org.springframework.beans.factory.xml

Interface DocumentLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDocumentLoader

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

public interface DocumentLoader

Strategy interface for loading an XML <code>Document</code>.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rob Harrop

See Also:

DefaultDocumentLoader

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.w3c.dom.Document	loadDocument(org.xml.sax.InputSource inputSource, org.xml.sax.EntityResolver entityResolver, org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler, int validationMode, boolean namespaceAware) Load a <code>document</code> from the supplied <code>source</code>.

Method Detail

loadDocument

org.w3c.dom.Document loadDocument(org.xml.sax.InputSource inputSource,
                                  org.xml.sax.EntityResolver entityResolver,
                                  org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler,
                                  int validationMode,
                                  boolean namespaceAware)
                           throws java.lang.Exception

Load a <code>document</code> from the supplied <code>source</code>.

Parameters:

inputSource - the source of the document that is to be loaded

entityResolver - the resolver that is to be used to resolve any entities

errorHandler - used to report any errors during document loading

validationMode - the type of validation DTD or XSD)

namespaceAware - true if support for XML namespaces is to be provided

Returns:

the loaded <code>document</code>

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs