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

Method Detail

startElement

void startElement(java.lang.String uri,
                  java.lang.String tagName,
                  org.xml.sax.Attributes attrs)
                  throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
This method is called at the start of an element.

Parameters:
uri - the namespace uri.
tagName - the tag name.
attrs - the attributes.
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if there is a parsing error.

characters

void characters(char[] ch,
                int start,
                int length)
                throws org.xml.sax.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:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if there is a parsing error.

endElement

void endElement(java.lang.String uri,
                java.lang.String tagName)
                throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
This method is called at the end of an element.

Parameters:
uri - the namespace uri.
tagName - the tag name.
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if there is a parsing error.

getObject

java.lang.Object getObject()
                           throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Returns the object for this element or null, if this element does not create an object.

Returns:
the object.
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if an parser error occured.

init

void init(RootXmlReadHandler rootHandler,
          java.lang.String uri,
          java.lang.String tagName)
          throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Initialise.

Parameters:
rootHandler - the root handler.
uri - the namespace uri.
tagName - the tag name.
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if an parser-error occured.