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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.xml;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.serializer.*;
+
+/**
+ * Configurable properties on the {@link XmlSerializer} class.
+ * <p>
+ * Context properties are set by calling {@link ContextFactory#setProperty(String, Object)} on the context factory
+ * returned {@link CoreApi#getContextFactory()}.
+ * <p>
+ * The following convenience methods are also provided for setting context properties:
+ * <ul>
+ * 	<li>{@link XmlSerializer#setProperty(String,Object)}
+ * 	<li>{@link XmlSerializer#setProperties(ObjectMap)}
+ * 	<li>{@link XmlSerializer#addNotBeanClasses(Class[])}
+ * 	<li>{@link XmlSerializer#addTransforms(Class[])}
+ * 	<li>{@link XmlSerializer#addImplClass(Class,Class)}
+ * </ul>
+ * <p>
+ * See {@link ContextFactory} for more information about context properties.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public class XmlSerializerContext extends SerializerContext {
+
+	/**
+	 * Add JSON type attributes to output ({@link Boolean}, default=<jk>false</jk>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * If <js>true</jk>, {@code type} attributes will be added to elements in the XML for number/boolean/null nodes.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_addJsonTypeAttrs = "XmlSerializer.addJsonTypeAttrs";
+
+	/**
+	 * Add JSON type attributes for strings to output ({@link Boolean}, default=<jk>false</jk>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * If <jk>true</jk>, {@code type} attributes will be added to elements in the XML for string nodes.
+	 * <p>
+	 * By default, these attributes are not added, and the parser will assume that the content type
+	 * of the node is string by default.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This feature is disabled if {@link #XML_addJsonTypeAttrs} is disabled.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_addJsonStringTypeAttrs = "XmlSerializer.addJsonStringTypeAttrs";
+
+	/**
+	 * Enable support for XML namespaces ({@link Boolean}, default=<jk>true</jk>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * If not enabled, XML output will not contain any namespaces regardless of any other settings.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_enableNamespaces = "XmlSerializer.enableNamespaces";
+
+	/**
+	 * Auto-detect namespace usage ({@link Boolean}, default=<jk>true</jk>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * Detect namespace usage before serialization.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Used in conjunction with {@link #XML_addNamespaceUrisToRoot} to reduce
+	 * the list of namespace URLs appended to the root element to only those
+	 * that will be used in the resulting document.
+	 * <p>
+	 * If enabled, then the data structure will first be crawled looking for
+	 * namespaces that will be encountered before the root element is
+	 * serialized.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This setting is ignored if {@link #XML_enableNamespaces} is not enabled.
+	 * <p>
+	 * <b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b>
+	 * Auto-detection of namespaces can be costly performance-wise.
+	 * In high-performance environments, it's recommended that namespace detection be
+	 * 	disabled, and that namespaces be manually defined through the {@link #XML_namespaces} property.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_autoDetectNamespaces = "XmlSerializer.autoDetectNamespaces";
+
+	/**
+	 * Add namespace URLs to the root element ({@link Boolean}, default=<jk>true</jk>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * Use this setting to add {@code xmlns:x} attributes to the root
+	 * element for the default and all mapped namespaces.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This setting is ignored if {@link #XML_enableNamespaces} is not enabled.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_addNamespaceUrisToRoot = "XmlSerializer.addNamespaceUrisToRoot";
+
+	/**
+	 * Default namespace URI ({@link String}, default=<jk>null</jk>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * Specifies the default namespace URI for this document.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_defaultNamespaceUri = "XmlSerializer.defaultNamespaceUri";
+
+	/**
+	 * XMLSchema namespace ({@link Namespace}, default=<code>{name:<js>'xs'</js>,uri:<js>'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'</js>}</code>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * Specifies the namespace for the <code>XMLSchema</code> namespace, used by the schema generated
+	 * by the {@link XmlSchemaSerializer} class.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_xsNamespace = "XmlSerializer.xsNamespace";
+
+	/**
+	 * XMLSchema-Instance namespace ({@link Namespace}, default=<code>{name:<js>'xsi'</js>,uri:<js>'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'</js>}</code>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * Specifies the namespace of the <code>XMLSchema-instance</code> namespace used for<code>nil=<jk>true</jk></code> attributes.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_xsiNamespace = "XmlSerializer.xsiNamespace";
+
+	/**
+	 * Default namespaces (<code>Set&lt;Namespace&gt;</code>, default=empty set).
+	 * <p>
+	 * The default list of namespaces associated with this serializer.
+	 */
+	public static final String XML_namespaces = "XmlSerializer.namespaces";
+
+
+	final boolean
+		addJsonTypeAttrs,
+		addJsonStringTypeAttrs,
+		autoDetectNamespaces,
+		enableNamespaces,
+		addNamespaceUrlsToRoot;
+
+	final String defaultNamespace;
+
+	final Namespace
+		xsiNamespace,
+		xsNamespace;
+
+	final Namespace[] namespaces;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Typically only called from {@link ContextFactory#getContext(Class)}.
+	 *
+	 * @param cf The factory that created this context.
+	 */
+	public XmlSerializerContext(ContextFactory cf) {
+		super(cf);
+		addJsonTypeAttrs = cf.getProperty(XML_addJsonTypeAttrs, boolean.class, false);
+		addJsonStringTypeAttrs = cf.getProperty(XML_addJsonStringTypeAttrs, boolean.class, false);
+		autoDetectNamespaces = cf.getProperty(XML_autoDetectNamespaces, boolean.class, true);
+		enableNamespaces = cf.getProperty(XML_enableNamespaces, boolean.class, true);
+		addNamespaceUrlsToRoot = cf.getProperty(XML_addNamespaceUrisToRoot, boolean.class, true);
+		defaultNamespace = cf.getProperty(XML_defaultNamespaceUri, String.class, "{juneau:'http://www.ibm.com/2013/Juneau'}");
+		xsNamespace = cf.getProperty(XML_xsNamespace, Namespace.class, new Namespace("xs", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"));
+		xsiNamespace = cf.getProperty(XML_xsiNamespace, Namespace.class, new Namespace("xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"));
+		namespaces = cf.getProperty(XML_namespaces, Namespace[].class, new Namespace[0]);
+	}
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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.xml;
+
+import static org.apache.juneau.xml.NamespaceFactory.*;
+import static org.apache.juneau.xml.XmlSerializerContext.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.json.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.serializer.*;
+
+/**
+ * Session object that lives for the duration of a single use of {@link XmlSerializer}.
