/*
* Validates the specified input.
*
* <p/>
* This is just a convenience method of:
* <pre>
* validate(source,null);
* </pre>
*
* @see #setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler)
*/
public void validate(javax.xml.transform.Source source)
{ //throws SAXException, IOException {
validate(source, null);
}
/*
* Validates the specified input and send the augmented validation
* result to the specified output.
*
* <p/>
* This method places the following restrictions on the types of
* the {@link Source}/{@link Result} accepted.
*
* <h4>{@link Source}/{@link Result} accepted:</h4>
* <table border='1'>
* <thead>
* <tr>
* <td></td>
* <td>{@link javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource}</td>
* <td>{@link javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource}</td>
* <td>{@link javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource}</td>
* <td>{@link javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource}</td>
* </tr>
* </thead>
* <tbody>
* <tr>
* <td><tt>null</tt></td>
* <td>OK</td>
* <td>OK</td>
* <td>OK</td>
* <td>OK</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>{@link javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXResult}</td>
* <td>OK</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>{@link javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMResult}</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>OK</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>{@link javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXResult}</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>OK</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>{@link javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult}</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>Err</td>
* <td>OK</td>
* </tr>
* </tbody>
* </table>
*
* <p/>
* To validate one {@link Source} into another kind of {@link Result}, use the identity transformer
* (see {@link javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory#newTransformer()}).
*
* <p/>
* Errors found during the validation is sent to the specified
* {@link ErrorHandler}.
*
* <p/>
* If a document is valid, or if a document contains some errors
* but none of them were fatal and the {@link ErrorHandler} didn't
* throw any exception, then the method returns normally.
*
* @param source
* XML to be validated. Must not be null.
*
* @param result
* The {@link Result} object that receives (possibly augmented)
* XML. This parameter can be null if the caller is not interested
* in it.
*
* Note that when a {@link javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMResult} is used,
* a validator might just pass the same DOM node from
* {@link javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource} to
* {@link javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMResult}
* (in which case <tt>source.getNode()==result.getNode()</tt>),
* it might copy the entire DOM tree, or it might alter the
* node given by the source.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* If the {@link Result} type doesn't match the {@link Source} type,
* or if the specified source is not a
* {@link javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource},
* {@link javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource},
* {@link javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource} or
* {@link javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource}.
*
* @throws SAXException
* If the {@link ErrorHandler} throws a {@link SAXException} or
* if a fatal error is found and the {@link ErrorHandler} returns
* normally.
*
* @throws IOException
* If the validator is processing a
* {@link javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource} and the
* underlying {@link org.xml.sax.XMLReader} throws an
* {@link IOException}.
*
* @throws NullPointerException
* If the <tt>source</tt> parameter is null.
*
* @see #validate(Source)
*/
public abstract void validate(javax.xml.transform.Source source, javax.xml.transform.Result result);