XMLInputFactory (Java SE 25 & JDK 25)
Description: declaration: module: java.xml, package: javax.xml.stream, class: XMLInputFactory
Keywords: javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory class

# Class XMLInputFactory

java.lang.Object
javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory

public abstract class XMLInputFactory extends Object
Defines an abstract implementation of a factory for getting streams. The following table defines the standard properties of this specification. Each property varies in the level of support required by each implementation. The level of support required is described in the 'Required' column.

Configuration Parameters
Property Name | Behavior | Return type | Default Value | Required
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
javax.xml.stream.isValidating | Turns on/off implementation specific DTD validation | Boolean | False | No
javax.xml.stream.isNamespaceAware | Turns on/off namespace processing for XML 1.0 support | Boolean | True | True (required) / False (optional)
javax.xml.stream.isCoalescing | Requires the processor to coalesce adjacent character data | Boolean | False | Yes
javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences | replace internal entity references with their replacement text and report them as characters | Boolean | True | Yes
javax.xml.stream.isSupportingExternalEntities | Resolve external parsed entities | Boolean | Unspecified | Yes
javax.xml.stream.supportDTD | Use this property to request processors that do not support DTDs | Boolean | True | Yes
javax.xml.stream.reporter | sets/gets the impl of the XMLReporter | javax.xml.stream.XMLReporter | Null | Yes
javax.xml.stream.resolver | sets/gets the impl of the XMLResolver interface | javax.xml.stream.XMLResolver | Null | Yes
javax.xml.stream.allocator | sets/gets the impl of the XMLEventAllocator interface | javax.xml.stream.util.XMLEventAllocator | Null | Yes

Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  - `XMLOutputFactory`
  - `XMLEventReader`
  - `XMLStreamReader`
  - `EventFilter`
  - `XMLReporter`
  - `XMLResolver`
  - `XMLEventAllocator`

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final String`
  `ALLOCATOR`
  The property used to set/get the implementation of the allocator
  `static final String`
  `IS_COALESCING`
  The property that requires the parser to coalesce adjacent character data sections
  `static final String`
  `IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE`
  The property used to turn on/off namespace support, this is to support XML 1.0 documents, only the true setting must be supported
  `static final String`
  `IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES`
  Requires the parser to replace internal entity references with their replacement text and report them as characters
  `static final String`
  `IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES`
  The property that requires the parser to resolve external parsed entities
  `static final String`
  `IS_VALIDATING`
  The property used to turn on/off implementation specific validation
  `static final String`
  `REPORTER`
  The property used to set/get the implementation of the XMLReporter interface
  `static final String`
  `RESOLVER`
  The property used to set/get the implementation of the XMLResolver
  `static final String`
  `SUPPORT_DTD`
  The property that requires the parser to support DTDs

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Modifier
  Constructor
  Description
  `protected`
  `XMLInputFactory()`
  Protected constructor to prevent instantiation.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `abstract XMLEventReader`
  `createFilteredReader(XMLEventReader reader, EventFilter filter)`
  Create a filtered event reader that wraps the filter around the event reader
  `abstract XMLStreamReader`
  `createFilteredReader(XMLStreamReader reader, StreamFilter filter)`
  Create a filtered reader that wraps the filter around the reader
  `abstract XMLEventReader`
  `createXMLEventReader(InputStream stream)`
  Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
  `abstract XMLEventReader`
  `createXMLEventReader(InputStream stream, String encoding)`
  Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
  `abstract XMLEventReader`
  `createXMLEventReader(Reader reader)`
  Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader.
  `abstract XMLEventReader`
  `createXMLEventReader(String systemId, InputStream stream)`
  Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
  `abstract XMLEventReader`
  `createXMLEventReader(String systemId, Reader reader)`
  Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader.
  `abstract XMLEventReader`
  `createXMLEventReader(XMLStreamReader reader)`
  Create a new XMLEventReader from an XMLStreamReader.
  `abstract XMLEventReader`
  `createXMLEventReader(Source source)`
  Create a new XMLEventReader from a JAXP source.
  `abstract XMLStreamReader`
  `createXMLStreamReader(InputStream stream)`
  Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream.
  `abstract XMLStreamReader`
  `createXMLStreamReader(InputStream stream, String encoding)`
  Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream.
  `abstract XMLStreamReader`
  `createXMLStreamReader(Reader reader)`
  Create a new XMLStreamReader from a reader.
  `abstract XMLStreamReader`
  `createXMLStreamReader(String systemId, InputStream stream)`
  Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream.
  `abstract XMLStreamReader`
  `createXMLStreamReader(String systemId, Reader reader)`
  Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream.
  `abstract XMLStreamReader`
  `createXMLStreamReader(Source source)`
  Create a new XMLStreamReader from a JAXP source.
  `abstract XMLEventAllocator`
  `getEventAllocator()`
  Gets the allocator used by streams created with this factory
  `abstract Object`
  `getProperty(String name)`
  Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation
  `abstract XMLReporter`
  `getXMLReporter()`
  The reporter that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
  `abstract XMLResolver`
  `getXMLResolver()`
  The resolver that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
  `abstract boolean`
  `isPropertySupported(String name)`
  Query the set of properties that this factory supports.
  `static XMLInputFactory`
  `newDefaultFactory()`
  Creates a new instance of the `XMLInputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
  `static XMLInputFactory`
  `newFactory()`
  Creates a new instance of the factory.
  `static XMLInputFactory`
  `newFactory(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)`
  Create a new instance of the factory.
  `static XMLInputFactory`
  `newInstance()`
  Creates a new instance of the factory in exactly the same manner as the `newFactory()` method.
  `static XMLInputFactory`
  `newInstance(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)`
  Deprecated.
  This method has been deprecated to maintain API consistency.
  `abstract void`
  `setEventAllocator(XMLEventAllocator allocator)`
  Set a user defined event allocator for events
  `abstract void`
  `setProperty(String name, Object value)`
  Allows the user to set specific feature/property on the underlying implementation.
  `abstract void`
  `setXMLReporter(XMLReporter reporter)`
  The reporter that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
  `abstract void`
  `setXMLResolver(XMLResolver resolver)`
  The resolver that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.

