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cvs commit: xml-xerces/java/src/org/xml/sax DocumentHandler.java
andyc 00/02/09 10:46:34
Modified: java/src/org/xml/sax DocumentHandler.java
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// SAX document handler.
// No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will.
-// $Id: DocumentHandler.java,v 1.1 1999/11/09 01:11:11 twl Exp $
+// $Id: DocumentHandler.java,v 1.2 2000/02/09 18:46:34 andyc Exp $
package org.xml.sax;
/**
- * Receive notification of general document events.
- *
- * <p>This is the main interface that most SAX applications
- * implement: if the application needs to be informed of basic parsing
- * events, it implements this interface and registers an instance with
- * the SAX parser using the setDocumentHandler method. The parser
- * uses the instance to report basic document-related events like
- * the start and end of elements and character data.</p>
- *
- * <p>The order of events in this interface is very important, and
- * mirrors the order of information in the document itself. For
- * example, all of an element's content (character data, processing
- * instructions, and/or subelements) will appear, in order, between
- * the startElement event and the corresponding endElement event.</p>
- *
- * <p>Application writers who do not want to implement the entire
- * interface can derive a class from HandlerBase, which implements
- * the default functionality; parser writers can instantiate
- * HandlerBase to obtain a default handler. The application can find
- * the location of any document event using the Locator interface
- * supplied by the Parser through the setDocumentLocator method.</p>
- *
- * @author David Megginson (ak117@freenet.carleton.ca)
- * @version
- * @see org.xml.sax.Parser#setDocumentHandler
- * @see org.xml.sax.Locator
- * @see org.xml.sax.HandlerBase
- */
+ * Receive notification of general document events.
+ *
+ * <blockquote>
+ * <em>This module, both source code and documentation, is in the
+ * Public Domain, and comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong>.</em>
+ * </blockquote>
+ *
+ * <p>This was the main event-handling interface for SAX1; in
+ * SAX2, it has been replaced by {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler
+ * ContentHandler}, which provides Namespace support and reporting
+ * of skipped entities. This interface is included in SAX2 only
+ * to support legacy SAX1 applications.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>The order of events in this interface is very important, and
+ * mirrors the order of information in the document itself. For
+ * example, all of an element's content (character data, processing
+ * instructions, and/or subelements) will appear, in order, between
+ * the startElement event and the corresponding endElement event.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>Application writers who do not want to implement the entire
+ * interface can derive a class from HandlerBase, which implements
+ * the default functionality; parser writers can instantiate
+ * HandlerBase to obtain a default handler. The application can find
+ * the location of any document event using the Locator interface
+ * supplied by the Parser through the setDocumentLocator method.</p>
+ *
+ * @deprecated This interface has been replaced by the SAX2
+ * {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler ContentHandler}
+ * interface, which includes Namespace support.
+ * @since SAX 1.0
+ * @author David Megginson,
+ * <a href="mailto:sax@megginson.com">sax@megginson.com</a>
+ * @version 2.0beta
+ * @see org.xml.sax.Parser#setDocumentHandler
+ * @see org.xml.sax.Locator
+ * @see org.xml.sax.HandlerBase
+ */
public interface DocumentHandler {
-
-
- /**
- * Receive an object for locating the origin of SAX document events.
- *
- * <p>SAX parsers are strongly encouraged (though not absolutely
- * required) to supply a locator: if it does so, it must supply
- * the locator to the application by invoking this method before
- * invoking any of the other methods in the DocumentHandler
- * interface.</p>
- *
- * <p>The locator allows the application to determine the end
- * position of any document-related event, even if the parser is
- * not reporting an error. Typically, the application will
- * use this information for reporting its own errors (such as
- * character content that does not match an application's
- * business rules). The information returned by the locator
- * is probably not sufficient for use with a search engine.</p>
- *
- * <p>Note that the locator will return correct information only
- * during the invocation of the events in this interface. The
- * application should not attempt to use it at any other time.</p>
- *
- * @param locator An object that can return the location of
- * any SAX document event.
- * @see org.xml.sax.Locator
- */
- public abstract void setDocumentLocator (Locator locator);
-
-
- /**
- * Receive notification of the beginning of a document.
- *
- * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, before any
- * other methods in this interface or in DTDHandler (except for
- * setDocumentLocator).</p>
- *
- * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
- * wrapping another exception.
- */
- public abstract void startDocument ()
- throws SAXException;
-
-
- /**
- * Receive notification of the end of a document.