+ * <p>
+ * This class is NOT thread safe.  It is meant to be discarded after one-time use.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("hiding")
+public class XmlSerializerSession extends SerializerSession {
+
+	private final boolean
+		addJsonTypeAttrs,
+		addJsonStringTypeAttrs,
+		autoDetectNamespaces,
+		enableNamespaces,
+		addNamespaceUrlsToRoot;
+
+	private Namespace
+		defaultNamespace;
+	private final Namespace
+		xsiNamespace,
+		xsNamespace;
+
+	private Namespace[] namespaces = new Namespace[0];
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new session using properties specified in the context.
+	 *
+	 * @param ctx The context creating this session object.
+	 * 	The context contains all the configuration settings for this object.
+	 * @param beanContext The bean context being used.
+	 * @param output The output object.  See {@link JsonSerializerSession#getWriter()} for valid class types.
+	 * @param op The override properties.
+	 * 	These override any context properties defined in the context.
+	 * @param javaMethod The java method that called this parser, usually the method in a REST servlet.
+	 */
+	public XmlSerializerSession(XmlSerializerContext ctx, BeanContext beanContext, Object output, ObjectMap op, Method javaMethod) {
+		super(ctx, beanContext, output, op, javaMethod);
+		if (op == null || op.isEmpty()) {
+			addJsonTypeAttrs = ctx.addJsonTypeAttrs;
+			addJsonStringTypeAttrs = ctx.addJsonStringTypeAttrs;
+			enableNamespaces = ctx.enableNamespaces;
+			autoDetectNamespaces = ctx.autoDetectNamespaces;
+			addNamespaceUrlsToRoot = ctx.addNamespaceUrlsToRoot;
+			addNamespaces(ctx.namespaces);
+			defaultNamespace = findDefaultNamespace(ctx.defaultNamespace);
+			xsiNamespace = ctx.xsiNamespace;
+			xsNamespace = ctx.xsNamespace;
+		} else {
+			addJsonTypeAttrs = op.getBoolean(XML_addJsonTypeAttrs, ctx.addJsonTypeAttrs);
+			addJsonStringTypeAttrs = op.getBoolean(XML_addJsonStringTypeAttrs, ctx.addJsonStringTypeAttrs);
+			enableNamespaces = op.getBoolean(XML_enableNamespaces, ctx.enableNamespaces);
+			autoDetectNamespaces = op.getBoolean(XML_autoDetectNamespaces, ctx.autoDetectNamespaces);
+			addNamespaceUrlsToRoot = op.getBoolean(XML_addNamespaceUrisToRoot, ctx.addNamespaceUrlsToRoot);
+			namespaces = (op.containsKey(XML_namespaces) ? parseNamespaces(op.get(XML_namespaces)) : ctx.namespaces);
+			defaultNamespace = findDefaultNamespace(op.containsKey(XML_defaultNamespaceUri) ? op.getString(XML_defaultNamespaceUri) : ctx.defaultNamespace);
+			xsiNamespace = (op.containsKey(XML_xsiNamespace) ? parseNamespace(op.get(XML_xsiNamespace)) : ctx.xsiNamespace);
+			xsNamespace = (op.containsKey(XML_xsNamespace) ? parseNamespace(op.get(XML_xsNamespace)) : ctx.xsNamespace);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Namespace findDefaultNamespace(String s) {
+		if (s == null)
+			return null;
+		if (StringUtils.startsWith(s, '{'))
+			return parseNamespace(s);
+		if (! s.startsWith("http://"))
+			return get(s, "http://unknown");
+		return get(null, s);
+	}
+
+	private void addNamespaces(Namespace...namespaces) {
+		for (Namespace ns : namespaces)
+			addNamespace(ns);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Add a namespace to this session.
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace being added.
+	 */
+	public void addNamespace(Namespace ns) {
+		if (ns == defaultNamespace)
+			return;
+
+		for (Namespace n : namespaces)
+			if (n == ns)
+				return;
+
+		if (defaultNamespace != null && (ns.uri.equals(defaultNamespace.uri) || ns.name.equals(defaultNamespace.name)))
+			defaultNamespace = ns;
+		else
+			namespaces = ArrayUtils.append(namespaces, ns);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the list of namespaces being used in the current XML serialization.
+	 *
+	 * @return The list of namespaces being used in the current XML serialization.
+	 */
+	public Namespace[] getNamespaces() {
+		return namespaces;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_addJsonTypeAttrs} setting value in this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_addJsonTypeAttrs} setting value in this context.
+	 */
+	public final boolean isAddJsonTypeAttrs() {
+		return addJsonTypeAttrs;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_addJsonStringTypeAttrs} setting value in this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_addJsonStringTypeAttrs} setting value in this context.
+	 */
+	public final boolean isAddJsonStringTypeAttrs() {
+		return addJsonStringTypeAttrs;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_autoDetectNamespaces} setting value in this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_autoDetectNamespaces} setting value in this context.
+	 */
+	public final boolean isAutoDetectNamespaces() {
+		return enableNamespaces && autoDetectNamespaces;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_enableNamespaces} setting value in this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_enableNamespaces} setting value in this context.
+	 */
+	public final boolean isEnableNamespaces() {
+		return enableNamespaces;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_addNamespaceUrisToRoot} setting value in this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_addNamespaceUrisToRoot} setting value in this context.
+	 */
+	public final boolean isAddNamespaceUrlsToRoot() {
+		return addNamespaceUrlsToRoot;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_defaultNamespaceUri} setting value in this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_defaultNamespaceUri} setting value in this context.
+	 */
+	public final Namespace getDefaultNamespace() {
+		return defaultNamespace;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_xsiNamespace} setting value in this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_xsiNamespace} setting value in this context.
+	 */
+	public final Namespace getXsiNamespace() {
+		return xsiNamespace;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_xsNamespace} setting value in this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link XmlSerializerContext#XML_xsNamespace} setting value in this context.
