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jdk.internal.org.xml.sax

public Class InputSource

extends Object
Class Inheritance
Imports
java.io.Reader, .InputStream

A single input source for an XML entity.
This module, both source code and documentation, is in the Public Domain, and comes with NO WARRANTY. See http://www.saxproject.org for further information.

This class allows a SAX application to encapsulate information about an input source in a single object, which may include a public identifier, a system identifier, a byte stream (possibly with a specified encoding), and/or a character stream.

There are two places that the application can deliver an input source to the parser: as the argument to the Parser.parse method, or as the return value of the EntityResolver.resolveEntity method.

The SAX parser will use the InputSource object to determine how to read XML input. If there is a character stream available, the parser will read that stream directly, disregarding any text encoding declaration found in that stream. If there is no character stream, but there is a byte stream, the parser will use that byte stream, using the encoding specified in the InputSource or else (if no encoding is specified) autodetecting the character encoding using an algorithm such as the one in the XML specification. If neither a character stream nor a byte stream is available, the parser will attempt to open a URI connection to the resource identified by the system identifier.

An InputSource object belongs to the application: the SAX parser shall never modify it in any way (it may modify a copy if necessary). However, standard processing of both byte and character streams is to close them on as part of end-of-parse cleanup, so applications should not attempt to re-use such streams after they have been handed to a parser.

Author
David Megginson
Since
SAX 1.0
See Also
org.xml.sax.XMLReader#parse(org.xml.sax.InputSource), org.xml.sax.EntityResolver#resolveEntity, java.io.InputStream, java.io.Reader

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
private InputStream
private Reader
private String
private String
private String

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
InputSource()

Zero-argument default constructor.

public
InputSource(String
The system identifier (URI).
systemId
)

Create a new input source with a system identifier.

public
InputSource(InputStream
The raw byte stream containing the document.
byteStream
)

Create a new input source with a byte stream.

public
InputSource(Reader characterStream)

Create a new input source with a character stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public InputStream

Returns:

The byte stream, or null if none was supplied.
getByteStream
()

Get the byte stream for this input source.

public Reader

Returns:

The character stream, or null if none was supplied.
getCharacterStream
()

Get the character stream for this input source.

public String

Returns:

The encoding, or null if none was supplied.
getEncoding
()

Get the character encoding for a byte stream or URI.

public String

Returns:

The public identifier, or null if none was supplied.
getPublicId
()

Get the public identifier for this input source.

public String

Returns:

The system identifier, or null if none was supplied.
getSystemId
()

Get the system identifier for this input source.

public void
setByteStream(InputStream
A byte stream containing an XML document or other entity.
byteStream
)

Set the byte stream for this input source.

public void
setCharacterStream(Reader
The character stream containing the XML document or other entity.
characterStream
)

Set the character stream for this input source.

public void
setEncoding(String
A string describing the character encoding.
encoding
)

Set the character encoding, if known.

public void
setPublicId(String
The public identifier as a string.
publicId
)

Set the public identifier for this input source.

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

Set the system identifier for this input source.

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Field Detail

byteStreamback to summary
private InputStream byteStream
characterStreamback to summary
private Reader characterStream
encodingback to summary
private String encoding
publicIdback to summary
private String publicId
systemIdback to summary
private String systemId

Constructor Detail

InputSourceback to summary
public InputSource()

Zero-argument default constructor.

See Also
setPublicId, setSystemId, setByteStream, setCharacterStream, setEncoding
InputSourceback to summary
public InputSource(String systemId)

Create a new input source with a system identifier.

Applications may use setPublicId to include a public identifier as well, or setEncoding to specify the character encoding, if known.

If the system identifier is a URL, it must be fully resolved (it may not be a relative URL).

Parameters
systemId:String

The system identifier (URI).

Annotations
@SuppressWarnings:this-escape
See Also
setPublicId, setSystemId, setByteStream, setEncoding, setCharacterStream
InputSourceback to summary
public InputSource(InputStream byteStream)

Create a new input source with a byte stream.

