XMLOutputFactory (Java SE 25 & JDK 25)
Description: declaration: module: java.xml, package: javax.xml.stream, class: XMLOutputFactory
Keywords: javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory class

# Class XMLOutputFactory

java.lang.Object
javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory

public abstract class XMLOutputFactory extends Object
Defines an abstract implementation of a factory for getting XMLEventWriters and XMLStreamWriters. The following table defines the standard properties of this specification. Each property varies in the level of support required by each implementation. The level of support required is described in the 'Required' column.

Configuration Parameters
Property Name | Behavior | Return type | Default Value | Required
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces | defaults prefixes on the output side | Boolean | False | Yes

The following paragraphs describe the namespace and prefix repair algorithm:

The property can be set with the following code line: `setProperty("javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces", Boolean.TRUE);`

This property specifies that the writer default namespace prefix declarations. The default value is false.

If a writer isRepairingNamespaces it will create a namespace declaration on the current StartElement for any attribute that does not currently have a namespace declaration in scope. If the StartElement has a uri but no prefix specified a prefix will be assigned, if the prefix has not been declared in a parent of the current StartElement it will be declared on the current StartElement. If the defaultNamespace is bound and in scope and the default namespace matches the URI of the attribute or StartElement QName no prefix will be assigned.

If an element or attribute name has a prefix, but is not bound to any namespace URI, then the prefix will be removed during serialization.

If element and/or attribute names in the same start or empty-element tag are bound to different namespace URIs and are using the same prefix then the element or the first occurring attribute retains the original prefix and the following attributes have their prefixes replaced with a new prefix that is bound to the namespace URIs of those attributes.

If an element or attribute name uses a prefix that is bound to a different URI than that inherited from the namespace context of the parent of that element and there is no namespace declaration in the context of the current element then such a namespace declaration is added.

If an element or attribute name is bound to a prefix and there is a namespace declaration that binds that prefix to a different URI then that namespace declaration is either removed if the correct mapping is inherited from the parent context of that element, or changed to the namespace URI of the element or attribute using that prefix.

Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  - `XMLInputFactory`
  - `XMLEventWriter`
  - `XMLStreamWriter`

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final String`
  `IS_REPAIRING_NAMESPACES`
  Property used to set prefix defaulting on the output side

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Modifier
  Constructor
  Description
  `protected`
  `XMLOutputFactory()`
  Protected constructor to prevent instantiation.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `abstract XMLEventWriter`
  `createXMLEventWriter(OutputStream stream)`
  Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a stream
  `abstract XMLEventWriter`
  `createXMLEventWriter(OutputStream stream, String encoding)`
  Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a stream
  `abstract XMLEventWriter`
  `createXMLEventWriter(Writer stream)`
  Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a writer
  `abstract XMLEventWriter`
  `createXMLEventWriter(Result result)`
  Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a JAXP result.
  `abstract XMLStreamWriter`
  `createXMLStreamWriter(OutputStream stream)`
  Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a stream
  `abstract XMLStreamWriter`
  `createXMLStreamWriter(OutputStream stream, String encoding)`
  Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a stream
  `abstract XMLStreamWriter`
  `createXMLStreamWriter(Writer stream)`
  Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a writer
  `abstract XMLStreamWriter`
  `createXMLStreamWriter(Result result)`
  Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a JAXP result.
  `abstract Object`
  `getProperty(String name)`
  Get a feature/property on the underlying implementation
  `abstract boolean`
  `isPropertySupported(String name)`
  Query the set of properties that this factory supports.
  `static XMLOutputFactory`
  `newDefaultFactory()`
  Creates a new instance of the `XMLOutputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
  `static XMLOutputFactory`
  `newFactory()`
  Creates a new instance of the factory.
  `static XMLOutputFactory`
  `newFactory(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)`
  Create a new instance of the factory.
  `static XMLOutputFactory`
  `newInstance()`
  Creates a new instance of the factory in exactly the same manner as the `newFactory()` method.
  `static XMLInputFactory`
  `newInstance(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)`
  Deprecated.
  This method has been deprecated because it returns an instance of XMLInputFactory, which is of the wrong class.
  `abstract void`
  `setProperty(String name, Object value)`
  Allows the user to set specific features/properties on the underlying implementation.

  ### Methods declared in class Object

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

- ## Field Details

  - ### IS_REPAIRING_NAMESPACES

    public static final String IS_REPAIRING_NAMESPACES
    Property used to set prefix defaulting on the output side
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### XMLOutputFactory

    protected XMLOutputFactory()
    Protected constructor to prevent instantiation. Use `newFactory()` instead.

