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12 
13 package org.w3c.dom.ls;
14 
15 /**
16  *  This interface represents an input source for data.
17  * <p> This interface allows an application to encapsulate information about
18  * an input source in a single object, which may include a public
19  * identifier, a system identifier, a byte stream (possibly with a specified
20  * encoding), a base URI, and/or a character stream.
21  * <p> The exact definitions of a byte stream and a character stream are
22  * binding dependent.
23  * <p> The application is expected to provide objects that implement this
24  * interface whenever such objects are needed. The application can either
25  * provide its own objects that implement this interface, or it can use the
26  * generic factory method <code>DOMImplementationLS.createLSInput()</code>
27  * to create objects that implement this interface.
28  * <p> The <code>LSParser</code> will use the <code>LSInput</code> object to
29  * determine how to read data. The <code>LSParser</code> will look at the
30  * different inputs specified in the <code>LSInput</code> in the following
31  * order to know which one to read from, the first one that is not null and
32  * not an empty string will be used:
33  * <ol>
34  * <li> <code>LSInput.characterStream</code>
35  * </li>
36  * <li>
37  * <code>LSInput.byteStream</code>
38  * </li>
39  * <li> <code>LSInput.stringData</code>
40  * </li>
41  * <li>
42  * <code>LSInput.systemId</code>
43  * </li>
44  * <li> <code>LSInput.publicId</code>
45  * </li>
46  * </ol>
47  * <p> If all inputs are null, the <code>LSParser</code> will report a
48  * <code>DOMError</code> with its <code>DOMError.type</code> set to
49  * <code>"no-input-specified"</code> and its <code>DOMError.severity</code>
50  * set to <code>DOMError.SEVERITY_FATAL_ERROR</code>.
51  * <p> <code>LSInput</code> objects belong to the application. The DOM
52  * implementation will never modify them (though it may make copies and
53  * modify the copies, if necessary).
54  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-LS-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load
55 and Save Specification</a>.
56  */
57 public interface LSInput {
58     /**
59      *  An attribute of a language and binding dependent type that represents
60      * a stream of 16-bit units. The application must encode the stream
61      * using UTF-16 (defined in [Unicode] and in [ISO/IEC 10646]). It is not a requirement to have an XML declaration when
62      * using character streams. If an XML declaration is present, the value
63      * of the encoding attribute will be ignored.
64      */
getCharacterStream()65     public java.io.Reader getCharacterStream();
66     /**
67      *  An attribute of a language and binding dependent type that represents
68      * a stream of 16-bit units. The application must encode the stream
69      * using UTF-16 (defined in [Unicode] and in [ISO/IEC 10646]). It is not a requirement to have an XML declaration when
70      * using character streams. If an XML declaration is present, the value
71      * of the encoding attribute will be ignored.
72      */
setCharacterStream(java.io.Reader characterStream)73     public void setCharacterStream(java.io.Reader characterStream);
74 
75     /**
76      *  An attribute of a language and binding dependent type that represents
77      * a stream of bytes.
78      * <br> If the application knows the character encoding of the byte
79      * stream, it should set the encoding attribute. Setting the encoding in
80      * this way will override any encoding specified in an XML declaration
81      * in the data.
82      */
getByteStream()83     public java.io.InputStream getByteStream();
84     /**
85      *  An attribute of a language and binding dependent type that represents
86      * a stream of bytes.
87      * <br> If the application knows the character encoding of the byte
88      * stream, it should set the encoding attribute. Setting the encoding in
89      * this way will override any encoding specified in an XML declaration
90      * in the data.
91      */
setByteStream(java.io.InputStream byteStream)92     public void setByteStream(java.io.InputStream byteStream);
93 
94     /**
95      *  String data to parse. If provided, this will always be treated as a
96      * sequence of 16-bit units (UTF-16 encoded characters). It is not a
97      * requirement to have an XML declaration when using
98      * <code>stringData</code>. If an XML declaration is present, the value
99      * of the encoding attribute will be ignored.
100      */
getStringData()101     public String getStringData();
102     /**
103      *  String data to parse. If provided, this will always be treated as a
104      * sequence of 16-bit units (UTF-16 encoded characters). It is not a
105      * requirement to have an XML declaration when using
106      * <code>stringData</code>. If an XML declaration is present, the value
107      * of the encoding attribute will be ignored.
108      */
setStringData(String stringData)109     public void setStringData(String stringData);
110 
111     /**
112      *  The system identifier, a URI reference [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt'>IETF RFC 2396</a>], for this
113      * input source. The system identifier is optional if there is a byte
114      * stream, a character stream, or string data. It is still useful to
115      * provide one, since the application will use it to resolve any
116      * relative URIs and can include it in error messages and warnings. (The
117      * LSParser will only attempt to fetch the resource identified by the
118      * URI reference if there is no other input available in the input
119      * source.)
