Javax.xml.Parsers.SAXParserFactory Class

Introduction

The javax.xml.Parsers.SAXParserFactory class defines a factory API that enables applications to configure and obtain a SAX based parser to parse XML documents.

Class declaration

Following is the declaration for javax.xml.Parsers.SAXParserFactory class −

public abstract class SAXParserFactory
   extends Object

Class constructors

S.N. Constructor & Description
1 protected SAXParserFactory()

This is the protected constructor to force use of newInstance().

Class methods

S.N. Method & Description
1 abstract boolean getFeature(String name)

This method returns the particular property requested for in the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader.
2 Schema getSchema()

This method gets the Schema object specified through the setSchema(Schema schema) method.
3 boolean isNamespaceAware()

This method indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which are namespace aware.
4 boolean isValidating()

This method indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce parsers which validate the XML content during parse.
5

boolean isXIncludeAware()

This method gets state of XInclude processing.
6 static SAXParserFactory newInstance()

This method obtains a new instance of a SAXParserFactory.
7 static SAXParserFactory newInstance(String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader)

This method obtains a new instance of a SAXParserFactory from class name.
8 abstract SAXParser newSAXParser()

This method creates a new instance of a SAXParser using the currently configured factory parameters.
9 abstract void setFeature(String name, boolean value)

This method sets the particular feature in the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReade
10 void setNamespaceAware(boolean awareness)

This method specifies that the parser produced by this code will provide support for XML namespaces.
11 void setSchema(Schema schema)

This method sets the Schema to be used by parsers created from this factory.
12 void setValidating(boolean validating)

This method Specifies that the parser produced by this code will validate documents as they are parsed.
13 void setXIncludeAware(boolean state)

This method sets state of XInclude processing.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes −

java.lang.Object

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