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package org.springframework.beans.factory.xml;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.xml.sax.EntityResolver;
import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
/**
* Strategy interface for loading an XML {@link Document}.
*
* @author Rob Harrop
* @since 2.0
* @see DefaultDocumentLoader
*/
public interface DocumentLoader {
/**
* Load a {@link Document document} from the supplied {@link InputSource source}.
* @param inputSource the source of the document that is to be loaded
* @param entityResolver the resolver that is to be used to resolve any entities
* @param errorHandler used to report any errors during document loading
* @param validationMode the type of validation
* {@link org.springframework.util.xml.XmlValidationModeDetector#VALIDATION_DTD DTD}
* or {@link org.springframework.util.xml.XmlValidationModeDetector#VALIDATION_XSD XSD})
* @param namespaceAware {@code true} if support for XML namespaces is to be provided
* @return the loaded {@link Document document}
* @throws Exception if an error occurs
*/
Document loadDocument(
InputSource inputSource, EntityResolver entityResolver,
ErrorHandler errorHandler, int validationMode, boolean namespaceAware)
throws Exception;
}