The org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory Class

Super Class : java.lang.Object

Members

Overview

This class contains static methods to create XMLReader based on system property or for creating an XML reader based on the value of the org.xml.sax.driver system property.

Method Overviews

Important methods of this class are createXMLReader() and createXMLReader(String className)

Example of createXMLReader()

createXMLReader() method is used to create an XML reader from a system property. This method uses the value of the system property "org.xml.sax.driver" as the full name of a Java class and tries to instantiate that class as a SAX2 XMLReader.

XMLReader xmlReader = null;

xmlReader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();

This method will throw org.xml.sax.SAXException if system property “org.xml.sax.driver” is not specified.

Note: You can set “org.xml.sax.driver” system property to "org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl" for Sun implementation or any vendor specific implementation class.

Example of createXMLReader(String className)

Attempt to create an XML reader from a class name. Given a class name, this method attempts to load and instantiate the class as an XML reader.

This method also throws org.xml.sax.SAXException, if the class cannot be loaded, instantiated, and cast to XMLReader.

XMLReader xmlReader = null;

xmlReader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader(“org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl");