New method on EntityResolver?

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

In SAX2, the EntityResolver has a single method, resolveEntity() that
returns an InputSource. However, applications sometimes need access
to unparsed external entities where an InputSource is inappropriate.
Consider:

<!DOCTYPE doc [
<!NOTATION PNG SYSTEM "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png">
<!ENTITY mypicture PUBLIC "publicId" "someURI" NDATA PNG>
<!ELEMENT doc (graphic+)>
<!ELEMENT graphic EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST graphic
	entityref ENTITY #REQUIRED
>
]>
<doc>
<graphic entityref="mypicture"/>
</doc>

An application that wishes to access mypicture might need to pass that
entity through the resolution process.

My first suggestion is a new method:

  public String resolveEntityURI(java.lang.String publicId,
                                 java.lang.String systemId)

It returns the system identifier of the resolved resource or null if
no resolution was possible.

Thoughts?

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

- -- 
Norman Walsh <[email protected]> | For the mental patient's family and
http://nwalsh.com/            | society, mental illness is a 'problem';
                              | for the patient himself it is a
                              | 'solution'.--Thomas Szasz
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.7 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/>

iD8DBQE9uBcgOyltUcwYWjsRAmMCAJ0Wm4kjzyilHne7msCrYc20S/5ciwCfY446
WbOX6sD5Plb+mrPEIf8uRuw=
=HmjB
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


-------------------------------------------------------
This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future 
of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community 
Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. 
http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4729346;7592162;s?http://www.sun.com/javavote
_______________________________________________
List: sax-devel, [email protected]
See:  http://www.saxproject.org/
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sax-devel