org.springframework.webflow.engine.model.builder.xml

Interface DocumentLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDocumentLoader

public interface DocumentLoader

A generic strategy interface encapsulating the logic to load an XML-based document.

Author:

Keith Donald

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Document	loadDocument(org.springframework.core.io.Resource resource) Load the XML-based document from the external resource.

Method Detail

loadDocument

Document loadDocument(org.springframework.core.io.Resource resource)
                      throws IOException,
                             ParserConfigurationException,
                             SAXException

Load the XML-based document from the external resource.

Parameters:

resource - the document resource

Returns:

the loaded (parsed) document

Throws:

IOException - an exception occured accessing the resource input stream

ParserConfigurationException - an exception occured building the document parser

SAXException - a error occured during document parsing