Hi,
I posted a requestion and I did not get any response back. I thought it was
difficult to understand what I asked in my previous post.
Here is a better way of explaining my question(s):
I have an xml source, to be transformed, which has a relative DTD reference
(just the dtd filename is specified), like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE CONTENT_FEED SYSTEM "myDTD.dtd">
<root>
......
....
</root>
The problem is myDTD.dtd is available NEITHER in the classpath NOR where the
class file is located. But, it is available in a http-accessible location,
like: http://myserver.com/dtd/myDTD.dtd.
So, I would like to tell the parser to consider
"http://myserver.com/dtd/myDTD.dtd"; instead of myDTD.dtd to validate the
source xml. (I know thats a stupid way of referring to a DTD, but thats the
customer's feed and they cannot change it).
I know this may not be related to transformation, but was wondering if you
kindly can help me.
Can any one help me get an approach.
Here is what I am doing: I am using Java1.4 API to transform. I am using
SAXSource to provide the xml source to the transformer. I am using
EntityResolver interface to resolve the DTD (to let the parser consider the
http://myserver.com/dtd/myDTD.dtd in place of myDTD.dtd, mentioned in the
source xml). I just have an idea how to do, but it does not work and no
wonder because I do not yet clearly understand how EntityResolver works.
Questions Like: What is the role of systemID, publicID, when does the parser
try to resolve entities (like DTDs), etc. Can anyone give a clear
understanding of how it works.
I hesitate giving the code, because the email becomes too large and
incognizable. But, in case it helps you help me better, here is the code:
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public class SELTransformationService{
private String stylesheet;
private String fileName = null;
private String dtdURL = null;
private void transform(String metadata, String stylesheet,
ServiceRequest req, ServiceResponse res){
//System.out.println("TRANSFORM USING STRING");
try {
TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer(new StreamSource(new
URL(stylesheet).openStream()));
InputStream inputStream =
req.getContentObject().getMetadataInputStream();
OutputStream outputStream =
req.getContentObject().getMetadataOutputStream();
SAXParserFactory pfactory= SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
pfactory.setValidating(true);
// Get an XMLReader.
XMLReader reader = pfactory.newSAXParser().getXMLReader();
//create a resolver to resolve the DTD in the source xml
//EntityResolver resolver = new DTDResolver();
reader.setEntityResolver(new DTDResolver());
DTDResolver resolver = (DTDResolver)reader.getEntityResolver();
resolver.setPublicId(this.dtdURL);
SAXSource source = new SAXSource(reader,
new InputSource(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)));
source.setSystemId("myDTD.dtd");
transformer.transform(source, new StreamResult(new
OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, "iso-8859-1")));
outputStream.close();
req.getContentObject().commit();
res.send(req.getContentObject());
log.info(fileName + " - OBJECT SENT OUT OF TRANSFORMATION-2");
} catch (Exception ex) {
res.error(req.getContentObject(), "Exception sending message to bus.");
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}//end SELTransformationService classclass DTDResolver implements
EntityResolver {
String publicId = null;
public void setPublicId(String publicId){
this.publicId = publicId;
System.out.println("Setting publicID");
}
public String getPublicId(){
System.out.println("Getting publicId");
return this.publicId;
}
public InputSource resolveEntity (String publicId, String systemId){
InputStream inputStream = null;
InputSource source = null;
try{
System.out.println("publicID is: " + this.publicId);
if(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(this.publicId)){
URL url = new URL(this.publicId);
inputStream = url.openStream();
System.out.println("got the inputstream");
source = new InputSource(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
}else{
System.out.println("publicId is not specified!!!");
}
}catch(Exception e){
}
return source;
}
}//end DTDResolver class
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When I do what is given above, the transformed string has empty xml (has
only xml header). I am sure I am doing something wrong. Can any one tell me
what is wrong in that. And making me understand how EntityResolver works
makes me feel lot better.
Thanks,
Pramodh.
