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A single input source for an XML entity.

This class encapsulates information about an input source in a single object, which may include a public identifier or a system identifier

There are two places that the application will deliver this input source to the parser: as the argument to the Parser::parse method, or as the return value of the EntityResolver::resolveEntity method.

InputSource is never used directly, but is the base class for a number of derived classes for particular types of input sources. Derivatives are provided (in the internal/ directory) for URL input sources, memory buffer input sources, and so on.

When it is time to parse the input described by an input source, it will be asked to create a binary stream for that source. That stream will be used to input the data of the source. The derived class provides the implementation of the makeStream() method, and provides a type of stream of the correct type for the input source it represents.

An InputSource object belongs to the application: the parser never modifies them in any way. They are always passed by const reference so the parser will make a copy of any input sources that it must keep around beyond the call.

$Log: InputSource.hpp,v $ Revision 1.1.1.1 1999/11/09 01:07:46 twl Initial checkin Revision 1.2 1999/11/08 20:45:01 rahul Swat for adding in Product name and CVS comment log variable.