oracle.xml.parser.v2
Class XMLParser

oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParser

Direct Known Subclasses:

DOMParser, SAXParser

public abstract class XMLParser

implements XMLConstants

This class serves as a base class for the DOMParser and SAXParser classes. It contains methods to parse eXtensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 documents according to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendation. This class can not be instantiated (applications may use the DOM or SAX parser depending on their requirements).

Field Summary

Type	Field
protected java.util.Hashtable	attributes
static java.lang.String	BASE_URL Base URL used in parsing entities.
static java.lang.String	DTD_OBJECT DTD Object to be used for validation.
static java.lang.String	SCHEMA_OBJECT Schema Object to be used for validation.
static java.lang.String	STANDALONE Sets the standalone property of the input files.
static java.lang.String	USE_DTD_ONLY_FOR_VALIDATION If true, DTD Object is used only for validation and is not added to the parser document (Boolean.TRUE or Boolean.FALSE) This property/attribute is only if setDoctype is called to use a fixed DTD.

Fields inherited from interface oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLConstants

AMP, ASTERISK, AUTO_VALIDATION, cANY, cATTLIST, cCDATA, cCDATAEND, cCDATASTART, cCOMMENTEND, cCOMMENTSTART, cDECCREF, cDECLSTART, cDOCTYPE, cELEMENT, cEMPTY, cEMPTYTAGEND, cENCODING, cENDTAGSTART, cENTITIES, cENTITY, cFIXED, cHEXCREF, cID, cIDREF, cIDREFS, cIGNORE, cIMPLIED, cINCLUDE, cNDATA, cNMTOKEN, cNMTOKENS, cNOTATION, COLON, COMMA, cPIEND, cPISTART, cPUBLIC, cREQUIRED, cSTANDALONE, cSYSTEM, cVERSION, cXML, DEFAULT_HASHSIZE_BIG, DEFAULT_HASHSIZE_SMALL, DEFAULT_PREFIX, DOUBLEQUOTE, DTD_VALIDATION, EOF, EQ, ERROR, EXT_GEN_ENTITY_FEATURE, EXT_PAR_ENTITY_FEATURE, FATAL_ERROR, FDIGIT, FLETTER, FMISCNAME, FSTARTNAME, FWHITESPACE, HASH, ICOUNT, ISTART, LEFTSQB, LPAREN, nameCDATA, nameCOMMENT, nameDOCUMENT, nameDOCUMENTFRAGMENT, nameENCODING, nameNameSpace, NAMESPACE_FEATURE, NAMESPACE_PREFIX_FEATURE, nameSpaceSeparator, nameSTANDALONE, nameTEXT, nameVERSION, nameXML, nameXMLLang, nameXMLNamespace, nameXMLNSNamespace, nameXMLSpace, nameXSLPI, NONVALIDATING, OR, PARTIAL_VALIDATION, PERCENT, PLUS, QMARK, QUOTE, RIGHTSQB, RPAREN, SCHEMA_LAX_VALIDATION, SCHEMA_STRICT_VALIDATION, SCHEMA_VALIDATION, SEMICOLON, SLASH, STRING_INTERN_FEATURE, TAGEND, TAGSTART, VALIDATION_FEATURE, WARNING

Method Summary

Type	Method
java.lang.Object	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Allows the user to retrieve specific attributes on the underlying implementation.
java.net.URL	getBaseURL()
static java.lang.String	getCompatibilityVersion()
EntityResolver	getEntityResolver() Return the current entity resolver.
ErrorHandler	getErrorHandler() Return the current error handler.
static java.lang.String	getReleaseVersion() Returns the release version of the Oracle XML Parser
boolean	getValidationMode() Returns the validation mode
int	getValidationModeValue() Returns the validation mode
java.lang.Object	getXMLProperty(java.lang.String name) Get a property.
boolean	isXMLPropertyReadOnly(java.lang.String name) Check is the property is read-only Returns true if the property is not supported
boolean	isXMLPropertySupported(java.lang.String name) Check is the property is supported
void	parse(InputSource in) Parses the XML from given input source
void	parse(java.io.InputStream in) Parses the XML from given input stream.
void	parse(java.io.Reader r) Parses the XML from given input stream.
void	parse(java.lang.String in) Parses the XML from the URL indicated
void	parse(java.net.URL url) Parses the XML document pointed to by the given URL and creates the corresponding XML document hierarchy.
void	reset() Resets the parser state
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Allows the user to set specific attributes on the underlying implementation.
void	setBaseURL(java.net.URL url) Set the base URL for loading external enitites and DTDs.
void	setDoctype(DTD dtd) Set the DTD
void	setEntityResolver(EntityResolver resolver) Allow an application to register an entity resolver.
void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler) Allow an application to register an error event handler.
void	setLocale(java.util.Locale locale) Applications can use this to set the locale for error reporting.
void	setPreserveWhitespace(boolean flag) Set the white space preserving mode
void	setSchemaValidationMode(boolean flag) Deprecated. Replaced by setValidationMode(int).
void	setValidationMode(boolean yes) Deprecated. Replaced by setValidationMode(int).
void	setValidationMode(int valMode) Set the validation mode This method sets the validation mode of the parser to one of the 4 types: NONVALIDATING, PARTIAL_VALIDATION, DTD_VALIDATION and SCHEMA_VALIDATION.
java.lang.Object	setXMLProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Set a property.
void	setXMLSchema(java.lang.Object schema) Set an XMLSchema for validating the instance document

