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- javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory
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public abstract class SAXParserFactory extends Object
Defines a factory API that enables applications to configure and obtain a SAX based parser to parse XML documents.- Since:
- 1.4
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Modifier Constructor Description protected
SAXParserFactory()
Protected constructor to force use ofnewInstance()
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description abstract boolean
getFeature(String name)
Returns the particular property requested for in the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader.Schema
getSchema()
Gets theSchema
object specified through thesetSchema(Schema schema)
method.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.static SAXParserFactory
newDefaultInstance()
Creates a new instance of theSAXParserFactory
builtin system-default implementation.static SAXParserFactory
newInstance()
Obtain a new instance of aSAXParserFactory
.static SAXParserFactory
newInstance(String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader)
Obtain a new instance of aSAXParserFactory
from class name.abstract SAXParser
newSAXParser()
Creates a new instance of a SAXParser using the currently configured factory parameters.abstract void
setFeature(String name, boolean value)
Sets the particular feature in the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader.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
SAXParserFactory
protected SAXParserFactory()
Protected constructor to force use ofnewInstance()
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Method Detail
newDefaultInstance
public static SAXParserFactory newDefaultInstance()
Creates a new instance of theSAXParserFactory
builtin system-default implementation.- Returns:
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A new instance of the
SAXParserFactory
builtin system-default implementation. - Since:
- 9
newInstance
public static SAXParserFactory newInstance()
Obtain a new instance of aSAXParserFactory
. This static method creates a new factory instance This method uses the following ordered lookup procedure to determine theSAXParserFactory
implementation class to load:- Use the
javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory
system property. Use the configuration file "jaxp.properties". The file is in standard
Properties
format and typically located in theconf
directory of the Java installation. It 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 its 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.
Use the service-provider loading facility, 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.
Once an application has obtained a reference to a
SAXParserFactory
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
SAXParser
s, try:java -Djaxp.debug=1 YourProgram ....
- Returns:
- A new instance of a SAXParserFactory.
- Throws:
FactoryConfigurationError
- in case of service configuration error or if the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.
- Use the
newInstance
public static SAXParserFactory newInstance(String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader)
Obtain a new instance of aSAXParserFactory
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
SAXParserFactory
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 ....
- Parameters:
factoryClassName
- fully qualified factory class name that provides implementation ofjavax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory
.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
SAXParserFactory
- Throws:
FactoryConfigurationError
- iffactoryClassName
isnull
, or the factory class cannot be loaded, instantiated.- Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
newInstance()
newSAXParser
public abstract SAXParser newSAXParser() throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXException
Creates a new instance of a SAXParser using the currently configured factory parameters.- Returns:
- A new instance of a SAXParser.
- Throws:
ParserConfigurationException
- if a parser cannot be created which satisfies the requested configuration.SAXException
- for SAX errors.
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
.- Parameters:
awareness
- true if the parser produced by this code 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:
validating
- true if the parser produced by this code will validate documents as they are parsed; 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.
setFeature
public abstract void setFeature(String name, boolean value) throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException
Sets the particular feature in the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader. A list of the core features and properties can be found at http://www.saxproject.org/All implementations are required to support the
XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING
feature. When the feature istrue
: the implementation will limit XML processing to conform to implementation limits. Examples include entity 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)
. SeeSAXParser
parse
methods for handler specification.- When the feature is
false
, the implementation will processing XML according to the XML specifications without regard to possible implementation limits.
- Parameters:
name
- The name of the feature to be set.value
- The value of the feature to be set.- Throws:
ParserConfigurationException
- if a parser cannot be created which satisfies the requested configuration.SAXNotRecognizedException
- When the underlying XMLReader does not recognize the property name.SAXNotSupportedException
- When the underlying XMLReader recognizes the property name but doesn't support the property.NullPointerException
- If thename
parameter is null.- See Also:
XMLReader.setFeature(java.lang.String, boolean)
getFeature
public abstract boolean getFeature(String name) throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException
Returns the particular property requested for in the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader.- Parameters:
name
- The name of the property to be retrieved.- Returns:
- Value of the requested property.
- Throws:
ParserConfigurationException
- if a parser cannot be created which satisfies the requested configuration.SAXNotRecognizedException
- When the underlying XMLReader does not recognize the property name.SAXNotSupportedException
- When the underlying XMLReader recognizes the property name but doesn't support the property.- See Also:
XMLReader.getProperty(java.lang.String)
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 aSAXParserFactory
is created. - Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException
- When implementation does not override this method- Since:
- 1.5
setSchema
public void setSchema(Schema schema)
Set theSchema
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 warnings/errors/fatal errors are found by the validator, the parser must handle them as if those errors were found by the parser itself. In other words, if the user-specified
ErrorHandler
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 SAX event stream (for example by adding default values that were missing in documents), and a parser is responsible to make sure that the application will receive those modified event stream.
Initially,
null
is set as theSchema
.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 a non-nullSchema
object. Such configuration will cause aSAXException
exception when those properties are set on aSAXParser
.Note for implementors
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:
schema
-Schema
to use,null
to remove a schema.- Throws:
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:
state
- Set XInclude processing totrue
orfalse
- Throws:
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:
UnsupportedOperationException
- When implementation does not override this method- Since:
- 1.5
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