Module java.xml
Package javax.xml.stream

## Class XMLInputFactory

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory

-     public abstract class XMLInputFactory
      extends Object

  Defines an abstract implementation of a factory for getting streams. The following table defines the standard properties of this specification. Each property varies in the level of support required by each implementation. The level of support required is described in the 'Required' column.

  Configuration Parameters
  Property Name | Behavior | Return type | Default Value | Required
  --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
  javax.xml.stream.isValidating | Turns on/off implementation specific DTD validation | Boolean | False | No
  javax.xml.stream.isNamespaceAware | Turns on/off namespace processing for XML 1.0 support | Boolean | True | True (required) / False (optional)
  javax.xml.stream.isCoalescing | Requires the processor to coalesce adjacent character data | Boolean | False | Yes
  javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences | replace internal entity references with their replacement text and report them as characters | Boolean | True | Yes
  javax.xml.stream.isSupportingExternalEntities | Resolve external parsed entities | Boolean | Unspecified | Yes
  javax.xml.stream.supportDTD | Use this property to request processors that do not support DTDs | Boolean | True | Yes
  javax.xml.stream.reporter | sets/gets the impl of the XMLReporter | javax.xml.stream.XMLReporter | Null | Yes
  javax.xml.stream.resolver | sets/gets the impl of the XMLResolver interface | javax.xml.stream.XMLResolver | Null | Yes
  javax.xml.stream.allocator | sets/gets the impl of the XMLEventAllocator interface | javax.xml.stream.util.XMLEventAllocator | Null | Yes

  Since:
    1.6
  Version:
    1.2
  See Also:
    `XMLOutputFactory`, `XMLEventReader`, `XMLStreamReader`, `EventFilter`, `XMLReporter`, `XMLResolver`, `XMLEventAllocator`

- - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `static String` | `ALLOCATOR` | The property used to set/get the implementation of the allocator
    `static String` | `IS_COALESCING` | The property that requires the parser to coalesce adjacent character data sections
    `static String` | `IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE` | The property used to turn on/off namespace support, this is to support XML 1.0 documents, only the true setting must be supported
    `static String` | `IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES` | Requires the parser to replace internal entity references with their replacement text and report them as characters
    `static String` | `IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES` | The property that requires the parser to resolve external parsed entities
    `static String` | `IS_VALIDATING` | The property used to turn on/off implementation specific validation
    `static String` | `REPORTER` | The property used to set/get the implementation of the XMLReporter interface
    `static String` | `RESOLVER` | The property used to set/get the implementation of the XMLResolver
    `static String` | `SUPPORT_DTD` | The property that requires the parser to support DTDs

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `protected` | `XMLInputFactory​()` |

