src/xercesc/framework/XMLEntityHandler.hpp

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 /*
 * $Id: XMLEntityHandler.hpp 568078 2007-08-21 11:43:25Z amassari $
 */


#if !defined(XMLENTITYHANDLER_HPP)
#define XMLENTITYHANDLER_HPP

#include <xercesc/util/XercesDefs.hpp>

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class InputSource;
class XMLBuffer;
class XMLResourceIdentifier;

/**
 *  This abstract class is a callback mechanism for the scanner. By creating
 *  a derivative of this class and plugging into the scanner, the scanner
 *  will call back on the object's methods to entity events.
 *
 *  This class is primarily for use by those writing their own parser classes.
 *  If you use the standard parser classes, DOMParser and SAXParser, you won't
 *  use this API. You will instead use a similar mechanism defined by the SAX
 *  API, called EntityResolver.
 */
class XMLPARSER_EXPORT XMLEntityHandler
{
public:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Constructors are hidden, only the virtual destructor is exposed
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @name Destructor */
    //@{

    /**
      * Default destructor
      */
    virtual ~XMLEntityHandler()
    {
    }
    //@}


    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  The virtual entity handler interface
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name The pure virtual methods in this interface. */
    //@{

    /**
      * This method get called after the scanner has finished reading from
      * the given input source while processing external entity references.
      *
      * @param inputSource The input source for the entity
      */
    virtual void endInputSource(const InputSource& inputSource) = 0;

    /**
      * This method allows the passes the scanned systemId to the entity
      * handler, thereby giving it a chance to provide any customized
      * handling like resolving relative path names. The scanner first
      * calls this method before calling <code>resolveEntity</code>.
      *
      * @param systemId The system id extracted by the scanner from the
      *                 input source.
      * @param toFill The buffer in which the fully expanded system id needs
      *               to be stored.
      */
    virtual bool expandSystemId
    (
        const   XMLCh* const    systemId
        ,       XMLBuffer&      toFill
    ) = 0;

    /**
      * This method allows the entity handler to reset itself, so that
      * it can be used again. It is called prior to a new document parse
      * operation.
      */
    virtual void resetEntities() = 0;

    /**
      * This method allows the entity handler to provide customized
      * application specific entity resolution. This method is defined
      * by SAX 1.0 API.
      *
      * <i>Only one resolveEntity method will be used.  If both setEntityResolver and 
      * setXMLEntityResolver are called, then the last one is used.</i>
      *
      * @param publicId A const pointer to a Unicode string representing the
      *                 public id of the entity just parsed.
      * @param systemId A const pointer to a Unicode string representing the
      *                 system id of the entity just parsed.
      * @param baseURI  A const pointer to a Unicode string representing the
      *                 base URI of the entity just parsed,
      *                 or <code>null</code> if there is no base URI.
      * @return The value returned by the SAX resolveEntity method or
      *         NULL otherwise to indicate no processing was done.
      *         The returned InputSource is owned by the parser which is
      *         responsible to clean up the memory.
      */
    virtual InputSource* resolveEntity
    (
        const   XMLCh* const    publicId
        , const XMLCh* const    systemId
        , const XMLCh* const    baseURI = 0
    ) = 0;

    /**
      * This method allows the entity handler to provide customized
      * application specific entity resolution. 
      *
      * <i>Only one resolveEntity method will be used.  If both setEntityResolver and 
      * setXMLEntityResolver are called, then the last one is used.</i>
      *
      * @param resourceIdentifier An object containing the type of
      *        resource to be resolved and the associated data members
      *        corresponding to this type.
      * @return The value returned by the resolveEntity method or
      *         NULL otherwise to indicate no processing was done.
      *         The returned InputSource is owned by the parser which is
      *         responsible to clean up the memory.
      */
    virtual InputSource* resolveEntity
    (
        XMLResourceIdentifier* resourceIdentifier
    ) = 0;

    /**
      * This method will be called before the scanner starts reading
      * from an input source while processing external entity references.
      *
      * @param inputSource The external input source.
      */
    virtual void startInputSource(const InputSource& inputSource) = 0;
    //@}


protected :
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Hidden Constructors
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Constructor */
    //@{

    /**
      * Protected default constructor
      */
    XMLEntityHandler()
    {
    }
    //@}



private:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Unimplemented constructors and destructor
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    XMLEntityHandler(const XMLEntityHandler&);
    XMLEntityHandler& operator=(const XMLEntityHandler&);
};

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif