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public class Xml
extends Object

XML utility methods.

Summary

Fields
`public static String`	`FEATURE_RELAXED` `XmlPullParser` "relaxed" feature name.

Public methods
`static AttributeSet`	`asAttributeSet(XmlPullParser parser)` Return an AttributeSet interface for use with the given XmlPullParser.
`static Xml.Encoding`	`findEncodingByName(String encodingName)` Finds an encoding by name.
`static XmlPullParser`	`newPullParser()` Returns a new pull parser with namespace support.
`static XmlSerializer`	`newSerializer()` Creates a new xml serializer.
`static void`	`parse(String xml, ContentHandler contentHandler)` Parses the given xml string and fires events on the given SAX handler.
`static void`	`parse(InputStream in, Xml.Encoding encoding, ContentHandler contentHandler)` Parses xml from the given input stream and fires events on the given SAX handler.
`static void`	`parse(Reader in, ContentHandler contentHandler)` Parses xml from the given reader and fires events on the given SAX handler.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Fields

Public methods

asAttributeSet

public static AttributeSet asAttributeSet (XmlPullParser parser)

Return an AttributeSet interface for use with the given XmlPullParser. If the given parser itself implements AttributeSet, that implementation is simply returned. Otherwise a wrapper class is instantiated on top of the XmlPullParser, as a proxy for retrieving its attributes, and returned to you.

Parameters
`parser`	`XmlPullParser`: The existing parser for which you would like an AttributeSet.

Returns
`AttributeSet`	An AttributeSet you can use to retrieve the attribute values at each of the tags as the parser moves through its XML document.

newPullParser

public static XmlPullParser newPullParser ()

Returns a new pull parser with namespace support.

Returns
`XmlPullParser`

parse

public static void parse (String xml, 
                ContentHandler contentHandler)

Parses the given xml string and fires events on the given SAX handler.

Parameters
`xml`	`String`
`contentHandler`	`ContentHandler`

Throws
`SAXException`

parse

public static void parse (Reader in, 
                ContentHandler contentHandler)

Parses xml from the given reader and fires events on the given SAX handler.

Parameters
`in`	`Reader`
`contentHandler`	`ContentHandler`

Throws
`IOException`
`SAXException`

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