javax.xml.parsers
class DocumentBuilderFactory

java.lang.Object javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory

Most common way to construct:

DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();

Based on 478 examples

public abstract class DocumentBuilderFactory
extends Object

Defines a factory API that enables applications to obtain a parser that produces DOM object trees from XML documents.

DocumentBuilderFactory

protected DocumentBuilderFactory()

Protected constructor to prevent instantiation. Use {@link #newInstance()}.

getAttribute

public abstract Object getAttribute(String name)
                             throws IllegalArgumentException

Allows the user to retrieve specific attributes on the underlying implementation.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

Returns:

value The value of the attribute.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - thrown if the underlying implementation doesn't recognize the attribute.

getFeature

public abstract boolean getFeature(String name)
                            throws ParserConfigurationException

Get the state of the named feature.

Feature names are fully qualified {@link java.net.URI}s. Implementations may define their own features. An {@link ParserConfigurationException} is thrown if this DocumentBuilderFactory or the DocumentBuilders it creates cannot support the feature. It is possible for an DocumentBuilderFactory to expose a feature value but be unable to change its state.

Parameters:

name - Feature name.

Returns:

State of the named feature.

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - if this DocumentBuilderFactory or the DocumentBuilders it creates cannot support this feature.

getSchema

public Schema getSchema()

Gets the {@link Schema} object specified through the {@link #setSchema(Schema schema)} method.

Returns:

the {@link Schema} object that was last set through the {@link #setSchema(Schema)} method, or null if the method was not invoked since a {@link DocumentBuilderFactory} is created.

isCoalescing

public boolean isCoalescing()

Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which converts CDATA nodes to Text nodes and appends it to the adjacent (if any) Text node.

Returns:

true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which converts CDATA nodes to Text nodes and appends it to the adjacent (if any) Text node; false otherwise.

isExpandEntityReferences

public boolean isExpandEntityReferences()

Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which expand entity reference nodes.

Returns:

true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which expand entity reference nodes; false otherwise.

isIgnoringComments

public boolean isIgnoringComments()

Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignores comments.

Returns:

true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignores comments; false otherwise.

isIgnoringElementContentWhitespace

public boolean isIgnoringElementContentWhitespace()

Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignore ignorable whitespace in element content.

Returns:

true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which ignore ignorable whitespace in element content; false otherwise.

isNamespaceAware

public boolean isNamespaceAware()

Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which are namespace aware.

Returns:

true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which are namespace aware; false otherwise.

isValidating

public boolean isValidating()

Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which validate the XML content during parse.

Returns:

true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which validate the XML content during parse; false otherwise.

isXIncludeAware

public boolean isXIncludeAware()

Get state of XInclude processing.

Returns:

current state of XInclude processing

newDocumentBuilder

public abstract DocumentBuilder newDocumentBuilder()
                                            throws ParserConfigurationException

Creates a new instance of a {@link javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder} using the currently configured parameters.

Returns:

A new instance of a DocumentBuilder.

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - if a DocumentBuilder cannot be created which satisfies the configuration requested.

newInstance

public static DocumentBuilderFactory newInstance()

Obtain a new instance of a DocumentBuilderFactory. This static method creates a new factory instance. This method uses the following ordered lookup procedure to determine the DocumentBuilderFactory implementation class to load:

• Use the javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory system property.
• Use the properties file "lib/jaxp.properties" in the JRE directory. This configuration file is in standard java.util.Properties format and contains the fully qualified name of the implementation class with the key being the system property defined above. The jaxp.properties file is read only once by the JAXP implementation and it's values are then cached for future use. If the file does not exist when the first attempt is made to read from it, no further attempts are made to check for its existence. It is not possible to change the value of any property in jaxp.properties after it has been read for the first time.
• Use the Services API (as detailed in the JAR specification), if available, to determine the classname. The Services API will look for a classname in the file META-INF/services/javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory in jars available to the runtime.
• Platform default DocumentBuilderFactory instance.

Once an application has obtained a reference to a DocumentBuilderFactory it can use the factory to configure and obtain parser instances.

Tip for Trouble-shooting

Setting the jaxp.debug system property will cause this method to print a lot of debug messages to System.err about what it is doing and where it is looking at.

If you have problems loading {@link DocumentBuilder}s, try:

 java -Djaxp.debug=1 YourProgram ....
 

Returns:

New instance of a DocumentBuilderFactory

newInstance

public static DocumentBuilderFactory newInstance(String factoryClassName,
                                                 ClassLoader classLoader)

Obtain a new instance of a DocumentBuilderFactory from class name. This function is useful when there are multiple providers in the classpath. It gives more control to the application as it can specify which provider should be loaded.

Once an application has obtained a reference to a DocumentBuilderFactory it can use the factory to configure and obtain parser instances.

Tip for Trouble-shooting

Setting the jaxp.debug system property will cause this method to print a lot of debug messages to System.err about what it is doing and where it is looking at.

If you have problems try:

 java -Djaxp.debug=1 YourProgram ....
 

Parameters:

factoryClassName - fully qualified factory class name that provides implementation of javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.

classLoader - ClassLoader used to load the factory class. If null current Thread's context classLoader is used to load the factory class.