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | `createFilteredReader​(XMLEventReader reader, EventFilter filter)` | Create a filtered event reader that wraps the filter around the event reader
    `abstract XMLStreamReader` | `createFilteredReader​(XMLStreamReader reader, StreamFilter filter)` | Create a filtered reader that wraps the filter around the reader
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | `createXMLEventReader​(InputStream stream)` | Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | `createXMLEventReader​(InputStream stream, String encoding)` | Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | `createXMLEventReader​(Reader reader)` | Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | `createXMLEventReader​(String systemId, InputStream stream)` | Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | `createXMLEventReader​(String systemId, Reader reader)` | Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | `createXMLEventReader​(XMLStreamReader reader)` | Create a new XMLEventReader from an XMLStreamReader.
    `abstract XMLEventReader` | `createXMLEventReader​(Source source)` | Create a new XMLEventReader from a JAXP source.
    `abstract XMLStreamReader` | `createXMLStreamReader​(InputStream stream)` | Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLStreamReader` | `createXMLStreamReader​(InputStream stream, String encoding)` | Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLStreamReader` | `createXMLStreamReader​(Reader reader)` | Create a new XMLStreamReader from a reader
    `abstract XMLStreamReader` | `createXMLStreamReader​(String systemId, InputStream stream)` | Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLStreamReader` | `createXMLStreamReader​(String systemId, Reader reader)` | Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream
    `abstract XMLStreamReader` | `createXMLStreamReader​(Source source)` | Create a new XMLStreamReader from a JAXP source.
    `abstract XMLEventAllocator` | `getEventAllocator​()` | Gets the allocator used by streams created with this factory
    `abstract Object` | `getProperty​(String name)` | Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation
    `abstract XMLReporter` | `getXMLReporter​()` | The reporter that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
    `abstract XMLResolver` | `getXMLResolver​()` | The resolver that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
    `abstract boolean` | `isPropertySupported​(String name)` | Query the set of properties that this factory supports.
    `static XMLInputFactory` | `newDefaultFactory​()` | Creates a new instance of the `XMLInputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
    `static XMLInputFactory` | `newFactory​()` | Deprecated.
    `static XMLInputFactory` | `newFactory​(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)` | Create a new instance of the factory.
    `static XMLInputFactory` | `newInstance​()` | Creates a new instance of the factory in exactly the same manner as the `newFactory()` method.
    `static XMLInputFactory` | `newInstance​(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)` | Deprecated. This method has been deprecated to maintain API consistency. All newInstance methods have been replaced with corresponding newFactory methods. The replacement `newFactory(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader)` method defines no changes in behavior.
    `abstract void` | `setEventAllocator​(XMLEventAllocator allocator)` | Set a user defined event allocator for events
    `abstract void` | `setProperty​(String name, Object value)` | Allows the user to set specific feature/property on the underlying implementation.
    `abstract void` | `setXMLReporter​(XMLReporter reporter)` | The reporter that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
    `abstract void` | `setXMLResolver​(XMLResolver resolver)` | The resolver that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE

          public static final String IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE

      The property used to turn on/off namespace support, this is to support XML 1.0 documents, only the true setting must be supported
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### IS_VALIDATING

          public static final String IS_VALIDATING

      The property used to turn on/off implementation specific validation
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### IS_COALESCING

          public static final String IS_COALESCING

      The property that requires the parser to coalesce adjacent character data sections
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES

          public static final String IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES

      Requires the parser to replace internal entity references with their replacement text and report them as characters
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES

          public static final String IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES

      The property that requires the parser to resolve external parsed entities
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### SUPPORT_DTD

          public static final String SUPPORT_DTD

      The property that requires the parser to support DTDs
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### REPORTER

          public static final String REPORTER

      The property used to set/get the implementation of the XMLReporter interface
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### RESOLVER

          public static final String RESOLVER

      The property used to set/get the implementation of the XMLResolver
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### ALLOCATOR

          public static final String ALLOCATOR

      The property used to set/get the implementation of the allocator
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

  - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### XMLInputFactory

          protected XMLInputFactory​()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### newDefaultFactory

          public static XMLInputFactory newDefaultFactory​()

      Creates a new instance of the `XMLInputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
      Returns:
        A new instance of the `XMLInputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
      Since:
        9

    - #### newInstance

          public static XMLInputFactory newInstance​()
                                             throws FactoryConfigurationError

      Creates a new instance of the factory in exactly the same manner as the `newFactory()` method.
      Throws:
        `FactoryConfigurationError` - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

    - #### newFactory

          @Deprecated(since="1.7")
          public static XMLInputFactory newFactory​()
                                            throws FactoryConfigurationError

      Deprecated.
      Create a new instance of the factory.

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

      - Use the javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory system property.

      - Use the configuration file "stax.properties". The file is in standard `Properties` format and typically located in the `conf` directory of the Java installation. It contains the fully qualified name of the implementation class with the key being the system property defined above.

        The stax.properties file is read only once by the implementation and its 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 stax.properties after it has been read for the first time.

        Use the jaxp configuration file "jaxp.properties". The file is in the same format as stax.properties and will only be read if stax.properties does not exist.

      - Use the service-provider loading facility, defined by the `ServiceLoader` class, to attempt to locate and load an implementation of the service using the default loading mechanism: the service-provider loading facility will use the current thread's context class loader to attempt to load the service. If the context class loader is null, the system class loader will be used.