  ### Methods declared in class Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Field Details

  - ### IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE

    public static final String IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE
    The property used to turn on/off namespace support, this is to support XML 1.0 documents, only the true setting must be supported
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### IS_VALIDATING

    public static final String IS_VALIDATING
    The property used to turn on/off implementation specific validation
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### IS_COALESCING

    public static final String IS_COALESCING
    The property that requires the parser to coalesce adjacent character data sections
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES

    public static final String IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES
    Requires the parser to replace internal entity references with their replacement text and report them as characters
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES

    public static final String IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES
    The property that requires the parser to resolve external parsed entities
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### SUPPORT_DTD

    public static final String SUPPORT_DTD
    The property that requires the parser to support DTDs
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### REPORTER

    public static final String REPORTER
    The property used to set/get the implementation of the XMLReporter interface
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### RESOLVER

    public static final String RESOLVER
    The property used to set/get the implementation of the XMLResolver
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### ALLOCATOR

    public static final String ALLOCATOR
    The property used to set/get the implementation of the allocator
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### XMLInputFactory

    protected XMLInputFactory()
    Protected constructor to prevent instantiation. Use `newFactory()` instead.

- ## Method Details

  - ### newDefaultFactory

    public static XMLInputFactory newDefaultFactory()
    Creates a new instance of the `XMLInputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
    Returns:
      A new instance of the `XMLInputFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
    Since:
      9

  - ### newInstance

    public static XMLInputFactory newInstance() throws FactoryConfigurationError
    Creates a new instance of the factory in exactly the same manner as the `newFactory()` method.
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLInputFactory`
    Throws:
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

  - ### newFactory

    public static XMLInputFactory newFactory() throws FactoryConfigurationError
    Creates a new instance of the factory. This method uses the JAXP Lookup Mechanism to determine the `XMLInputFactory` implementation class to load.

    Once an application has obtained a reference to a `XMLInputFactory`, it can use the factory to configure and obtain stream instances.

    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLInputFactory`
    Throws:
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - in case of service configuration error or if the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.

  - ### newInstance

    @Deprecated(since="1.7") public static XMLInputFactory newInstance(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader) throws FactoryConfigurationError
    Deprecated.
    This method has been deprecated to maintain API consistency. All newInstance methods have been replaced with corresponding newFactory methods. The replacement `newFactory(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader)` method defines no changes in behavior.
    Create a new instance of the factory.
    Parameters:
      `factoryId` - Name of the factory to find, same as a property name
      `classLoader` - classLoader to use
    Returns:
      the factory implementation
    Throws:
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

  - ### newFactory

    public static XMLInputFactory newFactory(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader) throws FactoryConfigurationError
    Create a new instance of the factory. If the classLoader argument is null, then the ContextClassLoader is used.

    This method uses the following ordered lookup procedure to determine the XMLInputFactory implementation class to load:

    - Use the value of the system property identified by `factoryId`.

    - Use the value of the property `factoryId` set in the configuration file, jaxp.properties by default. If the file exists and the property `factoryId` is specified in the file, its value will be used as the implementation class.

    - If `factoryId` is "javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory", use the service-provider loading facility, defined by the `ServiceLoader` class, to attempt to locate and load an implementation of the service using the specified `ClassLoader`. If `classLoader` is null, the default loading mechanism will apply: That is, the service-provider loading facility will use the current thread's context class loader to attempt to load the service. If the context class loader is null, the system class loader will be used.

    - Otherwise, throws a `FactoryConfigurationError`.

    Note that this is a new method that replaces the deprecated `newInstance(String factoryId, ClassLoader classLoader)` method. No changes in behavior are defined by this replacement method relative to the deprecated method.

