newReader

abstract fun newReader(input: CharSequence, expandEntities: Boolean = false): XmlReader

Create a new XML reader with the given input. Depending on the configuration, this parser can be platform specific.

A (potentially platform specific) XmlReader

input

The text to be parsed

expandEntities

If true, entities are directly expanded (throwing errors if not found)

abstract fun newReader(reader: Reader, expandEntities: Boolean = false): XmlReader

Create a new XML reader with the given input. Depending on the configuration, this parser can be platform specific.

A (potentially platform specific) XmlReader

reader

The reader/stream to use as input

expandEntities

If true, entities are directly expanded (throwing errors if not found)

abstract fun newReader(source: Node): XmlReader

Create a new XML reader with the given source node as starting point. Depending on the configuration, this parser can be platform specific.

A (potentially platform specific) XmlReader, generally a DomReader

source

The node to expose