SAX: finalising org.sax.xml.Parser

[James Clark]

David Megginson wrote:
> 
> Matthew Gertner writes:
> 
>  > How about a 2x2 matrix?
>  >
>  > With DTD
>  >     setValidate(false) - checks for well-formedness, external subset is used
>  > for entity and notation declarations, etc.
>  >     setValidate(true) - full validation
>  >
>  > Without DTD
>  >     setValidate(false) - just checks for well-formedness
>  >     setValidate(true) - throws an exception
> 
> This comes back to the original problem, however: what if I want to
> include the external subset and external text entities but don't want
> to validate?  I'm not sure that the two should be tied together
> (AElfred, for example, does not validate, but it does use the DTD).

The following seem the reasonable combinations to me:

- Validate and process all external entities (if you're validating
you've got to process all external entities).

- Don't validate and process external DTD and parameter entitities
depending on the setting of standalone.

- Don't validate and process external DTD and parameter entities
(irrespective of the setting of standalone).

- Don't validate and don't process external DTD and parameter entities
(irrespective of the setting of standalone).

James

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