Whenever you parse an XML document, you must provide an object * from a class that implements this interface to receive the parsing * events. *
If you do not want to implement this entire interface, you
* can extend the HandlerBase convenience class and
* then implement only what you need.
*
If you are using SAX, you should implement the SAX handler * interfaces rather than this one. * @author Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Microstar Software Ltd. * @author written by David Megginson <dmeggins@microstar.com> * @version 1.1 * @see XmlParser * @see HandlerBase * @see org.xml.sax.EntityHandler * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler * @see org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler */ public interface XmlHandler { /** * Start the document. *
Ælfred will call this method just before it * attempts to read the first entity (the root of the document). * It is guaranteed that this will be the first method called. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. * @see #endDocument */ public void startDocument () throws java.lang.Exception; /** * End the document. *
Ælfred will call this method once, when it has * finished parsing the XML document. * It is guaranteed that this will be the last method called. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. * @see #startDocument */ public void endDocument () throws java.lang.Exception; /** * Resolve an External Entity. *
Give the handler a chance to redirect external entities * to different URIs. Ælfred will call this method for the * top-level document entity, for external text (XML) entities, * and the external DTD subset (if any). * @param publicId The public identifier, or null if none was supplied. * @param systemId The system identifier. * @return The replacement system identifier, or null to use * the default. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. * @see #startExternalEntity * @see #endExternalEntity */ public Object resolveEntity (String publicId, String systemId) throws java.lang.Exception; /** * Begin an external entity. *
Ælfred will call this method at the beginning of * each external entity, including the top-level document entity * and the external DTD subset (if any). *
If necessary, you can use this method to track the location * of the current entity so that you can resolve relative URIs * correctly. * @param systemId The URI of the external entity that is starting. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. * @see #endExternalEntity * @see #resolveEntity */ public void startExternalEntity (String systemId) throws java.lang.Exception; /** * End an external entity. *
Ælfred will call this method at the end of * each external entity, including the top-level document entity * and the external DTD subset. *
If necessary, you can use this method to track the location * of the current entity so that you can resolve relative URIs * correctly. * @param systemId The URI of the external entity that is ending. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. * @see #startExternalEntity * @see #resolveEntity */ public void endExternalEntity (String systemId) throws java.lang.Exception; /** * Document type declaration. *
Ælfred will call this method when or if it encounters * the document type (DOCTYPE) declaration. *
Please note that the public and system identifiers will * not always be a reliable indication of the DTD in use. * @param name The document type name. * @param publicId The public identifier, or null if unspecified. * @param systemId The system identifier, or null if unspecified. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. */ public void doctypeDecl (String name, String publicId, String systemId) throws java.lang.Exception; /** * Attribute. *
Ælfred will call this method once for each attribute * (specified or defaulted) before reporting a startElement event. * It is up to your handler to collect the attributes, if * necessary. *
You may use XmlParser.getAttributeType() to find the attribute's
* declared type.
* @param name The name of the attribute.
* @param type The type of the attribute (see below).
* @param value The value of the attribute, or null if the attribute
* is #IMPLIED.
* @param isSpecified True if the value was specified, false if it
* was defaulted from the DTD.
* @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception.
* @see #startElement
* @see XmlParser#declaredAttributes
* @see XmlParser#getAttributeType
* @see XmlParser#getAttributeDefaultValue
*/
public void attribute (String aname, String value, boolean isSpecified)
throws java.lang.Exception;
/**
* Start an element.
*
Ælfred will call this method at the beginning of each
* element. By the time this is called, all of the attributes
* for the element will already have been reported using the
* attribute method.
* @param elname The element type name.
* @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception.
* @see #attribute
* @see #endElement
* @see XmlParser#declaredElements
* @see XmlParser#getElementContentType
*/
public void startElement (String elname)
throws java.lang.Exception;
/**
* End an element.
*
Ælfred will call this method at the end of each element * (including EMPTY elements). * @param elname The element type name. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. * @see #startElement * @see XmlParser#declaredElements * @see XmlParser#getElementContentType */ public void endElement (String elname) throws java.lang.Exception; /** * Character data. *
Ælfred will call this method once for each chunk of * character data found in the contents of elements. Note that * the parser may break up a long sequence of characters into * smaller chunks and call this method once for each chunk. *
Do not attempt to read more than length * characters from the array, or to read before the * start position. * @param ch The character data. * @param start The starting position in the array. * @param length The number of characters available. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. */ public void charData (char ch[], int start, int length) throws java.lang.Exception; /** * Ignorable whitespace. *
Ælfred will call this method once for each sequence * of ignorable whitespace in element content (never in mixed content). *
For details, see section 2.10 of the XML 1.0 recommendation. *
Do not attempt to read more than length * characters from the array or to read before the start * position. * @param ch The literal whitespace characters. * @param start The starting position in the array. * @param length The number of whitespace characters available. * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. */ public void ignorableWhitespace (char ch[], int start, int length) throws java.lang.Exception; /** * Processing instruction. *
Ælfred will call this method once for each * processing instruction. Note that processing instructions may * appear outside of the top-level element. The * @param target The target (the name at the start of the PI). * @param data The data, if any (the rest of the PI). * @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception. */ public void processingInstruction (String target, String data) throws java.lang.Exception; /** * Fatal XML parsing error. *
Ælfred will call this method whenever it encounters * a serious error. The parser will attempt to continue past this * point so that you can find more possible error points, but if * this method is called you should assume that the document is * corrupt and you should not try to use its contents. *
Note that you can use the XmlException class
* to encapsulate all of the information provided, though the
* use of the class is not mandatory.
* @param message The error message.
* @param systemId The system identifier of the entity that
* contains the error.
* @param line The approximate line number of the error.
* @param column The approximate column number of the error.
* @exception java.lang.Exception The handler may throw any exception.
* @see XmlException
*/
public void error (String message, String systemId, int line, int column)
throws java.lang.Exception;
}