    API Note:
      The parameter factoryId defined here is inconsistent with that of other JAXP factories where the first parameter is fully qualified factory class name that provides implementation of the factory.
    Parameters:
      `factoryId` - Name of the factory to find, same as a property name
      `classLoader` - classLoader to use
    Returns:
      the factory implementation
    Throws:
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - in case of service configuration error or if the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.
      `FactoryConfigurationError` - if an instance of this factory cannot be loaded

  - ### createXMLStreamReader

    public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader(Reader reader) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamReader from a reader.
    Parameters:
      `reader` - the XML data to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLStreamReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLStreamReader

    public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader(Source source) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamReader from a JAXP source. This method is optional.
    Parameters:
      `source` - the source to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLStreamReader`
    Throws:
      `UnsupportedOperationException` - if this method is not supported by this XMLInputFactory
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLStreamReader

    public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader(InputStream stream) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream.
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the InputStream to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLStreamReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLStreamReader

    public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader(InputStream stream, String encoding) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream.
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the InputStream to read from
      `encoding` - the character encoding of the stream
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLStreamReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLStreamReader

    public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader(String systemId, InputStream stream) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream.
    Parameters:
      `systemId` - the system ID of the stream
      `stream` - the InputStream to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLStreamReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLStreamReader

    public abstract XMLStreamReader createXMLStreamReader(String systemId, Reader reader) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLStreamReader from a java.io.InputStream.
    Parameters:
      `systemId` - the system ID of the stream
      `reader` - the InputStream to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLStreamReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventReader

    public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader(Reader reader) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader.
    Parameters:
      `reader` - the XML data to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventReader

    public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader(String systemId, Reader reader) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventReader from a reader.
    Parameters:
      `systemId` - the system ID of the input
      `reader` - the XML data to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventReader

    public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader(XMLStreamReader reader) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventReader from an XMLStreamReader. After being used to construct the XMLEventReader instance returned from this method the XMLStreamReader must not be used.
    Parameters:
      `reader` - the XMLStreamReader to read from (may not be modified)
    Returns:
      a new XMLEventReader
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventReader

    public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader(Source source) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventReader from a JAXP source. Support of this method is optional.
    Parameters:
      `source` - the source to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs
      `UnsupportedOperationException` - if this method is not supported by this XMLInputFactory

  - ### createXMLEventReader

    public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader(InputStream stream) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the InputStream to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventReader

    public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader(InputStream stream, String encoding) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    Parameters:
      `stream` - the InputStream to read from
      `encoding` - the character encoding of the stream
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createXMLEventReader

    public abstract XMLEventReader createXMLEventReader(String systemId, InputStream stream) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a new XMLEventReader from a java.io.InputStream
    Parameters:
      `systemId` - the system ID of the stream
      `stream` - the InputStream to read from
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createFilteredReader

    public abstract XMLStreamReader createFilteredReader(XMLStreamReader reader, StreamFilter filter) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a filtered reader that wraps the filter around the reader
    Parameters:
      `reader` - the reader to filter
      `filter` - the filter to apply to the reader
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### createFilteredReader

    public abstract XMLEventReader createFilteredReader(XMLEventReader reader, EventFilter filter) throws XMLStreamException
    Create a filtered event reader that wraps the filter around the event reader
    Parameters:
      `reader` - the event reader to wrap
      `filter` - the filter to apply to the event reader
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventReader`
    Throws:
      `XMLStreamException` - if an error occurs

  - ### getXMLResolver

    public abstract XMLResolver getXMLResolver()
    The resolver that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLResolver`

  - ### setXMLResolver

    public abstract void setXMLResolver(XMLResolver resolver)
    The resolver that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
    Parameters:
      `resolver` - the resolver to use to resolve references

  - ### getXMLReporter

    public abstract XMLReporter getXMLReporter()
    The reporter that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLReporter`

  - ### setXMLReporter

    public abstract void setXMLReporter(XMLReporter reporter)
    The reporter that will be set on any XMLStreamReader or XMLEventReader created by this factory instance.
    Parameters:
      `reporter` - the resolver to use to report non fatal errors

  - ### setProperty

    public abstract void setProperty(String name, Object value) throws IllegalArgumentException
    Allows the user to set specific feature/property on the underlying implementation. The underlying implementation is not required to support every setting of every property in the specification and may use IllegalArgumentException to signal that an unsupported property may not be set with the specified value.

    All implementations that implement JAXP 1.5 or newer are required to support the `XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD` property.

    - Access to external DTDs, external Entity References is restricted to the protocols specified by the property. If access is denied during parsing due to the restriction of this property, `XMLStreamException` will be thrown by the `XMLStreamReader.next()` or `XMLEventReader.nextEvent()` method.

    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the property (may not be null)
      `value` - The value of the property
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the property is not supported

  - ### getProperty

    public abstract Object getProperty(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
    Get the value of a feature/property from the underlying implementation
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the property (may not be null)
    Returns:
      The value of the property
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the property is not supported

  - ### isPropertySupported

    public abstract boolean isPropertySupported(String name)
    Query the set of properties that this factory supports.
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the property (may not be null)
    Returns:
      true if the property is supported and false otherwise

  - ### setEventAllocator

    public abstract void setEventAllocator(XMLEventAllocator allocator)
    Set a user defined event allocator for events
    Parameters:
      `allocator` - the user defined allocator

  - ### getEventAllocator

    public abstract XMLEventAllocator getEventAllocator()
    Gets the allocator used by streams created with this factory
    Returns:
      an instance of the `XMLEventAllocator`