# Interface NotationDeclaration

All Superinterfaces:
  `XMLEvent, XMLStreamConstants`

public interface NotationDeclaration extends XMLEvent
An interface for handling Notation Declarations Receive notification of a notation declaration event. It is up to the application to record the notation for later reference, At least one of publicId and systemId must be non-null. There is no guarantee that the notation declaration will be reported before any unparsed entities that use it.

Since:
  1.6

## Field Summary

### Fields declared in interface XMLStreamConstants

`ATTRIBUTE, CDATA, CHARACTERS, COMMENT, DTD, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, ENTITY_DECLARATION, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NAMESPACE, NOTATION_DECLARATION, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT`

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`String`
`getName()`
The notation name.
`String`
`getPublicId()`
The notation's public identifier, or null if none was given.
`String`
`getSystemId()`
The notation's system identifier, or null if none was given.

### Methods declared in interface XMLEvent

`asCharacters, asEndElement, asStartElement, getEventType, getLocation, getSchemaType, isAttribute, isCharacters, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEntityReference, isNamespace, isProcessingInstruction, isStartDocument, isStartElement, writeAsEncodedUnicode`

## Method Details

### getName

String getName()
The notation name.

Returns:
  the notation name

### getPublicId

String getPublicId()
The notation's public identifier, or null if none was given.

Returns:
  the public identifier

### getSystemId

String getSystemId()
The notation's system identifier, or null if none was given.

Returns:
  the system identifier