org.xml.sax
Class HandlerBase
- DocumentHandler, DTDHandler, EntityResolver, ErrorHandler
public class HandlerBase
extends java.lang.Object
 Default base class for handlers.
 
 This module, both source code and documentation, is in the
 Public Domain, and comes with NO WARRANTY.
 See http://www.saxproject.org
 for further information.
 
 This class implements the default behaviour for four SAX1
 interfaces: EntityResolver, DTDHandler, DocumentHandler,
 and ErrorHandler.  It is now obsolete, but is included in SAX2 to
 support legacy SAX1 applications.  SAX2 applications should use
 the 
DefaultHandler
 class instead.
 
Application writers can extend this class when they need to
 implement only part of an interface; parser writers can
 instantiate this class to provide default handlers when the
 application has not supplied its own.
 
Note that the use of this class is optional.
DocumentHandler
             interface.  It has been replaced by the SAX2
DefaultHandler
                          class.
- SAX 1.0
- EntityResolver,- DTDHandler,- DocumentHandler,- ErrorHandler
|  void | characters(ch[] , int start, int length) Receive notification of character data inside an element.
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|  void | endDocument() Receive notification of the end of the document.
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|  void | endElement(String name) Receive notification of the end of an element.
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|  void | error(SAXParseException e) Receive notification of a recoverable parser error.
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|  void | fatalError(SAXParseException e) Report a fatal XML parsing error.
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|  void | ignorableWhitespace(ch[] , int start, int length) Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
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|  void | notationDecl(String name, String publicId, String systemId) Receive notification of a notation declaration.
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|  void | processingInstruction(String target, String data) Receive notification of a processing instruction.
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|  InputSource | resolveEntity(String publicId, String systemId) Resolve an external entity.
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|  void | setDocumentLocator(Locator locator) Receive a Locator object for document events.
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|  void | startDocument() Receive notification of the beginning of the document.
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|  void | startElement(String name, AttributeList attributes) Receive notification of the start of an element.
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|  void | unparsedEntityDecl(String name, String publicId, String systemId, String notationName) Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration.
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|  void | warning(SAXParseException e) Receive notification of a parser warning.
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characters
public void characters(ch[] ,
                       int start,
                       int length)
            throws SAXException Receive notification of character data inside an element.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method to take specific actions for each chunk of character data
 (such as adding the data to a node or buffer, or printing it to
 a file).
- characters in interface DocumentHandler
- start- The start position in the character array.
- length- The number of characters to use from the
character array.
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- DocumentHandler.characters(ch[],int,int)
endDocument
public void endDocument()
            throws SAXException Receive notification of the end of the document.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method in a subclass to take specific actions at the beginning
 of a document (such as finalising a tree or closing an output
 file).
- endDocument in interface DocumentHandler
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- DocumentHandler.endDocument()
endElement
public void endElement(String name)
            throws SAXException Receive notification of the end of an element.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method in a subclass to take specific actions at the end of
 each element (such as finalising a tree node or writing
 output to a file).
- endElement in interface DocumentHandler
- name- the element name
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- DocumentHandler.endElement(String)
fatalError
public void fatalError(SAXParseException e)
            throws SAXException Report a fatal XML parsing error.
 
The default implementation throws a SAXParseException.
 Application writers may override this method in a subclass if
 they need to take specific actions for each fatal error (such as
 collecting all of the errors into a single report): in any case,
 the application must stop all regular processing when this
 method is invoked, since the document is no longer reliable, and
 the parser may no longer report parsing events.
- fatalError in interface ErrorHandler
- e- The error information encoded as an exception.
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- ErrorHandler.fatalError(SAXParseException),- SAXParseException
ignorableWhitespace
public void ignorableWhitespace(ch[] ,
                                int start,
                                int length)
            throws SAXException Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method to take specific actions for each chunk of ignorable
 whitespace (such as adding data to a node or buffer, or printing
 it to a file).
- ignorableWhitespace in interface DocumentHandler
- start- The start position in the character array.
- length- The number of characters to use from the
character array.
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- DocumentHandler.ignorableWhitespace(ch[],int,int)
notationDecl
public void notationDecl(String name,
                         String publicId,
                         String systemId) Receive notification of a notation declaration.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method in a subclass if they wish to keep track of the notations
 declared in a document.
- notationDecl in interface DTDHandler
- name- The notation name.
- publicId- The notation public identifier, or null if not
available.
- systemId- The notation system identifier.
- DTDHandler.notationDecl(String,String,String)
processingInstruction
public void processingInstruction(String target,
                                  String data)
            throws SAXException Receive notification of a processing instruction.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method in a subclass to take specific actions for each
 processing instruction, such as setting status variables or
 invoking other methods.
- processingInstruction in interface DocumentHandler
- target- The processing instruction target.
- data- The processing instruction data, or null if
none is supplied.
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- DocumentHandler.processingInstruction(String,String)
resolveEntity
public InputSource resolveEntity(String publicId,
                                 String systemId)
            throws SAXException Resolve an external entity.
 
Always return null, so that the parser will use the system
 identifier provided in the XML document.  This method implements
 the SAX default behaviour: application writers can override it
 in a subclass to do special translations such as catalog lookups
 or URI redirection.
- resolveEntity in interface EntityResolver
- publicId- The public identifer, or null if none is
available.
- systemId- The system identifier provided in the XML 
document.
- The new input source, or null to require the
default behaviour.
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- EntityResolver.resolveEntity(String,String)
startDocument
public void startDocument()
            throws SAXException Receive notification of the beginning of the document.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method in a subclass to take specific actions at the beginning
 of a document (such as allocating the root node of a tree or
 creating an output file).
- startDocument in interface DocumentHandler
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- DocumentHandler.startDocument()
startElement
public void startElement(String name,
                         AttributeList attributes)
            throws SAXException Receive notification of the start of an element.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method in a subclass to take specific actions at the start of
 each element (such as allocating a new tree node or writing
 output to a file).
- startElement in interface DocumentHandler
- name- The element type name.
- attributes- The specified or defaulted attributes.
- SAXException- Any SAX exception, possibly
wrapping another exception.
- DocumentHandler.startElement(String,AttributeList)
unparsedEntityDecl
public void unparsedEntityDecl(String name,
                               String publicId,
                               String systemId,
                               String notationName) Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration.
 
By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
 method in a subclass to keep track of the unparsed entities
 declared in a document.
- unparsedEntityDecl in interface DTDHandler
- name- The entity name.
- publicId- The entity public identifier, or null if not
available.
- systemId- The entity system identifier.
- notationName- The name of the associated notation.
- DTDHandler.unparsedEntityDecl(String,String,String,String)