120      * <br> If the application knows the character encoding of the object
121      * pointed to by the system identifier, it can set the encoding using
122      * the <code>encoding</code> attribute.
123      * <br> If the specified system ID is a relative URI reference (see
124      * section 5 in [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt'>IETF RFC 2396</a>]), the DOM
125      * implementation will attempt to resolve the relative URI with the
126      * <code>baseURI</code> as the base, if that fails, the behavior is
127      * implementation dependent.
128      */
getSystemId()129     public String getSystemId();
130     /**
131      *  The system identifier, a URI reference [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt'>IETF RFC 2396</a>], for this
132      * input source. The system identifier is optional if there is a byte
133      * stream, a character stream, or string data. It is still useful to
134      * provide one, since the application will use it to resolve any
135      * relative URIs and can include it in error messages and warnings. (The
136      * LSParser will only attempt to fetch the resource identified by the
137      * URI reference if there is no other input available in the input
138      * source.)
139      * <br> If the application knows the character encoding of the object
140      * pointed to by the system identifier, it can set the encoding using
141      * the <code>encoding</code> attribute.
142      * <br> If the specified system ID is a relative URI reference (see
143      * section 5 in [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt'>IETF RFC 2396</a>]), the DOM
144      * implementation will attempt to resolve the relative URI with the
145      * <code>baseURI</code> as the base, if that fails, the behavior is
146      * implementation dependent.
147      */
setSystemId(String systemId)148     public void setSystemId(String systemId);
149 
150     /**
151      *  The public identifier for this input source. This may be mapped to an
152      * input source using an implementation dependent mechanism (such as
153      * catalogues or other mappings). The public identifier, if specified,
154      * may also be reported as part of the location information when errors
155      * are reported.
156      */
getPublicId()157     public String getPublicId();
158     /**
159      *  The public identifier for this input source. This may be mapped to an
160      * input source using an implementation dependent mechanism (such as
161      * catalogues or other mappings). The public identifier, if specified,
162      * may also be reported as part of the location information when errors
163      * are reported.
164      */
setPublicId(String publicId)165     public void setPublicId(String publicId);
166 
167     /**
168      *  The base URI to be used (see section 5.1.4 in [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt'>IETF RFC 2396</a>]) for
169      * resolving a relative <code>systemId</code> to an absolute URI.
170      * <br> If, when used, the base URI is itself a relative URI, an empty
171      * string, or null, the behavior is implementation dependent.
172      */
getBaseURI()173     public String getBaseURI();
174     /**
175      *  The base URI to be used (see section 5.1.4 in [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt'>IETF RFC 2396</a>]) for
176      * resolving a relative <code>systemId</code> to an absolute URI.
177      * <br> If, when used, the base URI is itself a relative URI, an empty
178      * string, or null, the behavior is implementation dependent.
179      */
setBaseURI(String baseURI)180     public void setBaseURI(String baseURI);
181 
182     /**
183      *  The character encoding, if known. The encoding must be a string
184      * acceptable for an XML encoding declaration ([<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>] section
185      * 4.3.3 "Character Encoding in Entities").
186      * <br> This attribute has no effect when the application provides a
187      * character stream or string data. For other sources of input, an
188      * encoding specified by means of this attribute will override any
189      * encoding specified in the XML declaration or the Text declaration, or
190      * an encoding obtained from a higher level protocol, such as HTTP [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt'>IETF RFC 2616</a>].
191      */
getEncoding()192     public String getEncoding();
193     /**
194      *  The character encoding, if known. The encoding must be a string
195      * acceptable for an XML encoding declaration ([<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>] section
196      * 4.3.3 "Character Encoding in Entities").
197      * <br> This attribute has no effect when the application provides a
198      * character stream or string data. For other sources of input, an
199      * encoding specified by means of this attribute will override any
200      * encoding specified in the XML declaration or the Text declaration, or
201      * an encoding obtained from a higher level protocol, such as HTTP [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt'>IETF RFC 2616</a>].
202      */
setEncoding(String encoding)203     public void setEncoding(String encoding);
204 
205     /**
206      *  If set to true, assume that the input is certified (see section 2.13
207      * in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1</a>]) when
208      * parsing [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1</a>].
209      */
getCertifiedText()210     public boolean getCertifiedText();
211     /**
212      *  If set to true, assume that the input is certified (see section 2.13
213      * in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1</a>]) when
214      * parsing [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1</a>].
215      */
setCertifiedText(boolean certifiedText)216     public void setCertifiedText(boolean certifiedText);
217 
218 }
219