Package com.itextpdf.kernel.utils

Class XmlProcessorCreator

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.kernel.utils.XmlProcessorCreator

       public final class XmlProcessorCreator extends Object
      

Utility class for creating XML processors.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static DocumentBuilder	createSafeDocumentBuilder(boolean namespaceAware, boolean ignoringComments)	Creates DocumentBuilder instance.
static Transformer	createSafeTransformer()	Creates Transformer instance.
static XMLReader	createSafeXMLReader(boolean namespaceAware, boolean validating)	Creates XMLReader instance.
static void	setXmlParserFactory(IXmlParserFactory factory)	Specifies an IXmlParserFactory implementation that will be used to create the xml parsers in the XmlProcessorCreator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

setXmlParserFactory

             public static void setXmlParserFactory
             (IXmlParserFactory factory)
            

Specifies an IXmlParserFactory implementation that will be used to create the xml parsers in the XmlProcessorCreator. Pass DefaultSafeXmlParserFactory to use default safe factory that should prevent XML attacks like XML bombs and XXE attacks. This will definitely throw an exception if the XXE object is present in the XML. Also it is configured to throw an exception even in case of any DTD in XML file, but this option depends on the parser implementation on your system, it may not work if your parser implementation does not support the corresponding functionality. In this case declare your own IXmlParserFactory implementation and pass it to this method.

Parameters:

factory - factory to be used to create xml parsers. If the passed factory is null, the DefaultSafeXmlParserFactory will be used.

createSafeDocumentBuilder

             public static DocumentBuilder createSafeDocumentBuilder
             (boolean namespaceAware, boolean ignoringComments)
            

Creates DocumentBuilder instance. The default implementation is configured to prevent possible XML attacks (see DefaultSafeXmlParserFactory). But you can use setXmlParserFactory(com.itextpdf.kernel.utils.IXmlParserFactory) to set your specific factory for creating xml parsers.

Parameters:

namespaceAware - specifies whether the parser should be namespace aware

ignoringComments - specifies whether the parser should ignore comments

Returns:

safe DocumentBuilder instance

createSafeXMLReader

             public static XMLReader createSafeXMLReader
             (boolean namespaceAware, boolean validating)
            

Creates XMLReader instance. The default implementation is configured to prevent possible XML attacks (see DefaultSafeXmlParserFactory). But you can use setXmlParserFactory(com.itextpdf.kernel.utils.IXmlParserFactory) to set your specific factory for creating xml parsers.

Parameters:

namespaceAware - specifies whether the parser should be namespace aware

validating - specifies whether the parser should validate documents as they are parsed

Returns:

safe XMLReader instance

createSafeTransformer

             public static Transformer createSafeTransformer()
            

Creates Transformer instance. The default implementation is configured to prevent possible XML attacks (see DefaultSafeXmlParserFactory). But you can use setXmlParserFactory(com.itextpdf.kernel.utils.IXmlParserFactory) to set your specific factory for creating xml parsers.

Returns:

safe Transformer instance