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/*

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 */

package javax.xml.stream;

/**

 * This interface is used to resolve resources during an XML parse.  If an application wishes to

 * perform custom entity resolution it must register an instance of this interface with

 * the XMLInputFactory using the setXMLResolver method.

 *

 * @author Copyright (c) 2003 by BEA Systems. All Rights Reserved.

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface XMLResolver {

  /**

   * Retrieves a resource.  This resource can be of the following three return types:

   * (1) java.io.InputStream (2) javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader (3) java.xml.stream.XMLEventReader.

   * If this method returns null the processor will attempt to resolve the entity using its

   * default mechanism.

   *

   * @param publicID The public identifier of the external entity being referenced, or null if none was supplied.

   * @param systemID The system identifier of the external entity being referenced.

   * @param baseURI  Absolute base URI associated with systemId.

   * @param namespace The namespace of the entity to resolve.

   * @return The resource requested or null.

   * @throws XMLStreamException if there was a failure attempting to resolve the resource.

   */

  public Object resolveEntity(String publicID,

                              String systemID,

                              String baseURI,

                              String namespace)

    throws XMLStreamException;

}