javax.xml.parsers
Class DocumentBuilder

java.lang.Object
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  +--javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder

public abstract class DocumentBuilder

extends java.lang.Object

Defines the API to obtain DOM Document instances from an XML document. Using this class, an application programmer can obtain a Document from XML.

An instance of this class can be obtained from the DocumentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder() method. Once an instance of this class is obtained, XML can be parsed from a variety of input sources. These input sources are InputStreams, Files, URLs, and SAX InputSources.

Note that this class reuses several classes from the SAX API. This does not require that the implementor of the underlying DOM implementation use a SAX parser to parse XML document into a Document. It merely requires that the implementation communicate with the application using these existing APIs.

Method Summary

abstract DOMImplementation	getDOMImplementation() Obtain an instance of a DOMImplementation object.
Schema	getSchema() Get a reference to the the Schema being used by the XML processor.
abstract boolean	isNamespaceAware() Indicates whether or not this parser is configured to understand namespaces.
abstract boolean	isValidating() Indicates whether or not this parser is configured to validate XML documents.
boolean	isXIncludeAware() Get the XInclude processing mode for this parser.
abstract Document	newDocument() Obtain a new instance of a DOM Document object to build a DOM tree with.
Document	parse(java.io.File f) Parse the content of the given file as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object.
abstract Document	parse(InputSource is) Parse the content of the given input source as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object.
Document	parse(java.io.InputStream is) Parse the content of the given InputStream as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object.
Document	parse(java.io.InputStream is, java.lang.String systemId) Parse the content of the given InputStream as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object.
Document	parse(java.lang.String uri) Parse the content of the given URI as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object.
void	reset() Reset this DocumentBuilder to its original configuration.
abstract void	setEntityResolver(EntityResolver er) Specify the EntityResolver to be used to resolve entities present in the XML document to be parsed.
abstract void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh) Specify the ErrorHandler to be used by the parser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Reset this DocumentBuilder to its original configuration.

DocumentBuilder is reset to the same state as when it was created with DocumentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder(). reset() is designed to allow the reuse of existing DocumentBuilders thus saving resources associated with the creation of new DocumentBuilders.

The reset DocumentBuilder is not guaranteed to have the same EntityResolver or ErrorHandler Objects, e.g. Object.equals(Object obj). It is guaranteed to have a functionally equal EntityResolver and ErrorHandler.

Since:

1.5

parse

public Document parse(java.io.InputStream is)
               throws SAXException,
                      java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the given InputStream as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown if the InputStream is null.

Parameters:

is - InputStream containing the content to be parsed.

Returns:

Document result of parsing the InputStream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If any IO errors occur.

SAXException - If any parse errors occur.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public Document parse(java.io.InputStream is,
                      java.lang.String systemId)
               throws SAXException,
                      java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the given InputStream as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown if the InputStream is null.

Parameters:

is - InputStream containing the content to be parsed.

systemId - Provide a base for resolving relative URIs.

Returns:

A new DOM Document object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If any IO errors occur.

SAXException - If any parse errors occur.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public Document parse(java.lang.String uri)
               throws SAXException,
                      java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the given URI as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown if the URI is null null.

Parameters:

uri - The location of the content to be parsed.

Returns:

A new DOM Document object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If any IO errors occur.

SAXException - If any parse errors occur.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public Document parse(java.io.File f)
               throws SAXException,
                      java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the given file as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown if the File is null null.

Parameters:

f - The file containing the XML to parse.

Returns:

A new DOM Document object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If any IO errors occur.

SAXException - If any parse errors occur.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public abstract Document parse(InputSource is)
                        throws SAXException,
                               java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the given input source as an XML document and return a new DOM Document object. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown if the InputSource is null null.

Parameters:

is - InputSource containing the content to be parsed.

Returns:

A new DOM Document object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If any IO errors occur.

SAXException - If any parse errors occur.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

isNamespaceAware

public abstract boolean isNamespaceAware()

Indicates whether or not this parser is configured to understand namespaces.

Returns:

true if this parser is configured to understand namespaces; false otherwise.

isValidating

public abstract boolean isValidating()

Indicates whether or not this parser is configured to validate XML documents.

Returns:

true if this parser is configured to validate XML documents; false otherwise.

setEntityResolver

public abstract void setEntityResolver(EntityResolver er)

Specify the EntityResolver to be used to resolve entities present in the XML document to be parsed. Setting this to null will result in the underlying implementation using it's own default implementation and behavior.

Parameters:

er - The EntityResolver to be used to resolve entities present in the XML document to be parsed.

setErrorHandler

public abstract void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh)

Specify the ErrorHandler to be used by the parser. Setting this to null will result in the underlying implementation using it's own default implementation and behavior.

Parameters:

eh - The ErrorHandler to be used by the parser.

newDocument

public abstract Document newDocument()

Obtain a new instance of a DOM Document object to build a DOM tree with.

Returns:

A new instance of a DOM Document object.

getDOMImplementation

public abstract DOMImplementation getDOMImplementation()

Obtain an instance of a DOMImplementation object.

Returns:

A new instance of a DOMImplementation.

getSchema

public Schema getSchema()

Get a reference to the the Schema being used by the XML processor.

If no schema is being used, null is returned.

Returns:

Schema being used or null if none in use

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - For backward compatibility, when implementations for earlier versions of JAXP is used, this exception will be thrown.

Since:

1.5

isXIncludeAware

public boolean isXIncludeAware()

Get the XInclude processing mode for this parser.

Returns:

the return value of the DocumentBuilderFactory.isXIncludeAware() when this parser was created from factory.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - For backward compatibility, when implementations for earlier versions of JAXP is used, this exception will be thrown.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

DocumentBuilderFactory.setXIncludeAware(boolean)