src/framework/XMLEntityHandler.hpp

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#if !defined(XMLENTITYHANDLER_HPP)
#define XMLENTITYHANDLER_HPP

#include <util/XercesDefs.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.
 *
 *  This class is primarily for use by those writing their own parser classes.
 *  If you use the standard parser classes, DOMParser and SAXParser, you won't
 *  use this API. You will instead use a similar mechanism defined by the SAX
 *  API, called EntityResolver.
 */
class XMLPARSER_EXPORT XMLEntityHandler
{
public:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Constructors are hidden, only the virtual destructor is exposed
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @name Destructor */
    //@{
    
    /**
      * Default destructor
      */
    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 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. It is called prior to a new document parse
      * operation.
      */
    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
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Constructor */
    //@{
    
    /**
      * Protected default constructor
      */
    XMLEntityHandler()
    {
    }
    //@}



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

#endif