Class Parser

Object
Parser

public class Parser extends Object
GeoTools XML parser.

This parser uses a sax based driver to parse an input stream into a single object. For streaming look at StreamingParser. If the source document being parsed as already been parsed into a Document the DOMParser class may be used.

Schema Resolution

See Configuration javadocs for instructions on how to customize schema resolution. This is often desirable in the case that the instance document being parsed contains invalid uri's in schema imports and includes.
Author:
Justin Deoliveira, The Open Planning Project
  • Constructor Details

    • Parser

      public Parser(Configuration configuration)
      Creates a new instance of the parser.
      Parameters:
      configuration - The parser configuration, bindings and context, must never be null .
  • Method Details

    • setContextCustomizer

      public void setContextCustomizer(ParserHandler.ContextCustomizer contextCustomizer)
      Allows the caller to customize the Pico context used for parsing
    • parse

      Parses an instance documented defined by an input stream.

      The object returned from the parse is the object which has been bound to the root element of the document. This method should only be called once for a single instance document.

      Returns:
      The object representation of the root element of the document.
      Throws:
      IOException
      SAXException
      ParserConfigurationException
    • parse

      Parses an instance documented defined by a reader.

      The object returned from the parse is the object which has been bound to the root element of the document. This method should only be called once for a single instance document.

      Returns:
      The object representation of the root element of the document.
      Throws:
      IOException
      SAXException
      ParserConfigurationException
    • parse

      Parses an instance document defined by a transformer source.

      Note: Currently this method reads the entire source into memory in order to validate it. If large documents must be parsed one of {@link #

      Parameters:
      source - THe source of the instance document.
      Returns:
      Throws:
      IOException
      SAXException
      ParserConfigurationException
      TransformerException
      Since:
      2.6
    • parse

      Parses an instance documented defined by a sax input source.

      The object returned from the parse is the object which has been bound to the root element of the document. This method should only be called once for a single instance document.

      Returns:
      The object representation of the root element of the document.
      Throws:
      IOException
      SAXException
      ParserConfigurationException
    • setStrict

      public void setStrict(boolean strict)
      Sets the strict parsing flag.

      When set to true, this will cause the parser to operate in a strict mode, which means that xml being parsed must be exactly correct with respect to the schema it references.

      Some examples of cases in which the parser will throw an exception while operating in strict mode:

      • no 'schemaLocation' specified, or specified incorrectly
      • element found which is not declared in the schema
      Parameters:
      strict - The strict flag.
    • setValidating

      public void setValidating(boolean validating)
      Sets the flag controlling whether the parser should validate or not.
      Parameters:
      validating - Validation flag, true to validate, otherwise false
    • isValidating

      public boolean isValidating()
      Returns:
      Flag determining if the parser is validatin or not.
    • setFailOnValidationError

      public void setFailOnValidationError(boolean fail)
      Sets the flag which controls how the parser handles validation errors.

      When this flag is set, the parser will throw an exception when it encounters a validation error. Otherwise the error will be stored, retrievable from getValidationErrors().

      The default behavior is to set this flag to false. So client code should explicitly set this flag if it is desired that the exception be thrown when the validation error occurs.

      Parameters:
      fail - failure flag, true to fail, otherwise false
    • isFailOnValidationError

      public boolean isFailOnValidationError()
      Returns:
      The flag determining how the parser deals with validation errors.
    • setHandleMixedContent

      public void setHandleMixedContent(boolean handleMixedContent)
      Sets flag that controls whether the parser will process mixed content in a way that preserves order of child elements and text.
      Since:
      2.7
    • isHandleMixedContent

      public boolean isHandleMixedContent()
      Flag that controls whether the parser will process mixed content in a way that preserves order of child elements and text.

      By default the parser will simply concatenate blindly all child text and not preserve order with respect to other elements within a mixed content type.

