In my experience, Catalogs is a standard that hardly anyone actually uses. To do this in a JAXP compatible way, without using Xerces-specific functionality, I would stick to the JAXP parser interfaces
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/javadocs/api/javax/xml/parsers/package-summary.html and instead of a Catalog, implement a custom EntityResolver (see DocumentBuilder.setEntityResolver()) to recognize your DTD's system identifier and load it from a locally configured location. Eric Mark H. Wood wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > So, because I'm a *stubborn* idiot: > > builder.getDomConfig().setParameter("resource-resolver", > new XMLCatalogResolver( > System.getProperty("xml.catalog.files").split("\\s"))); > > This seems to work and keeps unnecessary magic out of the code. Thanks! > > Follow-up question: is there a better way? Given that: > > o I want a DOM Document from which to pluck things randomly; > o I want to avoid unnecessary use of methods specific to Xerces (and > the Commons Resolver); > o I want to keep local knowledge (like where to find a DTD) out of the > code; > o I have no control over the unhelpful composition of the input document > > is there another sequence of methods that someone would consider > better choices? I'm brand-new to XML processing in Java (and very > nearly new to XML altogether) so I'd like to learn more of how to > think about such problems. > > - -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Typically when a software vendor says that a product is "intuitive" he > means the exact opposite. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: pgpenvelope 2.10.2 - http://pgpenvelope.sourceforge.net/ > > iD8DBQFE4xwes/NR4JuTKG8RApxgAJwKdPySviFz9/Du8/DJgHjqiy+wDgCfVGTt > S6mV4P4zTncecNYmF8IjClY= > =ReoL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