      - Otherwise, the system-default implementation is returned.

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

      Note that this is a new method that replaces the deprecated newInstance() method. No changes in behavior are defined by this replacement method relative to the deprecated method.

      Throws:
        `FactoryConfigurationError` - in case of service configuration error or if the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.

    - #### newInstance

          @Deprecated(since="1.7")
          public static XMLInputFactory newInstance​(String factoryId,
                                                    ClassLoader classLoader)
                                             throws FactoryConfigurationError

      Deprecated. This method has been deprecated to maintain API consistency. All newInstance methods have been replaced with corresponding newFactory methods. The replacement `newFactory(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader)` method defines no changes in behavior.
      Create a new instance of the factory
      Parameters:
        `factoryId` - Name of the factory to find, same as a property name
        `classLoader` - classLoader to use
      Returns:
        the factory implementation
      Throws:
        `FactoryConfigurationError` - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

    - #### newFactory

          public static XMLInputFactory newFactory​(String factoryId,
                                                   ClassLoader classLoader)
                                            throws FactoryConfigurationError

      Create a new instance of the factory. If the classLoader argument is null, then the ContextClassLoader is used.

      This method uses the following ordered lookup procedure to determine the XMLInputFactory implementation class to load:

      - Use the value of the system property identified by `factoryId`.

      - Use the configuration file "stax.properties". The file is in standard `Properties` format and typically located in the `conf` directory of the Java installation. It contains the fully qualified name of the implementation class with the key being the system property defined above.

        The stax.properties file is read only once by the implementation and its 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 stax.properties after it has been read for the first time.

        Use the jaxp configuration file "jaxp.properties". The file is in the same format as stax.properties and will only be read if stax.properties does not exist.

      - If `factoryId` is "javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory", use the service-provider loading facility, defined by the `ServiceLoader` class, to attempt to locate and load an implementation of the service using the specified `ClassLoader`. If `classLoader` is null, the default loading mechanism will apply: That is, the service-provider loading facility will use the current thread's context class loader to attempt to load the service. If the context class loader is null, the system class loader will be used.

      - Otherwise, throws a `FactoryConfigurationError`.

      Note that this is a new method that replaces the deprecated `newInstance(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)` method. No changes in behavior are defined by this replacement method relative to the deprecated method.

      API Note:
        The parameter factoryId defined here is inconsistent with that of other JAXP factories where the first parameter is fully qualified factory class name that provides implementation of the factory.
      Parameters:
        `factoryId` - Name of the factory to find, same as a property name
        `classLoader` - classLoader to use
      Returns:
        the factory implementation
      Throws:
        `FactoryConfigurationError` - in case of service configuration error or if the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.
        `FactoryConfigurationError` - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

    - #### createXMLStreamReader

          public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader​(Reader reader)
                                                         throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLStreamReader from a reader
      Parameters:
        `reader` - the XML data to read from
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLStreamReader

          public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader​(Source source)
                                                         throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLStreamReader from a JAXP source. This method is optional.
      Parameters:
        `source` - the source to read from
      Throws:
        `UnsupportedOperationException` - if this method is not supported by this XMLInputFactory
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLStreamReader

          public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader​(InputStream stream)
                                                         throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream
      Parameters:
        `stream` - the InputStream to read from
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLStreamReader

          public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader​(InputStream stream,
                                                                String encoding)
                                                         throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream
      Parameters:
        `stream` - the InputStream to read from
        `encoding` - the character encoding of the stream
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLStreamReader

          public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader​(String systemId,
                                                                InputStream stream)
                                                         throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream
      Parameters:
        `systemId` - the system ID of the stream
        `stream` - the InputStream to read from
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLStreamReader

          public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader​(String systemId,
                                                                Reader reader)
                                                         throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream
      Parameters:
        `systemId` - the system ID of the stream
        `reader` - the InputStream to read from
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLEventReader

          public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader​(Reader reader)
                                                       throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader
      Parameters:
        `reader` - the XML data to read from
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLEventReader

