Properties


	Setting Features

To set a property on either org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser or org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser, you should use the SAX2 method setProperty(String,Object). To query a property, use the SAX2 method getProperty(String).

For example, to set the document factory by name:

DOMParser p=new DOMParser();
try {        
  p.setProperty("http://apache.org/xml/properties/dom/document-class-name",
                "org.apache.xerces.dom.DocumentImpl");
} catch (SAXException e) {
  System.out.println("error in setting up parser property");             
}


	General Properties

http://xml.org/sax/properties/xml-string

Type:	java.lang.String
Access:	read-only
Desc:	Get the string of characters associated with the current event. If the parser recognizes and supports this property but is not currently parsing text, it should return null.
Note:	This property is currently not supported because the contents of the XML string returned by this property is not well defined.


	DOM Parser Properties

http://apache.org/xml/properties/dom/current-element-node

Type:	org.w3c.dom.Node
Access:	read-only
Desc:	The current DOM element node while parsing.
Note:	This property is useful for determining the location with a DOM document when an error occurs.
See:	http://xml.org/sax/properties/dom-node

http://apache.org/xml/properties/dom/document-class-name

Type:	java.lang.String
Access:	read-write
Desc:	The fully qualified class name of the DOM implementation. The implementation used must have a zero argument constructor.
Default:	"org.apache.xerces.dom.DocumentImpl"
Note:	When the document class name is set to a value other than the name of the default document factory, the deferred node expansion feature does not work.
See:	http://apache.org/xml/features/dom/defer-node-expansion


	SAX Parser Properties

http://xml.org/sax/properties/declaration-handler

Type:	org.xml.sax.ext.DeclHandler
Access:	read-write
Desc:	Set the handler for DTD declarations.

http://xml.org/sax/properties/lexical-handler

Type:	org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler
Access:	read-write
Desc:	Set the handler for lexical parsing events.

http://xml.org/sax/properties/dom-node

Type:	org.w3c.dom.Node
Access:	(parsing) read-only; (not parsing) read/write
Desc:	The DOM node currently being visited, if SAX is being used as a DOM iterator. If the parser recognizes and supports this property but is not currently visiting a DOM node, it should return null.