org.dom4j.io
Class SAXValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.dom4j.io.SAXValidator

public class SAXValidator

extends java.lang.Object

SAXValidator validates an XML document by writing the document to a text buffer and parsing it with a validating SAX parser. This could be implemented much more efficiently by validating against the dom4j object model directly but at least allows the reuse of existing SAX based validating parsers.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

James Strachan

Constructor Summary

SAXValidator()

SAXValidator(XMLReader xmlReader)

Method Summary

protected void	configureReader() Configures the XMLReader before use
protected XMLReader	createXMLReader() Factory Method to allow alternate methods of creating and configuring XMLReader objects
ErrorHandler	getErrorHandler()
XMLReader	getXMLReader()
void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler) Sets the ErrorHandler used by the SAX XMLReader.
void	setXMLReader(XMLReader xmlReader) Sets the XMLReader used to parse SAX events
void	validate(Document document) Validates the given Document by writing it to a validating SAX Parser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SAXValidator

public SAXValidator()

SAXValidator

public SAXValidator(XMLReader xmlReader)

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(Document document)
              throws SAXException

Validates the given Document by writing it to a validating SAX Parser.

Parameters:

document - is the Document to validate

Throws:

SAXException - if a validation error occurs

getXMLReader

public XMLReader getXMLReader()
                       throws SAXException

Returns:

the XMLReader used to parse SAX events

Throws:

SAXException

setXMLReader

public void setXMLReader(XMLReader xmlReader)
                  throws SAXException

Sets the XMLReader used to parse SAX events

Parameters:

xmlReader - is the XMLReader to parse SAX events

Throws:

SAXException

getErrorHandler

public ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()

Returns:

the ErrorHandler used by SAX

setErrorHandler

public void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler)

Sets the ErrorHandler used by the SAX XMLReader.

Parameters:

errorHandler - is the ErrorHandler used by SAX

createXMLReader

protected XMLReader createXMLReader()
                             throws SAXException

Factory Method to allow alternate methods of creating and configuring XMLReader objects

Throws:

SAXException

configureReader

protected void configureReader()
                        throws SAXException

Configures the XMLReader before use

Throws:

SAXException