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Validator.java

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/*
 * $Id: XMLEntityReader.java,v 1.3 2005/11/03 17:02:21 jeffsuttor Exp $
 * @(#)Validator.java	1.17 05/11/17
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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package javax.xml.validation;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.xml.transform.Result;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;

import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSResourceResolver;
import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;

/**
 * <p>A processor that checks an XML document against {@link Schema}.</p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * A validator object is not thread-safe and not reentrant.
 * In other words, it is the application's responsibility to make
 * sure that one {@link Validator} object is not used from
 * more than one thread at any given time, and while the <code>validate</code>
 * method is invoked, applications may not recursively call
 * the <code>validate</code> method.
 * <p>
 * 
 *
 * @author  <a href="mailto:Kohsuke.Kawaguchi@Sun.com">Kohsuke Kawaguchi</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2005/10/13 17:00:48 $
 * @since 1.5
 */
public abstract class Validator {

    /**
     * Constructor for derived classes.
     *
     * <p>The constructor does nothing.</p>
     *
     * <p>Derived classes must create {@link Validator} objects that have
     * <code>null</code> {@link ErrorHandler} and
     * <code>null</code> {@link LSResourceResolver}.
     * </p>
     */
    protected Validator() {
    }
    
	/**
	 * <p>Reset this <code>Validator</code> to its original configuration.</p>
	 * 
	 * <p><code>Validator</code> is reset to the same state as when it was created with
	 * {@link Schema#newValidator()}.
	 * <code>reset()</code> is designed to allow the reuse of existing <code>Validator</code>s
	 * thus saving resources associated with the creation of new <code>Validator</code>s.</p>
	 * 
	 * <p>The reset <code>Validator</code> is not guaranteed to have the same {@link LSResourceResolver} or {@link ErrorHandler}
	 * <code>Object</code>s, e.g. {@link Object#equals(Object obj)}.  It is guaranteed to have a functionally equal
	 * <code>LSResourceResolver</code> and <code>ErrorHandler</code>.</p>
	 */
	public abstract void reset();

    /**
     * Validates the specified input.
     *
     * <p>This is just a convenience method for
     * {@link #validate(Source source, Result result)}
     * with <code>result</code> of <code>null</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param source
     *      XML to be validated. Must be an XML document or
     *      XML element and must not be null. For backwards compatibility,
     *      the results of attempting to validate anything other than
     *      a document or element are implementation-dependent.
     *      Implementations must either recognize and process the input
     *      or throw an IllegalArgumentException.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *      If the <code>Source</code>
     *      is an XML artifact that the implementation cannot
     *      validate (for example, a processing instruction).
     *
     * @throws SAXException
     *      If the {@link ErrorHandler} throws a {@link SAXException} or
     *      if a fatal error is found and the {@link ErrorHandler} returns
     *      normally.
     *
     * @throws IOException
     *      If the validator is processing a
     *      {@link javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource} and the
     *      underlying {@link org.xml.sax.XMLReader} throws an
     *      {@link IOException}.
     *
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException If <code>source</code> is
     *   <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @see #validate(Source source, Result result)
     */
    public void validate(Source source)
        throws SAXException, IOException {

