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// EntityResolver2.java - Extended SAX entity resolver.

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// $Id: EntityResolver2.java,v 1.2 2006/12/10 20:25:41 gnu_andrew Exp $

package org.xml.sax.ext;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.xml.sax.EntityResolver;

import org.xml.sax.InputSource;

import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/**

 * Extended interface for mapping external entity references to input

 * sources, or providing a missing external subset.  The

 * {@link XMLReader#setEntityResolver XMLReader.setEntityResolver()} method

 * is used to provide implementations of this interface to parsers.

 * When a parser uses the methods in this interface, the

 * {@link EntityResolver2#resolveEntity EntityResolver2.resolveEntity()}

 * method (in this interface) is used <em>instead of</em> the older (SAX 1.0)

 * {@link EntityResolver#resolveEntity EntityResolver.resolveEntity()} method.

 *

 * <blockquote>

 * <em>This module, both source code and documentation, is in the

 * Public Domain, and comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong>.</em>

 * </blockquote>

 *

 * <p>If a SAX application requires the customized handling which this

 * interface defines for external entities, it must ensure that it uses

 * an XMLReader with the

 * <em>http://xml.org/sax/features/use-entity-resolver2</em> feature flag

 * set to <em>true</em> (which is its default value when the feature is

 * recognized).  If that flag is unrecognized, or its value is false,

 * or the resolver does not implement this interface, then only the

 * {@link EntityResolver} method will be used.

 * </p>

 *

 * <p>That supports three categories of application that modify entity

 * resolution.  <em>Old Style</em> applications won't know about this interface;

 * they will provide an EntityResolver.

 * <em>Transitional Mode</em> provide an EntityResolver2 and automatically

 * get the benefit of its methods in any systems (parsers or other tools)

 * supporting it, due to polymorphism.

 * Both <em>Old Style</em> and <em>Transitional Mode</em> applications will

 * work with any SAX2 parser.

 * <em>New style</em> applications will fail to run except on SAX2 parsers

 * that support this particular feature.

 * They will insist that feature flag have a value of "true", and the

 * EntityResolver2 implementation they provide  might throw an exception

 * if the original SAX 1.0 style entity resolution method is invoked.

 * </p>

 *

 * @see org.xml.sax.XMLReader#setEntityResolver

 *

 * @since SAX 2.0 (extensions 1.1 alpha)

 * @author David Brownell

 * @version TBD

 */

public interface EntityResolver2 extends EntityResolver

{

    /**

     * Allows applications to provide an external subset for documents

     * that don't explicitly define one.  Documents with DOCTYPE declarations

     * that omit an external subset can thus augment the declarations

     * available for validation, entity processing, and attribute processing

     * (normalization, defaulting, and reporting types including ID).

     * This augmentation is reported

     * through the {@link LexicalHandler#startDTD startDTD()} method as if

     * the document text had originally included the external subset;

     * this callback is made before any internal subset data or errors

     * are reported.</p>

     *

     * <p>This method can also be used with documents that have no DOCTYPE

     * declaration.  When the root element is encountered,

     * but no DOCTYPE declaration has been seen, this method is

     * invoked.  If it returns a value for the external subset, that root

     * element is declared to be the root element, giving the effect of

     * splicing a DOCTYPE declaration at the end the prolog of a document

     * that could not otherwise be valid.  The sequence of parser callbacks

     * in that case logically resembles this:</p>

     *

     * <pre>

     * ... comments and PIs from the prolog (as usual)

     * startDTD ("rootName", source.getPublicId (), source.getSystemId ());

     * startEntity ("[dtd]");

     * ... declarations, comments, and PIs from the external subset

     * endEntity ("[dtd]");

     * endDTD ();

     * ... then the rest of the document (as usual)

     * startElement (..., "rootName", ...);

     * </pre>

     *

     * <p>Note that the InputSource gets no further resolution.

