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javax.xml.transform

public Interface Source

Known Direct Implementers
javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource, javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource, javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource, javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource, com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.XSLTCSource, com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.XMLInputSourceAdaptor
An object that implements this interface contains the information needed to act as source input (XML source or transformation instructions).
Since
1.4

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public String

Returns:

The system identifier that was set with setSystemId, or null if setSystemId was not called.
getSystemId()

Get the system identifier that was set with setSystemId.

public default boolean

Returns:

true if the Source object is empty, false otherwise
isEmpty()

Indicates whether the Source object is empty.

public void
setSystemId(String
The system identifier as a URL string.
systemId)

Set the system identifier for this Source.

Method Detail

getSystemIdback to summary
public String getSystemId()

Get the system identifier that was set with setSystemId.

Returns:String

The system identifier that was set with setSystemId, or null if setSystemId was not called.

isEmptyback to summary
public default boolean isEmpty()

Indicates whether the Source object is empty. Empty means that there is no input available from this Source.

Implementation Specification

The default implementation of this method throws UnsupportedOperationException.

Returns:boolean

true if the Source object is empty, false otherwise

setSystemIdback to summary
public void setSystemId(String systemId)

Set the system identifier for this Source.

The system identifier is optional if the source does not get its data from a URL, but it may still be useful to provide one. The application can use a system identifier, for example, to resolve relative URIs and to include in error messages and warnings.

Parameters
systemId:String

The system identifier as a URL string.