      Since:
      2.7
    • setForceParserDelegate

      public void setForceParserDelegate(boolean forceParserDelegate)
      Sets Flag that forces of the check for ParserDelegate even in cases where an element can be parsed normally.
      Since:
      8.0
      See Also:
    • isForceParserDelegate

      public boolean isForceParserDelegate()
      Flag that forces of the check for ParserDelegate even in cases where an element can be parsed normally.

      By default the parser will only lookup parser delegates when the element is unrecognized with regard to the schema and can't be parsed normally.

      Since:
      8.0
    • setEntityResolver

      public void setEntityResolver(EntityResolver entityResolver)
      Set EntityResolver
    • getEntityResolver

      public EntityResolver getEntityResolver()
      Get EntityResolver
      Returns:
      entityResolver
    • setRootElementType

      public void setRootElementType(QName typeName)
      Informs the parser of the type of the root element to be used in cases where it can not be inferred.

      This method is used in cases where the element being parsed is not declared as global in the schema.

      Parameters:
      typeName - The type name of the root element.
      Since:
      8.0
    • getRootElementType

      public QName getRootElementType()
      The type name of the root element being parsed.
      See Also:
    • getValidationErrors

      public List<Exception> getValidationErrors()
      Returns a list of any validation errors that occured while parsing.
      Returns:
      A list of errors, or an empty list if none.
    • validate

      Validates an instance document defined by a input stream.

      Clients should call getValidationErrors() after this method to retrieve any validation errors that occurred. Clients do not need to call setValidating(boolean) when using this method to validate.

      This method does not do any of the work done by parse(InputSource), it only validates.

      Throws:
      IOException
      SAXException
      ParserConfigurationException
    • validate

      public void validate(Reader reader) throws IOException, SAXException, ParserConfigurationException
      Validates an instance document defined by a reader.

      Clients should call getValidationErrors() after this method to retrieve any validation errors that occurred. Clients do not need to call setValidating(boolean) when using this method to validate.

      This method does not do any of the work done by parse(InputSource), it only validates.

      Throws:
      IOException
      SAXException
      ParserConfigurationException
    • validate

      public void validate(InputSource source) throws IOException, SAXException, ParserConfigurationException
      Validates an instance document defined by a input source.

      Clients should call getValidationErrors() after this method to retrieve any validation errors that occurred. Clients do not need to call setValidating(boolean) when using this method to validate.

      This method does not do any of the work done by parse(InputSource), it only validates.

      Throws:
      IOException
      SAXException
      ParserConfigurationException
    • getSchemas

      public XSDSchema[] getSchemas()
      Returns the schema objects referenced by the instance document being parsed. This method can only be called after a successful parse has begun.
      Returns:
      The schema objects used to parse the document, or null if parsing has not commenced.
    • getNamespaces

      public ParserNamespaceSupport getNamespaces()
      Returns the namespace mappings maintained by the parser.

      Clients may register additional namespace mappings. This is useful when an application wishes to provide some "default" namespace mappings.

      Clients should register namespace mappings in the current "context", ie do not call NamespaceSupport.pushContext(). Example: Parser parser = new Parser( ... ); parser.getNamespaces().declarePrefix( "foo", "http://www.foo.com" ); ...

      Returns:
      The namespace support containing prefix to uri mappings.
      Since:
      2.4
    • getURIHandlers

      public List<URIHandler> getURIHandlers()
      Returns the list of URIHandler used when parsing schemas.

      URI handlers are invoked to handle external references that occur during parsing.

      Since:
      2.7
    • parser

      Throws:
      ParserConfigurationException
      SAXException
    • parser

      protected SAXParser parser(boolean validate) throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXException
      Throws:
      ParserConfigurationException
      SAXException
    • getEntityExpansionLimit

      public Optional<Integer> getEntityExpansionLimit()
    • setEntityExpansionLimit

      public void setEntityExpansionLimit(Integer entityExpansionLimit)