Class DocumentBuilderFactory
- java.lang.Object
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- javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory
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public abstract class DocumentBuilderFactory extends Object
Defines a factory API that enables applications to obtain a parser that produces DOM object trees from XML documents.- Version:
- $Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2010/05/25 16:19:44 $
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Modifier Constructor and Description protected
DocumentBuilderFactory()
Protected constructor to prevent instantiation.
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description abstract Object
getAttribute(String name)
Allows the user to retrieve specific attributes on the underlying implementation.abstract boolean
getFeature(String name)
Get the state of the named feature.Schema
getSchema()
Gets theSchema
object specified through thesetSchema(Schema schema)
method.boolean
isCoalescing()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which converts CDATA nodes to Text nodes and appends it to the adjacent (if any) Text node.boolean
isExpandEntityReferences()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which expand entity reference nodes.boolean
isIgnoringComments()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignores comments.boolean
isIgnoringElementContentWhitespace()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignore ignorable whitespace in element content.boolean
isNamespaceAware()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which are namespace aware.boolean
isValidating()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which validate the XML content during parse.boolean
isXIncludeAware()
Get state of XInclude processing.abstract DocumentBuilder
newDocumentBuilder()
Creates a new instance of aDocumentBuilder
using the currently configured parameters.static DocumentBuilderFactory
newInstance()
Obtain a new instance of aDocumentBuilderFactory
.static DocumentBuilderFactory
newInstance(String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader)
Obtain a new instance of aDocumentBuilderFactory
from class name.abstract void
setAttribute(String name, Object value)
Allows the user to set specific attributes on the underlying implementation.void
setCoalescing(boolean coalescing)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will convert CDATA nodes to Text nodes and append it to the adjacent (if any) text node.void
setExpandEntityReferences(boolean expandEntityRef)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will expand entity reference nodes.abstract void
setFeature(String name, boolean value)
Set a feature for thisDocumentBuilderFactory
andDocumentBuilder
s created by this factory.void
setIgnoringComments(boolean ignoreComments)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will ignore comments.void
setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(boolean whitespace)
Specifies that the parsers created by this factory must eliminate whitespace in element content (sometimes known loosely as 'ignorable whitespace') when parsing XML documents (see XML Rec 2.10).void
setNamespaceAware(boolean awareness)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will provide support for XML namespaces.void
setSchema(Schema schema)
Set theSchema
to be used by parsers created from this factory.void
setValidating(boolean validating)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will validate documents as they are parsed.void
setXIncludeAware(boolean state)
Set state of XInclude processing.
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Constructor Detail
DocumentBuilderFactory
protected DocumentBuilderFactory()
Protected constructor to prevent instantiation. Use
newInstance()
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Method Detail
newInstance
public static DocumentBuilderFactory newInstance()
Obtain a new instance of aDocumentBuilderFactory
. This static method creates a new factory instance. This method uses the following ordered lookup procedure to determine theDocumentBuilderFactory
implementation class to load:- Use the
javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory
system property. - Use the properties file "lib/jaxp.properties" in the JRE directory. This configuration file is in standard
java.util.Properties
format and contains the fully qualified name of the implementation class with the key being the system property defined above. The jaxp.properties file is read only once by the JAXP implementation and it's values are then cached for future use. If the file does not exist when the first attempt is made to read from it, no further attempts are made to check for its existence. It is not possible to change the value of any property in jaxp.properties after it has been read for the first time. - Uses the service-provider loading facilities, defined by the
ServiceLoader
class, to attempt to locate and load an implementation of the service using the default loading mechanism: the service-provider loading facility will use the current thread's context class loader to attempt to load the service. If the context class loader is null, the system class loader will be used. - Otherwise, the system-default implementation is returned.
DocumentBuilderFactory
it can use the factory to configure and obtain parser instances.Tip for Trouble-shooting
Setting the
jaxp.debug
system property will cause this method to print a lot of debug messages toSystem.err
about what it is doing and where it is looking at.If you have problems loading
DocumentBuilder
s, try:java -Djaxp.debug=1 YourProgram ....
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New instance of a
DocumentBuilderFactory
- Throws:
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FactoryConfigurationError
- in case of service configuration error or if the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.
- Use the
newInstance
public static DocumentBuilderFactory newInstance(String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader)
Obtain a new instance of a
DocumentBuilderFactory
from class name. This function is useful when there are multiple providers in the classpath. It gives more control to the application as it can specify which provider should be loaded.Once an application has obtained a reference to a
DocumentBuilderFactory
it can use the factory to configure and obtain parser instances.Tip for Trouble-shooting
Setting the
jaxp.debug
system property will cause this method to print a lot of debug messages toSystem.err
about what it is doing and where it is looking at.If you have problems try:
java -Djaxp.debug=1 YourProgram ....