+	 */
+	public final Namespace getXsNamespace() {
+		return xsNamespace;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerSession */
+	public XmlWriter getWriter() throws Exception {
+		Object output = getOutput();
+		if (output instanceof XmlWriter)
+			return (XmlWriter)output;
+		return new XmlWriter(super.getWriter(), isUseIndentation(), isTrimStrings(), getQuoteChar(), getRelativeUriBase(), getAbsolutePathUriBase(), isEnableNamespaces(), getDefaultNamespace());
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.xml;
+
+import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.*;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.*;
+import javax.xml.stream.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.xml.annotation.*;
+
+/**
+ * XML utility methods.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public final class XmlUtils {
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Encode URI part
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Encodes invalid XML text characters.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Encodes <js>'&'</js>, <js>'&lt;'</js>, and <js>'&gt;'</js> as XML entities.<br>
+	 * Encodes any other invalid XML text characters to <code>_x####_</code> sequences.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object being encoded.
+	 * @return The encoded string.
+	 */
+	public static final String encodeText(Object o) {
+
+		if (o == null)
+			return "_x0000_";
+
+		String s = o.toString();
+
+		try {
+			if (needsTextEncoding(s))
+				return encodeTextInner(new StringBuilderWriter(s.length()*2), s).toString();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e); // Never happens
+		}
+
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #encodeText(Object)}, but does not convert <js>'&'</js>, <js>'&lt;'</js>, and <js>'&gt;'</js>
+	 * 	to entities.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object being encoded.
+	 * @return The encoded string.
+	 */
+	public static final String encodeTextInvalidChars(Object o) {
+
+		if (o == null)
+			return "_x0000_";
+
+		String s = o.toString();
+
+		try {
+			if (needsTextEncoding(s))
+				return encodeTextInvalidCharsInner(new StringBuilderWriter(s.length()*2), s).toString();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e); // Never happens
+		}
+
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Encodes any invalid XML text characters to <code>_x####_</code> sequences and sends the response
+	 * 	to the specified writer.
+	 *
+	 * @param w The writer to send the output to.
+	 * @param o The object being encoded.
+	 * @return The same writer passed in.
+	 * @throws IOException Thrown from the writer.
+	 */
+	public static final Writer encodeText(Writer w, Object o) throws IOException {
+
+		if (o == null)
+			return w.append("_x0000_");
+
+		String s = o.toString();
+
+		if (needsTextEncoding(s))
+			return encodeTextInner(w, s);
+
+		w.append(s);
+
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #encodeText(Object)}, but does not convert <js>'&'</js>, <js>'&lt;'</js>, and <js>'&gt;'</js>
+	 * 	to entities.
+	 *
+	 * @param w The writer to write to.
+	 * @param o The object being encoded.
+	 * @return The encoded string.
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public static final Writer encodeTextInvalidChars(Writer w, Object o) throws IOException {
+
+		if (o == null)
+			return w.append("_x0000_");
+
+		String s = o.toString();
+
+		if (needsTextEncoding(s))
+			return encodeTextInvalidCharsInner(w, s);
+
+		w.append(s);
+
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #encodeText(Object)}, but only converts <js>'&'</js>, <js>'&lt;'</js>, and <js>'&gt;'</js>
+	 * 	to entities.
+	 *
+	 * @param w The writer to write to.
+	 * @param o The object being encoded.
+	 * @return The encoded string.
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public static final Writer encodeTextXmlChars(Writer w, Object o) throws IOException {
+		if (o == null)
+			return w;
+
+		String s = o.toString();
+
+		if (needsTextEncoding(s))
+			return encodeTextXmlCharsInner(w, s);
+
+		w.append(s);
+
+		return w;
+
+	}
+
+	private static final Writer encodeTextInner(Writer w, String s) throws IOException {
+		final int len = s.length();
+		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if (c == '&')
+				w.append("&amp;");
+			else if (c == '<')
+				w.append("&lt;");
+			else if (c == '>')
+				w.append("&gt;");
+			else if (c == '_' && isEscapeSequence(s,i))
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+			else if ((i == 0 || i == len-1) && Character.isWhitespace(c))
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+			else if (isValidXmlCharacter(c))
+				w.append(c);
+			else if (c == 0x09 || c == 0x0A || c == 0x0D)
+				w.append("&#x000").append(Integer.toHexString(c)).append(";");
+			else
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+		}
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	private static final Writer encodeTextInvalidCharsInner(Writer w, String s) throws IOException {
+		final int len = s.length();
+		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if ((i == 0 || i == len-1) && Character.isWhitespace(c))
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+			else if (c == '_' && isEscapeSequence(s,i))
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+			else if (isValidXmlCharacter(c))
+				w.append(c);
+			else
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+		}
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	private static final Writer encodeTextXmlCharsInner(Writer w, String s) throws IOException {
+		final int len = s.length();
+		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if (c == '&')
+				w.append("&amp;");
+			else if (c == '<')
+				w.append("&lt;");
+			else if (c == '>')
+				w.append("&gt;");
+			else
+				w.append(c);
+		}
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	private static final boolean needsTextEncoding(String s) {
+		// See if we need to convert the string.
+		// Conversion is somewhat expensive, so make sure we need to do so before hand.
+		final int len = s.length();
+		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if ((i == 0 || i == len-1) && Character.isWhitespace(c))
+				return true;
+			if (c == '&' || c == '<' || c == '>' || c == '\n' || ! isValidXmlCharacter(c) || (c == '_' && isEscapeSequence(s,i)))
+				return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Decode XML text
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Translates any _x####_ sequences (introduced by the various encode methods) back into their original characters.
+	 *
+	 * @param s The string being decoded.
+	 * @return The decoded string.
+	 */
+	public static final String decode(String s) {
+		if (s == null) return null;
+		if (s.length() == 0)
+			return s;
+		if (s.indexOf('_') == -1)
+			return s;
+
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(s.length());
+		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if (c == '_' && isEscapeSequence(s,i)) {
+
+				int x = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(i+2, i+6), 16);
+
+				// If we find _x0000_, then that means a null.
+				if (x == 0)
+					return null;
+
+				sb.append((char)x);
+				i+=6;
+			} else {
+				sb.append(c);
+			}
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Encode XML attributes
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Serializes and encodes the specified object as valid XML attribute name.
+	 *
+	 * @param w The writer to send the output to.
