javax.xml.parsers
Class SAXParser

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class SAXParser

extends java.lang.Object

Builder for SAX parsers

Normally, users will create a SAX parser as follows:

 SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
 Parser parser = factory.newSAXParser();
 parser.setDocumentHandler(myDocumentHandler);
 parser.parse(myInputSource);
 

Constructor Summary

SAXParser()

Method Summary

abstract Parser	getParser() Returns the SAX parser
abstract boolean	isNamespaceAware() Returns true if the parser is namespace-aware
abstract boolean	isValidating() Returns true if the parser is validating
void	parse(java.io.File file, HandlerBase base) Parse given a File
void	parse(InputSource source, HandlerBase base) Parse given an input source
void	parse(java.io.InputStream stream, HandlerBase base) Parse the given input stream
void	parse(java.lang.String uri, HandlerBase base) Parse given a path name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SAXParser

public SAXParser()

Method Detail

parse

public void parse(java.io.InputStream stream,
                  HandlerBase base)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse the given input stream

Parameters:

stream - the input stream to be used as a source

base - the SAX handler base to receive events

parse

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

Parse given a path name

Parameters:

uri - a path to the file to open

base - the SAX handler base to receive events

parse

public void parse(java.io.File file,
                  HandlerBase base)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse given a File

Parameters:

file - a path to the file to open

base - the SAX handler base to receive events

parse

public void parse(InputSource source,
                  HandlerBase base)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

Parse given an input source

Parameters:

source - a SAX input source

base - the SAX handler base to receive events

getParser

public abstract Parser getParser()
                          throws SAXException

Returns the SAX parser

isNamespaceAware

public abstract boolean isNamespaceAware()

Returns true if the parser is namespace-aware

isValidating

public abstract boolean isValidating()

Returns true if the parser is validating