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/*
* Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
*/
package javax.xml.stream;
/**
* This interface is used to resolve resources during an XML parse. If an application wishes to
* perform custom entity resolution it must register an instance of this interface with
* the XMLInputFactory using the setXMLResolver method.
*
* @version 1.0
* @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface XMLResolver {
/**
* Retrieves a resource. This resource can be of the following three return types:
* (1) java.io.InputStream (2) javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader (3) java.xml.stream.XMLEventReader.
* If this method returns null the processor will attempt to resolve the entity using its
* default mechanism.
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* @param publicID The public identifier of the external entity being referenced, or null if none was supplied.
* @param systemID The system identifier of the external entity being referenced.
* @param baseURI Absolute base URI associated with systemId.
* @param namespace The namespace of the entity to resolve.
* @return The resource requested or null.
* @throws XMLStreamException if there was a failure attempting to resolve the resource.
*/
public Object resolveEntity(String publicID,
String systemID,
String baseURI,
String namespace)
throws XMLStreamException;
}