public abstract Object resolveEntity (String publicID, String systemID, String baseURI, String namespace) throws XMLStreamException

Retrieves a resource. This resource can be of the following three return types: (1) java.io.InputStream (2) javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader (3) java.xml.stream.XMLEventReader. If this method returns null the processor will attempt to resolve the entity using its default mechanism.

Parameters:
publicID    The public identifier of the external entity being referenced, or null if none was supplied.
systemID    The system identifier of the external entity being referenced.
baseURI    Absolute base URI associated with systemId.
namespace    The namespace of the entity to resolve.

Returns:  The resource requested or null.

Exceptions:
XMLStreamException    if there was a failure attempting to resolve the resource.