org.xml.sax

Class HandlerBase

Implemented Interfaces:
DocumentHandler, DTDHandler, EntityResolver, ErrorHandler

public class HandlerBase
extends java.lang.Object
implements EntityResolver, DTDHandler, DocumentHandler, ErrorHandler

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 It has been replaced by the SAX2 DefaultHandler class.

Since:
SAX 1.0

See Also:
EntityResolver, DTDHandler, DocumentHandler, ErrorHandler

Method Summary

void
characters(ch[] , int start, int length)
Receive notification of character data inside an element.
void
endDocument()
Receive notification of the end of the document.
void
endElement(String name)
Receive notification of the end of an element.
void
error(SAXParseException e)
Receive notification of a recoverable parser error.
void
fatalError(SAXParseException e)
Report a fatal XML parsing error.
void
ignorableWhitespace(ch[] , int start, int length)
Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
void
notationDecl(String name, String publicId, String systemId)
Receive notification of a notation declaration.
void
processingInstruction(String target, String data)
Receive notification of a processing instruction.
InputSource
resolveEntity(String publicId, String systemId)
Resolve an external entity.
void
setDocumentLocator(Locator locator)
Receive a Locator object for document events.
void
startDocument()
Receive notification of the beginning of the document.
void
startElement(String name, AttributeList attributes)
Receive notification of the start of an element.
void
unparsedEntityDecl(String name, String publicId, String systemId, String notationName)
Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration.
void
warning(SAXParseException e)
Receive notification of a parser warning.

Method Details

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).

Specified by:
characters in interface DocumentHandler

Parameters:
start - The start position in the character array.
length - The number of characters to use from the character array.

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
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).

Specified by:
endDocument in interface DocumentHandler

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
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).

Specified by:
endElement in interface DocumentHandler

Parameters:
name - the element name

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
DocumentHandler.endElement(String)


error

public void error(SAXParseException e)
            throws SAXException
Receive notification of a recoverable parser error.

The default implementation does nothing. Application writers may override this method in a subclass to take specific actions for each error, such as inserting the message in a log file or printing it to the console.

Specified by:
error in interface ErrorHandler

Parameters:
e - The warning information encoded as an exception.

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
ErrorHandler.warning(SAXParseException), SAXParseException


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.

Specified by:
fatalError in interface ErrorHandler

Parameters:
e - The error information encoded as an exception.

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
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).

Specified by:
ignorableWhitespace in interface DocumentHandler

Parameters:
start - The start position in the character array.
length - The number of characters to use from the character array.

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
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.

Specified by:
notationDecl in interface DTDHandler

Parameters:
name - The notation name.
publicId - The notation public identifier, or null if not available.
systemId - The notation system identifier.

See Also:
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.

Specified by:
processingInstruction in interface DocumentHandler

Parameters:
target - The processing instruction target.
data - The processing instruction data, or null if none is supplied.

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
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.

Specified by:
resolveEntity in interface EntityResolver

Parameters:
publicId - The public identifer, or null if none is available.
systemId - The system identifier provided in the XML document.

Returns:
The new input source, or null to require the default behaviour.

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
EntityResolver.resolveEntity(String,String)


setDocumentLocator

public void setDocumentLocator(Locator locator)
Receive a Locator object for document events.

By default, do nothing. Application writers may override this method in a subclass if they wish to store the locator for use with other document events.

Specified by:
setDocumentLocator in interface DocumentHandler

Parameters:
locator - A locator for all SAX document events.

See Also:
DocumentHandler.setDocumentLocator(Locator), Locator


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).

Specified by:
startDocument in interface DocumentHandler

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
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).

Specified by:
startElement in interface DocumentHandler

Parameters:
name - The element type name.
attributes - The specified or defaulted attributes.

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
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.

Specified by:
unparsedEntityDecl in interface DTDHandler

Parameters:
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.

See Also:
DTDHandler.unparsedEntityDecl(String,String,String,String)


warning

public void warning(SAXParseException e)
            throws SAXException
Receive notification of a parser warning.

The default implementation does nothing. Application writers may override this method in a subclass to take specific actions for each warning, such as inserting the message in a log file or printing it to the console.

Specified by:
warning in interface ErrorHandler

Parameters:
e - The warning information encoded as an exception.

Throws:
SAXException - Any SAX exception, possibly wrapping another exception.

See Also:
ErrorHandler.warning(SAXParseException), SAXParseException