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factoryClassName
- fully qualified factory class name that provides implementation ofjavax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory
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classLoader
-ClassLoader
used to load the factory class. Ifnull
currentThread
's context classLoader is used to load the factory class. - Returns:
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New instance of a
DocumentBuilderFactory
- Throws:
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FactoryConfigurationError
- iffactoryClassName
isnull
, or the factory class cannot be loaded, instantiated. - Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
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newInstance()
newDocumentBuilder
public abstract DocumentBuilder newDocumentBuilder() throws ParserConfigurationException
Creates a new instance of aDocumentBuilder
using the currently configured parameters.- Returns:
- A new instance of a DocumentBuilder.
- Throws:
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ParserConfigurationException
- if a DocumentBuilder cannot be created which satisfies the configuration requested.
setNamespaceAware
public void setNamespaceAware(boolean awareness)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will provide support for XML namespaces. By default the value of this is set tofalse
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awareness
- true if the parser produced will provide support for XML namespaces; false otherwise.
setValidating
public void setValidating(boolean validating)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will validate documents as they are parsed. By default the value of this is set tofalse
.Note that "the validation" here means a validating parser as defined in the XML recommendation. In other words, it essentially just controls the DTD validation. (except the legacy two properties defined in JAXP 1.2.)
To use modern schema languages such as W3C XML Schema or RELAX NG instead of DTD, you can configure your parser to be a non-validating parser by leaving the
setValidating(boolean)
methodfalse
, then use thesetSchema(Schema)
method to associate a schema to a parser.- Parameters:
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validating
- true if the parser produced will validate documents as they are parsed; false otherwise.
setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace
public void setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(boolean whitespace)
Specifies that the parsers created by this factory must eliminate whitespace in element content (sometimes known loosely as 'ignorable whitespace') when parsing XML documents (see XML Rec 2.10). Note that only whitespace which is directly contained within element content that has an element only content model (see XML Rec 3.2.1) will be eliminated. Due to reliance on the content model this setting requires the parser to be in validating mode. By default the value of this is set tofalse
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whitespace
- true if the parser created must eliminate whitespace in the element content when parsing XML documents; false otherwise.
setExpandEntityReferences
public void setExpandEntityReferences(boolean expandEntityRef)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will expand entity reference nodes. By default the value of this is set totrue
- Parameters:
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expandEntityRef
- true if the parser produced will expand entity reference nodes; false otherwise.
setIgnoringComments
public void setIgnoringComments(boolean ignoreComments)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will ignore comments. By default the value of this is set to
false
.- Parameters:
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ignoreComments
-boolean
value to ignore comments during processing
setCoalescing
public void setCoalescing(boolean coalescing)
Specifies that the parser produced by this code will convert CDATA nodes to Text nodes and append it to the adjacent (if any) text node. By default the value of this is set tofalse
- Parameters:
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coalescing
- true if the parser produced will convert CDATA nodes to Text nodes and append it to the adjacent (if any) text node; false otherwise.
isNamespaceAware
public boolean isNamespaceAware()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which are namespace aware.- Returns:
- true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which are namespace aware; false otherwise.
isValidating
public boolean isValidating()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which validate the XML content during parse.- Returns:
- true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which validate the XML content during parse; false otherwise.
isIgnoringElementContentWhitespace
public boolean isIgnoringElementContentWhitespace()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignore ignorable whitespace in element content.- Returns:
- true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignore ignorable whitespace in element content; false otherwise.
isExpandEntityReferences
public boolean isExpandEntityReferences()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which expand entity reference nodes.- Returns:
- true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which expand entity reference nodes; false otherwise.
isIgnoringComments
public boolean isIgnoringComments()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignores comments.- Returns:
- true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignores comments; false otherwise.
isCoalescing
public boolean isCoalescing()
Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which converts CDATA nodes to Text nodes and appends it to the adjacent (if any) Text node.- Returns:
- true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which converts CDATA nodes to Text nodes and appends it to the adjacent (if any) Text node; false otherwise.
setAttribute
public abstract void setAttribute(String name, Object value) throws IllegalArgumentException
Allows the user to set specific attributes on the underlying implementation.All implementations that implement JAXP 1.5 or newer are required to support the
XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD
andXMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_SCHEMA
properties.Setting the
XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD
property restricts the access to external DTDs, external Entity References to the protocols specified by the property. If access is denied during parsing due to the restriction of this property,SAXException
will be thrown by the parse methods defined byDocumentBuilder
.Setting the
XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_SCHEMA
property restricts the access to external Schema set by the schemaLocation attribute to the protocols specified by the property. If access is denied during parsing due to the restriction of this property,SAXException
will be thrown by the parse methods defined byDocumentBuilder
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- Parameters:
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name
- The name of the attribute. -
value
- The value of the attribute. - Throws:
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IllegalArgumentException
- thrown if the underlying implementation doesn't recognize the attribute.
getAttribute
public abstract Object getAttribute(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
Allows the user to retrieve specific attributes on the underlying implementation.- Parameters:
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name
- The name of the attribute. - Returns:
- value The value of the attribute.
