Java Reference
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void parse(InputSource input)
parsesanXMLdocumentanddoes
not return until the document has been parsed. The
input
parameter stores
a reference to an
org.xml.sax.InputSource
instance, which describes
thedocument'ssource(suchasa
java.io.InputStream
instance,oreven
a
java.lang.String
-based system identifier URI). This method throws
java.io.IOException
whenthesourcecannotberead,and
SAXExcep-
tion
when parsing fails, probably due to a wellformedness violation.
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void parse(String systemId)
parsesanXMLdocumentbyexecuting
parse(new InputSource(systemId));
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void setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler)
registers
the content handler identified by
handler
with the parser. The
Con-
tentHandler
interface provides eleven callback methods that are called to
report various parsing events (such as the start and end of an element).
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void setDTDHandler(DTDHandler handler)
registers the DTD
handler identified by
handler
with the parser. The
DTDHandler
interface
providesapairofcallbackmethodsforreportingonnotationsandexternalun-
parsed entities.
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void setEntityResolver(EntityResolver resolver)
registers
theentityresolveridentifiedby
resolver
withtheparser.The
EntityRe-
solver
interface provides a single callback method for resolving entities.
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void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler)
registerstheer-
rorhandler identified by
handler
with the parser.The
ErrorHandler
in-
terface provides three callback methods that report
fatal errors
(problems that
preventfurtherparsing,suchaswellformednessviolations),
recoverable errors
(problems that don't prevent further parsing, such as validation failures), and
warnings
(nonerrors that need to be addressed, such as prefixing an element
name with the W3C-reserved
xml
prefix).
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void setFeature(String name, boolean value)
assigns
value
to the feature identified by
name
, which must be a fully-qualified URI. This
methodthrows
SAXNotRecognizedException
whenthenameisnotre-
cognized as a feature, and throws
SAXNotSupportedException
when
the name is recognized but the associated value cannot be set when
setFeature()
is called.
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void setProperty(String name, Object value)
assigns
value
tothepropertyidentifiedby
name
,whichmustbeafully-qualifiedURI.This
