DocumentInputSource

java.lang.Object
- org.xml.sax.InputSource
- - org.dom4j.io.DocumentInputSource

```
class DocumentInputSource
extends org.xml.sax.InputSource
```
DocumentInputSource implements a SAX InputSourcefor a Document.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private Document document
The document source

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DocumentInputSource()

DocumentInputSource(Document document)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.io.Reader`	`getCharacterStream()`	Note this method is quite inefficent, it turns the in memory XML tree object model into a single block of text which can then be read by other XML parsers.
`Document`	`getDocument()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`void`	`setCharacterStream(java.io.Reader characterStream)`	This method is not supported as this source is always a instance.
`void`	`setDocument(Document document)`	Sets the document used as the SAX `InputSource`

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.InputSource
getByteStream, getEncoding, getPublicId, getSystemId, isEmpty, setByteStream, setEncoding, setPublicId, setSystemId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - document
```
private Document document
```
    The document source
- Constructor Detail
  - DocumentInputSource
```
public DocumentInputSource()
```
  - DocumentInputSource
```
public DocumentInputSource(Document document)
```
- Method Detail
  - getDocument
```
public Document getDocument()
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the document which is being used as the SAX InputSource
  - setDocument
```
public void setDocument(Document document)
```
    Sets the document used as the SAX InputSource
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - DOCUMENT ME!
  - setCharacterStream
```
public void setCharacterStream(java.io.Reader characterStream)
                        throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
```
    This method is not supported as this source is always a instance.
    
    Overrides:
    
    setCharacterStream in class org.xml.sax.InputSource
    
    Parameters:
    
    characterStream - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - as this method is unsupported
  - getCharacterStream
```
public java.io.Reader getCharacterStream()
```
    Note this method is quite inefficent, it turns the in memory XML tree object model into a single block of text which can then be read by other XML parsers. Should only be used with care.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getCharacterStream in class org.xml.sax.InputSource
    
    Returns:
    
    DOCUMENT ME!