Returns:

New instance of a DocumentBuilderFactory

setAttribute

public abstract void setAttribute(String name,
                                  Object value)
                           throws IllegalArgumentException

Allows the user to set specific attributes on the underlying implementation.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

value - The value of the attribute.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - thrown if the underlying implementation doesn't recognize the attribute.

setCoalescing

public void setCoalescing(boolean coalescing)

Specifies that the parser produced by this code will convert CDATA nodes to Text nodes and append it to the adjacent (if any) text node. By default the value of this is set to false

Parameters:

coalescing - true if the parser produced will convert CDATA nodes to Text nodes and append it to the adjacent (if any) text node; false otherwise.

setExpandEntityReferences

public void setExpandEntityReferences(boolean expandEntityRef)

Specifies that the parser produced by this code will expand entity reference nodes. By default the value of this is set to true

Parameters:

expandEntityRef - true if the parser produced will expand entity reference nodes; false otherwise.

setFeature

public abstract void setFeature(String name,
                                boolean value)
                         throws ParserConfigurationException

Set a feature for this DocumentBuilderFactory and DocumentBuilders created by this factory.

Feature names are fully qualified {@link java.net.URI}s. Implementations may define their own features. A {@link ParserConfigurationException} is thrown if this DocumentBuilderFactory or the DocumentBuilders it creates cannot support the feature. It is possible for a DocumentBuilderFactory to expose a feature value but be unable to change its state.

All implementations are required to support the {@link javax.xml.XMLConstants#FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING} feature. When the feature is:

• true: the implementation will limit XML processing to conform to implementation limits. Examples include enity expansion limits and XML Schema constructs that would consume large amounts of resources. If XML processing is limited for security reasons, it will be reported via a call to the registered {@link org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler#fatalError(SAXParseException exception)}. See {@link DocumentBuilder#setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler)}.
• false: the implementation will processing XML according to the XML specifications without regard to possible implementation limits.

Parameters:

name - Feature name.

value - Is feature state true or false.

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - if this DocumentBuilderFactory or the DocumentBuilders it creates cannot support this feature.

setIgnoringComments

public void setIgnoringComments(boolean ignoreComments)

Specifies that the parser produced by this code will ignore comments. By default the value of this is set to false .

Parameters:

ignoreComments - boolean value to ignore comments during processing

setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace

public void setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(boolean whitespace)

Specifies that the parsers created by this factory must eliminate whitespace in element content (sometimes known loosely as 'ignorable whitespace') when parsing XML documents (see XML Rec 2.10). Note that only whitespace which is directly contained within element content that has an element only content model (see XML Rec 3.2.1) will be eliminated. Due to reliance on the content model this setting requires the parser to be in validating mode. By default the value of this is set to false.

Parameters:

whitespace - true if the parser created must eliminate whitespace in the element content when parsing XML documents; false otherwise.

setNamespaceAware

public void setNamespaceAware(boolean awareness)

Specifies that the parser produced by this code will provide support for XML namespaces. By default the value of this is set to false

Parameters:

awareness - true if the parser produced will provide support for XML namespaces; false otherwise.

setSchema

public void setSchema(Schema schema)

Set the {@link Schema} to be used by parsers created from this factory.

When a {@link Schema} is non-null, a parser will use a validator created from it to validate documents before it passes information down to the application.

When errors are found by the validator, the parser is responsible to report them to the user-specified {@link org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler} (or if the error handler is not set, ignore them or throw them), just like any other errors found by the parser itself. In other words, if the user-specified {@link org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler} is set, it must receive those errors, and if not, they must be treated according to the implementation specific default error handling rules.

A validator may modify the outcome of a parse (for example by adding default values that were missing in documents), and a parser is responsible to make sure that the application will receive modified DOM trees.

Initialy, null is set as the {@link Schema}.

This processing will take effect even if the {@link #isValidating()} method returns false.

It is an error to use the http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaSource property and/or the http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage property in conjunction with a {@link Schema} object. Such configuration will cause a {@link ParserConfigurationException} exception when the {@link #newDocumentBuilder()} is invoked.

Note for implmentors

A parser must be able to work with any {@link Schema} implementation. However, parsers and schemas are allowed to use implementation-specific custom mechanisms as long as they yield the result described in the specification.

Parameters:

schema - Schema to use or null to remove a schema.

setValidating

public void setValidating(boolean validating)

Specifies that the parser produced by this code will validate documents as they are parsed. By default the value of this is set to false.

Note that "the validation" here means a validating parser as defined in the XML recommendation. In other words, it essentially just controls the DTD validation. (except the legacy two properties defined in JAXP 1.2.)

To use modern schema languages such as W3C XML Schema or RELAX NG instead of DTD, you can configure your parser to be a non-validating parser by leaving the {@link #setValidating(boolean)} method false, then use the {@link #setSchema(Schema)} method to associate a schema to a parser.

Parameters:

validating - true if the parser produced will validate documents as they are parsed; false otherwise.

setXIncludeAware

public void setXIncludeAware(boolean state)

Set state of XInclude processing.

If XInclude markup is found in the document instance, should it be processed as specified in XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0.

XInclude processing defaults to false.

Parameters:

state - Set XInclude processing to true or false