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* A pull parser using this type of configuration first calls
* the setInputSource
method. After the input
* source is set, the pull parser repeatedly calls the
* parse(boolean):boolean
method. This method
* returns a value of true if there is more to parse in the
* document.
*
* Calling the parse(XMLInputSource)
is equivalent
* to setting the input source and calling the
* parse(boolean):boolean
method with a "complete"
* value of true
.
*
* @author Andy Clark, IBM
*
*/
public interface XMLPullParserConfiguration
extends XMLParserConfiguration {
//
// XMLPullParserConfiguration methods
//
// parsing
/**
* Sets the input source for the document to parse.
*
* @param inputSource The document's input source.
*
* @exception XMLConfigurationException Thrown if there is a
* configuration error when initializing the
* parser.
* @exception IOException Thrown on I/O error.
*
* @see #parse(boolean)
*/
public void setInputSource(XMLInputSource inputSource)
throws XMLConfigurationException, IOException;
/**
* Parses the document in a pull parsing fashion.
*
* @param complete True if the pull parser should parse the
* remaining document completely.
*
* @return True if there is more document to parse.
*
* @exception XNIException Any XNI exception, possibly wrapping
* another exception.
* @exception IOException An IO exception from the parser, possibly
* from a byte stream or character stream
* supplied by the parser.
*
* @see #setInputSource
*/
public boolean parse(boolean complete) throws XNIException, IOException;
/**
* If the application decides to terminate parsing before the xml document
* is fully parsed, the application should call this method to free any
* resource allocated during parsing. For example, close all opened streams.
*/
public void cleanup();
} // interface XMLPullParserConfiguration