Uses of Interface javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-07-22

## Uses of Interface
javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader

- Packages that use XMLEventReader
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  javax.xml.bind | Provides a runtime binding framework for client applications including unmarshalling, marshalling, and validation capabilities.
  javax.xml.bind.helpers | JAXB Provider Use Only: Provides partial default implementations for some of the `javax.xml.bind` interfaces.
  javax.xml.stream |
  javax.xml.stream.util |
  javax.xml.transform.stax | Provides for StAX-specific transformation APIs.

- - ### Uses of XMLEventReader in javax.xml.bind

    Methods in javax.xml.bind with parameters of type XMLEventReader
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Object` | Unmarshaller.`unmarshal(XMLEventReader reader)` Unmarshal XML data from the specified pull parser and return the resulting content tree.
    `<T> JAXBElement<T>` | Unmarshaller.`unmarshal(XMLEventReader reader, Class<T> declaredType)` Unmarshal root element to JAXB mapped `declaredType` and return the resulting content tree.

  - ### Uses of XMLEventReader in javax.xml.bind.helpers

    Methods in javax.xml.bind.helpers with parameters of type XMLEventReader
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Object` | AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.`unmarshal(XMLEventReader reader)`
    `<T> JAXBElement<T>` | AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.`unmarshal(XMLEventReader reader, Class<T> expectedType)`

  - ### Uses of XMLEventReader in javax.xml.stream

    Methods in javax.xml.stream that return XMLEventReader
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createFilteredReader(XMLEventReader reader, EventFilter filter)` Create a filtered event reader that wraps the filter around the event reader
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createXMLEventReader(InputStream stream)` Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createXMLEventReader(InputStream stream, String encoding)` Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createXMLEventReader(Reader reader)` Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createXMLEventReader(Source source)` Create a new XMLEventReader from a JAXP source.
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createXMLEventReader(String systemId, InputStream stream)` Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createXMLEventReader(String systemId, Reader reader)` Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createXMLEventReader(XMLStreamReader reader)` Create a new XMLEventReader from an XMLStreamReader.

    Methods in javax.xml.stream with parameters of type XMLEventReader
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | XMLEventWriter.`add(XMLEventReader reader)` Adds an entire stream to an output stream, calls next() on the inputStream argument until hasNext() returns false This should be treated as a convenience method that will perform the following loop over all the events in an event reader and call add on each event.
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | XMLInputFactory.`createFilteredReader(XMLEventReader reader, EventFilter filter)` Create a filtered event reader that wraps the filter around the event reader

  - ### Uses of XMLEventReader in javax.xml.stream.util

    Classes in javax.xml.stream.util that implement XMLEventReader
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `EventReaderDelegate` This is the base class for deriving an XMLEventReader filter.

    Methods in javax.xml.stream.util that return XMLEventReader
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `XMLEventReader` | EventReaderDelegate.`getParent()` Get the parent of this instance.

    Methods in javax.xml.stream.util with parameters of type XMLEventReader
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | EventReaderDelegate.`setParent(XMLEventReader reader)` Set the parent of this instance.

    Constructors in javax.xml.stream.util with parameters of type XMLEventReader
    Constructor and Description
    `EventReaderDelegate(XMLEventReader reader)` Construct an filter with the specified parent.

  - ### Uses of XMLEventReader in javax.xml.transform.stax

    Methods in javax.xml.transform.stax that return XMLEventReader
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `XMLEventReader` | StAXSource.`getXMLEventReader()` Get the `XMLEventReader` used by this `StAXSource`.

    Constructors in javax.xml.transform.stax with parameters of type XMLEventReader
    Constructor and Description
    `StAXSource(XMLEventReader xmlEventReader)` Creates a new instance of a `StAXSource` by supplying an `XMLEventReader`.

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