Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.reset() Method

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Description

The Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.reset() method resets this SAXParser to its original configuration.

SAXParser is reset to the same state as when it was created with SAXParserFactory.newSAXParser(). reset() is designed to allow the reuse of existing SAXParsers thus saving resources associated with the creation of new SAXParsers.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.reset() method

public void reset()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

UnsupportedOperationException − When Implementations do not override this method

Example

For our examples to work, a xml file named Student.xml is needed in our CLASSPATH. The contents of this XML are the following −

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8" standalone = "yes"?>
<student id = "10">
   <age>12</age>
   <name>Malik</name>
</student>

The following example shows the usage of Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.reset() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
import org.xml.sax.HandlerBase;

public class SaxParserDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new SAXParserFactory
      SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();

      // create a new DefaultHandler
      HandlerBase handler = new HandlerBase() {

         // define what the parser does when it finds a character
         public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) {

            // print the characters
            System.out.println("" + new String(ch, start, length));
         }
      };

      try {

         // get a new SAXParser
         SAXParser parser = factory.newSAXParser();

         // parse the file
         parser.parse("Student.xml", handler);

         // reset the parser
         parser.reset();
         System.out.println("Parser is reseted.");

      } catch (Exception ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

If we compile the code and execute it, this will produce the following result −

   
12

   
Malik


Parser is reseted.