Package org.forgerock.util.xml

Class XMLUtils

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.util.xml.XMLUtils

public final class XMLUtils
extends Object

Utility classes for handling XML.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static DocumentBuilder	getSafeDocumentBuilder(boolean validating)	Provides a secure DocumentBuilder implementation, which is protected against different types of entity expansion attacks and makes sure that only locally available DTDs can be referenced within the XML document.
static SAXParser	getSafeSAXParser(boolean validating)	Provides a secure SAXParser instance, which is protected against different types of entity expension, DoS attacks and makes sure that only locally available DTDs can be referenced within the XML document.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getSafeDocumentBuilder

public static DocumentBuilder getSafeDocumentBuilder(boolean validating)
                                              throws ParserConfigurationException

Provides a secure DocumentBuilder implementation, which is protected against different types of entity expansion attacks and makes sure that only locally available DTDs can be referenced within the XML document.

Parameters:

validating - Whether the returned DocumentBuilder should validate input.

Returns:

A secure DocumentBuilder instance.

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - In case xerces does not support one of the required features.

getSafeSAXParser

public static SAXParser getSafeSAXParser(boolean validating)
                                  throws ParserConfigurationException,
                                         SAXException

Provides a secure SAXParser instance, which is protected against different types of entity expension, DoS attacks and makes sure that only locally available DTDs can be referenced within the XML document.

Parameters:

validating - Whether the returned DocumentBuilder should validate input.

Returns:

A secure SAXParser instance.

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - In case Xerces does not support one of the required features.

SAXException - In case Xerces does not support one of the required features.