Re: setEntityResolver(null)

> Karl Waclawek wrote,
> > getEntityResolver returns Null, if setEntityRresolver was never
> > invoked.
> 
> Right, and the spec says it returns,
> 
>   The current entity resolver, or null if none has been registered.
> 
> which doesn't say that null _is_ the default entity resolver, only that 
> a return value of null _indicates_ that the current entity resolver is 
> the default.

Yes, that is what I meant, actually.
 
> OK, I accept that this sounds like I'm nitpicking,

Yes. :-)

> and I agree that 
> given the defn of getEntityResolver it'd be reasonable to have a null 
> arg to setEntityResolver reset the resolver to the default.
> 
> But this needs to be flagged up explicitly in the Javadoc for 
> setEntityResolver. 

I agree.

> And we ought to say what the default policy actually 
> _is_. DefaultHandler defines a policy reasonably clearly, but that 
> doesn't tell us what the default behaviour is if setEntityResolver is 
> never invoked ... it's _probably_ the same as the behaviour of 
> DefaultHandler in almost all implementations, but there's nothing in 
> the spec that requires this.

Yes, strictly speaking, the behaviour when resoveEntity returns Null
is not defined to be the default behaviour, although I think it is meant to be.

Karl


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