local general external entity not processed via EntityResolver?

[Andrew Ferguson]

hi,

 

 i have an xml instance document which starts

 

========

    <?xml version='1.0'?>

   

    <!DOCTYPE PARTLIST SYSTEM 'http://www.arm.com/warehouse/warehouse-04.dtd' [

        <!ENTITY sqltest_external SYSTEM 'SQL _expression_'>  
        <!ENTITY sqltest_internal 'SQL _expression_'>
    ]>
     
    <PARTLIST>

========

 

where I was hoping to use EntityResolver to pick up both the dtd reference, and the "sqltest_external" entity

 

Currently, using the xerces distribution inside jre5.0 only the dtd reference is reported - but /not/ the external entity "sqltest_external". I've found other listener/handler API for finding out that these entities are in the document and are parsed, but would like to use EntityResolver to process the "SQL _expression_" so that the result is substituted for &sql_external;

 

this is something that doesn't seem possible with DeclHandler, or LexicalHandler

 

the sax javadoc for EntityResolver says: "The XML reader will then allow the application to intercept any external entities (including the external DTD subset and external parameter entities, if any) before including them."

 

so my thinking is that either

    a) the sqltest_external entity is not really external - but i don't see why not from the annotated xml spec.

    b) the implementation is not honouring its javadoc contract?

 

does anyone know if this is true?

 

thanks,

Andrew