Class DocumentBuilderFactory

protected DocumentBuilderFactory()

The basic constructor. Object is special, because it has no superclass, so there is no call to super().

public abstract Object getAttribute(String name)
            throws IllegalArgumentException

Retrieves the named attribute value from the underlying implementation.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the attribute is not recognized

public abstract boolean getFeature(String name)
            throws ParserConfigurationException

Returns the value of the specified feature.

Parameters:

name - the feature name (URI)

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - if the feature is not supported.

Since:

1.5

public Schema getSchema()

Returns the schema.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

setSchema(Schema)

public boolean isCoalescing()

Indicates whether document builders obtained from this factory will convert CDATA sections to text nodes and normalize adjacent text nodes into a single text node.

public boolean isExpandEntityReferences()

Indicates whether document builders obtained from this factory will expand entity reference nodes.

public boolean isIgnoringComments()

Indicates whether document builders obtained from this factory will discard comment nodes.

public boolean isIgnoringElementContentWhitespace()

Indicates whether document builders obtained from this factory will eliminate whitespace within elements that have an element-only content model.

public boolean isNamespaceAware()

Indicates whether document builders obtained from this factory will be XML Namespace aware.

public boolean isValidating()

Indicates whether document builders obtained from this factory will validate their input.

public boolean isXIncludeAware()

Indicates whether parsers obtained from this factory will be XInclude aware.

Since:

1.5

public abstract DocumentBuilder newDocumentBuilder()
            throws ParserConfigurationException

Creates a new document builder instance using the currently specified factory configuration.

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - if the specified configuration is not supported

public static DocumentBuilderFactory newInstance()

Creates a new factory instance. The implementation class to load is the first found in the following locations:

1. the javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory system property
2. the above named property value in the $JAVA_HOME/lib/jaxp.properties file
3. the class name specified in the META-INF/services/javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory system resource
4. the default factory class

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

Set the named attribute on the underlying implementation.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

value - the new value

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the attribute is not recognized

public void setCoalescing(boolean coalescing)

Sets whether document builders obtained from this factory will convert CDATA sections to text nodes and normalize adjacent text nodes into a single text node.

public void setExpandEntityReferences(boolean expandEntityRef)

Sets whether document builders obtained from this factory will expand entity reference nodes.

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

Sets the value of the specified feature.

Parameters:

name - the feature name (URI)

value - whether to enable the feature or not

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - if the feature is not supported.

Since:

1.5

public void setIgnoringComments(boolean ignoreComments)

Sets whether document builders obtained from this factory will discard comment nodes.

public void setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(boolean whitespace)

Sets whether document builders obtained from this factory will eliminate whitespace within elements that have an element-only content model.

public void setNamespaceAware(boolean awareness)

Sets whether document builders obtained from this factory will be XML Namespace aware.

public void setSchema(Schema schema)

Sets the schema.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

getSchema()

public void setValidating(boolean validating)

Sets whether document builders obtained from this factory will validate their input.

public void setXIncludeAware(boolean state)

Sets whether parsers obtained from this factory will be XInclude aware.

Since:

1.5