+	 * @param o The object being serialized.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public static final Writer encodeAttr(Writer w, Object o) throws IOException {
+
+		if (o == null)
+			return w.append("_x0000_");
+
+		String s = o.toString();
+
+		if (needsAttributeEncoding(s))
+			return encodeAttrInner(w, s);
+
+		w.append(s);
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	private static final Writer encodeAttrInner(Writer w, String s) throws IOException {
+		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if (c == '&')
+				w.append("&amp;");
+			else if (c == '<')
+				w.append("&lt;");
+			else if (c == '>')
+				w.append("&gt;");
+			else if (c == '\'')
+				w.append("&apos;");
+			else if (c == '"')
+				w.append("&quot;");
+			else if (c == '_' && isEscapeSequence(s,i))
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+			else if (isValidXmlCharacter(c))
+				w.append(c);
+			else
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+		}
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean needsAttributeEncoding(String s) {
+		// See if we need to convert the string.
+		// Conversion is somewhat expensive, so make sure we need to do so before hand.
+		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if (c == '&' || c == '<' || c == '>' || c == '\n' || c == '\'' || c == '"' || ! isValidXmlCharacter(c))
+				return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Encode XML element names
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Encodes any invalid XML element name characters to <code>_x####_</code> sequences.
+	 *
+	 * @param w The writer to send the output to.
+	 * @param o The object being encoded.
+	 * @return The same writer passed in.
+	 * @throws IOException Throw by the writer.
+	 */
+	public static final Writer encodeElementName(Writer w, Object o) throws IOException {
+
+		if (o == null)
+			return w.append("_x0000_");
+
+		String s = o.toString();
+
+		if (needsElementNameEncoding(s))
+			return encodeElementNameInner(w, s);
+
+		w.append(s);
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Encodes any invalid XML element name characters to <code>_x####_</code> sequences.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object being encoded.
+	 * @return The encoded element name string.
+	 */
+	public static final String encodeElementName(Object o) {
+		if (o == null)
+			return "_x0000_";
+
+		String s = o.toString();
+
+		try {
+			if (needsElementNameEncoding(s))
+				return encodeElementNameInner(new StringBuilderWriter(s.length() * 2), s).toString();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e); // Never happens
+		}
+
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	private static final Writer encodeElementNameInner(Writer w, String s) throws IOException {
+		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
+					|| (c == '_' && ! isEscapeSequence(s,i))
+					|| (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z')
+					|| (i != 0 && (
+							c == '-'
+							|| c == '.'
+							|| (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+							|| c == '\u00b7'
+							|| (c >= '\u0300' && c <= '\u036f')
+							|| (c >= '\u203f' && c <= '\u2040')
+						))
+					|| (c >= '\u00c0' && c <= '\u00d6')
+					|| (c >= '\u00d8' && c <= '\u00f6')
+					|| (c >= '\u00f8' && c <= '\u02ff')
+					|| (c >= '\u0370' && c <= '\u037d')
+					|| (c >= '\u037f' && c <= '\u1fff')
+					|| (c >= '\u200c' && c <= '\u200d')
+					|| (c >= '\u2070' && c <= '\u218f')
+					|| (c >= '\u2c00' && c <= '\u2fef')
+					|| (c >= '\u3001' && c <= '\ud7ff')
+					|| (c >= '\uf900' && c <= '\ufdcf')
+					|| (c >= '\ufdf0' && c <= '\ufffd')) {
+				w.append(c);
+			}  else {
+				appendPaddedHexChar(w, c);
+			}
+		}
+		return w;
+	}
+
+	private static final boolean needsElementNameEncoding(String s) {
+		// Note that this doesn't need to be perfect, just fast.
+		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if (! (c >= '0' && c <= '9' || c >= 'a' && c <= 'z' || c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z'))
+				return true;
+			if (i == 0 && (c >= '0' && c <= '9'))
+				return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Other methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Utility method for reading XML mixed content from an XML element and returning it as text.
+	 *
+	 * @param r The reader to read from.
+	 * @return The contents read as a string.
+	 * @throws XMLStreamException
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public static String readXmlContents(XMLStreamReader r) throws XMLStreamException, IOException {
+		StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+		XmlWriter w = new XmlWriter(sw, false, false, '"', null, null, false, null);
+		try {
+			int depth = 0;
+			do {
+				int event = r.next();
+				if (event == START_ELEMENT) {
+					depth++;
+					QName n = r.getName();
+					w.oTag(n.getPrefix(), n.getLocalPart());
+					for (int i = 0; i < r.getNamespaceCount(); i++)
+						w.attr(r.getNamespacePrefix(i), "xmlns", r.getNamespaceURI(i));
+					for (int i = 0; i < r.getAttributeCount(); i++)
+						w.attr(r.getAttributePrefix(i), r.getAttributeLocalName(i), r.getAttributeValue(i));
+					w.append('>');
+				} else if (r.hasText()) {
+					w.encodeTextXmlChars(r.getText());
+				} else if (event == ATTRIBUTE) {
+					// attributes handled above.
+				} else if (event == END_ELEMENT) {
+					QName n = r.getName();
+					if (depth > 0)
+						w.eTag(n.getPrefix(), n.getLocalPart());
+					depth--;
+				}
+				if (depth < 0)
+					return sw.toString();
+			} while (true);
+		} finally {
+			w.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Returns true if the specified character can safely be used in XML text or an attribute.
+	private static final boolean isValidXmlCharacter(char c) {
+		return (c >= 0x20 && c <= 0xD7FF) /*|| c == 0xA || c == 0xD*/ || (c >= 0xE000 && c <= 0xFFFD);
+	}
+
+	// Returns true if the string at the specified position is of the form "_x####_"
+	// where '#' are hexadecimal characters.
+	private static final boolean isEscapeSequence(String s, int i) {
+		return s.length() > i+6
+			&& s.charAt(i) == '_'
+			&& s.charAt(i+1) == 'x'
+			&& isHexCharacter(s.charAt(i+2))
+			&& isHexCharacter(s.charAt(i+3))
+			&& isHexCharacter(s.charAt(i+4))
+			&& isHexCharacter(s.charAt(i+5))
+			&& s.charAt(i+6) == '_';
+	}
+
+	// Returns true if the character is a hexadecimal character
+	private static final boolean isHexCharacter(char c) {
+		return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F');
+	}
+
+	// Converts an integer to a hexadecimal string padded to 4 places.
