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XMLResolver.java API Doc Java SE 6 API 1451 Tue Jun 10 00:27:10 BST 2008 javax.xml.stream

XMLResolver

public interface XMLResolver

This interface is used to resolve resources during an XML parse. If an application wishes to perform custom entity resolution it must register an instance of this interface with the XMLInputFactory using the setXMLResolver method.

version: 1.0
since: 1.6

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Methods Summary
public java.lang.Object resolveEntity(java.lang.String publicID, java.lang.String systemID, java.lang.String baseURI, java.lang.String namespace)
Retrieves a resource. This resource can be of the following three return types: (1) java.io.InputStream (2) javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader (3) java.xml.stream.XMLEventReader. If this method returns null the processor will attempt to resolve the entity using its default mechanism.
param
publicID The public identifier of the external entity being referenced, or null if none was supplied.
param
systemID The system identifier of the external entity being referenced.
param
baseURI Absolute base URI associated with systemId.
param
namespace The namespace of the entity to resolve.
return
The resource requested or null.
throws
XMLStreamException if there was a failure attempting to resolve the resource.