arabica/SAX/EntityResolver.h
2002-06-21 11:16:28 +00:00

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#ifndef EntityResolverH
#define EntityResolverH
// EntityResolver.h
// $Id$
#include <string>
#include <SAX/InputSource.h>
namespace SAX
{
/**
* Basic interface for resolving entities.
*
* <p>If a SAX application needs to implement customized handling
* for external entities, it must implement this interface and
* register an instance with the SAX driver using the
* {@link basic_XMLReader#setEntityResolver setEntityResolver}
* method.</p>
*
* <p>The XML reader will then allow the application to intercept any
* external entities (including the external DTD subset and external
* parameter entities, if any) before including them.</p>
*
* <p>Many SAX applications will not need to implement this interface,
* but it will be especially useful for applications that build
* XML documents from databases or other specialised input sources,
* or for applications that use URI types other than URLs.</p>
*
* <p>The following resolver would provide the application
* with a special character stream for the entity with the system
* identifier "http://www.myhost.com/today":</p>
*
* <pre>
* #include &lt;EntityResolver&gt;
* #include &lt;InputSource&gt;
*
* public class MyResolver implements SAX::EntityResolver
* {
* public InputSource resolveEntity (const std::string& publicId, const std::string& systemId)
* {
* if(systemId == "http://www.myhost.com/today")
* {
* // return a special input source
* MyReader reader = new MyReader();
* return SAX::InputSource(reader);
* } else {
* // request default behaviour
* return SAX::InputSource();
* }
* }
* }
* </pre>
*
* <p>The application can also use this interface to redirect system
* identifiers to local URIs or to look up replacements in a catalog
* (possibly by using the public identifier).</p>
*
* @since SAX 1.0
* @author Jez Higgins,
* <a href="mailto:jez@jezuk.co.uk">jez@jezuk.co.uk</a>
* @version 2.0
* @see basic_Parser#setEntityResolver
* @see basic_InputSource
*/
template<class string_type>
class basic_EntityResolver
{
public:
typedef string_type stringT;
typedef basic_InputSource<stringT> InputSourceT;
virtual ~basic_EntityResolver() { };
/**
* Allow the application to resolve external entities.
*
* <p>The Parser will call this method before opening any external
* entity except the top-level document entity (including the
* external DTD subset, external entities referenced within the
* DTD, and external entities referenced within the document
* element): the application may request that the parser resolve
* the entity itself, that it use an alternative URI, or that it
* use an entirely different input source.</p>
*
* <p>Application writers can use this method to redirect external
* system identifiers to secure and/or local URIs, to look up
* public identifiers in a catalogue, or to read an entity from a
* database or other input source (including, for example, a dialog
* box).</p>
*
* <p>If the system identifier is a URL, the SAX parser must
* resolve it fully before reporting it to the application.</p>
*
* @param publicId The public identifier of the external entity
* being referenced, or null if none was supplied.
* @param systemId The system identifier of the external entity
* being referenced.
* @return An InputSource object describing the new input source,
* or null to request that the parser open a regular
* URI connection to the system identifier.
* @exception SAXException Any SAX exception.
* @see basic_InputSource
*/
virtual InputSourceT resolveEntity(const stringT& publicId, const stringT& systemId) = 0;
}; // class EntityResolver
typedef basic_EntityResolver<std::string> EntityResolver;
typedef basic_EntityResolver<std::wstring> wEntityResolver;
}; // namespace SAX
#endif
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