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Handle Attributes and Methods Reference : WRITE-STATUS attribute
 

WRITE-STATUS attribute

The current state of a XML write in a SAX-writer object.
Data type: INTEGER
Access: Read-only
Applies to: SAX-writer object handle
The default value is SAX-WRITE-IDLE.
The possible values WRITE-STATUS can assume are shown in the following table.
Table 114. WRITE-STATUS attribute values
WRITE-STATUS
Description
Integer value
SAX-WRITE-IDLE
No writing has occurred.
1
SAX-WRITE-BEGIN
The START-DOCUMENT method has been called and writing has begun.
2
SAX-WRITE-TAG
The writer has written an opening tag. This is the only time that attributes can be inserted with INSERT-ATTRIBUTE and DECLARE-NAMESPACE.
3
SAX-WRITE-ELEMENT
The writer is within an element.
4
SAX-WRITE-CONTENT
The writer has written the content of an element. In other words, the WRITE-CHARACTERS method has been called.
5
SAX-WRITE-COMPLETE
The END-DOCUMENT method has been called and writing is complete.
6
SAX-WRITE-ERROR
The SAX-writer could not start or could not continue. Likely causes include: SAX-writer could not be loaded, the XML target could not be written to, a method call fails, etc.
This is the status if there is an invalid XML generated while STRICT is TRUE.
If the status is SAX-WRITE-ERROR then no attributes can be written and the only method that can be called is RESET.
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