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RE: how to use xml:base and relative URLs with SAX/Java?

• To: Michael Kay <mike@s...>, Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
• Subject: RE: how to use xml:base and relative URLs with SAX/Java?
• From: Anil Philip <goodnewsforyou@y...>
• Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:08:01 -0800 (PST)
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No replies???
My basic question is: how do I use xml:base from Java?
Do I have to define everything from scratch in the
schema (in that case, what's the point of having
xml:base as a feature), or is there support in the
language for the construct?
-
Anil

--- Anil Philip <goodnewsforyou@y...> wrote:

> Hello,
> I got the error while trying to validate the xml
> instance against the schema (by File|Save in XML
> Spy)
> - *not* during runtime.
> 
> I am using the default SAX parser in JDK 1.5.
> 
> My application uses an xml file that contains urls
> (among other things) of audio clips. The clips start
> out on the local desktop, and are transferred (with
> the XML file) to a server. So the base url is going
> to
> change. So I think I need to be able to have
> relative
> URLs. 
> 
> Can anyone please advise or point me to any
> tutorials
> how to use it in Java with the SAX parser?
> I have been going through Elliotte Harold's online
> book "XML with Java" (but didnt find any treatment
> of
> xml:base) and googling for any other material.
> -
> thanks,
> Anil
> 
> 
> --- Michael Kay <mike@s...> wrote:
> 
> >  
> > > 
> > > The systemID method in Locator could take
> account
> > of xml:base 
> > > attributes 
> > > when reporting the system ID of individual
> > elements. "If the system 
> > > identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it
> > fully before 
> > > passing it 
> > > to the application."
> > 
> > I would hope not. The purpose of Locator is to
> > locate errors in a source
> > file. The spec supports this:
> > 
> > "The return value is the system identifier of the
> > document entity or of the
> > external parsed entity in which the markup
> > triggering the event appears."
> > 
> > That can't be affected by xml:base.
> > 
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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