org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.reader

Class SchemaReader

public class SchemaReader extends Object

A class for reading XML Schemas

Version: $Revision: 6230 $ $Date: 2004-10-05 14:27:10 -0600 (Tue, 05 Oct 2004) $

Constructor Summary
	SchemaReader(InputSource source) Creates a new SchemaReader for the given InputSource
	SchemaReader(Reader reader, String filename) Creates a new SchemaReader for the given Reader
	SchemaReader(String url) Creates a new SchemaReader for the given URL

Method Summary
Schema	read() Reads the Schema from the source and returns the Schema object model.
void	setCacheIncludedSchemas(boolean cache) Sets wheter or not to cache the included xml schemas instead of inlining them as specified by the XML Schema specification.
void	setEntityResolver(EntityResolver resolver) Sets the EntityResolver used to resolve SYSTEM Identifier.
void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler) Sets the ErrorHandler.
void	setURIResolver(URIResolver uriresolver) Sets the URIResolver used to resolve hrefs.
void	setValidation(boolean validate) Sets whether or not post-read validation should occur.

Constructor Detail

SchemaReader

public SchemaReader(InputSource source)

Creates a new SchemaReader for the given InputSource

Parameters: source the InputSource to read the Schema from.

SchemaReader

public SchemaReader(Reader reader, String filename)

Creates a new SchemaReader for the given Reader

Parameters: reader the Reader to read the Schema from. filename for reporting errors.

SchemaReader

public SchemaReader(String url)

Creates a new SchemaReader for the given URL

Parameters: url the URL string

Reads the Schema from the source and returns the Schema object model.
Note: Subsequent calls to this method will simply return a cached copy of the Schema object. To read a new Schema object, create a new Reader.

Returns: the new Schema created from the source of this SchemaReader

setCacheIncludedSchemas

public void setCacheIncludedSchemas(boolean cache)

Sets wheter or not to cache the included xml schemas instead of inlining them as specified by the XML Schema specification.

Parameters: cache true to cache the included XML Schemas.

setEntityResolver

public void setEntityResolver(EntityResolver resolver)

Sets the EntityResolver used to resolve SYSTEM Identifier. If the entity resolver is null, the default one will be used.

Parameters: resolver the EntityResolver to use.

setErrorHandler

public void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler)

Sets the ErrorHandler.

Parameters: errorHandler

setURIResolver

public void setURIResolver(URIResolver uriresolver)

Sets the URIResolver used to resolve hrefs. If the entity resolver is null, the default one will be used.

Parameters: uriresolver the URIResolver to use.

setValidation

public void setValidation(boolean validate)

Sets whether or not post-read validation should occur. By default, validation is enabled. Note that certain read validation cannot be disabled.

Parameters: validate a boolean that when true will force a call to Schema#validate after the schema is read.