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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium,
      3  *
      4  * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for
      5  * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This
      6  * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] in the hope that
      7  * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
      8  * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
      9  *
     10  * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
     11  */
     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      */
     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      */
     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      */
     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      */
     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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    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      */
    216     public void setCertifiedText(boolean certifiedText);
    217 
    218 }
    219