Field Detail

DTD_OBJECT

public static final java.lang.String DTD_OBJECT

DTD Object to be used for validation. Replaces XMLParser.setDoctype()

USE_DTD_ONLY_FOR_VALIDATION

public static final java.lang.String USE_DTD_ONLY_FOR_VALIDATION

If true, DTD Object is used only for validation and is not added to the parser document (Boolean.TRUE or Boolean.FALSE) This property/attribute is only if setDoctype is called to use a fixed DTD.

SCHEMA_OBJECT

public static final java.lang.String SCHEMA_OBJECT

Schema Object to be used for validation. Replaces XMLParser.setXMLSchema()

BASE_URL

public static final java.lang.String BASE_URL

Base URL used in parsing entities. Replaces setBaseURL(); Should be URL object

STANDALONE

public static final java.lang.String STANDALONE

Sets the standalone property of the input files. If true the DTDs are not retrieved.

attributes

protected java.util.Hashtable attributes

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Resets the parser state

parse

public void parse(InputSource in)
           throws XMLParseException,
                  SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parses the XML from given input source

Parameters:

in - the org.xml.sax.InputSouce to parse

Throws:

XMLParseException - if syntax or other error encountered.

SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

java.io.IOException - IO Error.

parse

public void parse(java.lang.String in)
           throws XMLParseException,
                  SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parses the XML from the URL indicated

Parameters:

in - the String containing the URL to parse from

Throws:

XMLParseException - if syntax or other error encountered.

SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

java.io.IOException - IO Error.

parse

public final void parse(java.net.URL url)
                 throws XMLParseException,
                        SAXException,
                        java.io.IOException

Parses the XML document pointed to by the given URL and creates the corresponding XML document hierarchy.

Parameters:

url - the url points to the XML document to parse.

Throws:

XMLParseException - if syntax or other error encountered.

SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

java.io.IOException - IO Error.

parse

public final void parse(java.io.InputStream in)
                 throws XMLParseException,
                        SAXException,
                        java.io.IOException

Parses the XML from given input stream. The base URL should be set for resolving external entities and DTD.

Parameters:

in - the InputStream containing XML data to parse.

Throws:

XMLParseException - if syntax or other error encountered.

SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

java.io.IOException - IO Error.

See Also:

setBaseURL(java.net.URL)

parse

public final void parse(java.io.Reader r)
                 throws XMLParseException,
                        SAXException,
                        java.io.IOException

Parses the XML from given input stream. The base URL should be set for resolving external entities and DTD.

Parameters:

r - the Reader containing XML data to parse.

Throws:

XMLParseException - if syntax or other error encountered.

SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

java.io.IOException - IO Error.

See Also:

setBaseURL(java.net.URL)

setEntityResolver

public void setEntityResolver(EntityResolver resolver)

Allow an application to register an entity resolver.

If the application does not register an entity resolver, the XMLReader will perform its own default resolution.

Applications may register a new or different resolver in the middle of a parse, and the SAX parser must begin using the new resolver immediately.

Parameters:

resolver - The entity resolver.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - If the resolver argument is null.

See Also:

getEntityResolver()

getEntityResolver

public EntityResolver getEntityResolver()

Return the current entity resolver.

Returns:

The current entity resolver, or null if none has been registered.