        validate(source, null);
    }

    /**
     * <p>Validates the specified input and send the augmented validation
     * result to the specified output.</p>
     *
     * <p>This method places the following restrictions on the types of
     * the {@link Source}/{@link Result} accepted.</p>
     *
     * <table border=1>
     * <thead>
     *  <tr>
     *   <th colspan="5"><code>Source</code> / <code>Result</code> Accepted</th>
     *  </tr>
     *  <tr>
     *   <th></th>
     *   <th>{@link javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource}</th>
     *   <th>{@link javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource}</th>
     *   <th>{@link javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource}</th>
     *   <th>{@link javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource}</th>
     *  </tr>
     * </thead>
     * <tbody align="center">
     *  <tr>
     *   <td><code>null</code></td>
     *   <td>OK</td>
     *   <td>OK</td>
     *   <td>OK</td>
     *   <td>OK</td>
     *  </tr>
     *  <tr>
     *   <th>{@link javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult}</th>
     *   <td>OK</td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *  </tr>
     *  <tr>
     *   <th>{@link javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXResult}</th>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td>OK</td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *  </tr>
     *  <tr>
     *   <th>{@link javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMResult}</th>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td>OK</td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *  </tr>
     *  <tr>
     *   <th>{@link javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXResult}</th>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code></td>
     *   <td>OK</td>
     *  </tr>
     * </tbody>
     * </table>
     *
     * <p>To validate one <code>Source</code> into another kind of
     * <code>Result</code>, use the identity transformer (see
     * {@link javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory#newTransformer()}).</p>
     *
     * <p>Errors found during the validation is sent to the specified
     * {@link ErrorHandler}.</p>
     *
     * <p>If a document is valid, or if a document contains some errors
     * but none of them were fatal and the <code>ErrorHandler</code> didn't
     * throw any exception, then the method returns normally.</p>
     *
     * @param source
     *      XML to be validated. Must be an XML document or
     *      XML element and must not be null. For backwards compatibility,
     *      the results of attempting to validate anything other than
     *      a document or element are implementation-dependent.
     *      Implementations must either recognize and process the input
     *      or throw an IllegalArgumentException.
     *
     * @param result
     *      The <code>Result</code> object that receives (possibly augmented)
     *      XML. This parameter can be null if the caller is not interested
     *      in it.
     *
     *      Note that when a <code>DOMResult</code> is used,
     *      a validator might just pass the same DOM node from
     *      <code>DOMSource</code> to <code>DOMResult</code>
     *      (in which case <code>source.getNode()==result.getNode()</code>),
     *      it might copy the entire DOM tree, or it might alter the
     *      node given by the source.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *      If the <code>Result</code> type doesn't match the
     *      <code>Source</code> type of if the <code>Source</code>
     *      is an XML artifact that the implementation cannot
     *      validate (for example, a processing instruction).
     * @throws SAXException
     *      If the <code>ErrorHandler</code> throws a
     *      <code>SAXException</code> or
     *      if a fatal error is found and the <code>ErrorHandler</code> returns
     *      normally.
     * @throws IOException
     *      If the validator is processing a
     *      <code>SAXSource</code> and the
     *      underlying {@link org.xml.sax.XMLReader} throws an
     *      <code>IOException</code>.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *      If the <code>source</code> parameter is <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @see #validate(Source source)
     */
    public abstract void validate(Source source, Result result)
        throws SAXException, IOException;
    
    /**
     * Sets the {@link ErrorHandler} to receive errors encountered
     * during the <code>validate</code> method invocation.
     * 
     * <p>
     * Error handler can be used to customize the error handling process
     * during a validation. When an {@link ErrorHandler} is set,
     * errors found during the validation will be first sent
     * to the {@link ErrorHandler}.
     * 
     * <p>
     * The error handler can abort further validation immediately
     * by throwing {@link SAXException} from the handler. Or for example
     * it can print an error to the screen and try to continue the
     * validation by returning normally from the {@link ErrorHandler} 
     * 
     * <p>
     * If any {@link Throwable} is thrown from an {@link ErrorHandler},
     * the caller of the <code>validate</code> method will be thrown
     * the same {@link Throwable} object.
     * 
     * <p>
     * {@link Validator} is not allowed to
     * throw {@link SAXException} without first reporting it to
     * {@link ErrorHandler}.
     * 
     * <p>
     * When the {@link ErrorHandler} is null, the implementation will
     * behave as if the following {@link ErrorHandler} is set:
     * <pre>
     * class DraconianErrorHandler implements {@link ErrorHandler} {
     *     public void fatalError( {@link org.xml.sax.SAXParseException} e ) throws {@link SAXException} {
     *         throw e;
     *     }
     *     public void error( {@link org.xml.sax.SAXParseException} e ) throws {@link SAXException} {
     *         throw e;
     *     }
     *     public void warning( {@link org.xml.sax.SAXParseException} e ) throws {@link SAXException} {
     *         // noop
     *     }
     * }
     * </pre>
     * 
     * <p>
     * When a new {@link Validator} object is created, initially
     * this field is set to null.
     * 
     * @param   errorHandler
     *      A new error handler to be set. This parameter can be null.
     */
    public abstract void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler);
    
    /**
     * Gets the current {@link ErrorHandler} set to this {@link Validator}.
     * 
     * @return
     *      This method returns the object that was last set through
     *      the {@link #setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler)} method, or null
     *      if that method has never been called since this {@link Validator}
     *      has created.
     * 
     * @see #setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler)
     */
    public abstract ErrorHandler getErrorHandler();
    
    /**
     * Sets the {@link LSResourceResolver} to customize
     * resource resolution while in a validation episode.
     * 
     * <p>
     * {@link Validator} uses a {@link LSResourceResolver}
     * when it needs to locate external resources while a validation,
     * although exactly what constitutes "locating external resources" is
     * up to each schema language.
     * 
     * <p>
     * When the {@link LSResourceResolver} is null, the implementation will
     * behave as if the following {@link LSResourceResolver} is set:
     * <pre>
     * class DumbLSResourceResolver implements {@link LSResourceResolver} {
     *     public {@link org.w3c.dom.ls.LSInput} resolveResource(
     *         String publicId, String systemId, String baseURI) {
     *         
     *         return null; // always return null
     *     }
     * }
     * </pre>
     * 
     * <p>
     * If a {@link LSResourceResolver} throws a {@link RuntimeException}
     *  (or instances of its derived classes),
     * then the {@link Validator} will abort the parsing and  
     * the caller of the <code>validate</code> method will receive
     * the same {@link RuntimeException}. 
     * 
     * <p>
     * When a new {@link Validator} object is created, initially
     * this field is set to null.
     * 
     * @param   resourceResolver
     *      A new resource resolver to be set. This parameter can be null.
     */
    public abstract void setResourceResolver(LSResourceResolver resourceResolver);
    
