src/framework/XMLEntityHandler.hpp

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/**
  * $Log$
  * Revision 1.1  1999/11/09 01:08:33  twl
  * Initial revision
  *
  * Revision 1.2  1999/11/08 20:44:38  rahul
  * Swat for adding in Product name and CVS comment log variable.
  *
  */


#if !defined(XMLENTITYHANDLER_HPP)
#define XMLENTITYHANDLER_HPP

#include <util/XML4CDefs.hpp>

class InputSource;
class XMLBuffer;


//
//  This abstract class is a callback mechanism for the scanner. By creating
//  a derivative of this class and plugging into the scanner, the scanner
//  will call back on the object's methods to entity events.
//
class XMLPARSER_EXPORT XMLEntityHandler
{
public:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Constructors are hidden, only the virtual destructor is exposed
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    virtual ~XMLEntityHandler()
    {
    }


    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  The virtual entity handler interface
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name The pure virtual methods in this interface. */
    //@{

    /**
      * This method get called after the scanner has finished reading from
      * the given input source while processing external entity references.
      *
      * @param inputSource The input source for the entity
      */
    virtual void endInputSource(const InputSource& inputSource) = 0;

    /**
      * This method allows the passes the scanned systemId to the entity
      * handler, thereby giving it a chance to provide any customized
      * handling like resolving relative path names. The scanner first
      * calls this method before calling <code>resolveEntity</code>.
      *
      * @param systemId The system id extracted by the scanner from the
      *                 input source.
      * @param toFill The buffer in which the fully expanded system id needs
      *               to be stored.
      */
    virtual const bool expandSystemId
    (
        const   XMLCh* const    systemId
        ,       XMLBuffer&      toFill
    ) = 0;

    /**
      * This method allows the entity handler to reset itself, so that
      * it can be used again.
      */
    virtual void resetEntities() = 0;

    /**
      * This method allows the entity handler to provide customized
      * application specific entity resolution. This method is defined
      * by SAX 1.0 API.
      *
      * @param systemId The system id of the external entity reference. 
      * @param publicId The public id of the external entity reference.
      */
    virtual InputSource* resolveEntity
    (
        const   XMLCh* const    publicId
        , const XMLCh* const    systemId
    ) = 0;

    /**
      * This method will be called before the scanner starts reading
      * from an input source while processing external entity references.
      *
      * @param inputSource The external input source.
      */
    virtual void startInputSource(const InputSource& inputSource) = 0;
    //@}


protected :
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Hidden Constructors
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    XMLEntityHandler()
    {
    }


private:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Unimplemented constructors and destructor
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    XMLEntityHandler(const XMLEntityHandler&);
    void operator=(const XMLEntityHandler&);
};

#endif