public class XmlReader extends Reader
IMPORTANT: This class is not related in any way to the org.xml.sax.XMLReader. This one IS a character stream.
All this has to be done without consuming characters from the stream, if not the XML parser will not recognized the document as a valid XML. This is not 100% true, but it's close enough (UTF-8 BOM is not handled by all parsers right now, XmlReader handles it and things work in all parsers).
The XmlReader class handles the charset encoding of XML documents in Files, raw streams and HTTP streams by offering a wide set of constructors.
By default the charset encoding detection is lenient, the constructor with the lenient flag can be used for an script (following HTTP MIME and XML specifications). All this is nicely explained by Mark Pilgrim in his blog, Determining the character encoding of a feed.
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XmlReader(File file)
Creates a Reader for a File.
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XmlReader(InputStream is)
Creates a Reader for a raw InputStream.
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XmlReader(InputStream is,
boolean lenient)
Creates a Reader for a raw InputStream.
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XmlReader(InputStream is,
boolean lenient,
String defaultEncoding)
Creates a Reader for a raw InputStream and uses the provided default encoding if none is
determined.
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XmlReader(InputStream is,
String httpContentType)
Creates a Reader using an InputStream and the associated content-type header.
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XmlReader(InputStream is,
String httpContentType,
boolean lenient)
Creates a Reader using an InputStream and the associated content-type header.
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XmlReader(InputStream is,
String httpContentType,
boolean lenient,
String defaultEncoding)
Creates a Reader using an InputStream and the associated content-type header.
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XmlReader(URL url)
Creates a Reader using the InputStream of a URL.
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XmlReader(URLConnection conn)
Creates a Reader using the InputStream of a URLConnection.
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| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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void |
close()
Closes the XmlReader stream.
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static String |
getDefaultEncoding()
Returns the default encoding to use if none is set in HTTP content-type, XML prolog and the
rules based on content-type are not adequate.
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String |
getEncoding()
Returns the charset encoding of the XmlReader.
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int |
read(char[] buf,
int offset,
int len) |
static void |
setDefaultEncoding(String encoding)
Sets the default encoding to use if none is set in HTTP content-type, XML prolog and the
rules based on content-type are not adequate.
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public XmlReader(File file) throws IOException
It looks for the UTF-8 BOM first, if none sniffs the XML prolog charset, if this is also missing defaults to UTF-8.
It does a lenient charset encoding detection, check the constructor with the lenient parameter for details.
file - File to create a Reader from.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the file.public XmlReader(InputStream is) throws IOException
It follows the same logic used for files.
It does a lenient charset encoding detection, check the constructor with the lenient parameter for details.
is - InputStream to create a Reader from.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the stream.public XmlReader(InputStream is, boolean lenient, String defaultEncoding) throws IOException, XmlReaderException
It follows the same logic used for files.
If lenient detection is indicated and the detection above fails as per specifications it then attempts the following:
If the content type was 'text/html' it replaces it with 'text/xml' and tries the detection again.
Else if the XML prolog had a charset encoding that encoding is used.
Else if the content type had a charset encoding that encoding is used.
Else 'UTF-8' is used.
If lenient detection is indicated an XmlReaderException is never thrown.
is - InputStream to create a Reader from.lenient - indicates if the charset encoding detection should be relaxed.defaultEncoding - default encoding to use if one cannot be detected.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the stream.XmlReaderException - thrown if the charset encoding could not be determined according
to the specs.public XmlReader(InputStream is, boolean lenient) throws IOException, XmlReaderException
It follows the same logic used for files.
If lenient detection is indicated and the detection above fails as per specifications it then attempts the following:
If the content type was 'text/html' it replaces it with 'text/xml' and tries the detection again.
Else if the XML prolog had a charset encoding that encoding is used.
Else if the content type had a charset encoding that encoding is used.
Else 'UTF-8' is used.