+	private static final Writer appendPaddedHexChar(Writer out, int num) throws IOException {
+		out.append("_x");
+		char[] n = new char[4];
+		int a = num%16;
+		n[3] = (char)(a > 9 ? 'A'+a-10 : '0'+a);
+		int base = 16;
+		for (int i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
+			a = (num/base)%16;
+			base <<= 4;
+			n[3-i] = (char)(a > 9 ? 'A'+a-10 : '0'+a);
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+			out.append(n[i]);
+		return out.append('_');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Find the namespace given a list of <ja>@Xml</ja> and <ja>@XmlSchema</ja> annotations.
+	 * The annotations should be a child-to-parent ordering of annotations found on
+	 * 	a class or method.
+	 *
+	 * @param xmls The list of <ja>@Xml</ja> annotations.
+	 * @param schemas The list of <ja>@XmlSchema</ja> annotations.
+	 * @return The namespace, or <jk>null</jk> if it couldn't be found.
+	 */
+	public static Namespace findNamespace(List<Xml> xmls, List<XmlSchema> schemas) {
+
+		for (Xml xml : xmls) {
+			Namespace ns = findNamespace(xml.prefix(), xml.namespace(), xmls, schemas);
+			if (ns != null)
+				return ns;
+		}
+
+		for (XmlSchema schema : schemas) {
+			Namespace ns = findNamespace(schema.prefix(), schema.namespace(), null, schemas);
+			if (ns != null)
+				return ns;
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private static Namespace findNamespace(String prefix, String ns, List<Xml> xmls, List<XmlSchema> schemas) {
+
+		// If both prefix and namespace specified, use that Namespace mapping.
+		if (! (prefix.isEmpty() || ns.isEmpty()))
+			return NamespaceFactory.get(prefix, ns);
+
+		// If only prefix specified, need to search for namespaceURI.
+		if (! prefix.isEmpty()) {
+			if (xmls != null)
+				for (Xml xml2 : xmls)
+					if (xml2.prefix().equals(prefix) && ! xml2.namespace().isEmpty())
+						return NamespaceFactory.get(prefix, xml2.namespace());
+			for (XmlSchema schema : schemas) {
+				if (schema.prefix().equals(prefix) && ! schema.namespace().isEmpty())
+					return NamespaceFactory.get(prefix, schema.namespace());
+				for (XmlNs xmlNs : schema.xmlNs())
+					if (xmlNs.prefix().equals(prefix))
+						return NamespaceFactory.get(prefix, xmlNs.namespaceURI());
+			}
+			throw new BeanRuntimeException("Found @Xml.prefix annotation with no matching URI.  prefix='"+prefix+"'");
+		}
+
+		// If only namespaceURI specified, need to search for prefix.
+		if (! ns.isEmpty()) {
+			if (xmls != null)
+				for (Xml xml2 : xmls)
+					if (xml2.namespace().equals(ns) && ! xml2.prefix().isEmpty())
+						return NamespaceFactory.get(xml2.prefix(), ns);
+			for (XmlSchema schema : schemas) {
+				if (schema.namespace().equals(ns) && ! schema.prefix().isEmpty())
+					return NamespaceFactory.get(schema.prefix(), ns);
+				for (XmlNs xmlNs : schema.xmlNs())
+					if (xmlNs.namespaceURI().equals(ns))
+						return NamespaceFactory.get(xmlNs.prefix(), ns);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.xml;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.serializer.*;
+
+/**
+ * Specialized writer for serializing XML.
+ * <p>
+ * 	<b>Note:  This class is not intended for external use.</b>
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public class XmlWriter extends SerializerWriter {
+
+	private String defaultNsPrefix;
+	private boolean enableNs;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 *
+	 * @param out The wrapped writer.
+	 * @param useIndentation If <jk>true</jk> XML elements will be indented.
+	 * @param trimStrings If <jk>true</jk>, strings should be trimmed before they're serialized.
+	 * @param quoteChar The quote character to use for attributes.  Should be <js>'\''</js> or <js>'"'</js>.
+	 * @param relativeUriBase The base (e.g. <js>https://localhost:9443/contextPath"</js>) for relative URIs (e.g. <js>"my/path"</js>).
+	 * @param absolutePathUriBase The base (e.g. <js>https://localhost:9443"</js>) for relative URIs with absolute paths (e.g. <js>"/contextPath/my/path"</js>).
+	 * @param enableNs Flag to indicate if XML namespaces are enabled.
+	 * @param defaultNamespace The default namespace if XML namespaces are enabled.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter(Writer out, boolean useIndentation, boolean trimStrings, char quoteChar, String relativeUriBase, String absolutePathUriBase, boolean enableNs, Namespace defaultNamespace) {
+		super(out, useIndentation, true, trimStrings, quoteChar, relativeUriBase, absolutePathUriBase);
+		this.enableNs = enableNs;
+		this.defaultNsPrefix = defaultNamespace == null ? null : defaultNamespace.name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes an opening tag to the output:  <code><xt>&lt;ns:name</xt></code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, element name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter oTag(String ns, String name, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		append('<');
+		if (enableNs && ns != null && ! (ns.isEmpty() || ns.equals(defaultNsPrefix)))
+			append(ns).append(':');
+		if (needsEncoding)
+			encodeElement(name);
+		else
+			append(name);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>oTag(ns, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter oTag(String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return oTag(ns, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>oTag(<jk>null</jk>, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter oTag(String name) throws IOException {
+		return oTag(null, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).oTag(ns, name, needsEncoding);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, element name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter oTag(int indent, String ns, String name, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).oTag(ns, name, needsEncoding);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).oTag(ns, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter oTag(int indent, String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).oTag(ns, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).oTag(<jk>null</jk>, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter oTag(int indent, String name) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).oTag(null, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Closes a tag.
+	 * Shortcut for <code>append(<js>'>'</js>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter cTag() throws IOException {
+		append('>');
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Closes an empty tag.
