gnu.xml.aelfred2
Class SAXDriver

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--gnu.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeList, Attributes, Locator, Parser, XMLReader

public final class SAXDriver

extends java.lang.Object

implements Locator, Attributes, XMLReader, Parser, AttributeList

An enhanced SAX2 version of Microstar's Ælfred XML parser. The enhancements primarily relate to significant improvements in conformance to the XML specification, and SAX2 support. Performance has been improved. However, the Ælfred proprietary APIs are no longer public. See the package level documentation for more information.

Name	Notes
Features ... URL prefix is http://xml.org/sax/features/
(URL)/external-general-entities	Value is fixed at true
(URL)/external-parameter-entities	Value is fixed at true
(URL)/namespace-prefixes	Value defaults to false (but XML 1.0 names are always reported)
(URL)/lexical-handler/parameter-entities	Value is fixed at true
(URL)/namespaces	Value defaults to true
(URL)/string-interning	Value is fixed at true
(URL)/validation	Value is fixed at false
Handler Properties ... URL prefix is http://xml.org/sax/properties/
(URL)/declaration-handler	A declaration handler may be provided. Declaration of general entities is exposed, but not parameter entities; none of the entity names reported here will begin with "%".
(URL)/lexical-handler	A lexical handler may be provided. Entity boundaries and comments are not exposed; only CDATA sections and the start/end of the DTD (the internal subset is not detectible).

Although support for several features and properties is "built in" to this parser, it supports all others by storing the assigned values and returning them.

This parser currently implements the SAX1 Parser API, but it may not continue to do so in the future.

Version:

$Date: 2001/07/11 17:09:26 $

Author:

Written by David Megginson <dmeggins@microstar.com> (version 1.2a from Microstar), Updated by David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>

See Also:

Parser

Constructor Summary

SAXDriver()
Constructs a SAX Parser.

Method Summary

int	getColumnNumber() SAX Locator method (don't invoke on parser);
ContentHandler	getContentHandler() SAX2: Returns the object used to report the logical content of an XML document.
DTDHandler	getDTDHandler() SAX2: Returns the object used to process declarations related to notations and unparsed entities.
EntityResolver	getEntityResolver() SAX2: Returns the object used when resolving external entities during parsing (both general and parameter entities).
ErrorHandler	getErrorHandler() SAX2: Returns the object used to receive callbacks for XML errors of all levels (fatal, nonfatal, warning); this is never null;
boolean	getFeature(java.lang.String featureId) SAX2: Tells the value of the specified feature flag.
int	getIndex(java.lang.String xmlName) SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
int	getIndex(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String local) SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
int	getLength() SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
int	getLineNumber() SAX Locator method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getLocalName(int index) SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getName(int i) SAX1 AttributeList method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String propertyId) SAX2: Returns the specified property.
java.lang.String	getPublicId() SAX Locator method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getQName(int i) SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getSystemId() SAX Locator method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getType(int i) SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getType(java.lang.String xmlName) SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getType(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String local) SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getURI(int index) SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getValue(int i) SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getValue(java.lang.String xmlName) SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
java.lang.String	getValue(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String local) SAX Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);
void	parse(InputSource source) SAX1, SAX2: Auxiliary API to parse an XML document, used mostly when no URI is available.
void	parse(java.lang.String systemId) SAX1, SAX2: Preferred API to parse an XML document, using a system identifier (URI).
void	setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler) SAX2: Assigns the object used to report the logical content of an XML document.
void	setDocumentHandler(DocumentHandler handler) Deprecated. SAX2 programs should use the XMLReader interface and a ContentHandler.
void	setDTDHandler(DTDHandler handler) SAX1, SAX2: Set the DTD handler for this parser.
void	setEntityResolver(EntityResolver resolver) SAX1, SAX2: Set the entity resolver for this parser.
void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler) SAX1, SAX2: Set the error handler for this parser.
void	setFeature(java.lang.String featureId, boolean state) SAX2: Sets the state of feature flags in this parser.
void	setLocale(java.util.Locale locale) SAX1: Sets the locale used for diagnostics; currently, only locales using the English language are supported.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String propertyId, java.lang.Object property) SAX2: Assigns the specified property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SAXDriver

public SAXDriver()

Constructs a SAX Parser.

Method Detail

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)
               throws SAXException

SAX1: Sets the locale used for diagnostics; currently, only locales using the English language are supported.

Specified by:

setLocale in interface Parser

Parameters:

locale - The locale for which diagnostics will be generated

getEntityResolver

public EntityResolver getEntityResolver()

SAX2: Returns the object used when resolving external entities during parsing (both general and parameter entities).

Specified by:

getEntityResolver in interface XMLReader

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.XMLReader

Returns:

The current entity resolver, or null if none has been registered.

