javax.xml.stream

Interface XMLResolver

public interface XMLResolver

Interface used to resolve XML external entities during parsing.

Method Summary
Object	resolveEntity(String publicID, String systemID, String baseURI, String namespace) Returns an input source from which the specified external entity can be read.

Method Detail

resolveEntity

public Object resolveEntity(String publicID, String systemID, String baseURI, String namespace)

Returns an input source from which the specified external entity can be read. The following return types are possible:

java.io.InputStream
javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader
java.xml.stream.XMLEventReader

If null is returned, the processor will attempt to resolve the entity itself.

Parameters: publicID the public ID of the external entity systemID the system ID of the external entity baseURI the absolute base URI of the referring entity namespace the namespace of the external entity