+	 * Shortcut for <code>append(<js>'/'</js>).append(<js>'>'</js>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter ceTag() throws IOException {
+		append('/').append('>');
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes a closed tag to the output:  <code><xt>&lt;ns:name/&gt;</xt></code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, element name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter tag(String ns, String name, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		append('<');
+		if (enableNs && ns != null && ! (ns.isEmpty() || ns.equals(defaultNsPrefix)))
+			append(ns).append(':');
+		if (needsEncoding)
+			encodeElement(name);
+		else
+			append(name);
+		return append('/').append('>');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>tag(ns, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter tag(String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return tag(ns, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>tag(<jk>null</jk>, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter tag(String name) throws IOException {
+		return tag(null, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).tag(<jk>null</jk>, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter tag(int indent, String name) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).tag(name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).tag(ns, name, needsEncoding);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, element name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter tag(int indent, String ns, String name, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).tag(ns, name, needsEncoding);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).tag(ns, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter tag(int indent, String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).tag(ns, name);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes a start tag to the output:  <code><xt>&lt;ns:name&gt;</xt></code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, element name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter sTag(String ns, String name, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		return oTag(ns, name, needsEncoding).append('>');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>sTag(ns, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter sTag(String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return sTag(ns, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>sTag(<jk>null</jk>, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter sTag(String name) throws IOException {
+		return sTag(null, name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).sTag(ns, name, needsEncoding);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, element name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter sTag(int indent, String ns, String name, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).sTag(ns, name, needsEncoding);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).sTag(ns, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter sTag(int indent, String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).sTag(ns, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).sTag(<jk>null</jk>, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter sTag(int indent, String name) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).sTag(null, name, false);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes an end tag to the output:  <code><xt>&lt;/ns:name&gt;</xt></code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, element name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter eTag(String ns, String name, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		append('<').append('/');
+		if (enableNs && ns != null && ! (ns.isEmpty() || ns.equals(defaultNsPrefix)))
+			append(ns).append(':');
+		if (needsEncoding)
+			encodeElement(name);
+		else
+			append(name);
+		return append('>');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>eTag(ns, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter eTag(String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return eTag(ns, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>eTag(<jk>null</jk>, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter eTag(String name) throws IOException {
+		return eTag(null, name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).eTag(ns, name, needsEncoding);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, element name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter eTag(int indent, String ns, String name, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).eTag(ns, name, needsEncoding);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).eTag(ns, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter eTag(int indent, String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).eTag(ns, name, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>i(indent).eTag(<jk>null</jk>, name, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param indent The number of prefix tabs to add.
+	 * @param name The element name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter eTag(int indent, String name) throws IOException {
+		return i(indent).eTag(name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes an attribute to the output:  <code><xa>ns:name</xa>=<xs>'value'</xs></code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @param value The attribute value.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, attribute name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter attr(String ns, String name, Object value, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		oAttr(ns, name).q();
+		if (needsEncoding)
+			encodeAttr(value);
+		else
+			append(value);
+		return q();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>attr(<jk>null</jk>, name, value, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @param value The attribute value.
+	 * @param needsEncoding If <jk>true</jk>, attribute name will be encoded.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter attr(String name, Object value, boolean needsEncoding) throws IOException {
+		return attr(null, name, value, needsEncoding);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>attr(ns, name, value, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @param value The attribute value.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter attr(String ns, String name, Object value) throws IOException {
+		return oAttr(ns, name).q().append(value).q();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #attr(String, Object, boolean)}, except pass in a {@link Namespace} object for the namespace.
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @param value The attribute value.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter attr(Namespace ns, String name, Object value) throws IOException {
+		return oAttr(ns == null ? null : ns.name, name).q().append(value).q();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for <code>attr(<jk>null</jk>, name, value, <jk>false</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @param value The attribute value.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter attr(String name, Object value) throws IOException {
+		return attr((String)null, name, value);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes an open-ended attribute to the output:  <code><xa>ns:name</xa>=</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter oAttr(String ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		append(' ');
+		if (enableNs && ns != null && ! (ns.isEmpty() || ns.equals(defaultNsPrefix)))
+			append(ns).append(':');
+		append(name).append('=');
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes an open-ended attribute to the output:  <code><xa>ns:name</xa>=</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter oAttr(Namespace ns, String name) throws IOException {
+		return oAttr(ns == null ? null : ns.name, name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes an attribute with a URI value to the output:  <code><xa>ns:name</xa>=<xs>'uri-value'</xs></code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @param value The attribute value, convertable to a URI via <code>toString()</code>
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter attrUri(Namespace ns, String name, Object value) throws IOException {
+		oAttr(ns, name).q().appendUri(value).q();
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes an attribute with a URI value to the output:  <code><xa>ns:name</xa>=<xs>'uri-value'</xs></code>
+	 *
+	 * @param ns The namespace.  Can be <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param name The attribute name.
+	 * @param value The attribute value, convertable to a URI via <code>toString()</code>
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter attrUri(String ns, String name, Object value) throws IOException {
+		oAttr(ns, name).q().appendUri(value).q();
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Serializes and encodes the specified object as valid XML text.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object being serialized.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter encodeText(Object o) throws IOException {
+		XmlUtils.encodeText(this, o);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Serializes and encodes the specified object as valid XML text.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Does NOT encode XML characters (<js>'&lt;'</js>, <js>'&gt;'</js>, and <js>'&amp;'</js>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Use on XML text that you just want to replace invalid XML characters with <js>"_x####_"</js> sequences.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object being serialized.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter encodeTextInvalidChars(Object o) throws IOException {
+		XmlUtils.encodeTextInvalidChars(this, o);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Serializes and encodes the specified object as valid XML text.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Only encodes XML characters (<js>'&lt;'</js>, <js>'&gt;'</js>, and <js>'&amp;'</js>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Use on XML text where the invalid characters have already been replaced.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object being serialized.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter encodeTextXmlChars(Object o) throws IOException {
+		XmlUtils.encodeTextXmlChars(this, o);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Serializes and encodes the specified object as valid XML attribute name.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object being serialized.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter encodeAttr(Object o) throws IOException {
+		XmlUtils.encodeAttr(out, o);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Serializes and encodes the specified object as valid XML element name.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object being serialized.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public XmlWriter encodeElement(Object o) throws IOException {
+		XmlUtils.encodeElementName(out, o);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter cr(int depth) throws IOException {
+		super.cr(depth);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter appendln(int indent, String text) throws IOException {
+		super.appendln(indent, text);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter appendln(String text) throws IOException {
+		super.appendln(text);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter append(int indent, String text) throws IOException {
+		super.append(indent, text);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter append(int indent, char c) throws IOException {
+		super.append(indent, c);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter s() throws IOException {
+		super.s();
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter q() throws IOException {
+		super.q();
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter i(int indent) throws IOException {
+		super.i(indent);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter nl() throws IOException {
+		super.nl();
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter append(Object text) throws IOException {
+		super.append(text);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter append(String text) throws IOException {
+		super.append(text);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* SerializerWriter */
+	public XmlWriter append(char c) throws IOException {
+		out.write(c);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Object */
+	public String toString() {
+		return out.toString();
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.xml.annotation;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.xml.*;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation for specifying various XML options for the XML and RDF/XML serializers.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Can be applied to Java packages, types, fields, and methods.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Can be used for the following:
+ * <ul class='spaced-list'>
+ * 	<li>Override the element name on the XML representation of a bean or object.