See Also:

XMLReader.setEntityResolver(org.xml.sax.EntityResolver)

setEntityResolver

public void setEntityResolver(EntityResolver resolver)

SAX1, SAX2: Set the entity resolver for this parser.

Specified by:

setEntityResolver in interface XMLReader

Parameters:

handler - The object to receive entity events.

getDTDHandler

public DTDHandler getDTDHandler()

SAX2: Returns the object used to process declarations related to notations and unparsed entities.

Specified by:

getDTDHandler in interface XMLReader

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.XMLReader

Returns:

The current DTD handler, or null if none has been registered.

See Also:

XMLReader.setDTDHandler(org.xml.sax.DTDHandler)

setDTDHandler

public void setDTDHandler(DTDHandler handler)

SAX1, SAX2: Set the DTD handler for this parser.

Specified by:

setDTDHandler in interface XMLReader

Parameters:

handler - The object to receive DTD events.

setDocumentHandler

public void setDocumentHandler(DocumentHandler handler)

Deprecated. SAX2 programs should use the XMLReader interface and a ContentHandler.

SAX1: Set the document handler for this parser. If a content handler was set, this document handler will supplant it. The parser is set to report all XML 1.0 names rather than to filter out "xmlns" attributes (the "namespace-prefixes" feature is set to true).

Specified by:

setDocumentHandler in interface Parser

Parameters:

handler - The object to receive document events.

getContentHandler

public ContentHandler getContentHandler()

SAX2: Returns the object used to report the logical content of an XML document.

Specified by:

getContentHandler in interface XMLReader

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.XMLReader

Returns:

The current content handler, or null if none has been registered.

See Also:

XMLReader.setContentHandler(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler)

setContentHandler

public void setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler)

SAX2: Assigns the object used to report the logical content of an XML document. If a document handler was set, this content handler will supplant it (but XML 1.0 style name reporting may remain enabled).

Specified by:

setContentHandler in interface XMLReader

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.XMLReader

Parameters:

handler - The content handler.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - If the handler argument is null.

See Also:

XMLReader.getContentHandler()

setErrorHandler

public void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler)

SAX1, SAX2: Set the error handler for this parser.

Specified by:

setErrorHandler in interface XMLReader

Parameters:

handler - The object to receive error events.

getErrorHandler

public ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()

SAX2: Returns the object used to receive callbacks for XML errors of all levels (fatal, nonfatal, warning); this is never null;

Specified by:

getErrorHandler in interface XMLReader

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.XMLReader

Returns:

The current error handler, or null if none has been registered.

See Also:

XMLReader.setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler)

parse

public void parse(InputSource source)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

SAX1, SAX2: Auxiliary API to parse an XML document, used mostly when no URI is available. If you want anything useful to happen, you should set at least one type of handler.

Specified by:

parse in interface XMLReader

Parameters:

source - The XML input source. Don't set 'encoding' unless you know for a fact that it's correct.

Throws:

SAXException - The handlers may throw any SAXException, and the parser normally throws SAXParseException objects.

java.io.IOException - IOExceptions are normally through through the parser if there are problems reading the source document.

See Also:

setEntityResolver(org.xml.sax.EntityResolver), setDTDHandler(org.xml.sax.DTDHandler), setContentHandler(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler), setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler)

parse

public void parse(java.lang.String systemId)
           throws SAXException,
                  java.io.IOException

SAX1, SAX2: Preferred API to parse an XML document, using a system identifier (URI).

Specified by:

parse in interface XMLReader

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.XMLReader

Parameters:

systemId - The system identifier (URI).

Throws:

SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

java.io.IOException - An IO exception from the parser, possibly from a byte stream or character stream supplied by the application.

See Also:

XMLReader.parse(org.xml.sax.InputSource)

getFeature

public boolean getFeature(java.lang.String featureId)
                   throws SAXNotRecognizedException

SAX2: Tells the value of the specified feature flag.

Specified by:

getFeature in interface XMLReader

Throws:

SAXNotRecognizedException - thrown if the feature flag is neither built in, nor yet assigned.

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String propertyId)
                             throws SAXNotRecognizedException

SAX2: Returns the specified property.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface XMLReader

Throws:

SAXNotRecognizedException - thrown if the property value is neither built in, nor yet stored.

setFeature

public void setFeature(java.lang.String featureId,
                       boolean state)
                throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                       SAXNotSupportedException

SAX2: Sets the state of feature flags in this parser. Some built-in feature flags are mutable; all flags not built-in are motable.

Specified by:

setFeature in interface XMLReader

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.XMLReader

Parameters:

name - The feature name, which is a fully-qualified URI.

state - The requested state of the feature (true or false).

Throws:

SAXNotRecognizedException - When the XMLReader does not recognize the feature name.

