WebLogic Server 8.1 API Reference

weblogic.apache.xerces.xni.parser
Interface XMLDocumentScanner

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl

public interface XMLDocumentScanner

extends XMLDocumentSource

This interface defines a generic document scanner. This interface allows a scanner to be used interchangably in existing parser configurations.

If the parser configuration uses a document scanner that implements this interface, components should be able to query the scanner instance from the component manager using the following property identifier:

"http://apache.org/xml/properties/internal/document-scanner"

Method Summary

boolean	scanDocument(boolean complete) Scans a document.
void	setInputSource(XMLInputSource inputSource) Sets the input source.

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.apache.xerces.xni.parser.XMLDocumentSource

getDocumentHandler, setDocumentHandler

Method Detail

setInputSource

public void setInputSource(XMLInputSource inputSource)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Sets the input source.

Parameters:

inputSource - The input source.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Thrown on i/o error.

scanDocument

public boolean scanDocument(boolean complete)
                     throws java.io.IOException,
                            XNIException

Scans a document.

Parameters:

complete - True if the scanner should scan the document completely, pushing all events to the registered document handler. A value of false indicates that that the scanner should only scan the next portion of the document and return. A scanner instance is permitted to completely scan a document if it does not support this "pull" scanning model.