WRITE-STATUS attribute The current state of a XML write in a SAX-writer object. Data type: CHARACTER 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 Table 111. Table 111: WRITE-STATUS attribute values WRITE-STATUS value Description SAX-WRITE-IDLE No writing has occurred. SAX-WRITE-BEGIN The START-DOCUMENT method has been called and writing has begun. 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. SAX-WRITE-ELEMENT The writer is within an element. SAX-WRITE-CONTENT The writer has written the content of an element. In other words, the WRITE-CHARACTERS method has been called. SAX-WRITE-COMPLETE The END-DOCUMENT method has been called and writing is complete. 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.
