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Streaming validator that works on SAX stream.
A ValidatorHandler object is a thread-unsafe, non-reentrant object.
In other words, it is the application's responsibility to make
sure that one ValidatorHandler object is not used from
more than one thread at any given time.
ValidatorHandler checks if the SAX events follow
the set of constraints described in the associated Schema,
and additionally it may modify the SAX events (for example
by adding default values, etc.)
ValidatorHandler extends from ContentHandler,
but it refines the underlying ContentHandler in
the following way:
uri, localName, and qname,
even though SAX allows some of them to be null.
Similarly, the user-specified ContentHandler will receive non-null
Strings for all three parameters.
ValidatorHandler's
startPrefixMapping(String, String) and
endPrefixMapping(String) are invoked
properly. Similarly, the user-specified ContentHandler
will receive startPrefixMapping/endPrefixMapping events.
If the ValidatorHandler introduces additional namespace
bindings, the user-specified ContentHandler will receive
additional startPrefixMapping/endPrefixMapping events.
Attributes for the
startElement(String, String, String, Attributes) method
may or may not include xmlns* attributes.
A ValidatorHandler is automatically reset every time
the startDocument method is invoked.
This spec defines the following feature that must be recognized
by all ValidatorHandler implementations.
http://xml.org/sax/features/namespace-prefixes
This feature controls how a ValidatorHandler introduces
namespace bindings that were not present in the original SAX event
stream.
When this feature is set to true, it must make
sure that the user's ContentHandler will see
the corresponding xmlns* attribute in
the Attributes object of the
startElement(String, String, String, Attributes)
callback. Otherwise, xmlns* attributes must not be
added to Attributes that's passed to the
user-specified ContentHandler.
(Note that regardless of this switch, namespace bindings are
always notified to applications through
startPrefixMapping(String, String) and
endPrefixMapping(String) methods of the
ContentHandler specified by the user.)
Note that this feature does NOT affect the way
a ValidatorHandler receives SAX events. It merely
changes the way it augments SAX events.
This feature is set to false by default.
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Constructor for derived classes.
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Gets the
ContentHandler which receives the
augmented validation result. | |||||||||||
Gets the current
ErrorHandler set to this ValidatorHandler. | |||||||||||
Look up the value of a feature flag.
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Look up the value of a property.
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Gets the current
LSResourceResolver set to this ValidatorHandler. | |||||||||||
Obtains the
TypeInfoProvider implementation of this
ValidatorHandler. | |||||||||||
Sets the
ContentHandler which receives
the augmented validation result. | |||||||||||
Sets the
ErrorHandler to receive errors encountered
during the validation. | |||||||||||
Set the value of a feature flag.
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Set the value of a property.
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Sets the
LSResourceResolver to customize
resource resolution while in a validation episode. | |||||||||||
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From class java.lang.Object
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From interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler
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Constructor for derived classes.
The constructor does nothing.
Derived classes must create ValidatorHandler objects that have
null ErrorHandler and
null LSResourceResolver.
Gets the ContentHandler which receives the
augmented validation result.
getContentHandler() method, or null
if that method has never been called since this ValidatorHandler
has created.Gets the current ErrorHandler set to this ValidatorHandler.
setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler) method, or null
if that method has never been called since this ValidatorHandler
has created.Look up the value of a feature flag.
The feature name is any fully-qualified URI. It is
possible for a ValidatorHandler 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.
Implementors are free (and encouraged) to invent their own features, using names built on their own URIs.
| name | The feature name, which is a non-null fully-qualified URI. |
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| SAXNotRecognizedException | If the feature value can't be assigned or retrieved. |
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| SAXNotSupportedException | When the
ValidatorHandler recognizes the feature name but
cannot determine its value at this time. |
| NullPointerException | When the name parameter is null. |
Look up the value of a property.
The property name is any fully-qualified URI. It is
possible for a ValidatorHandler 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.
ValidatorHandlers are not required to recognize any specific
property names.
Implementors are free (and encouraged) to invent their own properties, using names built on their own URIs.
| name | The property name, which is a non-null fully-qualified URI. |
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| SAXNotRecognizedException | If the property value can't be assigned or retrieved. |
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| SAXNotSupportedException | When the XMLReader recognizes the property name but cannot determine its value at this time. |
| NullPointerException | When the name parameter is null. |
Gets the current LSResourceResolver set to this ValidatorHandler.
setResourceResolver(LSResourceResolver) method, or null
if that method has never been called since this ValidatorHandler
has created.Obtains the TypeInfoProvider implementation of this
ValidatorHandler.
