xml-dev - XMLReader and its default EntityResolver

[jmbolles@ThoughtWorks.com]

If null is a valid and expected return value, why would
XMLReader.setEntityResolver throw a NullPointerException if you tried to
set the ER to null? How would I reset it to the XMLReader's own default
resolution?

A workaround might have been:

     EntityResolver defaultResolver = xmlReader.getEntityResolver();
     xmlReader.setEntityResolver(specialCaseResolver);
     //do stuff
     xmlReader.setEntityResolver(defaultResolver);

but the defaultResolver would be null if the internal default is being
used. If the internal default is considered registered, then
getEntityResolver () could never return null. Right?

Regards,
Jack

>From XMLReader:
    /**
     * Allow an application to register an entity resolver.
     *
     * <p>If the application does not register an entity resolver,
     * the XMLReader will perform its own default resolution.</p>
     *
     * <p>Applications may register a new or different resolver in the
     * middle of a parse, and the SAX parser must begin using the new
     * resolver immediately.</p>
     *
     * @param resolver The entity resolver.
     * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException If the resolver
     *            argument is null.
     * @see #getEntityResolver
     */
    public void setEntityResolver (EntityResolver resolver);


    /**
     * Return the current entity resolver.
     *
     * @return The current entity resolver, or null if none
     *         has been registered.
     * @see #setEntityResolver
     */
    public EntityResolver getEntityResolver ();


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