Creating a new addEntityDecl() API in the validators would be my choice also. There was a short "External Entities" discussion on the xml-dev list today and the proposed XInclude spec was mentioned as a "specific" replacement for external entities.
george -----Original Message----- From: Ted Leung [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 5:30 PM To: George T. Joseph Subject: Re: One more...Changes for XMLParser.java ----- Original Message ----- From: "George T. Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ted Leung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 11:52 AM Subject: FW: One more...Changes for XMLParser.java > Hi Ted, > > I think I've come up with a workaround that you might like better. I figured I'd run it by you before posting on the xerces-dev > list. > > I found that if I created a custom processing instruction in my DOMParser extension, I could call... > > /*****/ > int d = fStringPool.addString(ds); > int e = -1; > int f = fStringPool.addString(fs); > int rc = fSchemaValidator.fEntityPool.addEntityDecl(d, -1, -1, e, f, -1, true); > readerdepth++; > boolean bbo = startReadingFromEntity(d, readerdepth, XMLEntityHandler.CONTEXT_IN_CONTENT); > readerdepth--; > /*****/ > > ...and cause an eternal entity to be read inline. The only problem now is that XSchemaValidator.fEntityPool and > DTDValidator.fEntityPool are both private. > > Would you be open to one of the following... > > Make fEntityPool public in both DTDValidator.java and XSchemaValidator.java > --or-- > Create a getEntityPool() API in DTDValidator.java, XSchemaValidator.java and XMLValidator.java to return fEntityPool > --or-- > Create an addEntityDecl() API in DTDValidator.java, XSchemaValidator.java and XMLValidator.java that wraps > fEntityPool.addEntityDecl() > > george > I'd be happiest with the last -- but only making it public on the implementation classes. The schema validator is going to change quite a bit to support the new draft, so you should regard this as temporary if we decide to do it. Also, there's no need for a private run through -- I think it's beneficial for all of these discussions to take place in public view so people can learn, etc. I think you should repost your message to xerces-dev. Are you interested in doing some more work on Schema validation? We can always use more help. Ted
