Package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.xmlns.parser

Interface XmlReadHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractXmlReadHandler, IgnoreAnyChildReadHandler, PropertiesReadHandler, PropertyReadHandler, StringReadHandler

public interface XmlReadHandler

A handler for reading an XML element.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)	This method is called to process the character data between element tags.
void	endElement(String uri, String tagName)	This method is called at the end of an element.
Object	getObject()	Returns the object for this element or null, if this element does not create an object.
void	init(RootXmlReadHandler rootHandler, String uri, String tagName)	Initialise.
void	startElement(String uri, String tagName, Attributes attrs)	This method is called at the start of an element.

Method Detail

startElement

void startElement(String uri,
                  String tagName,
                  Attributes attrs)
           throws SAXException

This method is called at the start of an element.

Parameters:

uri - the namespace uri.

tagName - the tag name.

attrs - the attributes.

Throws:

SAXException - if there is a parsing error.

characters

void characters(char[] ch,
                int start,
                int length)
         throws SAXException

This method is called to process the character data between element tags.

Parameters:

ch - the character buffer.

start - the start index.

length - the length.

Throws:

SAXException - if there is a parsing error.

endElement

void endElement(String uri,
                String tagName)
         throws SAXException

This method is called at the end of an element.

Parameters:

uri - the namespace uri.

tagName - the tag name.

Throws:

SAXException - if there is a parsing error.

getObject

Object getObject()
          throws SAXException

Returns the object for this element or null, if this element does not create an object.

Returns:

the object.

Throws:

SAXException - if an parser error occured.

init

void init(RootXmlReadHandler rootHandler,
          String uri,
          String tagName)
   throws SAXException

Initialise.

Parameters:

rootHandler - the root handler.

uri - the namespace uri.

tagName - the tag name.

Throws:

SAXException - if an parser-error occured.