Class SAXBuilder
InputSource
instance using a SAX parser. The builder uses a
third-party SAX parser (chosen by JAXP by default, or you can choose
manually) to handle the parsing duties and simply listens to the SAX events
to construct a document. Details which SAX does not provide, such as
whitespace outside the root element, are not represented in the JDOM
document. Information about SAX can be found at http://www.saxproject.org.
Known issues: Relative paths for a DocType
or EntityRef
may
be converted by the SAX parser into absolute paths.
- Version:
- $Revision: 1.93 $, $Date: 2009/07/23 06:26:26 $
- Author:
- Jason Hunter, Brett McLaughlin, Dan Schaffer, Philip Nelson, Alex Rosen
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorsConstructorDescriptionCreates a new SAXBuilder which will attempt to first locate a parser via JAXP, then will try to use a set of default SAX Drivers.SAXBuilder
(boolean validate) Creates a new SAXBuilder which will attempt to first locate a parser via JAXP, then will try to use a set of default SAX Drivers.SAXBuilder
(String saxDriverClass) Creates a new SAXBuilder using the specified SAX parser.SAXBuilder
(String saxDriverClass, boolean validate) Creates a new SAXBuilder using the specified SAX parser. -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionThis builds a document from the supplied filename.build
(InputStream in) This builds a document from the supplied input stream.build
(InputStream in, String systemId) This builds a document from the supplied input stream.This builds a document from the supplied Reader.This builds a document from the supplied Reader.This builds a document from the supplied URI.This builds a document from the supplied URL.build
(InputSource in) This builds a document from the supplied input source.protected void
configureContentHandler
(SAXHandler contentHandler) This configures the SAXHandler that will be used to build the Document.protected void
configureParser
(XMLReader parser, SAXHandler contentHandler) This configures the XMLReader to be used for reading the XML document.protected SAXHandler
This creates the SAXHandler that will be used to build the Document.protected XMLReader
This creates the XMLReader to be used for reading the XML document.Returns the driver class assigned in the constructor, or null if none.Returns theDTDHandler
assigned, or null if none.Returns theEntityResolver
assigned, or null if none.Returns theErrorHandler
assigned, or null if none.boolean
Returns whether or not entities are being expanded into normal text content.Returns the currentJDOMFactory
in use.boolean
Returns whether or not the parser will elminate element content containing only whitespace.boolean
Returns whether element content whitespace is to be ignored during the build.boolean
Returns whether the contained SAX parser instance is reused across multiple parses.boolean
Returns whether validation is to be performed during the build.Returns theXMLFilter
used during parsing, or null if none.void
setDTDHandler
(DTDHandler dtdHandler) This sets custom DTDHandler for theBuilder
.void
setEntityResolver
(EntityResolver entityResolver) This sets custom EntityResolver for theBuilder
.void
setErrorHandler
(ErrorHandler errorHandler) This sets custom ErrorHandler for theBuilder
.void
setExpandEntities
(boolean expand) This sets whether or not to expand entities for the builder.void
setFactory
(JDOMFactory factory) This sets a custom JDOMFactory for the builder.void
setFastReconfigure
(boolean fastReconfigure) Specifies whether this builder will do fast reconfiguration of the underlying SAX parser when reuseParser is true.void
setFeature
(String name, boolean value) This sets a feature on the SAX parser.void
setIgnoringBoundaryWhitespace
(boolean ignoringBoundaryWhite) Specifies whether or not the parser should elminate boundary whitespace, a term that indicates whitespace-only text between element tags.void
setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace
(boolean ignoringWhite) Specifies whether or not the parser should elminate whitespace in element content (sometimes known as "ignorable whitespace") when building the document.void
setProperty
(String name, Object value) This sets a property on the SAX parser.void
setReuseParser
(boolean reuseParser) Specifies whether this builder shall reuse the same SAX parser when performing subsequent parses or allocate a new parser for each parse.void
setValidation
(boolean validate) This sets validation for the builder.void
setXMLFilter
(XMLFilter xmlFilter) This sets a customXMLFilter
for the builder.
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Constructor Details
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SAXBuilder
public SAXBuilder()Creates a new SAXBuilder which will attempt to first locate a parser via JAXP, then will try to use a set of default SAX Drivers. The underlying parser will not validate. -
SAXBuilder
public SAXBuilder(boolean validate) Creates a new SAXBuilder which will attempt to first locate a parser via JAXP, then will try to use a set of default SAX Drivers. The underlying parser will validate or not according to the given parameter.- Parameters:
validate
-boolean
indicating if validation should occur.
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SAXBuilder
Creates a new SAXBuilder using the specified SAX parser. The underlying parser will not validate.- Parameters:
saxDriverClass
-String
name of SAX Driver to use for parsing.
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SAXBuilder
Creates a new SAXBuilder using the specified SAX parser. The underlying parser will validate or not according to the given parameter.- Parameters:
saxDriverClass
-String
name of SAX Driver to use for parsing.validate
-boolean
indicating if validation should occur.
