org.openide.xml
Class EntityCatalog

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.openide.xml.EntityCatalog

All Implemented Interfaces:

EntityResolver

public abstract class EntityCatalog

extends Object

implements EntityResolver

Entity resolver resolving all entities registered by modules. Use getDefault() to get the master instance in system. Any parser working with unknown XML documents should use it to avoid unnecessary Internet connections.

You can register your own instances via lookup to add to the resolver pool, for example using an XML file in the format defined by PUBLIC_ID, but for reasons of performance and predictability during startup it is best to provide the entity (e.g. some DTD you define) as the contents of a file in the system file system, in the /xml/entities/ folder, where the file path beneath this folder is based on the public ID as follows:

1. US-ASCII alphanumeric characters and '_' are left as is.
2. Spaces and various punctuation are converted to '_' (one per character).
3. Initial '-//' is dropped.
4. Final '//EN' is dropped.
5. Exactly two forward slashes in a row are converted to one.

Thus for example the public ID -//NetBeans//Entity Mapping Registration 1.0//EN would be looked for in the file /xml/entities/NetBeans/Entity_Mapping_Registration_1_0. Naturally this only works if you are defining a fixed number of entities.

It is recommended that the entity file in /xml/entities/ also be given a file attribute named hint.originalPublicID with a string value giving the public ID.

Since:

release 3.2

Field Summary

static String

PUBLIC_ID DOCTYPE public ID defining grammar used for entity registrations.

Constructor Summary

EntityCatalog()

Method Summary

static EntityCatalog

getDefault() Get a master entity catalog which can delegate to any others that have been registered via lookup.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.EntityResolver

resolveEntity

Field Detail

PUBLIC_ID

public static final String PUBLIC_ID

DOCTYPE public ID defining grammar used for entity registrations.

Constructor Detail

EntityCatalog

public EntityCatalog()

Method Detail

getDefault

public static EntityCatalog getDefault()

Get a master entity catalog which can delegate to any others that have been registered via lookup.