Module java.xml

Interface LSResourceResolver

All Known Subinterfaces:
CatalogResolver

public interface LSResourceResolver
LSResourceResolver provides a way for applications to redirect references to external resources.

Applications needing to implement custom handling for external resources can implement this interface and register their implementation by setting the "resource-resolver" parameter of DOMConfiguration objects attached to LSParser and LSSerializer. It can also be register on DOMConfiguration objects attached to Document if the "LS" feature is supported.

The LSParser will then allow the application to intercept any external entities, including the external DTD subset and external parameter entities, before including them. The top-level document entity is never passed to the resolveResource method.

Many DOM applications will not need to implement this interface, but it will be especially useful for applications that build XML documents from databases or other specialized input sources, or for applications that use URNs.

Note: LSResourceResolver is based on the SAX2 [SAX] EntityResolver interface.

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification.

Since:
1.5