Since:

SAX 2.0

See Also:

setEntityResolver(org.xml.sax.EntityResolver)

setErrorHandler

public void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler)

Allow an application to register an error event handler.

If the application does not register an error handler, all error events reported by the SAX parser will be silently ignored; however, normal processing may not continue. It is highly recommended that all SAX applications implement an error handler to avoid unexpected bugs.

Applications may register a new or different handler in the middle of a parse, and the SAX parser must begin using the new handler immediately.

Parameters:

handler - The error handler.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - If the handler argument is null.

See Also:

getErrorHandler()

getErrorHandler

public ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()

Return the current error handler.

Returns:

The current error handler, or null if none has been registered.

Since:

SAX 2.0

See Also:

setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler)

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)
               throws SAXException

Applications can use this to set the locale for error reporting.

Parameters:

locale - Locale to set

Throws:

SAXException - A SAXException could be thrown.

See Also:

Parser.setLocale(java.util.Locale)

setDoctype

public void setDoctype(DTD dtd)

Set the DTD

Parameters:

dtd - DTD to set and used while parsing

setSchemaValidationMode

public void setSchemaValidationMode(boolean flag)

Deprecated. Replaced by setValidationMode(int).

Set the schema validation mode

Parameters:

flag - determines whether the XML parser should invoke schema validating

setValidationMode

public void setValidationMode(boolean yes)

Deprecated. Replaced by setValidationMode(int).

Set the validation mode

Parameters:

yes - determines whether the XML parser should be validating

setValidationMode

public void setValidationMode(int valMode)

Set the validation mode This method sets the validation mode of the parser to one of the 4 types: NONVALIDATING, PARTIAL_VALIDATION, DTD_VALIDATION and SCHEMA_VALIDATION.

Parameters:

valMode - determines the type of the validation mode which the parser is set to

setBaseURL

public void setBaseURL(java.net.URL url)

Set the base URL for loading external enitites and DTDs. This method should to be called if the parse(InputStream) is used to parse the XML Document

Parameters:

url - The base URL

getBaseURL

public java.net.URL getBaseURL()

setPreserveWhitespace

public void setPreserveWhitespace(boolean flag)

Set the white space preserving mode

Parameters:

flag - preserving mode

getValidationMode

public boolean getValidationMode()

Returns the validation mode

Returns:

true if the XML parser is validating false if not

getValidationModeValue

public int getValidationModeValue()

Returns the validation mode

Returns:

0 if the XML parser is NONVALIDATING 1 if the XML parser is PARTIAL_VALIDATION 2 if the XML parser is DTD_VALIDATION 3 if the XML parser is SCHEMA_VALIDATION

getReleaseVersion

public static java.lang.String getReleaseVersion()

Returns the release version of the Oracle XML Parser

Returns:

the release version string

setXMLSchema

public void setXMLSchema(java.lang.Object schema)

Set an XMLSchema for validating the instance document

Parameters:

schema - The XMLSchema object

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.Object value)
                  throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Allows the user to set specific attributes on the underlying implementation.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

value - The value of the attribute.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - thrown if the underlying implementation doesn't recognize the attribute.

getAttribute

public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name)
                              throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Allows the user to retrieve specific attributes on the underlying implementation.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

Returns:

value The value of the attribute.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - thrown if the underlying implementation doesn't recognize the attribute.

setXMLProperty

public java.lang.Object setXMLProperty(java.lang.String name,
                                       java.lang.Object value)

Set a property. The value of the property set is returned if successfully set, a null is returned if the property is read-only and cannot be set or is not supported.

Parameters:

name - - name of the property

value - - value of the property

Returns:

Object - the set property

getXMLProperty

public java.lang.Object getXMLProperty(java.lang.String name)

Get a property. The property is returned if present and supported, else null is returned

Parameters:

name - - name of the property

Returns:

Object - value of the property

isXMLPropertySupported

public boolean isXMLPropertySupported(java.lang.String name)

Check is the property is supported

Parameters:

name - - name of the property

Returns:

boolean - TRUE is supported

isXMLPropertyReadOnly

public boolean isXMLPropertyReadOnly(java.lang.String name)

Check is the property is read-only Returns true if the property is not supported

Parameters:

name - - name of the property

Returns:

boolean - TRUE is read-only

getCompatibilityVersion

public static java.lang.String getCompatibilityVersion()