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* originally based on software copyright (c) 1999-2000, Pierpaolo
* Fumagalli <mailto:pier@betaversion.org>, http://www.apache.org.
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package javax.xml.parsers;
/**
* The <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> defines a factory API that enables
* applications to configure and obtain a parser to parse XML documents into
* a DOM Document tree.
* <br>
* <br>
* <b>ATTENTION:</b> THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "JAVAX.XML.PARSER" CLASSES
* IS NOT THE OFFICIAL REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JAVA SPECIFICATION
* REQUEST 5 FOUND AT
* <a href="http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/communityprocess/jsr/jsr_005_xml.html">
* http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/communityprocess/jsr/jsr_005_xml.html
* </a><br>
* THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS CONFORMANT TO THE "JAVA API FOR XML PARSING"
* SPECIFICATION VERSION 1.0 PUBLIC RELEASE 1 BY JAMES DUNCAN DAVIDSON
* PUBLISHED BY SUN MICROSYSTEMS ON FEB. 18, 2000 AND FOUND AT
* <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml">http://java.sun.com/xml</a>
* <br>
* <br>
* <b>THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
* MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
* EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
* SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
* PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
* OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
* WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
* OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
* ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* @author <a href="pier@betaversion.org">Pierpaolo Fumagalli</a>
* @author Copyright &copy; 2000 The Apache Software Foundation.
* @version 1.0 CVS $Revision$ $Date$
*/
public abstract class DocumentBuilderFactory {
/** Wether the DocumentBuilder to be generated must support namespaces. */
private boolean namespaces=false;
/** Wether the DocumentBuilder to be generated must support validataion. */
private boolean validation=false;
/** The system property to check for DocumentBuilderFactory class name. */
private static String property="javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory";
/** The default DocumentBuilderFactory implementation class name. */
private static String factory=
"org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl";
/**
* Implementors of this abstract class <b>must</b> provide their own
* public no-argument constructor in order for the static
* <code>newInstance()</code> method to work correctly.
* <br>
* Application programmers should be able to instantiate an implementation
* of this abstract class directly if they want to use a specfic
* implementation of this API without using the static newInstance method
* to obtain the configured or platform default implementation.
*/
protected DocumentBuilderFactory() {
super();
}
/**
*
* Returns a new instance of a <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code>.
* <br>
* The implementation of the <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code>
* returned depends on the setting of the
* <code>javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory</code> property or,
* if the property is not set, a platform specific default.
*
* @exception FactoryConfigurationError If the class implementing the
* factory cannot be found or instantiated.
* An <code>Error</code> is thrown instead of an exception
* because the application is not expected to handle or
* recover from such events.
*/
public static DocumentBuilderFactory newInstance() {
// Retrieve the javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory system property
String n=factory;
try {
n=System.getProperty(property, factory);
} catch (SecurityException e) {
// In applets System.getProperty throws a SecurityException.
// Thanks to Aaron Buchanan <abuchanan@inovacorp.com> and to
// James Duncan Davidson <james.davidson@eng.sun.com> for this
n=factory;
}
try {
// Attempt to load, instantiate and return the factory class
return (DocumentBuilderFactory)Class.forName(n).newInstance();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// The factory class was not found
throw new FactoryConfigurationError("Cannot load class "+
"DocumentBuilderFactory class \""+n+"\"");
} catch (InstantiationException e) {
// The factory class wasn't instantiated
throw new FactoryConfigurationError("Cannot instantiate the "+
"specified DocumentBuilderFactory class \""+n+"\"");
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
// The factory class couldn't have been accessed
throw new FactoryConfigurationError("Cannot access the specified "+
"DocumentBuilderFactory class \""+n+"\"");
} catch (ClassCastException e) {
// The factory class was not a DocumentBuilderFactory
throw new FactoryConfigurationError("The specified class \""+n+
"\" is not instance of \""+
"javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory\"");
}
}
/**
* Returns a new configured instance of type <code>DocumentBuilder</code>.
*
* @exception ParserConfigurationException If the
* <code>DocumentBuilder</code> instance cannot be created
* with the requested configuration.
*/
public abstract DocumentBuilder newDocumentBuilder()
throws ParserConfigurationException;
/**
* Configuration method that specifies whether the parsers created by this
* factory are required to provide XML namespace support or not.
* <br>
* <b>NOTE:</b> if a parser cannot be created by this factory that
* satisfies the requested namespace awareness value, a
* <code>ParserConfigurationException</code> will be thrown when the
* program attempts to aquire the parser calling the
* <code>newDocumentBuilder()</code> method.
*/
public void setNamespaceAware(boolean aware) {
this.namespaces=aware;
}
/**
* Configuration method whether specifies if the parsers created by this
* factory are required to validate the XML documents that they parse.
* <br>
* <b>NOTE:</b> if a parser cannot be created by this factory that
* satisfies the requested validation capacity, a
* <code>ParserConfigurationException</code> will be thrown when
* the application attempts to aquire the parser via the
* <code>newDocumentBuilder()</code> method.
*/
public void setValidating(boolean validating) {
this.validation=validating;
}
/**
* Indicates if this <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> is configured to
* produce parsers that are namespace aware or not.
*/
public boolean isNamespaceAware() {
return(this.namespaces);
}
/**
* Indicates if this <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> is configured to
* produce parsers that validate XML documents as they are parsed.
*/
public boolean isValidating() {
return(this.validation);
}
}