SAXParserFactory isValidating() Method

Description

The Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.isValidating() method indicates whether or not the factory is configured configured to produce parsers which validate the XML content during parse.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.isValidating() method

public boolean isValidating()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns true if the factory is configured to produce parsers which validate the XML content during parse; false otherwise.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.isValidating() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;

public class SAXParserFactoryDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

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

      try {

         // check if our factory parsers are validating
         System.out.println("" + factory.isValidating());

         // change this setting
         factory.setValidating(true);

         // check if our factory parsers are validating
         System.out.println("" + factory.isValidating());

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

   }
}

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

false
true