javax.xml.parsers
Class SAXParser

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

public abstract class SAXParser

extends java.lang.Object

Defines the API that wraps an XMLReader implementation class. In JAXP 1.0, this class wrapped the Parser interface, however this interface was replaced by the XMLReader. For ease of transition, this class continues to support the same name and interface as well as supporting new methods. An instance of this class can be obtained from the SAXParserFactory.newSAXParser() 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.

As the content is parsed by the underlying parser, methods of the given HandlerBase or the DefaultHandler are called.

Implementors of this class which wrap an underlying implementation can consider using the ParserAdapter class to initially adapt their SAX1 impelemntation to work under this revised class.

An implementation of SAXParser is NOT guaranteed to behave as per the specification if it is used concurrently by two or more threads. It is recommended to have one instance of the SAXParser per thread or it is upto the application to make sure about the use of SAXParser from more than one thread.

Since:

JAXP 1.0

Method Summary

abstract Parser	getParser() Returns the SAX parser that is encapsultated by the implementation of this class.
abstract java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String name) Returns the particular property requested for in the underlying implementation of XMLReader.
abstract XMLReader	getXMLReader() Returns the XMLReader that is encapsulated by the implementation of this class.
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.
void	parse(java.io.File f, DefaultHandler dh) Parse the content of the file specified as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.
void	parse(java.io.File f, HandlerBase hb) Parse the content of the file specified as XML using the specified HandlerBase.
void	parse(InputSource is, DefaultHandler dh) Parse the content given InputSource as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.
void	parse(InputSource is, HandlerBase hb) Parse the content given InputSource as XML using the specified HandlerBase.
void	parse(java.io.InputStream is, DefaultHandler dh) Parse the content of the given InputStream instance as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.
void	parse(java.io.InputStream is, DefaultHandler dh, java.lang.String systemId) Parse the content of the given InputStream instance as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.
void	parse(java.io.InputStream is, HandlerBase hb) Parse the content of the given InputStream instance as XML using the specified HandlerBase.
void	parse(java.io.InputStream is, HandlerBase hb, java.lang.String systemId) Parse the content of the given InputStream instance as XML using the specified HandlerBase.
void	parse(java.lang.String uri, DefaultHandler dh) Parse the content described by the giving Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.
void	parse(java.lang.String uri, HandlerBase hb) Parse the content described by the giving Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) as XML using the specified HandlerBase.
abstract void	setProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Sets the particular property in the underlying implementation of XMLReader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parse

public void parse(java.io.InputStream is,
                  HandlerBase hb)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the given InputStream instance as XML using the specified HandlerBase. Use of the DefaultHandler version of this method is recommended as the HandlerBase class has been deprecated in SAX 2.0

Parameters:

is - InputStream containing the content to be parsed.

hb - The SAX HandlerBase to use.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the given InputStream is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

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

Parse the content of the given InputStream instance as XML using the specified HandlerBase. Use of the DefaultHandler version of this method is recommended as the HandlerBase class has been deprecated in SAX 2.0

Parameters:

is - InputStream containing the content to be parsed.

hb - The SAX HandlerBase to use.

systemId - The systemId which is needed for resolving relative URIs.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the given InputStream is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

version of this method instead.

parse

public void parse(java.io.InputStream is,
                  DefaultHandler dh)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the given InputStream instance as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.

Parameters:

is - InputStream containing the content to be parsed.

dh - The SAX DefaultHandler to use.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the given InputStream is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

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

Parse the content of the given InputStream instance as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.

Parameters:

is - InputStream containing the content to be parsed.

dh - The SAX DefaultHandler to use.

systemId - The systemId which is needed for resolving relative URIs.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the given InputStream is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

version of this method instead.

parse

public void parse(java.lang.String uri,
                  HandlerBase hb)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the content described by the giving Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) as XML using the specified HandlerBase. Use of the DefaultHandler version of this method is recommended as the HandlerBase class has been deprecated in SAX 2.0

Parameters:

uri - The location of the content to be parsed.

hb - The SAX HandlerBase to use.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the uri is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public void parse(java.lang.String uri,
                  DefaultHandler dh)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the content described by the giving Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.

Parameters:

uri - The location of the content to be parsed.

dh - The SAX DefaultHandler to use.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the uri is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public void parse(java.io.File f,
                  HandlerBase hb)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the file specified as XML using the specified HandlerBase. Use of the DefaultHandler version of this method is recommended as the HandlerBase class has been deprecated in SAX 2.0

Parameters:

f - The file containing the XML to parse

hb - The SAX HandlerBase to use.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the File object is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public void parse(java.io.File f,
                  DefaultHandler dh)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the content of the file specified as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.

Parameters:

f - The file containing the XML to parse

dh - The SAX DefaultHandler to use.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the File object is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public void parse(InputSource is,
                  HandlerBase hb)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the content given InputSource as XML using the specified HandlerBase. Use of the DefaultHandler version of this method is recommended as the HandlerBase class has been deprecated in SAX 2.0

Parameters:

is - The InputSource containing the content to be parsed.

hb - The SAX HandlerBase to use.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the InputSource is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

parse

public void parse(InputSource is,
                  DefaultHandler dh)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the content given InputSource as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.

Parameters:

is - The InputSource containing the content to be parsed.

dh - The SAX DefaultHandler to use.

Throws:

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

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the InputSource is null.

SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.

See Also:

DocumentHandler

getParser

public abstract Parser getParser()
                          throws SAXException

Returns the SAX parser that is encapsultated by the implementation of this class.

Returns:

The SAX parser that is encapsultated by the implementation of this class.

getXMLReader

public abstract XMLReader getXMLReader()
                                throws SAXException

Returns the XMLReader that is encapsulated by the implementation of this class.

Returns:

The XMLReader that is encapsulated by the implementation of this class.

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.

setProperty

public abstract void setProperty(java.lang.String name,
                                 java.lang.Object value)
                          throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                 SAXNotSupportedException

Sets the particular property in the underlying implementation of XMLReader. A list of the core features and properties can be found at http://www.megginson.com/SAX/Java/features.html

Parameters:

name - The name of the property to be set.

value - The value of the property to be set.

Throws:

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.setProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)

getProperty

public abstract java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String name)
                                      throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                             SAXNotSupportedException

Returns the particular property requested for in the underlying implementation of XMLReader.

Parameters:

name - The name of the property to be retrieved.

Returns:

Value of the requested property.

Throws:

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)