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Method Details
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getDriverClass
Returns the driver class assigned in the constructor, or null if none.- Returns:
- the driver class assigned in the constructor
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getFactory
Returns the currentJDOMFactory
in use.- Returns:
- the factory in use
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setFactory
This sets a custom JDOMFactory for the builder. Use this to build the tree with your own subclasses of the JDOM classes.- Parameters:
factory
-JDOMFactory
to use
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getValidation
public boolean getValidation()Returns whether validation is to be performed during the build.- Returns:
- whether validation is to be performed during the build
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setValidation
public void setValidation(boolean validate) This sets validation for the builder.- Parameters:
validate
-boolean
indicating whether validation should occur.
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getErrorHandler
Returns theErrorHandler
assigned, or null if none.- Returns:
- the ErrorHandler assigned, or null if none
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setErrorHandler
This sets custom ErrorHandler for theBuilder
.- Parameters:
errorHandler
-ErrorHandler
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getEntityResolver
Returns theEntityResolver
assigned, or null if none.- Returns:
- the EntityResolver assigned
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setEntityResolver
This sets custom EntityResolver for theBuilder
.- Parameters:
entityResolver
-EntityResolver
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getDTDHandler
Returns theDTDHandler
assigned, or null if none.- Returns:
- the DTDHandler assigned
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setDTDHandler
This sets custom DTDHandler for theBuilder
.- Parameters:
dtdHandler
-DTDHandler
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getXMLFilter
Returns theXMLFilter
used during parsing, or null if none.- Returns:
- the XMLFilter used during parsing
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setXMLFilter
This sets a customXMLFilter
for the builder.- Parameters:
xmlFilter
- the filter to use
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getIgnoringElementContentWhitespace
public boolean getIgnoringElementContentWhitespace()Returns whether element content whitespace is to be ignored during the build.- Returns:
- whether element content whitespace is to be ignored during the build
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setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace
public void setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(boolean ignoringWhite) Specifies whether or not the parser should elminate whitespace in element content (sometimes known as "ignorable whitespace") when building the document. Only whitespace which is contained within element content that has an element only content model will be eliminated (see XML Rec 3.2.1). For this setting to take effect requires that validation be turned on. The default value of this setting isfalse
.- Parameters:
ignoringWhite
- Whether to ignore ignorable whitespace
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getIgnoringBoundaryWhitespace
public boolean getIgnoringBoundaryWhitespace()Returns whether or not the parser will elminate element content containing only whitespace.- Returns:
boolean
- whether only whitespace content will be ignored during build.- See Also:
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setIgnoringBoundaryWhitespace
public void setIgnoringBoundaryWhitespace(boolean ignoringBoundaryWhite) Specifies whether or not the parser should elminate boundary whitespace, a term that indicates whitespace-only text between element tags. This feature is a lot likesetIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(boolean)
but this feature is more aggressive and doesn't require validation be turned on. ThesetIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(boolean)
call impacts the SAX parse process while this method impacts the JDOM build process, so it can be beneficial to turn both on for efficiency. For implementation efficiency, this method actually removes all whitespace-only text() nodes. That can, in some cases (like beteween an element tag and a comment), include whitespace that isn't just boundary whitespace. The default isfalse
.- Parameters:
ignoringBoundaryWhite
- Whether to ignore whitespace-only text noes
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getReuseParser
public boolean getReuseParser()Returns whether the contained SAX parser instance is reused across multiple parses. The default is true.- Returns:
- whether the contained SAX parser instance is reused across multiple parses
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setReuseParser
public void setReuseParser(boolean reuseParser) Specifies whether this builder shall reuse the same SAX parser when performing subsequent parses or allocate a new parser for each parse. The default value of this setting istrue
(parser reuse).Note: As SAX parser instances are not thread safe, the parser reuse feature should not be used with SAXBuilder instances shared among threads.
- Parameters:
reuseParser
- Whether to reuse the SAX parser.
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setFastReconfigure
public void setFastReconfigure(boolean fastReconfigure) Specifies whether this builder will do fast reconfiguration of the underlying SAX parser when reuseParser is true. This improves performance in cases where SAXBuilders are reused and lots of small documents are frequently parsed. This avoids attempting to set features on the SAX parser each time build() is called which result in SaxNotRecognizedExceptions. This should ONLY be set for builders where this specific case is an issue. The default value of this setting isfalse
(no fast reconfiguration). If reuseParser is false, calling this has no effect.- Parameters:
fastReconfigure
- Whether to do a fast reconfiguration of the parser
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setFeature
This sets a feature on the SAX parser. See the SAX documentation for . more information.NOTE: SAXBuilder requires that some particular features of the SAX parser be set up in certain ways for it to work properly. The list of such features may change in the future. Therefore, the use of this method may cause parsing to break, and even if it doesn't break anything today it might break parsing in a future JDOM version, because what JDOM parsers require may change over time. Use with caution.