+ * 	<li>Override the child element name on the XML representation of collection or array properties.
+ * 	<li>Specify the XML namespace on a package, class, or method.
+ * 	<li>Override the XML format on a POJO.
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+@Documented
+@Target({TYPE,FIELD,METHOD})
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Inherited
+public @interface Xml {
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the name of the XML element in cases where the XML element has no name (e.g. the root element).
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Applies only to {@link ElementType#TYPE}.
+	 *
+	 * <dl>
+	 * 	<dt>Example:</dt>
+	 * 	<dd>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<ja>@Xml</ja>(name=<js>"MyBean"</js>)
+	 * 	<jk>public class</jk> MyBean {
+	 * 		<jk>public int</jk> f1 = 123;
+	 * 	}
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			Without the <ja>@Xml</ja> annotations, serializing this bean as XML would have produced the following...
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;object&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;f1&gt;</xt>123<xt>&lt;/f1&gt;</xt>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;/object&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			With the annotations, serializing this bean as XML produces the following...
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;MyBean&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;f1&gt;</xt>123<xt>&lt;/f1&gt;</xt>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;/MyBean&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 	</dd>
+	 * </dl>
+	 */
+	String name() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the name of the XML child elements for bean properties of type collection and array.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Applies only to collection and array bean properties.
+	 *
+	 * <dl>
+	 * 	<dt>Example:</dt>
+	 * 	<dd>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jk>public class</jk> MyBean {
+	 * 		<ja>@Xml</ja>(childName=<js>"child"</js>}
+	 * 		<jk>public</jk> String[] <jf>children</jf> = {<js>"foo"</js>,<js>"bar"</js>};
+	 * 	}
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			Without the <ja>@Xml</ja> annotation, serializing this bean as XML would have produced the following...
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;object&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;children&gt;</xt>
+	 * 			<xt>&lt;string&gt;</xt>foo<xt>&lt;/string&gt;</xt>
+	 * 			<xt>&lt;string&gt;</xt>bar<xt>&lt;/string&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;/children&gt;</xt>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;/object&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			With the annotations, serializing this bean as XML produces the following...
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;object&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;children&gt;</xt>
+	 * 			<xt>&lt;child&gt;</xt>foo<xt>&lt;/child&gt;</xt>
+	 * 			<xt>&lt;child&gt;</xt>bar<xt>&lt;/child&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;/children&gt;</xt>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;/object&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 	</dd>
+	 * </dl>
+	 */
+	String childName() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the XML prefix of this property or class.
+	 * <ul class='spaced-list'>
+	 * 	<li>When applied to a {@link ElementType#TYPE}, namespace is applied to all properties in the class, and all
+	 * 		subclasses of the class.
+	 * 	<li>When applied to bean properties on {@link ElementType#METHOD} and {@link ElementType#FIELD}, applies
+	 * 		to the bean property.
+	 * </ul>
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Must either be matched to a {@link #namespace()} annotation on the same object, parent object, or a {@link XmlNs} with the same name
+	 * 	through the {@link XmlSchema#xmlNs()} annotation on the package.
+	 * </p>
+	 */
+	String prefix() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the namespace URI of this property or class.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Must be matched with a {@link #prefix()} annotation on this object, a parent object, or a {@link XmlNs} with the same name
+	 * 	through the {@link XmlSchema#xmlNs()} annotation on the package.
+	 */
+	String namespace() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * The {@link XmlFormat} to use for serializing this object type.
+	 *
+	 * <dl>
+	 * 	<dt>Example:</dt>
+	 * 	<dd>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jk>public class</jk> MyBean {
+	 *
+	 * 		<jc>// Normally, bean properties would be rendered as child elements of the bean element.</jc>
+	 * 		<jc>// Override so that it's rendered as a "f1='123'" attribute on the bean element instead.</jc>
+	 * 		<ja>@Xml</ja>(format=XmlFormat.<jsf>ATTR</jsf>}
+	 * 		<jk>public int</jk> f1 = 123;
+	 *
+	 * 		<jc>// Normally, bean URL properties would be rendered as XML attributes on the bean element.</jc>
+	 * 		<jc>// Override so that it's rendered as an &lt;href&gt;http://foo&lt;/href&gt; child element instead.</jc>
+	 * 		<ja>@BeanProperty</ja>(uri=<jk>true</jk>)
+	 * 		<ja>@Xml</ja>(format=XmlFormat.<jsf>ELEMENT</jsf>}
+	 * 		<jk>public</jk> URL <jf>href</jf> = <jk>new</jk> URL(<js>"http://foo"</js>);
+	 *
+	 * 		<jc>// Normally, collection properties would be grouped under a single &lt;children&gt; child element on the bean element.</jc>
+	 * 		<jc>// Override so that entries are directly children of the bean element with each entry having an element name of &lt;child&gt;.</jc>
+	 * 		<ja>@Xml</ja>(format=XmlFormat.<jsf>COLLAPSED</jsf>, childName=<js>"child"</js>}
+	 * 		<jk>public</jk> String[] <jf>children</jf> = <js>"foo"</js>,<js>"bar"</js>};
+	 * 	}
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			Without the <ja>@Xml</ja> annotations, serializing this bean as XML would have produced the following...
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;object</xt> <xa>href</xa>=<js>'http://foo'</js><xt>&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;f1&gt;</xt>123<xt>&lt;/f1&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;children&gt;</xt>
+	 * 			<xt>&lt;string&gt;</xt>foo<xt>&lt;/string&gt;</xt>
+	 * 			<xt>&lt;string&gt;</xt>bar<xt>&lt;/string&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;/children&gt;</xt>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;/object&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			With the annotations, serializing this bean as XML produces the following...