- *
- * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, and it will
- * be the last method invoked during the parse. The parser shall
- * not invoke this method until it has either abandoned parsing
- * (because of an unrecoverable error) or reached the end of
- * input.</p>
- *
- * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
- * wrapping another exception.
- */
- public abstract void endDocument ()
- throws SAXException;
-
-
- /**
- * Receive notification of the beginning of an element.
- *
- * <p>The Parser will invoke this method at the beginning of every
- * element in the XML document; there will be a corresponding
- * endElement() event for every startElement() event (even when the
- * element is empty). All of the element's content will be
- * reported, in order, before the corresponding endElement()
- * event.</p>
- *
- * <p>If the element name has a namespace prefix, the prefix will
- * still be attached. Note that the attribute list provided will
- * contain only attributes with explicit values (specified or
- * defaulted): #IMPLIED attributes will be omitted.</p>
- *
- * @param name The element type name.
- * @param atts The attributes attached to the element, if any.
- * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
- * wrapping another exception.
- * @see #endElement
- * @see org.xml.sax.AttributeList
- */
- public abstract void startElement (String name, AttributeList atts)
- throws SAXException;
-
-
- /**
- * Receive notification of the end of an element.
- *
- * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method at the end of every
- * element in the XML document; there will be a corresponding
- * startElement() event for every endElement() event (even when the
- * element is empty).</p>
- *
- * <p>If the element name has a namespace prefix, the prefix will
- * still be attached to the name.</p>
- *
- * @param name The element type name
- * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
- * wrapping another exception.
- */
- public abstract void endElement (String name)
- throws SAXException;
-
-
- /**
- * Receive notification of character data.
- *
- * <p>The Parser will call this method to report each chunk of
- * character data. SAX parsers may return all contiguous character
- * data in a single chunk, or they may split it into several
- * chunks; however, all of the characters in any single event
- * must come from the same external entity, so that the Locator
- * provides useful information.</p>
- *
- * <p>The application must not attempt to read from the array
- * outside of the specified range.</p>
- *
- * <p>Note that some parsers will report whitespace using the
- * ignorableWhitespace() method rather than this one (validating
- * parsers must do so).</p>
- *
- * @param ch The characters from the XML document.
- * @param start The start position in the array.
- * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
- * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
- * wrapping another exception.
- * @see #ignorableWhitespace
- * @see org.xml.sax.Locator
- */
- public abstract void characters (char ch[], int start, int length)
- throws SAXException;
-
-
- /**
- * Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
- *
- * <p>Validating Parsers must use this method to report each chunk
- * of ignorable whitespace (see the W3C XML 1.0 recommendation,
- * section 2.10): non-validating parsers may also use this method
- * if they are capable of parsing and using content models.</p>
- *
- * <p>SAX parsers may return all contiguous whitespace in a single
- * chunk, or they may split it into several chunks; however, all of
- * the characters in any single event must come from the same
- * external entity, so that the Locator provides useful
- * information.</p>
- *
- * <p>The application must not attempt to read from the array
- * outside of the specified range.</p>
- *
- * @param ch The characters from the XML document.
- * @param start The start position in the array.
- * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
- * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
- * wrapping another exception.
- * @see #characters
- */
- public abstract void ignorableWhitespace (char ch[], int start, int length)
- throws SAXException;
-
-
- /**
- * Receive notification of a processing instruction.
- *
- * <p>The Parser will invoke this method once for each processing
- * instruction found: note that processing instructions may occur
- * before or after the main document element.</p>
- *
- * <p>A SAX parser should never report an XML declaration (XML 1.0,
- * section 2.8) or a text declaration (XML 1.0, section 4.3.1)
- * using this method.</p>
- *
- * @param target The processing instruction target.
- * @param data The processing instruction data, or null if
- * none was supplied.
- * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
- * wrapping another exception.
- */
- public abstract void processingInstruction (String target, String data)
- throws SAXException;
-
+
+
+ /**
+ * Receive an object for locating the origin of SAX document events.
+ *
+ * <p>SAX parsers are strongly encouraged (though not absolutely
+ * required) to supply a locator: if it does so, it must supply
+ * the locator to the application by invoking this method before
+ * invoking any of the other methods in the DocumentHandler
+ * interface.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>The locator allows the application to determine the end
+ * position of any document-related event, even if the parser is
+ * not reporting an error. Typically, the application will
+ * use this information for reporting its own errors (such as
+ * character content that does not match an application's
+ * business rules). The information returned by the locator
+ * is probably not sufficient for use with a search engine.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>Note that the locator will return correct information only
+ * during the invocation of the events in this interface. The
+ * application should not attempt to use it at any other time.</p>
+ *
+ * @param locator An object that can return the location of
+ * any SAX document event.
