Class SchemaReader

java.lang.Object
org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.reader.SchemaReader
public class SchemaReader extends Object
A class for reading XML Schemas.
Version:
$Revision: 9180 $ $Date: 2004-10-05 14:27:10 -0600 (Tue, 05 Oct 2004) $
Author:
Keith Visco

  • Constructor Details

    • SchemaReader

      public SchemaReader(InputSource source) throws IOException
      Creates a new SchemaReader for the given InputSource
      Parameters:
      source - the InputSource to read the Schema from.
      Throws:
      IOException

    • SchemaReader

      public SchemaReader(Reader reader, String filename) throws IOException
      Creates a new SchemaReader for the given Reader
      Parameters:
      reader - the Reader to read the Schema from.
      filename - for reporting errors.
      Throws:
      IOException

    • SchemaReader

      public SchemaReader(String url) throws IOException
      Creates a new SchemaReader for the given URL
      Parameters:
      url - the URL string
      Throws:
      IOException

    • SchemaReader

      public SchemaReader()
      New style how to create a SchemaReader instance, requiring that SchemaContext and InputSource are set before calling read().

  • Method Details

    • setSchemaContext

      public void setSchemaContext(SchemaContext schemaContext)
      To set the SchemaContext to be used. Also resets the parser as it depends of the SchemaContext.
      Parameters:
      schemaContext - the SchemaContext to be used

    • setInputSource

      public void setInputSource(InputSource inputSource)
      A different way to create a SchemaReader by using an empty constructor and setting the InputSource afterwards.
      Parameters:
      inputSource - the InputSource to read the schema from

    • read

      public Schema read() throws IOException
      Reads the Schema from the source and returns the Schema object model.
      Note: Subsequent calls to this method will simply return a cached copy of the Schema object. To read a new Schema object, create a new Reader.
      Returns:
      the new Schema created from the source of this SchemaReader
      Throws:
      IOException

    • setErrorHandler

      public void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler)
      Sets the ErrorHandler.
      Parameters:
      errorHandler -

    • setCacheIncludedSchemas

      public void setCacheIncludedSchemas(boolean cache)
      Sets wheter or not to cache the included xml schemas instead of inlining them as specified by the XML Schema specification.
      Parameters:
      cache - true to cache the included XML Schemas.

    • setValidation

      public void setValidation(boolean validate)
      Sets whether or not post-read validation should occur. By default, validation is enabled. Note that certain read validation cannot be disabled.
      Parameters:
      validate - a boolean that when true will force a call to Schema#validate after the schema is read.

    • setEntityResolver

      public void setEntityResolver(EntityResolver resolver)
      Sets the EntityResolver used to resolve SYSTEM Identifier. If the entity resolver is null, the default one will be used.
      Parameters:
      resolver - the EntityResolver to use.

    • setURIResolver

      public void setURIResolver(URIResolver uriresolver)
      Sets the URIResolver used to resolve hrefs. If the entity resolver is null, the default one will be used.
      Parameters:
      uriresolver - the URIResolver to use.