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package javax.xml.stream;

import java.util.Iterator;

import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;
import javax.xml.stream.events.ProcessingInstruction;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.stream.events.Characters;
import javax.xml.stream.events.Comment;
import javax.xml.stream.events.DTD;
import javax.xml.stream.events.EndElement;
import javax.xml.stream.events.EntityDeclaration;
import javax.xml.stream.events.Namespace;
import javax.xml.stream.events.Attribute;
import javax.xml.stream.events.EndDocument;
import javax.xml.stream.events.EntityReference;
import javax.xml.stream.events.StartDocument;
import javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement;

public abstract class XMLEventFactory {

	protected XMLEventFactory() {
	}

	public static XMLEventFactory newInstance()
			throws FactoryConfigurationError {
            return (XMLEventFactory)FactoryLocator.locate("javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory", "com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxEventFactory");
	}

	public static XMLEventFactory newInstance(String factoryId,
			ClassLoader classLoader) throws FactoryConfigurationError {
            return (XMLEventFactory)FactoryLocator.locate(factoryId, "com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxEventFactory", classLoader);
	}

	public abstract void setLocation(Location location);

	public abstract Attribute createAttribute(QName name, String value);

	public abstract Attribute createAttribute(String localName, String value);

	public abstract Attribute createAttribute(String prefix,
			String namespaceURI, String localName, String value);

	public abstract Namespace createNamespace(String namespaceUri);

	public abstract Namespace createNamespace(String prefix, String namespaceUri);

	public abstract StartElement createStartElement(QName name,
			Iterator attributes, Iterator namespaces);

	public abstract StartElement createStartElement(String prefix,
			String namespaceUri, String localName);

	public abstract StartElement createStartElement(String prefix,
			String namespaceUri, String localName, Iterator attributes,
			Iterator namespaces);

	public abstract StartElement createStartElement(String prefix,
			String namespaceUri, String localName, Iterator attributes,
			Iterator namespaces, NamespaceContext context);

	public abstract EndElement createEndElement(QName name, Iterator namespaces);

	public abstract EndElement createEndElement(String prefix,
			String namespaceUri, String localName);

	public abstract EndElement createEndElement(String prefix,
			String namespaceUri, String localName, Iterator namespaces);

	public abstract Characters createCharacters(String content);

	public abstract Characters createCData(String content);

	public abstract Characters createSpace(String content);

	public abstract Characters createIgnorableSpace(String content);

	public abstract StartDocument createStartDocument();

	public abstract StartDocument createStartDocument(String encoding);

	public abstract StartDocument createStartDocument(String encoding,
			String version);

	public abstract StartDocument createStartDocument(String encoding,
			String version, boolean standalone);

	public abstract EndDocument createEndDocument();

	public abstract EntityReference createEntityReference(String name,
			EntityDeclaration declaration);

	public abstract Comment createComment(String text);

	public abstract ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(
			String target, String data);

	public abstract DTD createDTD(String dtd);
}