          public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader​(String systemId,
                                                              Reader reader)
                                                       throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader
      Parameters:
        `systemId` - the system ID of the input
        `reader` - the XML data to read from
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLEventReader

          public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader​(XMLStreamReader reader)
                                                       throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLEventReader from an XMLStreamReader. After being used to construct the XMLEventReader instance returned from this method the XMLStreamReader must not be used.
      Parameters:
        `reader` - the XMLStreamReader to read from (may not be modified)
      Returns:
        a new XMLEventReader
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLEventReader

          public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader​(Source source)
                                                       throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLEventReader from a JAXP source. Support of this method is optional.
      Parameters:
        `source` - the source to read from
      Throws:
        `UnsupportedOperationException` - if this method is not supported by this XMLInputFactory
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLEventReader

          public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader​(InputStream stream)
                                                       throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
      Parameters:
        `stream` - the InputStream to read from
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLEventReader

          public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader​(InputStream stream,
                                                              String encoding)
                                                       throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
      Parameters:
        `stream` - the InputStream to read from
        `encoding` - the character encoding of the stream
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createXMLEventReader

          public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader​(String systemId,
                                                              InputStream stream)
                                                       throws XMLStreamException

      Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
      Parameters:
        `systemId` - the system ID of the stream
        `stream` - the InputStream to read from
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createFilteredReader

          public abstract XMLStreamReader createFilteredReader​(XMLStreamReader reader,
                                                               StreamFilter filter)
                                                        throws XMLStreamException

      Create a filtered reader that wraps the filter around the reader
      Parameters:
        `reader` - the reader to filter
        `filter` - the filter to apply to the reader
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### createFilteredReader

          public abstract XMLEventReader createFilteredReader​(XMLEventReader reader,
                                                              EventFilter filter)
                                                       throws XMLStreamException

      Create a filtered event reader that wraps the filter around the event reader
      Parameters:
        `reader` - the event reader to wrap
        `filter` - the filter to apply to the event reader
      Throws:
        `XMLStreamException`

    - #### getXMLResolver

          public abstract XMLResolver getXMLResolver​()

      The resolver that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.

    - #### setXMLResolver

          public abstract void setXMLResolver​(XMLResolver resolver)

      The resolver that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
      Parameters:
        `resolver` - the resolver to use to resolve references

    - #### getXMLReporter

          public abstract XMLReporter getXMLReporter​()

      The reporter that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.

    - #### setXMLReporter

          public abstract void setXMLReporter​(XMLReporter reporter)

      The reporter that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
      Parameters:
        `reporter` - the resolver to use to report non fatal errors

    - #### setProperty

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

      Allows the user to set specific feature/property on the underlying implementation. The underlying implementation is not required to support every setting of every property in the specification and may use IllegalArgumentException to signal that an unsupported property may not be set with the specified value.

      All implementations that implement JAXP 1.5 or newer are required to support the `XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD` property.

      - Access to external DTDs, external Entity References is restricted to the protocols specified by the property. If access is denied during parsing due to the restriction of this property, `XMLStreamException` will be thrown by the `XMLStreamReader.next()` or `XMLEventReader.nextEvent()` method.

      Parameters:
        `name` - The name of the property (may not be null)
        `value` - The value of the property
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if the property is not supported

    - #### getProperty

          public abstract Object getProperty​(String name)
                                      throws IllegalArgumentException

      Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation
      Parameters:
        `name` - The name of the property (may not be null)
      Returns:
        The value of the property
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if the property is not supported

    - #### isPropertySupported

          public abstract boolean isPropertySupported​(String name)

      Query the set of properties that this factory supports.
      Parameters:
        `name` - The name of the property (may not be null)
      Returns:
        true if the property is supported and false otherwise

    - #### setEventAllocator

          public abstract void setEventAllocator​(XMLEventAllocator allocator)

      Set a user defined event allocator for events
      Parameters:
        `allocator` - the user defined allocator

    - #### getEventAllocator

          public abstract XMLEventAllocator getEventAllocator​()

      Gets the allocator used by streams created with this factory