead.
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### getXMLStreamReader

          XMLStreamReader getXMLStreamReader()

      Get a pull parser representation of this element with caching enabled. This method has the same effect as `getXMLStreamReader(boolean)` with `cache` set to `true`.
      Returns:
        an `XMLStreamReader` representation of this element

    - #### getXMLStreamReaderWithoutCaching

          XMLStreamReader getXMLStreamReaderWithoutCaching()

      Get a pull parser representation of this element with caching disabled. This method has the same effect as `getXMLStreamReader(boolean)` with `cache` set to `false`.
      Returns:
        an `XMLStreamReader` representation of this element

    - #### getXMLStreamReader

          XMLStreamReader getXMLStreamReader​(boolean cache)

      Get a pull parser representation of this information item. This methods creates an `XMLStreamReader` instance that produces a sequence of StAX events for this container and its content. The sequence of events is independent of the state of this element and the value of the `cache` parameter, but the side effects of calling this method and consuming the reader are different:

      Side effects of consuming events from the reader returned by `getXMLStreamReader(boolean)`
      State | `cache` | Side effects
      --- | --- | ---
      The element is fully built (or was created programmatically). | `true` | No side effects. The reader will synthesize StAX events from the object model.
      `false`
      The element is partially built, i.e. deferred parsing is taking place. | `true` | When a StAX event is requested from the reader, it will built the information item (if necessary) and synthesize the StAX event. If the caller completely consumes the reader, the element will be completely built. Otherwise it will be partially built.
      `false` | The reader will delegate to the underlying parser starting from the event corresponding to the last information item that has been built. In other words, after synthesizing a number of events, the reader will switch to delegation mode (also called "pull through" mode). This will consume the part of the object model from which the reader was requested. An attempt to access that part of the object model afterwards will result in a `NodeUnavailableException`. Other parts of the object model can be accessed in a normal way once the reader has been completely consumed or closed.

      To free any resources associated with the returned reader, the caller MUST invoke the `XMLStreamReader.close()` method.

      The returned reader MAY implement the extension defined by `DataHandlerReader` and any binary content will be reported using this extension. More precisely, if the object model contains an `OMText` instance with `OMText.isBinary()` returning `true` (or would contain such an instance after it has been fully built), then its data will always be exposed through this extension.

      The caller MUST NOT make any other assumption about the returned reader, in particular about its runtime type.

      Parameters:
        `cache` - indicates if caching should be enabled
      Returns:
        an `XMLStreamReader` representation of this information item

    - #### getXMLStreamReader

          XMLStreamReader getXMLStreamReader​(boolean cache,
                                             OMXMLStreamReaderConfiguration configuration)

      Get a pull parser representation of this information item. This method is similar to `getXMLStreamReader(boolean)`, but accepts an `OMXMLStreamReaderConfiguration` object that allows to specify additional options and to customize the behavior of the returned reader.
      Parameters:
        `cache` - indicates if caching should be enabled
        `configuration` - additional configuration options; see the Javadoc of `OMXMLStreamReaderConfiguration` for more information about the available options
      Returns:
        an `XMLStreamReader` representation of this information item

    - #### getSAXSource

          SAXSource getSAXSource​(boolean cache)

      Get a `SAXSource` representation for this node. This method can be used to integrate Axiom with APIs and third party libraries that don't support StAX. In particular it can be used with the `Transformer` API.

      The returned object supports all events defined by `ContentHandler` and `LexicalHandler`. `DTDHandler` and `DeclHandler` are not supported.

      If the node is an element and has a parent which is not a document, care is taken to properly generate `ContentHandler.startPrefixMapping(String, String)` and `ContentHandler.endPrefixMapping(String)` events also for namespace mappings declared on the ancestors of the element. To understand why this is important, consider the following example:

          <root xmlns:ns="urn:ns"><element attr="ns:someThing"/><root>

      In that case, to correctly interpret the attribute value, the SAX content handler must be aware of the namespace mapping for the `ns` prefix, even if the serialization starts only at the child element.

      No other form of namespace repairing is performed.

      Parameters:
        `cache` - Indicates if caching should be enabled. If set to `false`, the returned `SAXSource` may only be used once, and using it may have the side effect of consuming the original content of this node.
      Returns:
        a `SAXSource` representation of this element

    - #### getSAXResult

          SAXResult getSAXResult()

      Get a `SAXResult` object that can be used to append child nodes to this container. Note that existing child nodes will not be removed. In order to replace the content of the container, call `removeChildren()` first.

      The SAX content handler linked to the returned `SAXResult` supports `ContentHandler`, `LexicalHandler`, `DeclHandler` and `DTDHandler`. DTD related events are processed in the following way:

      - A `LexicalHandler.startDTD(String, String, String)` events will create an `OMDocType` if the container is an `OMDocument`. If the container is an `OMElement`, the event will be ignored silently.
      - Entity references are always replaced, i.e. no `OMEntityReference` objects are created for `LexicalHandler.startEntity(String)` events.

      Nodes created by the `ContentHandler` linked to the returned `SAXResult` will have the same characteristics as programmatically created nodes; in particular they will have no associated builder.

      Returns:
        the `SAXResult` object
      See Also:
        `OMXMLBuilderFactory.createOMBuilder(SAXSource, boolean)`, `OMXMLBuilderFactory.createOMBuilder(OMFactory, SAXSource, boolean)`

    - #### getXOPEncodedStreamReader

          XOPEncoded<XMLStreamReader> getXOPEncodedStreamReader​(boolean cache)

      Get an XOP encoded pull parser representation of this information item.
      Parameters:
        `cache` - indicates if caching should be enabled
      Returns:
        an XOP encoded representation of this information item