Result (Java SE 25 & JDK 25)
Description: declaration: module: java.xml, package: javax.xml.transform, interface: Result
Keywords: javax.xml.transform.Result interface

# Interface Result

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `DOMResult, SAXResult, StAXResult, StreamResult`

public interface Result

An object that implements this interface contains the information needed to build a transformation result tree.

Since:
  1.4

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final String`
  `PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING`
  The name of the processing instruction that is sent if the result tree disables output escaping.
  `static final String`
  `PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING`
  The name of the processing instruction that is sent if the result tree enables output escaping at some point after having received a PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING processing instruction.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `String`
  `getSystemId()`
  Get the system identifier that was set with setSystemId.
  `void`
  `setSystemId(String systemId)`
  Set the system identifier for this Result.

- ## Field Details

  - ### PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING

    static final String PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING
    The name of the processing instruction that is sent if the result tree disables output escaping.

    Normally, result tree serialization escapes& and < (and possibly other characters) when outputting text nodes. This ensures that the output is well-formed XML. However, it is sometimes convenient to be able to produce output that is almost, but not quite well-formed XML; for example, the output may include ill-formed sections that will be transformed into well-formed XML by a subsequent non-XML aware process. If a processing instruction is sent with this name, serialization should be output without any escaping.

    Result DOM trees may also have PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING and PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING inserted into the tree.

    See Also:
      - disable-output-escaping in XSLT Specification
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING

    static final String PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING
    The name of the processing instruction that is sent if the result tree enables output escaping at some point after having received a PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING processing instruction.
    See Also:
      - disable-output-escaping in XSLT Specification
      - Constant Field Values

- ## Method Details

  - ### setSystemId

    void setSystemId(String systemId)
    Set the system identifier for this Result.

    If the Result is not to be written to a file, the system identifier is optional. The application may still want to provide one, however, for use in error messages and warnings, or to resolve relative output identifiers.

    Parameters:
      `systemId` - The system identifier as a URI string.

  - ### getSystemId

    String getSystemId()
    Get the system identifier that was set with setSystemId.
    Returns:
      The system identifier that was set with setSystemId, or null if setSystemId was not called.