src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester/ParserFeatureSetterFactory.java

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package org.apache.commons.digester;

import java.util.Properties;

import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;

import org.apache.commons.digester.parser.GenericParser;
import org.apache.commons.digester.parser.XercesParser;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;

/**
 * Creates a <code>SAXParser</code> based on the underlying parser.
 * Allows logical properties depending on logical parser versions
 * to be set.
 *
 * @since 1.6
 * @deprecated Create an XMLParser instance yourself, configure validation
 *             appropriately, and pass it as a parameter to the
 *             {@link Digester} constructor, or use
 *             {@link Digester#setXMLSchema(javax.xml.validation.Schema)} for validation.
 */
@Deprecated
public class ParserFeatureSetterFactory {

    /**
     * <code>true</code> is Xerces is used.
     */
    private static boolean isXercesUsed; 

    static {
        try{
            // Use reflection to avoid a build dependency with Xerces.
            //
            // Note that this does not detect Sun's repackaging of 
            // Xerces as com.sun.org.apache.xerces; perhaps it should?
            SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
            if (factory.getClass().getName().startsWith("org.apache.xerces")) {
                isXercesUsed = true;
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            isXercesUsed = false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create a new <code>SAXParser</code>
     * @param properties (logical) properties to be set on parser
     * @return a <code>SAXParser</code> configured based on the underlying
     * parser implementation.
     */
    public static SAXParser newSAXParser(Properties properties)
            throws ParserConfigurationException, 
                   SAXException,
                   SAXNotRecognizedException, 
                   SAXNotSupportedException {

        if (isXercesUsed){
            return XercesParser.newSAXParser(properties);
        } else {
            return GenericParser.newSAXParser(properties);
        }
    }

}