    /**
     * Gets the current {@link LSResourceResolver} set to this {@link Validator}.
     * 
     * @return
     *      This method returns the object that was last set through
     *      the {@link #setResourceResolver(LSResourceResolver)} method, or null
     *      if that method has never been called since this {@link Validator}
     *      has created.
     * 
     * @see #setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler)
     */
    public abstract LSResourceResolver getResourceResolver();
    
    
    
    /**
     * Look up the value of a feature flag.
     *
     * <p>The feature name is any fully-qualified URI.  It is
     * possible for a {@link Validator} to recognize a feature name but
     * temporarily be unable to return its value.
     * Some feature values may be available only in specific
     * contexts, such as before, during, or after a validation.
     *
     * <p>Implementors are free (and encouraged) to invent their own features,
     * using names built on their own URIs.</p>
     *
     * @param name The feature name, which is a non-null fully-qualified URI.
     *
     * @return The current value of the feature (true or false).
     *
     * @throws SAXNotRecognizedException If the feature
     *   value can't be assigned or retrieved.
     * @throws SAXNotSupportedException When the
     *   {@link Validator} recognizes the feature name but
     *   cannot determine its value at this time.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *   When the name parameter is null.
     *
     * @see #setFeature(String, boolean)
     */
    public boolean getFeature(String name)
        throws SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException {

        if (name == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("the name parameter is null");
        }

        throw new SAXNotRecognizedException(name);
    }

    /**
     * Set the value of a feature flag.
     *
     * <p>
     * Feature can be used to control the way a {@link Validator}
     * parses schemas, although {@link Validator}s are not required
     * to recognize any specific feature names.</p>
     *
     * <p>The feature name is any fully-qualified URI.  It is
     * possible for a {@link Validator} to expose a feature value but
     * to be unable to change the current value.
     * Some feature values may be immutable or mutable only
     * in specific contexts, such as before, during, or after
     * a validation.</p>
     *
     * @param name The feature name, which is a non-null fully-qualified URI.
     * @param value The requested value of the feature (true or false).
     * 
     * @throws SAXNotRecognizedException If the feature
     *   value can't be assigned or retrieved.
     * @throws SAXNotSupportedException When the
     *   {@link Validator} recognizes the feature name but
     *   cannot set the requested value.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *   When the name parameter is null.
     *
     * @see #getFeature(String)
     */
    public void setFeature(String name, boolean value)
        throws SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException {

        if (name == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("the name parameter is null");
        }

        throw new SAXNotRecognizedException(name);
    }

    /**
     * Set the value of a property.
     *
     * <p>The property name is any fully-qualified URI.  It is
     * possible for a {@link Validator} to recognize a property name but
     * to be unable to change the current value.
     * Some property values may be immutable or mutable only
     * in specific contexts, such as before, during, or after
     * a validation.</p>
     *
     * <p>{@link Validator}s are not required to recognize setting
     * any specific property names.</p>
     *
     * @param name The property name, which is a non-null fully-qualified URI.
     * @param object The requested value for the property.
     *
     * @throws SAXNotRecognizedException If the property
     *   value can't be assigned or retrieved.
     * @throws SAXNotSupportedException When the
     *   {@link Validator} recognizes the property name but
     *   cannot set the requested value.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *   When the name parameter is null.
     */
    public void setProperty(String name, Object object)
        throws SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException {

        if (name == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("the name parameter is null");
        }

        throw new SAXNotRecognizedException(name);
    }

    /**
     * Look up the value of a property.
     *
     * <p>The property name is any fully-qualified URI.  It is
     * possible for a {@link Validator} to recognize a property name but
     * temporarily be unable to return its value.
     * Some property values may be available only in specific
     * contexts, such as before, during, or after a validation.</p>
     *
     * <p>{@link Validator}s are not required to recognize any specific
     * property names.</p>
     *
     * <p>Implementors are free (and encouraged) to invent their own properties,
     * using names built on their own URIs.</p>
     *
     * @param name The property name, which is a non-null fully-qualified URI.
     *
     * @return The current value of the property.
     *
     * @throws SAXNotRecognizedException If the property
     *   value can't be assigned or retrieved.
     * @throws SAXNotSupportedException When the
     *   XMLReader recognizes the property name but
     *   cannot determine its value at this time.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *   When the name parameter is null.
     *
     * @see #setProperty(String, Object)
     */
    public Object getProperty(String name)
        throws SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException {

        if (name == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("the name parameter is null");
        }

        throw new SAXNotRecognizedException(name);
    }
}