javax.xml.parsers

Class DocumentBuilder

public abstract class DocumentBuilder extends Object

Convenience class for parsing an XML document into a W3C DOM object graph. Instances of this class are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Constructor Summary
protected	DocumentBuilder()

Method Summary
abstract DOMImplementation	getDOMImplementation() Returns the DOM implementation.
Schema	getSchema() Returns the schema in use by the XML processor.
abstract boolean	isNamespaceAware() Indicates whether this document builder is XML Namespace aware.
abstract boolean	isValidating() Indicates whether this document builder will validate its input.
boolean	isXIncludeAware() Returns the XInclude processing mode in use by the parser.
abstract Document	newDocument() Creates a new, empty DOM Document.
Document	parse(InputStream is) Parse the specified input stream and return a DOM Document.
Document	parse(InputStream is, String systemId) Parse the specified input stream and return a DOM Document.
Document	parse(String uri) Parse the content of the specified URI and return a DOM Document.
Document	parse(File f) Parse the specified file and return a DOM Document.
abstract Document	parse(InputSource source) Parse the specified input source and return a DOM Document.
void	reset() Reset this document builder to its original configuration.
abstract void	setEntityResolver(EntityResolver er) Sets the SAX entity resolver callback used to resolve external entities in the XML document(s) to parse.
abstract void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh) Sets the SAX error handler callback used to report parsing errors.

Constructor Detail

DocumentBuilder

protected DocumentBuilder()

Method Detail

getDOMImplementation

public abstract DOMImplementation getDOMImplementation()

Returns the DOM implementation.

getSchema

public Schema getSchema()

Returns the schema in use by the XML processor.

isNamespaceAware

public abstract boolean isNamespaceAware()

Indicates whether this document builder is XML Namespace aware.

isValidating

public abstract boolean isValidating()

Indicates whether this document builder will validate its input.

isXIncludeAware

public boolean isXIncludeAware()

Returns the XInclude processing mode in use by the parser.

newDocument

public abstract Document newDocument()

Creates a new, empty DOM Document. To create a document with a root element and optional doctype, use the DOMImplementation instead.

See Also: org.w3c.dom.DOMImplementation#createDocument

parse

public Document parse(InputStream is)

Parse the specified input stream and return a DOM Document. Prefer the version of this method that specifies a system ID, in order to resolve external references correctly.

Parameters: is an XML input stream

Throws: IllegalArgumentException if the input stream is null