StateController (iText 5.5.12 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.itextpdf.tool.xml.parser.StateController

```
public class StateController
extends Object
```
Switches the current state in the XMLParser.

Author:

redlab_b

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`StateController(XMLParser parser, boolean isHTML)` Constructs a StateController with the given parser.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`XMLParser`	`attributeValue()` set Parser state to `AttributeValueState`.
`XMLParser`	`cdata()` set Parser state to `CdataState`.
`XMLParser`	`closeComment()` set Parser state to `CloseCommentState`.
`XMLParser`	`closeStarComment()` set Parser state to `CloseStarCommentState`.
`XMLParser`	`closingTag()` set Parser state to `ClosingTagState`.
`XMLParser`	`comment()` set Parser state to `CommentState`.
`XMLParser`	`doctype()` set Parser state to `DocTypeState`.
`XMLParser`	`doubleQuotedAttr()` set Parser state to `DoubleQuotedAttrValueState`.
`State`	`getPreviousState()`
`XMLParser`	`inTag()` set Parser state to `InsideTagState`.
`XMLParser`	`previousState()` Changes the state to the previous one.
`XMLParser`	`processingInstructions()` set Parser state to `ProcessingInstructionEncounteredState`.
`XMLParser`	`selfClosing()` set Parser state to `SelfClosingTagState`.
`XMLParser`	`setState(State state)` Changes the state.
`XMLParser`	`singleQuotedAttr()` set Parser state to `SingleQuotedAttrValueState`.
`XMLParser`	`specialChar()` set Parser state to `SpecialCharState`.
`XMLParser`	`starComment()` set Parser state to `StarCommentState`.
`XMLParser`	`tagAttributes()` set Parser state to `TagAttributeState`.
`XMLParser`	`tagEncountered()` set Parser state to `TagEncounteredState`.
`XMLParser`	`unknown()` set Parser state to `UnknownState`.
`XMLParser`	`unquotedAttr()` set Parser state to `UnquotedAttrState`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - StateController
```
public StateController(XMLParser parser,
                       boolean isHTML)
```
    Constructs a StateController with the given parser.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parser - the Parser
    
    isHTML - true if this parser is going to parse HTML, this results in different whitespace handling.
- Method Detail
  - setState
```
public XMLParser setState(State state)
```
    Changes the state.
    
    Parameters:
    
    state - the state to set as current state.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Parser
  - previousState
```
public XMLParser previousState()
```
    Changes the state to the previous one.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - unknown
```
public XMLParser unknown()
```
    set Parser state to UnknownState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - tagEncountered
```
public XMLParser tagEncountered()
```
    set Parser state to TagEncounteredState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - tagAttributes
```
public XMLParser tagAttributes()
```
    set Parser state to TagAttributeState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - inTag
```
public XMLParser inTag()
```
    set Parser state to InsideTagState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - attributeValue
```
public XMLParser attributeValue()
```
    set Parser state to AttributeValueState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - singleQuotedAttr
```
public XMLParser singleQuotedAttr()
```
    set Parser state to SingleQuotedAttrValueState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - doubleQuotedAttr
```
public XMLParser doubleQuotedAttr()
```
    set Parser state to DoubleQuotedAttrValueState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - processingInstructions
```
public XMLParser processingInstructions()
```
    set Parser state to ProcessingInstructionEncounteredState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - selfClosing
```
public XMLParser selfClosing()
```
    set Parser state to SelfClosingTagState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - specialChar
```
public XMLParser specialChar()
```
    set Parser state to SpecialCharState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - closingTag
```
public XMLParser closingTag()
```
    set Parser state to ClosingTagState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - comment
```
public XMLParser comment()
```
    set Parser state to CommentState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - closeComment
```
public XMLParser closeComment()
```
    set Parser state to CloseCommentState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - cdata
```
public XMLParser cdata()
```
    set Parser state to CdataState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - doctype
```
public XMLParser doctype()
```
    set Parser state to DocTypeState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - unquotedAttr
```
public XMLParser unquotedAttr()
```
    set Parser state to UnquotedAttrState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - starComment
```
public XMLParser starComment()
```
    set Parser state to StarCommentState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - closeStarComment
```
public XMLParser closeStarComment()
```
    set Parser state to CloseStarCommentState.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parser
  - getPreviousState
```
public State getPreviousState()
```

Class StateController

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

StateController

Method Detail

setState

previousState

unknown

tagEncountered

tagAttributes

inTag

attributeValue

singleQuotedAttr

doubleQuotedAttr

processingInstructions

selfClosing

specialChar

closingTag

comment

closeComment

cdata

doctype

unquotedAttr

starComment

closeStarComment

getPreviousState