- Parameters:
name
- The feature name, which is a fully-qualified URI.value
- The requested state of the feature (true or false).
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setProperty
This sets a property on the SAX parser. See the SAX documentation for more information.NOTE: SAXBuilder requires that some particular properties of the SAX parser be set up in certain ways for it to work properly. The list of such properties may change in the future. Therefore, the use of this method may cause parsing to break, and even if it doesn't break anything today it might break parsing in a future JDOM version, because what JDOM parsers require may change over time. Use with caution.
- Parameters:
name
- The property name, which is a fully-qualified URI.value
- The requested value for the property.
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build
This builds a document from the supplied input source.- Parameters:
in
-InputSource
to read from- Returns:
Document
resultant Document object- Throws:
JDOMException
- when errors occur in parsingIOException
- when an I/O error prevents a document from being fully parsed
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createContentHandler
This creates the SAXHandler that will be used to build the Document.- Returns:
SAXHandler
- resultant SAXHandler object.
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configureContentHandler
This configures the SAXHandler that will be used to build the Document.The default implementation simply passes through some configuration settings that were set on the SAXBuilder: setExpandEntities() and setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace().
- Parameters:
contentHandler
- The SAXHandler to configure
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createParser
This creates the XMLReader to be used for reading the XML document.The default behavior is to (1) use the saxDriverClass, if it has been set, (2) try to obtain a parser from JAXP, if it is available, and (3) if all else fails, use a hard-coded default parser (currently the Xerces parser). Subclasses may override this method to determine the parser to use in a different way.
- Returns:
XMLReader
- resultant XMLReader object.- Throws:
JDOMException
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configureParser
This configures the XMLReader to be used for reading the XML document.The default implementation sets various options on the given XMLReader, such as validation, DTD resolution, entity handlers, etc., according to the options that were set (e.g. via
setEntityResolver
) and set various SAX properties and features that are required for JDOM internals. These features may change in future releases, so change this behavior at your own risk.- Parameters:
parser
-contentHandler
-- Throws:
JDOMException
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build
This builds a document from the supplied input stream.
- Parameters:
in
-InputStream
to read from- Returns:
Document
resultant Document object- Throws:
JDOMException
- when errors occur in parsingIOException
- when an I/O error prevents a document from being fully parsed.
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build
This builds a document from the supplied filename.
- Parameters:
file
-File
to read from- Returns:
Document
resultant Document object- Throws:
JDOMException
- when errors occur in parsingIOException
- when an I/O error prevents a document from being fully parsed
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build
This builds a document from the supplied URL.
- Parameters:
url
-URL
to read from.- Returns:
Document
- resultant Document object.- Throws:
JDOMException
- when errors occur in parsingIOException
- when an I/O error prevents a document from being fully parsed.
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build
This builds a document from the supplied input stream.
- Parameters:
in
-InputStream
to read from.systemId
- base for resolving relative URIs- Returns:
Document
resultant Document object- Throws:
JDOMException
- when errors occur in parsingIOException
- when an I/O error prevents a document from being fully parsed
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build
This builds a document from the supplied Reader. It's the programmer's responsibility to make sure the reader matches the encoding of the file. It's often easier and safer to use an InputStream rather than a Reader, and to let the parser auto-detect the encoding from the XML declaration.
- Parameters:
characterStream
-Reader
to read from- Returns:
Document
resultant Document object- Throws:
JDOMException
- when errors occur in parsingIOException
- when an I/O error prevents a document from being fully parsed
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build
This builds a document from the supplied Reader. It's the programmer's responsibility to make sure the reader matches the encoding of the file. It's often easier and safer to use an InputStream rather than a Reader, and to let the parser auto-detect the encoding from the XML declaration.
- Parameters:
characterStream
-Reader
to read from.systemId
- base for resolving relative URIs- Returns:
Document
resultant Document object- Throws:
JDOMException
- when errors occur in parsingIOException
- when an I/O error prevents a document from being fully parsed
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build
This builds a document from the supplied URI.
- Parameters:
systemId
- URI for the input- Returns:
Document
resultant Document object- Throws:
JDOMException
- when errors occur in parsingIOException
- when an I/O error prevents a document from being fully parsed
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getExpandEntities
public boolean getExpandEntities()Returns whether or not entities are being expanded into normal text content.- Returns:
- whether entities are being expanded
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setExpandEntities
public void setExpandEntities(boolean expand) This sets whether or not to expand entities for the builder. A true means to expand entities as normal content. A false means to leave entities unexpanded as
EntityRef
objects. The default is true.When this setting is false, the internal DTD subset is retained; when this setting is true, the internal DTD subset is not retained.
Note that Xerces (at least up to 1.4.4) has a bug where entities in attribute values will be misreported if this flag is turned off, resulting in entities to appear within element content. When turning entity expansion off either avoid entities in attribute values, or use another parser like Crimson. http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6111
- Parameters:
expand
-boolean
indicating whether entity expansion should occur.
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