If lenient detection is indicated an XmlReaderException is never thrown.
is - InputStream to create a Reader from.lenient - indicates if the charset encoding detection should be relaxed.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the stream.XmlReaderException - thrown if the charset encoding could not be determined according
to the specs.public XmlReader(URL url) throws IOException
If the URL is not of type HTTP and there is not 'content-type' header in the fetched data it uses the same logic used for Files.
If the URL is a HTTP Url or there is a 'content-type' header in the fetched data it uses the same logic used for an InputStream with content-type.
It does a lenient charset encoding detection, check the constructor with the lenient parameter for details.
url - URL to create a Reader from.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the stream of the URL.public XmlReader(URLConnection conn) throws IOException
If the URLConnection is not of type HttpURLConnection and there is not 'content-type' header in the fetched data it uses the same logic used for files.
If the URLConnection is a HTTP Url or there is a 'content-type' header in the fetched data it uses the same logic used for an InputStream with content-type.
It does a lenient charset encoding detection, check the constructor with the lenient parameter for details.
conn - URLConnection to create a Reader from.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the stream of the URLConnection.public XmlReader(InputStream is, String httpContentType) throws IOException
First it checks if the stream has BOM. If there is not BOM checks the content-type encoding. If there is not content-type encoding checks the XML prolog encoding. If there is not XML prolog encoding uses the default encoding mandated by the content-type MIME type.
It does a lenient charset encoding detection, check the constructor with the lenient parameter for details.
is - InputStream to create the reader from.httpContentType - content-type header to use for the resolution of the charset encoding.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the file.public XmlReader(InputStream is, String httpContentType, boolean lenient, String defaultEncoding) throws IOException, XmlReaderException
First it checks if the stream has BOM. If there is not BOM checks the content-type encoding. If there is not content-type encoding checks the XML prolog encoding. If there is not XML prolog encoding uses the default encoding mandated by the content-type MIME type.
If lenient detection is indicated and the detection above fails as per specifications it then attempts the following:
If the content type was 'text/html' it replaces it with 'text/xml' and tries the detection again.
Else if the XML prolog had a charset encoding that encoding is used.
Else if the content type had a charset encoding that encoding is used.
Else 'UTF-8' is used.
If lenient detection is indicated and XmlReaderException is never thrown.
is - InputStream to create the reader from.httpContentType - content-type header to use for the resolution of the charset encoding.lenient - indicates if the charset encoding detection should be relaxed.defaultEncoding - default encoding to use if one cannot be detected.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the file.XmlReaderException - thrown if the charset encoding could not be determined according
to the specs.public XmlReader(InputStream is, String httpContentType, boolean lenient) throws IOException, XmlReaderException
First it checks if the stream has BOM. If there is not BOM checks the content-type encoding. If there is not content-type encoding checks the XML prolog encoding. If there is not XML prolog encoding uses the default encoding mandated by the content-type MIME type.
If lenient detection is indicated and the detection above fails as per specifications it then attempts the following:
If the content type was 'text/html' it replaces it with 'text/xml' and tries the detection again.
Else if the XML prolog had a charset encoding that encoding is used.
Else if the content type had a charset encoding that encoding is used.
Else 'UTF-8' is used.
If lenient detection is indicated and XmlReaderException is never thrown.
is - InputStream to create the reader from.httpContentType - content-type header to use for the resolution of the charset encoding.lenient - indicates if the charset encoding detection should be relaxed.IOException - thrown if there is a problem reading the file.XmlReaderException - thrown if the charset encoding could not be determined according
to the specs.public static String getDefaultEncoding()
public static void setDefaultEncoding(String encoding)
encoding - charset encoding to default to.public String getEncoding()
public int read(char[] buf,
int offset,
int len)
throws IOException
read in class ReaderIOExceptionpublic void close()
throws IOException
close in interface Closeableclose in interface AutoCloseableclose in class ReaderIOException - thrown if there was a problem closing the stream.Copyright © 2014. All Rights Reserved.