+ * @see org.xml.sax.Locator
+ */
+ public abstract void setDocumentLocator (Locator locator);
+
+
+ /**
+ * Receive notification of the beginning of a document.
+ *
+ * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, before any
+ * other methods in this interface or in DTDHandler (except for
+ * setDocumentLocator).</p>
+ *
+ * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
+ * wrapping another exception.
+ */
+ public abstract void startDocument ()
+ throws SAXException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Receive notification of the end of a document.
+ *
+ * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, and it will
+ * be the last method invoked during the parse. The parser shall
+ * not invoke this method until it has either abandoned parsing
+ * (because of an unrecoverable error) or reached the end of
+ * input.</p>
+ *
+ * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
+ * wrapping another exception.
+ */
+ public abstract void endDocument ()
+ throws SAXException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Receive notification of the beginning of an element.
+ *
+ * <p>The Parser will invoke this method at the beginning of every
+ * element in the XML document; there will be a corresponding
+ * endElement() event for every startElement() event (even when the
+ * element is empty). All of the element's content will be
+ * reported, in order, before the corresponding endElement()
+ * event.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>If the element name has a namespace prefix, the prefix will
+ * still be attached. Note that the attribute list provided will
+ * contain only attributes with explicit values (specified or
+ * defaulted): #IMPLIED attributes will be omitted.</p>
+ *
+ * @param name The element type name.
+ * @param atts The attributes attached to the element, if any.
+ * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
+ * wrapping another exception.
+ * @see #endElement
+ * @see org.xml.sax.AttributeList
+ */
+ public abstract void startElement (String name, AttributeList atts)
+ throws SAXException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Receive notification of the end of an element.
+ *
+ * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method at the end of every
+ * element in the XML document; there will be a corresponding
+ * startElement() event for every endElement() event (even when the
+ * element is empty).</p>
+ *
+ * <p>If the element name has a namespace prefix, the prefix will
+ * still be attached to the name.</p>
+ *
+ * @param name The element type name
+ * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
+ * wrapping another exception.
+ */
+ public abstract void endElement (String name)
+ throws SAXException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Receive notification of character data.
+ *
+ * <p>The Parser will call this method to report each chunk of
+ * character data. SAX parsers may return all contiguous character
+ * data in a single chunk, or they may split it into several
+ * chunks; however, all of the characters in any single event
+ * must come from the same external entity, so that the Locator
+ * provides useful information.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>The application must not attempt to read from the array
+ * outside of the specified range.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>Note that some parsers will report whitespace using the
+ * ignorableWhitespace() method rather than this one (validating
+ * parsers must do so).</p>
+ *
+ * @param ch The characters from the XML document.
+ * @param start The start position in the array.
+ * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
+ * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
+ * wrapping another exception.
+ * @see #ignorableWhitespace
+ * @see org.xml.sax.Locator
+ */
+ public abstract void characters (char ch[], int start, int length)
+ throws SAXException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
+ *
+ * <p>Validating Parsers must use this method to report each chunk
+ * of ignorable whitespace (see the W3C XML 1.0 recommendation,
+ * section 2.10): non-validating parsers may also use this method
+ * if they are capable of parsing and using content models.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>SAX parsers may return all contiguous whitespace in a single
+ * chunk, or they may split it into several chunks; however, all of
+ * the characters in any single event must come from the same
+ * external entity, so that the Locator provides useful
+ * information.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>The application must not attempt to read from the array
+ * outside of the specified range.</p>
+ *
+ * @param ch The characters from the XML document.
+ * @param start The start position in the array.
+ * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
+ * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
+ * wrapping another exception.
+ * @see #characters
+ */
+ public abstract void ignorableWhitespace (char ch[], int start, int length)
+ throws SAXException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Receive notification of a processing instruction.
+ *
+ * <p>The Parser will invoke this method once for each processing
+ * instruction found: note that processing instructions may occur
+ * before or after the main document element.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>A SAX parser should never report an XML declaration (XML 1.0,
+ * section 2.8) or a text declaration (XML 1.0, section 4.3.1)
+ * using this method.</p>
+ *
+ * @param target The processing instruction target.
+ * @param data The processing instruction data, or null if
+ * none was supplied.
+ * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
+ * wrapping another exception.
+ */
+ public abstract void processingInstruction (String target, String data)
+ throws SAXException;
+
}
+
+// end of DocumentHandler.java