public XmlEventBase() 
{

}

 public XmlEventBase(int type) 
{
        _type = type;
}

 public int getType() 
{
        return _type;
}

 public String getTypeAsString() 
{
        return ElementTypeNames.getName( _type );
}

 public boolean isChangePrefixMapping() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.CHANGE_PREFIX_MAPPING;
}

 public boolean isCharacterData() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.CHARACTER_DATA;
}

 public boolean isEndDocument() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.END_DOCUMENT;
}

 public boolean isEndElement() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.END_ELEMENT;
}

 public boolean isEndPrefixMapping() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.END_PREFIX_MAPPING;
}

 public boolean isEntityReference() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.ENTITY_REFERENCE;
}

 public boolean isNull() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.NULL_ELEMENT;
}

 public boolean isProcessingInstruction() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION;
}

 public boolean isSpace() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.SPACE;
}

 public boolean isStartDocument() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.START_DOCUMENT;
}

 public boolean isStartElement() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.START_ELEMENT;
}

 public boolean isStartPrefixMapping() 
{
        return _type == XMLEvent.START_PREFIX_MAPPING;
}

 public  void setType(int type) 
{
        _type = type;
}