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;object</xt> <xa>f1</xa>=<js>'123'</js><xt>&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;href&gt;</xt>http://foo<xt>&lt;/href&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;child&gt;</xt>foo<xt>&lt;/child&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		<xt>&lt;child&gt;</xt>bar<xt>&lt;/child&gt;</xt>
+	 * 	<xt>&lt;/object&gt;</xt>
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 	</dd>
+	 * </dl>
+	 */
+	XmlFormat format() default XmlFormat.NORMAL;
+
+	/**
+	 * Associates a content handler with a bean class or bean property.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Refer to {@link XmlContentHandler} for more information.
+	 */
+	Class<? extends XmlContentHandler<?>> contentHandler() default XmlContentHandler.NULL.class;
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.xml.annotation;
+
+/**
+ * XML format to use when serializing a POJO.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public enum XmlFormat {
+
+	/**
+	 * Normal formatting (default)
+	 */
+	NORMAL,
+
+	/**
+	 * Render property as an attribute instead of an element.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Can only be applied to properties (methods/fields) of simple types (e.g. <code>String</code>, <code>Number</code>).
+	 */
+	ATTR,
+
+	/**
+	 * Render property as an element instead of an attribute.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Can be applied to URL and ID bean properties that would normally be rendered as attributes.
+	 */
+	ELEMENT,
+
+	/**
+	 * Prevents collections and arrays from being enclosed in <xt>&lt;array&gt;</xt> elements.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Can only be applied to properties (methods/fields) of type collection or array, or collection classes.
+	 */
+	COLLAPSED,
+
+	/**
+	 * Render property value directly as content of element.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	By default, content is converted to plain text.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Can be used in combination with {@link Xml#contentHandler()} to produce something other
+	 * 	than plain text, such as embedded XML.
+	 */
+	CONTENT,
+
+	/**
+	 * Render a collection/array as mixed child content of the element.
+	 */
+	MIXED
+}
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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.xml.annotation;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+/**
+ * Namespace name/URL mapping pair.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Used to identify a namespace/URI pair on a {@link XmlSchema#xmlNs()} annotation.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+@Documented
+@Target({})
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Inherited
+public @interface XmlNs {
+
+	/**
+	 * XML namespace prefix.
+	 */
+	String prefix();
+
+	/**
+	 * XML namespace URL.
+	 */
+	String namespaceURI();
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.xml.annotation;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+/**
+ * Identifies the default XML namespaces at the package level.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+@Documented
+@Target(PACKAGE)
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Inherited
+public @interface XmlSchema {
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the default XML prefix for all classes in this and child packages.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Must either be matched with a {@link #namespace()} annotation, or an {@link #xmlNs()} mapping with the
+	 * 	same {@link XmlNs#prefix} value.
+	 * </p>
+	 */
+	public String prefix() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the default XML namespace URL for all classes in this and child packages.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Must either be matched with a {@link #prefix()} annotation, or an {@link #xmlNs()} mapping with the
+	 * 	same {@link XmlNs#namespaceURI} value.
+	 * </p>
+	 */
+	public String namespace() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * Lists all namespace mappings to be used on all classes within this package.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	The purpose of this annotation is to allow namespace mappings to be defined in a single location
+	 * 	and referred to by name through just the {@link Xml#prefix()} annotation.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Inherited by child packages.
+	 *
+	 * <dl>
+	 * 	<dt>Example:</dt>
+	 * 	<dd>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			Contents of <code>package-info.java</code>...
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jc>// XML namespaces used within this package.</jc>
+	 * 	<ja>@XmlSchema</ja>(prefix=<js>"ab"</js>,
+	 * 		namespaces={
+	 * 			<ja>@XmlNs</ja>(prefix=<js>"ab"</js>, namespaceURI=<js>"http://www.ibm.com/addressBook/"</js>),
+	 * 			<ja>@XmlNs</ja>(prefix=<js>"per"</js>, namespaceURI=<js>"http://www.ibm.com/person/"</js>),
+	 * 			<ja>@XmlNs</ja>(prefix=<js>"addr"</js>, namespaceURI=<js>"http://www.ibm.com/address/"</js>),
+	 * 			<ja>@XmlNs</ja>(prefix=<js>"mail"</js>, namespaceURI="<js>http://www.ibm.com/mail/"</js>)
+	 * 		}
+	 * 	)
+	 * 	<jk>package</jk> com.ibm.sample.addressbook;
+	 * 	<jk>import</jk> org.apache.juneau.xml.annotation.*;
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			Class in package using defined namespaces...
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jk>package</jk> com.ibm.sample.addressbook;
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Bean class, override "ab" namespace on package.</jc>
+	 * 	<ja>@Xml</ja>(prefix=<js>"addr"</js>)
+	 * 	<jk>public class</jk> Address {
+	 *
+	 * 		<jc>// Bean property, use "addr" namespace on class.</jc>
+	 * 		<jk>public int</jk> <jf>id</jf>;
+	 *
+	 * 		<jc>// Bean property, override with "mail" namespace.</jc>
+	 * 		<ja>@Xml</ja>(prefix=<js>"mail"</js>)
+	 * 		<jk>public</jk> String <jf>street</jf>, <jf>city</jf>, <jf>state</jf>;
+	 * 	}
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 	</dd>
+	 * </dl>
+	 */
+	public XmlNs[] xmlNs() default {};
+}

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+<!DOCTYPE HTML>
+<!--
+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *  
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *  
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+ -->
+<html>
+<head>
+	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+	<style type="text/css">
+		/* For viewing in Page Designer */
+		@IMPORT url("../../../../../../../javadoc.css");
+
+		/* For viewing in REST interface */
+		@IMPORT url("../htdocs/javadoc.css");
+		body { 
+			margin: 20px; 
+		}	
+	</style>
+	<script>
+		/* Replace all @code and @link tags. */	
+		window.onload = function() {
+			document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(/\{\@code ([^\}]+)\}/g, '<code>$1</code>');
+			document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(/\{\@link (([^\}]+)\.)?([^\.\}]+)\}/g, '<code>$3</code>');
+		}
+	</script>
+</head>
+<body>
+<p>XML annotations</p>
+</body>
+</html>
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