- Throws:
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IllegalArgumentException
- thrown if the underlying implementation doesn't recognize the attribute.
setFeature
public abstract void setFeature(String name, boolean value) throws ParserConfigurationException
Set a feature for this
DocumentBuilderFactory
andDocumentBuilder
s created by this factory.Feature names are fully qualified
URI
s. Implementations may define their own features. AParserConfigurationException
is thrown if thisDocumentBuilderFactory
or theDocumentBuilder
s it creates cannot support the feature. It is possible for aDocumentBuilderFactory
to expose a feature value but be unable to change its state.All implementations are required to support the
XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING
feature. When the feature is:true
: the implementation will limit XML processing to conform to implementation limits. Examples include enity expansion limits and XML Schema constructs that would consume large amounts of resources. If XML processing is limited for security reasons, it will be reported via a call to the registeredErrorHandler.fatalError(SAXParseException exception)
. SeeDocumentBuilder.setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler)
.false
: the implementation will processing XML according to the XML specifications without regard to possible implementation limits.
- Parameters:
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name
- Feature name. -
value
- Is feature statetrue
orfalse
. - Throws:
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ParserConfigurationException
- if thisDocumentBuilderFactory
or theDocumentBuilder
s it creates cannot support this feature. -
NullPointerException
- If thename
parameter is null.
getFeature
public abstract boolean getFeature(String name) throws ParserConfigurationException
Get the state of the named feature.
Feature names are fully qualified
URI
s. Implementations may define their own features. AnParserConfigurationException
is thrown if thisDocumentBuilderFactory
or theDocumentBuilder
s it creates cannot support the feature. It is possible for anDocumentBuilderFactory
to expose a feature value but be unable to change its state.- Parameters:
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name
- Feature name. - Returns:
- State of the named feature.
- Throws:
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ParserConfigurationException
- if thisDocumentBuilderFactory
or theDocumentBuilder
s it creates cannot support this feature.
getSchema
public Schema getSchema()
Gets theSchema
object specified through thesetSchema(Schema schema)
method.- Returns:
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the
Schema
object that was last set through thesetSchema(Schema)
method, or null if the method was not invoked since aDocumentBuilderFactory
is created. - Throws:
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UnsupportedOperationException
- When implementation does not override this method. - Since:
- 1.5
setSchema
public void setSchema(Schema schema)
Set the
Schema
to be used by parsers created from this factory.When a
Schema
is non-null, a parser will use a validator created from it to validate documents before it passes information down to the application.When errors are found by the validator, the parser is responsible to report them to the user-specified
ErrorHandler
(or if the error handler is not set, ignore them or throw them), just like any other errors found by the parser itself. In other words, if the user-specifiedErrorHandler
is set, it must receive those errors, and if not, they must be treated according to the implementation specific default error handling rules.A validator may modify the outcome of a parse (for example by adding default values that were missing in documents), and a parser is responsible to make sure that the application will receive modified DOM trees.
Initialy, null is set as the
Schema
.This processing will take effect even if the
isValidating()
method returnsfalse
.It is an error to use the
http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaSource
property and/or thehttp://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage
property in conjunction with aSchema
object. Such configuration will cause aParserConfigurationException
exception when thenewDocumentBuilder()
is invoked.Note for implmentors
A parser must be able to work with any
Schema
implementation. However, parsers and schemas are allowed to use implementation-specific custom mechanisms as long as they yield the result described in the specification.- Parameters:
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schema
-Schema
to use ornull
to remove a schema. - Throws:
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UnsupportedOperationException
- When implementation does not override this method. - Since:
- 1.5
setXIncludeAware
public void setXIncludeAware(boolean state)
Set state of XInclude processing.
If XInclude markup is found in the document instance, should it be processed as specified in XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0.
XInclude processing defaults to
false
.- Parameters:
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state
- Set XInclude processing totrue
orfalse
- Throws:
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UnsupportedOperationException
- When implementation does not override this method. - Since:
- 1.5
isXIncludeAware
public boolean isXIncludeAware()
Get state of XInclude processing.
- Returns:
- current state of XInclude processing
- Throws:
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UnsupportedOperationException
- When implementation does not override this method. - Since:
- 1.5
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