org.owasp.dependencycheck.xml

Class XmlInputStream

java.lang.Object

java.io.InputStream

java.io.FilterInputStream

org.owasp.dependencycheck.xml.XmlInputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable

@NotThreadSafe
public class XmlInputStream
extends java.io.FilterInputStream

Cleans up often very bad XML. Primarily, this will convert named HTM entities into their HTM encoded Unicode code point representation.

1. Strips leading white space
2. Recodes £ etc to &#...;
3. Recodes lone & as &

This is a slightly modified (class/method rename) from an SO answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7286428/help-the-java-sax-parser-to-understand-bad-xml

Author:

https://stackoverflow.com/users/823393/oldcurmudgeon

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterInputStream

in

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XmlInputStream(java.io.InputStream in) Constructs a new XML Input Stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	length() NB: This is a Troll length (i.e.
int	read() Reads the next byte.
int	read(@NotNull byte[] data, int offset, int length) Reads the next length of bytes from the stream into the given byte array at the given offset.
java.lang.String	toString() To string implementation.

Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterInputStream

available, close, mark, markSupported, read, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlInputStream

public XmlInputStream(java.io.InputStream in)

Constructs a new XML Input Stream.

Parameters:

in - the base input stream

Method Detail

length

public int length()

NB: This is a Troll length (i.e. it goes 1, 2, many) so 2 actually means "at least 2"

Returns:

the length

read

public int read()
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads the next byte.

Overrides:

read in class java.io.FilterInputStream

Returns:

the byte read

Throws:

java.io.IOException - thrown when there is an problem reading

read

public int read(@NotNull
                @NotNull byte[] data,
                int offset,
                int length)
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads the next length of bytes from the stream into the given byte array at the given offset.

Overrides:

read in class java.io.FilterInputStream

Parameters:

data - the buffer to store the data read

offset - the offset in the buffer to start writing

length - the length of data to read

Returns:

the number of bytes read

Throws:

java.io.IOException - thrown when there is an issue with the underlying stream

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

To string implementation.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of the data given and read from the stream.