SAXNotSupportedException - When the XMLReader recognizes the feature name but cannot set the requested value.

See Also:

XMLReader.getFeature(java.lang.String)

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String propertyId,
                        java.lang.Object property)
                 throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                        SAXNotSupportedException

SAX2: Assigns the specified property. Like SAX1 handlers, these may be changed at any time.

Specified by:

setProperty in interface XMLReader

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.XMLReader

Parameters:

name - The property name, which is a fully-qualified URI.

state - The requested value for the property.

Throws:

SAXNotRecognizedException - When the XMLReader does not recognize the property name.

SAXNotSupportedException - When the XMLReader recognizes the property name but cannot set the requested value.

getLength

public int getLength()

SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getLength in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Returns:

The number of attributes in the list.

See Also:

Attributes.getURI(int), Attributes.getLocalName(int), Attributes.getQName(int), Attributes.getType(int), Attributes.getValue(int)

getURI

public java.lang.String getURI(int index)

SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getURI in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

index - The attribute index (zero-based).

Returns:

The Namespace URI, or the empty string if none is available, or null if the index is out of range.

See Also:

Attributes.getLength()

getLocalName

public java.lang.String getLocalName(int index)

SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getLocalName in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

index - The attribute index (zero-based).

Returns:

The local name, or the empty string if Namespace processing is not being performed, or null if the index is out of range.

See Also:

Attributes.getLength()

getQName

public java.lang.String getQName(int i)

SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getQName in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

index - The attribute index (zero-based).

Returns:

The XML 1.0 qualified name, or the empty string if none is available, or null if the index is out of range.

See Also:

Attributes.getLength()

getName

public java.lang.String getName(int i)

SAX1 AttributeList method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getName in interface AttributeList

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.AttributeList

Parameters:

i - The index of the attribute in the list (starting at 0).

Returns:

The name of the indexed attribute, or null if the index is out of range.

See Also:

AttributeList.getLength()

getType

public java.lang.String getType(int i)

SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getType in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

index - The attribute index (zero-based).

Returns:

The attribute's type as a string, or null if the index is out of range.

See Also:

Attributes.getLength()

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue(int i)

SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getValue in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

index - The attribute index (zero-based).

Returns:

The attribute's value as a string, or null if the index is out of range.

See Also:

Attributes.getLength()

getIndex

public int getIndex(java.lang.String uri,
                    java.lang.String local)

SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getIndex in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

uri - The Namespace URI, or the empty string if the name has no Namespace URI.

localName - The attribute's local name.

Returns:

The index of the attribute, or -1 if it does not appear in the list.

getIndex

public int getIndex(java.lang.String xmlName)

SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getIndex in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

qName - The qualified (prefixed) name.

Returns:

The index of the attribute, or -1 if it does not appear in the list.

getType

public java.lang.String getType(java.lang.String uri,
                                java.lang.String local)

SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getType in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

uri - The Namespace URI, or the empty String if the name has no Namespace URI.

localName - The local name of the attribute.

Returns:

The attribute type as a string, or null if the attribute is not in the list or if Namespace processing is not being performed.

getType

public java.lang.String getType(java.lang.String xmlName)

SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getType in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

qName - The XML 1.0 qualified name.

Returns:

The attribute type as a string, or null if the attribute is not in the list or if qualified names are not available.

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue(java.lang.String uri,
                                 java.lang.String local)

SAX Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getValue in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

uri - The Namespace URI, or the empty String if the name has no Namespace URI.

localName - The local name of the attribute.

Returns:

The attribute value as a string, or null if the attribute is not in the list.

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue(java.lang.String xmlName)

SAX1 AttributeList, SAX2 Attributes method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getValue in interface Attributes

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Attributes

Parameters:

qName - The XML 1.0 qualified name.

Returns:

The attribute value as a string, or null if the attribute is not in the list or if qualified names are not available.

getPublicId

public java.lang.String getPublicId()

SAX Locator method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getPublicId in interface Locator

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Locator

Returns:

A string containing the public identifier, or null if none is available.

See Also:

Locator.getSystemId()

getSystemId

public java.lang.String getSystemId()

SAX Locator method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getSystemId in interface Locator

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Locator

Returns:

A string containing the system identifier, or null if none is available.

See Also:

Locator.getPublicId()

getLineNumber

public int getLineNumber()

SAX Locator method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getLineNumber in interface Locator

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Locator

Returns:

The line number, or -1 if none is available.

See Also:

Locator.getColumnNumber()

getColumnNumber

public int getColumnNumber()

SAX Locator method (don't invoke on parser);

Specified by:

getColumnNumber in interface Locator

Following copied from interface: org.xml.sax.Locator

Returns:

The column number, or -1 if none is available.

See Also:

Locator.getLineNumber()