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package javax.xml.parsers;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
/**
* Defines a factory API that enables applications to obtain a
* parser that produces DOM object trees from XML documents.
*
* An implementation of the <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> class is
* <em>NOT</em> guaranteed to be thread safe. It is up to the user application
* to make sure about the use of the <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> from
* more than one thread. Alternatively the application can have one instance
* of the <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> per thread.
* An application can use the same instance of the factory to obtain one or
* more instances of the <code>DocumentBuilder</code> provided the instance
* of the factory isn't being used in more than one thread at a time.
*
* @since JAXP 1.0
* @version 1.0
*/
public abstract class DocumentBuilderFactory {
private boolean validating = false;
private boolean namespaceAware = false;
private boolean whitespace = false;
private boolean expandEntityRef = true;
private boolean ignoreComments = false;
private boolean coalescing = false;
protected DocumentBuilderFactory () {
}
/**
* Obtain a new instance of a
* <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code>. This static method creates
* a new factory instance.
* This method uses the following ordered lookup procedure to determine
* the <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> implementation class to
* load:
* <ul>
* <li>
* Use the <code>javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory</code> system
* property.
* </li>
* <li>
* Use the properties file "lib/jaxp.properties" in the JRE directory.
* This configuration file is in standard <code>java.util.Properties
* </code> format and contains the fully qualified name of the
* implementation class with the key being the system property defined
* above.
* </li>
* <li>
* Use the Services API (as detailed in the JAR specification), if
* available, to determine the classname. The Services API will look
* for a classname in the file
* <code>META-INF/services/javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory</code>
* in jars available to the runtime.
* </li>
* <li>
* Platform default <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> instance.
* </li>
* </ul>
*
* Once an application has obtained a reference to a
* <code>DocumentBuilderFactory</code> it can use the factory to
* configure and obtain parser instances.
*
* @exception FactoryConfigurationError if the implementation is not
* available or cannot be instantiated.
*/
public static DocumentBuilderFactory newInstance()
throws FactoryConfigurationError
{
try {
return (DocumentBuilderFactory) FactoryFinder.find(
/* The default property name according to the JAXP spec */
"javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory",
/* The fallback implementation class name */
"org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl");
} catch (FactoryFinder.ConfigurationError e) {
throw new FactoryConfigurationError(e.getException(),
e.getMessage());
}
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of a {@link javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder}
* using the currently configured parameters.
*
* @exception ParserConfigurationException if a DocumentBuilder
* cannot be created which satisfies the configuration requested.
* @return A new instance of a DocumentBuilder.
*/
public abstract DocumentBuilder newDocumentBuilder()
throws ParserConfigurationException;
/**
* Specifies that the parser produced by this code will
* provide support for XML namespaces. By default the value of this is set
* to <code>false</code>
*
* @param awareness true if the parser produced will provide support
* for XML namespaces; false otherwise.
*/
public void setNamespaceAware(boolean awareness) {
this.namespaceAware = awareness;
}
/**
* Specifies that the parser produced by this code will
* validate documents as they are parsed. By default the value of this
* is set to <code>false</code>.
*
* @param validating true if the parser produced will validate documents
* as they are parsed; false otherwise.
*/
public void setValidating(boolean validating) {
this.validating = validating;
}
/**
* Specifies that the parsers created by this factory must eliminate
* whitespace in element content (sometimes known loosely as
* 'ignorable whitespace') when parsing XML documents (see XML Rec
* 2.10). Note that only whitespace which is directly contained within
* element content that has an element only content model (see XML
* Rec 3.2.1) will be eliminated. Due to reliance on the content model
* this setting requires the parser to be in validating mode. By default
* the value of this is set to <code>false</code>.
*
* @param whitespace true if the parser created must eliminate whitespace
* in the element content when parsing XML documents;
* false otherwise.
*/
public void setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(boolean whitespace) {
this.whitespace = whitespace;
}
/**
* Specifies that the parser produced by this code will
* expand entity reference nodes. By default the value of this is set to
* <code>true</code>
*
* @param expandEntityRef true if the parser produced will expand entity
* reference nodes; false otherwise.
*/
public void setExpandEntityReferences(boolean expandEntityRef) {
this.expandEntityRef = expandEntityRef;
}
/**
* Specifies that the parser produced by this code will
* ignore comments. By default the value of this is set to <code>false
* </code>
*/
public void setIgnoringComments(boolean ignoreComments) {
this.ignoreComments = ignoreComments;
}
/**
* Specifies that the parser produced by this code will
* convert CDATA nodes to Text nodes and append it to the
* adjacent (if any) text node. By default the value of this is set to
* <code>false</code>
*
* @param coalescing true if the parser produced will convert CDATA nodes
* to Text nodes and append it to the adjacent (if any)
* text node; false otherwise.
*/
public void setCoalescing(boolean coalescing) {
this.coalescing = coalescing;
}
/**
* Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce
* parsers which are namespace aware.
*
* @return true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which
* are namespace aware; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isNamespaceAware() {
return namespaceAware;
}
/**
* Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce
* parsers which validate the XML content during parse.
*
* @return true if the factory is configured to produce parsers
* which validate the XML content during parse; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isValidating() {
return validating;
}
/**
* Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce
* parsers which ignore ignorable whitespace in element content.
*
* @return true if the factory is configured to produce parsers
* which ignore ignorable whitespace in element content;
* false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isIgnoringElementContentWhitespace() {
return whitespace;
}
/**
* Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce
* parsers which expand entity reference nodes.
*
* @return true if the factory is configured to produce parsers
* which expand entity reference nodes; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isExpandEntityReferences() {
return expandEntityRef;
}
/**
* Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce
* parsers which ignores comments.
*
* @return true if the factory is configured to produce parsers
* which ignores comments; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isIgnoringComments() {
return ignoreComments;
}
/**
* Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce
* parsers which converts CDATA nodes to Text nodes and appends it to
* the adjacent (if any) Text node.
*
* @return true if the factory is configured to produce parsers
* which converts CDATA nodes to Text nodes and appends it to
* the adjacent (if any) Text node; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isCoalescing() {
return coalescing;
}
/**
* Allows the user to set specific attributes on the underlying
* implementation.
* @param name The name of the attribute.
* @param value The value of the attribute.
* @exception IllegalArgumentException thrown if the underlying
* implementation doesn't recognize the attribute.
*/
public abstract void setAttribute(String name, Object value)
throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Allows the user to retrieve specific attributes on the underlying
* implementation.
* @param name The name of the attribute.
* @return value The value of the attribute.
* @exception IllegalArgumentException thrown if the underlying
* implementation doesn't recognize the attribute.
*/
public abstract Object getAttribute(String name)
throws IllegalArgumentException;
}