com.ibm.portal.resolver.xml
Interface URLResolver

All Superinterfaces:

javax.xml.transform.URIResolver

All Known Subinterfaces:

ResolverContentHandler, ResolverXMLFilter

public interface URLResolver
extends javax.xml.transform.URIResolver

Resolves (relative) URL references into absolute URLs.

Since:

6.0.1

See Also:

ResolverXMLFilter

Method Summary

java.net.URL	getBaseURL() Returns the current base URL
java.net.URL	resolve(java.lang.String href) Resolves a (relative) URL reference into a full URL.
void	setBaseURL(java.net.URL aURL) sets the base URL for the resolution process

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.URIResolver

resolve

Method Detail

resolve

java.net.URL resolve(java.lang.String href)
                     throws java.net.MalformedURLException

Resolves a (relative) URL reference into a full URL. Implementors can e.g. consider to take the xml:base tage into account when doing this resolution

Parameters:

href - URL reference (potentially relative) that needs to be resolved to an absolute URL

Returns:

the absolute URL that corresponds to the input parameter

Throws:

java.net.MalformedURLException - - if there was a syntax error constucting the URL

getBaseURL

java.net.URL getBaseURL()

Returns the current base URL

Returns:

base URL, not null

setBaseURL

void setBaseURL(java.net.URL aURL)

sets the base URL for the resolution process

Parameters:

aURL - URL to be used as the new base URL for subsequent resolution steps, not null