The DocType Class

• Represents the document type declaration

• Not the document type definition!

• Properties:

  • Root element name

  • Public ID (may be null)

  • System ID (may be null)

  • Internal DTD subset (read-only, may be null)

• Limited to one per document, in the prolog only

public class DocType extends Node{

 public DocType(String rootElementName, String publicID, String systemID);
 public DocType(String rootElementName, String systemID);
 public DocType(String rootElementName);
 public DocType(DocType doctype);
    
 public       void   setRootElementName(String name);
 public final String getRootElementName();
 public final String getInternalDTDSubset();
 public       String setInternalDTDSubset(String subset); // 1.1 and later
 public       void   setPublicID(String id);
 public final String getPublicID();
 public       void   setSystemID(String id);
 public final String getSystemID();
 
 public final Node getChild(int i);
 public final int  getChildCount();

 public final Node   copy();
 public final String toXML();
 
}