javax.xml.transform.sax (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
Description: declaration: module: java.xml, package: javax.xml.transform.sax
Keywords: javax.xml.transform.sax package

# Package javax.xml.transform.sax

package javax.xml.transform.sax
Provides SAX specific transformation classes.

The `SAXSource` class allows the setting of an `XMLReader` to be used for pulling parse events, and an `InputSource` that may be used to specify the SAX source.

The `SAXResult` class allows the setting of a `ContentHandler` to be the receiver of SAX2 events from the transformation.

The `SAXTransformerFactory` extends `TransformerFactory` to provide factory methods for creating `TemplatesHandler`, `TransformerHandler`, and `XMLReader` instances.

To obtain a `SAXTransformerFactory`, the caller must cast the `TransformerFactory` instance returned from `TransformerFactory.newInstance()`.

The `TransformerHandler` interface allows a transformation to be created from SAX2 parse events, which is a "push" model rather than the "pull" model that normally occurs for a transformation. Normal parse events are received through the `ContentHandler` interface, lexical events such as startCDATA and endCDATA are received through the `LexicalHandler` interface, and events that signal the start or end of disabling output escaping are received via `ContentHandler.processingInstruction(String, String)`, with the target parameter being `Result.PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING` and `Result.PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING`. If parameters, output properties, or other features need to be set on the Transformer handler, a `Transformer` reference will need to be obtained from `TransformerHandler.getTransformer()`, and the methods invoked from that reference.

The `TemplatesHandler` interface allows the creation of `Templates` objects from SAX2 parse events. Once the `ContentHandler` events are complete, the Templates object may be obtained from `TemplatesHandler.getTemplates()`. Note that `TemplatesHandler.setSystemId(String)` should normally be called in order to establish a base system ID from which relative URLs may be resolved.

The `SAXTransformerFactory.newXMLFilter(Source)` method allows the creation of a `XMLFilter`, which encapsulates the SAX2 notion of a "pull" transformation. The resulting `XMLFilters` can be chained together so that a series of transformations can happen with one's output becoming another's input.

Since:
  1.5

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  javax.xml.transform
  Defines the generic APIs for processing transformation instructions, and performing a transformation from source to result.
  javax.xml.transform.dom
  Provides DOM specific transformation classes.
  javax.xml.transform.stax
  Provides StAX specific transformation classes.
  javax.xml.transform.stream
  Provides stream and URI specific transformation classes.
- Class
  Description
  SAXResult
  Acts as an holder for a transformation Result.
  SAXSource
  Acts as an holder for SAX-style Source.
  SAXTransformerFactory
  This class extends TransformerFactory to provide SAX-specific factory methods.
  TemplatesHandler
  A SAX ContentHandler that may be used to process SAX parse events (parsing transformation instructions) into a Templates object.
  TransformerHandler
  A TransformerHandler listens for SAX ContentHandler parse events and transforms them to a Result.