     * Implementations of this method may wish to invoke

     * {@link #resolveEntity resolveEntity()} to gain benefits such as use

     * of local caches of DTD entities.  Also, this method will never be

     * used by a (non-validating) processor that is not including external

     * parameter entities. </p>

     *

     * <p>Uses for this method include facilitating data validation when

     * interoperating with XML processors that would always require

     * undesirable network accesses for external entities, or which for

     * other reasons adopt a "no DTDs" policy.

     * Non-validation motives include forcing documents to include DTDs so

     * that attributes are handled consistently.

     * For example, an XPath processor needs to know which attibutes have

     * type "ID" before it can process a widely used type of reference.</p>

     *

     * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> Returning an external subset modifies

     * the input document.  By providing definitions for general entities,

     * it can make a malformed document appear to be well formed.

     * </p>

     *

     * @param name Identifies the document root element.  This name comes

     *  from a DOCTYPE declaration (where available) or from the actual

     *  root element.

     * @param baseURI The document's base URI, serving as an additional

     *  hint for selecting the external subset.  This is always an absolute

     *  URI, unless it is null because the XMLReader was given an InputSource

     *  without one.

     *

     * @return An InputSource object describing the new external subset

     *  to be used by the parser, or null to indicate that no external

     *  subset is provided.

     *

     * @exception SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping

     *  another exception.

     * @exception IOException Probably indicating a failure to create

     *  a new InputStream or Reader, or an illegal URL.

     */

    public InputSource getExternalSubset (String name, String baseURI)

    throws SAXException, IOException;

    /**

     * Allows applications to map references to external entities into input

     * sources, or tell the parser it should use conventional URI resolution.

     * This method is only called for external entities which have been

     * properly declared.

     * This method provides more flexibility than the {@link EntityResolver}

     * interface, supporting implementations of more complex catalogue

     * schemes such as the one defined by the <a href=

        "http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec-2001-08-06.html"

        >OASIS XML Catalogs</a> specification.</p>

     *

     * <p>Parsers configured to use this resolver method will call it

     * to determine the input source to use for any external entity

     * being included because of a reference in the XML text.

     * That excludes the document entity, and any external entity returned

     * by {@link #getExternalSubset getExternalSubset()}.

     * When a (non-validating) processor is configured not to include

     * a class of entities (parameter or general) through use of feature

     * flags, this method is not invoked for such entities.  </p>

     *

     * <p>Note that the entity naming scheme used here is the same one

     * used in the {@link LexicalHandler}, or in the {@link

        org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#skippedEntity

        ContentHandler.skippedEntity()}

     * method. </p>

     *

     * @param name Identifies the external entity being resolved.

     *  Either "[dtd]" for the external subset, or a name starting

     *  with "%" to indicate a parameter entity, or else the name of

     *  a general entity.  This is never null when invoked by a SAX2

     *  parser.

     * @param publicId The public identifier of the external entity being

     *  referenced (normalized as required by the XML specification), or

     *  null if none was supplied.

     * @param baseURI The URI with respect to which relative systemIDs

     *  are interpreted.  This is always an absolute URI, unless it is

     *  null (likely because the XMLReader was given an InputSource without

     *  one).  This URI is defined by the XML specification to be the one

     *  associated with the "<" starting the relevant declaration.

     * @param systemId The system identifier of the external entity

     *  being referenced; either a relative or absolute URI.

     *  This is never null when invoked by a SAX2 parser; only declared

     *  entities, and any external subset, are resolved by such parsers.

     *

     * @return An InputSource object describing the new input source to

     *  be used by the parser.  Returning null directs the parser to

     *  resolve the system ID against the base URI and open a connection

     *  to resulting URI.

     *

     * @exception SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping

     *  another exception.

     * @exception IOException Probably indicating a failure to create

     *  a new InputStream or Reader, or an illegal URL.

     */

    public InputSource resolveEntity (

            String name,

            String publicId,

            String baseURI,

            String systemId

    ) throws SAXException, IOException;

}