2005-09-03 Chris Burdess <dog@gnu.org>

        * javax/xml/stream,javax/xml/stream/events,javax/xml/stream/util:
        New StAX API classes.

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diff --git a/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventReader.java b/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventReader.java
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+/* XMLEventReader.java -- 
+   Copyright (C) 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package javax.xml.stream;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
+
+/**
+ * An XML parser.
+ */
+public interface XMLEventReader
+  extends XMLIterator
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Looks at the next XML event without advancing the cursor in the stream.
+   * Returns <code>null</code> if there are no more events to read.
+   */
+  XMLEvent peek()
+    throws XMLStreamException;
+
+  /**
+   * Reads the text context of an element.
+   * When invoked, the current event must be START_ELEMENT.
+   * On completion, the current event will be END_ELEMENT.
+   */
+  String getElementText()
+    throws XMLStreamException;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the next element event.
+   * This method skips insignificant space until a START_ELEMENT or
+   * END_ELEMENT event is found.
+   * @exception XMLStreamException if an event that was not an insignificant
+   * space event was encountered
+   */
+  XMLEvent nextTag()
+    throws XMLStreamException;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the implementation-specific feature or property of the given
+   * name.
+   * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the property is not supported
+   */
+  Object getProperty(String name)
+    throws IllegalArgumentException;
+
+}
+