--- old/src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/parsers/SAXParser.java	Mon Jul  8 17:50:02 2013
+++ new/src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/parsers/SAXParser.java	Mon Jul  8 17:50:02 2013
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
 
 import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.Constants;
 import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.SymbolTable;
+import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.utils.XMLSecurityPropertyManager;
 import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xni.grammars.XMLGrammarPool;
 import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xni.parser.XMLParserConfiguration;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;
 
 /**
  * This is the main Xerces SAX parser class. It uses the abstract SAX
@@ -120,4 +123,24 @@
 
     } // <init>(SymbolTable,XMLGrammarPool)
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the particular property in the underlying implementation of
+     * org.xml.sax.XMLReader.
+     */
+    public void setProperty(String name, Object value)
+        throws SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException {
+        XMLSecurityPropertyManager spm = new XMLSecurityPropertyManager();
+        int index = spm.getIndex(name);
+        if (index > -1) {
+            /**
+             * this is a direct call to this parser, not a subclass since
+             * internally the support of this property is done through
+             * XMLSecurityPropertyManager
+             */
+            spm.setValue(index, XMLSecurityPropertyManager.State.APIPROPERTY, (String)value);
+            super.setProperty(Constants.XML_SECURITY_PROPERTY_MANAGER, spm);
+        } else {
+            super.setProperty(name, value);
+        }
+    }
 } // class SAXParser