@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 src/py/javatoolkit/xml/SaxRewriter.py | 10 +++---
 src/py/javatoolkit/xml/sax.py         | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/py/xml-rewrite-2.py               | 17 ++++++-----
 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/py/javatoolkit/xml/sax.py
--- a/src/py/javatoolkit/xml/SaxRewriter.py	
+++ a/src/py/javatoolkit/xml/SaxRewriter.py	
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ 
 # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2004-2005 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 2004-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+import io
 import os
 import sys
-import io
 
+import xml.sax.handler
 from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator
 from xml.sax.saxutils import quoteattr
 
+import javatoolkit.xml.sax
+
 class SaxRewriter(XMLGenerator):
     """
     Using Sax gives us the support for writing back doctypes and all easily
@@ -124,8 +127,7 @@ class SaxRewriter(XMLGenerator):
 
     def process(self, in_stream, callback):
         self.startElement = callback
-        from xml.sax import parseString
-        parseString(in_stream.encode('UTF8'), self)
+        javatoolkit.xml.sax.parse_string(in_stream.encode('UTF8'), content_handler=self, features={xml.sax.handler.feature_external_ges: 1})
         self.p('\n')
 
 # vim: set expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 nowrap:
--- a/src/py/javatoolkit/xml/sax.py	
+++ a/src/py/javatoolkit/xml/sax.py	
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ 
+# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+import io
+import xml.sax
+import xml.sax.xmlreader
+
+def _make_parser(*, content_handler=None, dtd_handler=None, entity_resolver=None, error_handler=None, locale=None, features=None, properties=None):
+    parser = xml.sax.make_parser()
+
+    if content_handler is not None:
+        parser.setContentHandler(content_handler)
+    if dtd_handler is not None:
+        parser.setDTDHandler(dtd_handler)
+    if entity_resolver is not None:
+        parser.setEntityResolver(entity_resolver)
+    if error_handler is not None:
+        parser.setErrorHandler(error_handler)
+    if locale is not None:
+        parser.setLocale(locale)
+    if features is not None:
+        for feature, value in features.items():
+            parser.setFeature(feature, value)
+    if properties is not None:
+        for property, value in properties.items():
+            parser.setProperty(property, value)
+
+    return parser
+
+def parse(source, *, content_handler=None, dtd_handler=None, entity_resolver=None, error_handler=None, locale=None, features=None, properties=None):
+    parser = _make_parser(content_handler=content_handler, dtd_handler=dtd_handler, entity_resolver=entity_resolver, error_handler=error_handler, locale=locale, features=features, properties=properties)
+
+    parser.parse(source)
+
+def parse_string(string, *, content_handler=None, dtd_handler=None, entity_resolver=None, error_handler=None, locale=None, features=None, properties=None):
+    parser = _make_parser(content_handler=content_handler, dtd_handler=dtd_handler, entity_resolver=entity_resolver, error_handler=error_handler, locale=locale, features=features, properties=properties)
+
+    inputsource = xml.sax.xmlreader.InputSource()
+    if isinstance(string, str):
+        inputsource.setCharacterStream(io.StringIO(string))
+    else:
+        inputsource.setByteStream(io.BytesIO(string))
+
+    parser.parse(inputsource)
--- a/src/py/xml-rewrite-2.py	
+++ a/src/py/xml-rewrite-2.py	
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ 
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# Copyright 2004-2006 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence v2
+# Copyright 2004-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 
-import sys
 import io
-from xml.sax.saxutils import quoteattr, escape
+import sys
+
 from optparse import OptionParser, make_option
-from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator
+
+import xml.sax.handler
+from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator, escape, quoteattr
+
+import javatoolkit.xml.sax
 
 
 def add_gentoo_classpath(document):
@@ -190,8 +194,7 @@ class SaxRewriter(XMLGenerator, StreamRewriterBase):
         XMLGenerator.__init__(self, self.buffer, 'UTF-8')
 
     def process(self, in_stream):
-        from xml.sax import parse
-        parse(in_stream, self)
+        javatoolkit.xml.sax.parse(in_stream, content_handler=self, features={xml.sax.handler.feature_external_ges: 1})
         self.p('\n')
 
     def startElement(self, name, attrs):
--