org.dom4j
Class QName

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.dom4j.QName

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class QName

extends Object

implements Serializable

QName represents a qualified name value of an XML element or attribute. It consists of a local name and a Namespace instance. This object is immutable.

Version:

$Revision: 1.12 $

Author:

James Strachan

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected static ThreadLocal

cachePerThread

Constructor Summary

QName(String name)

QName(String name, Namespace namespace)

QName(String name, Namespace namespace, String qualifiedName)

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object object)
static QName	get(String name)
static QName	get(String name, Namespace namespace)
static QName	get(String localName, Namespace namespace, String qualifiedName)
static QName	get(String qualifiedName, String uri)
static QName	get(String name, String prefix, String uri)
DocumentFactory	getDocumentFactory()
String	getName()
Namespace	getNamespace()
String	getNamespacePrefix()
String	getNamespaceURI()
String	getQualifiedName()
int	hashCode()
void	setDocumentFactory(DocumentFactory documentFactory)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

cachePerThread

protected static transient ThreadLocal cachePerThread

Constructor Detail

QName

public QName(String name)

QName

public QName(String name,
             Namespace namespace)

QName

public QName(String name,
             Namespace namespace,
             String qualifiedName)

Method Detail

get

public static QName get(String name)

get

public static QName get(String name,
                        Namespace namespace)

get

public static QName get(String name,
                        String prefix,
                        String uri)

get

public static QName get(String qualifiedName,
                        String uri)

get

public static QName get(String localName,
                        Namespace namespace,
                        String qualifiedName)

getName

public String getName()

Returns:

the local name

getQualifiedName

public String getQualifiedName()

Returns:

the qualified name in the format prefix:localName

getNamespace

public Namespace getNamespace()

Returns:

the namespace of this QName

getNamespacePrefix

public String getNamespacePrefix()

Returns:

the namespace URI of this QName

getNamespaceURI

public String getNamespaceURI()

Returns:

the namespace URI of this QName

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the hash code based on the qualified name and the URI of the namespace.

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getDocumentFactory

public DocumentFactory getDocumentFactory()

Returns:

the factory that should be used for Elements of this QName

setDocumentFactory

public void setDocumentFactory(DocumentFactory documentFactory)