- ## Method Details

  - ### newDefaultFactory

    public static XMLOutputFactory newDefaultFactory()
    Creates a new instance of the `XMLOutputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
    Returns:
      A new instance of the `XMLOutputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
    Since:
      9

  - ### newInstance

    public static XMLOutputFactory newInstance() throws FactoryConfigurationError
    Creates a new instance of the factory in exactly the same manner as the `newFactory()` method.
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLOutputFactory`
    Throws:
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

  - ### newFactory

    public static XMLOutputFactory newFactory() throws FactoryConfigurationError
    Creates a new instance of the factory. This method uses the JAXP Lookup Mechanism to determine the `XMLOutputFactory` implementation class to load.

    Once an application has obtained a reference to a `XMLOutputFactory`, it can use the factory to configure and obtain stream instances.

    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLOutputFactory`
    Throws:
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - in case of service configuration error or if the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.

  - ### newInstance

    @Deprecated(since="1.7") public static XMLInputFactory newInstance(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader) throws FactoryConfigurationError
    Deprecated.
    This method has been deprecated because it returns an instance of XMLInputFactory, which is of the wrong class. Use the new method `newFactory(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader)` instead.
    Create a new instance of the factory.
    Parameters:
      `factoryId` - Name of the factory to find, same as a property name
      `classLoader` - classLoader to use
    Returns:
      the factory implementation
    Throws:
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

  - ### newFactory

    public static XMLOutputFactory newFactory(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader) throws FactoryConfigurationError
    Create a new instance of the factory. If the classLoader argument is null, then the ContextClassLoader is used.

    This method uses the following ordered lookup procedure to determine the XMLOutputFactory implementation class to load:

    - Use the value of the system property identified by `factoryId`.

    - Use the value of the property `factoryId` set in the configuration file, jaxp.properties by default. If the file exists and the property `factoryId` is specified in the file, its value will be used as the implementation class.

    - If `factoryId` is "javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory", use the service-provider loading facility, defined by the `ServiceLoader` class, to attempt to locate and load an implementation of the service using the specified `ClassLoader`. If `classLoader` is null, the default loading mechanism will apply: That is, the service-provider loading facility will use the current thread's context class loader to attempt to load the service. If the context class loader is null, the system class loader will be used.

    - Otherwise, throws a `FactoryConfigurationError`.

    API Note:
      The parameter factoryId defined here is inconsistent with that of other JAXP factories where the first parameter is fully qualified factory class name that provides implementation of the factory.

      Note that this is a new method that replaces the deprecated `newInstance(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)` method. The original method was incorrectly defined to return XMLInputFactory.

    Parameters:
      `factoryId` - Name of the factory to find, same as a property name
      `classLoader` - classLoader to use
    Returns:
      the factory implementation
    Throws:
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - in case of service configuration error or if the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.

  - ### createXMLStreamWriter

    public abstract XMLStreamWriter createXMLStreamWriter(Writer stream) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a writer
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the writer to write to
    Returns:
      instance of the `XMLStreamWriter`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLStreamWriter

    public abstract XMLStreamWriter createXMLStreamWriter(OutputStream stream) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a stream
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the stream to write to
    Returns:
      instance of the `XMLStreamWriter`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLStreamWriter

    public abstract XMLStreamWriter createXMLStreamWriter(OutputStream stream, String encoding) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a stream
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the stream to write to
      `encoding` - the encoding to use
    Returns:
      instance of the `XMLStreamWriter`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLStreamWriter

    public abstract XMLStreamWriter createXMLStreamWriter(Result result) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a JAXP result. This method is optional.
    Parameters:
      `result` - the result to write to
    Returns:
      instance of the `XMLStreamWriter`
    Throws:
      `UnsupportedOperationException` - if this method is not supported by this XMLOutputFactory
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventWriter

    public abstract XMLEventWriter createXMLEventWriter(Result result) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a JAXP result. This method is optional.
    Parameters:
      `result` - the result to write to
    Returns:
      instance of the `XMLEventWriter`
    Throws:
      `UnsupportedOperationException` - if this method is not supported by this XMLOutputFactory
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventWriter

    public abstract XMLEventWriter createXMLEventWriter(OutputStream stream) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a stream
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the stream to write to
    Returns:
      instance of the `XMLEventWriter`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventWriter

    public abstract XMLEventWriter createXMLEventWriter(OutputStream stream, String encoding) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a stream
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the stream to write to
      `encoding` - the encoding to use
    Returns:
      instance of the `XMLEventWriter`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventWriter

    public abstract XMLEventWriter createXMLEventWriter(Writer stream) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a writer
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the stream to write to
    Returns:
      instance of the `XMLEventWriter`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### setProperty

    public abstract void setProperty(String name, Object value) throws IllegalArgumentException
    Allows the user to set specific features/properties on the underlying implementation.
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the property
      `value` - The value of the property
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the property is not supported

  - ### getProperty

    public abstract Object getProperty(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
    Get a feature/property on the underlying implementation
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the property
    Returns:
      The value of the property
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the property is not supported

  - ### isPropertySupported

    public abstract boolean isPropertySupported(String name)
    Query the set of properties that this factory supports.
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the property (may not be null)
    Returns:
      true if the property is supported and false otherwise