Application writers should use setSystemId() to provide a base for resolving relative URIs, may use setPublicId to include a public identifier, and may use setEncoding to specify the object's character encoding.

Parameters
byteStream:InputStream

The raw byte stream containing the document.

Annotations
@SuppressWarnings:this-escape
See Also
setPublicId, setSystemId, setEncoding, setByteStream, setCharacterStream
InputSourceback to summary
public InputSource(Reader characterStream)

Create a new input source with a character stream.

Application writers should use setSystemId() to provide a base for resolving relative URIs, and may use setPublicId to include a public identifier.

The character stream shall not include a byte order mark.

Annotations
@SuppressWarnings:this-escape
See Also
setPublicId, setSystemId, setByteStream, setCharacterStream

Method Detail

getByteStreamback to summary
public InputStream getByteStream()

Get the byte stream for this input source.

The getEncoding method will return the character encoding for this byte stream, or null if unknown.

Returns:InputStream

The byte stream, or null if none was supplied.

See Also
getEncoding, setByteStream
getCharacterStreamback to summary
public Reader getCharacterStream()

Get the character stream for this input source.

Returns:Reader

The character stream, or null if none was supplied.

See Also
setCharacterStream
getEncodingback to summary
public String getEncoding()

Get the character encoding for a byte stream or URI. This value will be ignored when the application provides a character stream.

Returns:String

The encoding, or null if none was supplied.

See Also
setByteStream, getSystemId, getByteStream
getPublicIdback to summary
public String getPublicId()

Get the public identifier for this input source.

Returns:String

The public identifier, or null if none was supplied.

See Also
setPublicId
getSystemIdback to summary
public String getSystemId()

Get the system identifier for this input source.

The getEncoding method will return the character encoding of the object pointed to, or null if unknown.

If the system ID is a URL, it will be fully resolved.

Returns:String

The system identifier, or null if none was supplied.

See Also
setSystemId, getEncoding
setByteStreamback to summary
public void setByteStream(InputStream byteStream)

Set the byte stream for this input source.

The SAX parser will ignore this if there is also a character stream specified, but it will use a byte stream in preference to opening a URI connection itself.

If the application knows the character encoding of the byte stream, it should set it with the setEncoding method.

Parameters
byteStream:InputStream

A byte stream containing an XML document or other entity.

See Also
setEncoding, getByteStream, getEncoding, java.io.InputStream
setCharacterStreamback to summary
public void setCharacterStream(Reader characterStream)

Set the character stream for this input source.

If there is a character stream specified, the SAX parser will ignore any byte stream and will not attempt to open a URI connection to the system identifier.

Parameters
characterStream:Reader

The character stream containing the XML document or other entity.

See Also
getCharacterStream, java.io.Reader
setEncodingback to summary
public void setEncoding(String encoding)

Set the character encoding, if known.

The encoding must be a string acceptable for an XML encoding declaration (see section 4.3.3 of the XML 1.0 recommendation).

This method has no effect when the application provides a character stream.

Parameters
encoding:String

A string describing the character encoding.

See Also
setSystemId, setByteStream, getEncoding
setPublicIdback to summary
public void setPublicId(String publicId)

Set the public identifier for this input source.

The public identifier is always optional: if the application writer includes one, it will be provided as part of the location information.

Parameters
publicId:String

The public identifier as a string.

See Also
getPublicId, org.xml.sax.Locator#getPublicId, org.xml.sax.SAXParseException#getPublicId
setSystemIdback to summary
public void setSystemId(String systemId)

Set the system identifier for this input source.

The system identifier is optional if there is a byte stream or a character stream, but it is still useful to provide one, since the application can use it to resolve relative URIs and can include it in error messages and warnings (the parser will attempt to open a connection to the URI only if there is no byte stream or character stream specified).

If the application knows the character encoding of the object pointed to by the system identifier, it can register the encoding using the setEncoding method.

If the system identifier is a URL, it must be fully resolved (it may not be a relative URL).

Parameters
systemId:String

The system identifier as a string.

See Also
setEncoding, getSystemId, org.xml.sax.Locator#getSystemId, org.xml.sax.SAXParseException#getSystemId