The obtained TypeInfoProvider can be queried during a parse
to access the type information determined by the validator.
Some schema languages do not define the notion of type, for those languages, this method may not be supported. However, to be compliant with this specification, implementations for W3C XML Schema 1.0 must support this operation.
TypeInfo.
Otherwise a non-null valid TypeInfoProvider.
Sets the ContentHandler which receives
the augmented validation result.
When a ContentHandler is specified, a
ValidatorHandler will work as a filter
and basically copy the incoming events to the
specified ContentHandler.
In doing so, a ValidatorHandler may modify
the events, for example by adding defaulted attributes.
A ValidatorHandler may buffer events to certain
extent, but to allow ValidatorHandler to be used
by a parser, the following requirement has to be met.
startElement(String, String, String, Attributes),
endElement(String, String, String),
startDocument(), or
endDocument()
are invoked on a ValidatorHandler,
the same method on the user-specified ContentHandler
must be invoked for the same event before the callback
returns.
ValidatorHandler may not introduce new elements that
were not present in the input.
ValidatorHandler may not remove attributes that were
present in the input.
When a callback method on the specified ContentHandler
throws an exception, the same exception object must be thrown
from the ValidatorHandler. The ErrorHandler
should not be notified of such an exception.
This method can be called even during a middle of a validation.
| receiver | A ContentHandler or a null value.
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Sets the ErrorHandler to receive errors encountered
during the validation.
Error handler can be used to customize the error handling process
during a validation. When an ErrorHandler is set,
errors found during the validation will be first sent
to the ErrorHandler.
The error handler can abort further validation immediately
by throwing 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 ErrorHandler
If any Throwable is thrown from an ErrorHandler,
the same Throwable object will be thrown toward the
root of the call stack.
ValidatorHandler is not allowed to
throw SAXException without first reporting it to
ErrorHandler.
When the ErrorHandler is null, the implementation will
behave as if the following ErrorHandler is set:
class DraconianErrorHandler implementsErrorHandler{ public void fatalError(SAXParseExceptione ) throwsSAXException{ throw e; } public void error(SAXParseExceptione ) throwsSAXException{ throw e; } public void warning(SAXParseExceptione ) throwsSAXException{ // noop } }
When a new ValidatorHandler object is created, initially
this field is set to null.
| errorHandler | A new error handler to be set. This parameter can be null. |
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Set the value of a feature flag.
Feature can be used to control the way a ValidatorHandler
parses schemas, although ValidatorHandlers are not required
to recognize any specific property names.
The feature name is any fully-qualified URI. It is
possible for a ValidatorHandler 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.
| name | The feature name, which is a non-null fully-qualified URI. |
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| value | The requested value of the feature (true or false). |
| SAXNotRecognizedException | If the feature value can't be assigned or retrieved. |
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| SAXNotSupportedException | When the
ValidatorHandler recognizes the feature name but
cannot set the requested value. |
| NullPointerException | When the name parameter is null. |
Set the value of a property.
The property name is any fully-qualified URI. It is
possible for a ValidatorHandler 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.
ValidatorHandlers are not required to recognize setting
any specific property names.
| name | The property name, which is a non-null fully-qualified URI. |
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| object | The requested value for the property. |
| SAXNotRecognizedException | If the property value can't be assigned or retrieved. |
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| SAXNotSupportedException | When the
ValidatorHandler recognizes the property name but
cannot set the requested value. |
| NullPointerException | When the name parameter is null. |
Sets the LSResourceResolver to customize
resource resolution while in a validation episode.
ValidatorHandler uses a LSResourceResolver
when it needs to locate external resources while a validation,
although exactly what constitutes "locating external resources" is
up to each schema language.
When the LSResourceResolver is null, the implementation will
behave as if the following LSResourceResolver is set:
class DumbLSResourceResolver implementsLSResourceResolver{ publicLSInputresolveResource( String publicId, String systemId, String baseURI) { return null; // always return null } }
If a LSResourceResolver throws a RuntimeException
(or instances of its derived classes),
then the ValidatorHandler will abort the parsing and
the caller of the validate method will receive
the same RuntimeException.
When a new ValidatorHandler object is created, initially
this field is set to null.
| resourceResolver | A new resource resolver to be set. This parameter can be null. |
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