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diff --git a/libjava/external/sax/org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.java b/libjava/external/sax/org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.java new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c0df614108d --- /dev/null +++ b/libjava/external/sax/org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.java @@ -0,0 +1,419 @@ +// ContentHandler.java - handle main document content. +// http://www.saxproject.org +// Written by David Megginson +// NO WARRANTY! This class is in the public domain. +// $Id: ContentHandler.java,v 1.1 2004/12/23 22:38:42 mark Exp $ + +package org.xml.sax; + + +/** + * Receive notification of the logical content of a document. + * + * <blockquote> + * <em>This module, both source code and documentation, is in the + * Public Domain, and comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong>.</em> + * See <a href='http://www.saxproject.org'>http://www.saxproject.org</a> + * for further information. + * </blockquote> + * + * <p>This is the main interface that most SAX applications + * implement: if the application needs to be informed of basic parsing + * events, it implements this interface and registers an instance with + * the SAX parser using the {@link org.xml.sax.XMLReader#setContentHandler + * setContentHandler} method. The parser uses the instance to report + * basic document-related events like the start and end of elements + * and character data.</p> + * + * <p>The order of events in this interface is very important, and + * mirrors the order of information in the document itself. For + * example, all of an element's content (character data, processing + * instructions, and/or subelements) will appear, in order, between + * the startElement event and the corresponding endElement event.</p> + * + * <p>This interface is similar to the now-deprecated SAX 1.0 + * DocumentHandler interface, but it adds support for Namespaces + * and for reporting skipped entities (in non-validating XML + * processors).</p> + * + * <p>Implementors should note that there is also a + * <code>ContentHandler</code> class in the <code>java.net</code> + * package; that means that it's probably a bad idea to do</p> + * + * <pre>import java.net.*; + * import org.xml.sax.*; + * </pre> + * + * <p>In fact, "import ...*" is usually a sign of sloppy programming + * anyway, so the user should consider this a feature rather than a + * bug.</p> + * + * @since SAX 2.0 + * @author David Megginson + * @version 2.0.1+ (sax2r3pre1) + * @see org.xml.sax.XMLReader + * @see org.xml.sax.DTDHandler + * @see org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler + */ +public interface ContentHandler +{ + + /** + * Receive an object for locating the origin of SAX document events. + * + * <p>SAX parsers are strongly encouraged (though not absolutely + * required) to supply a locator: if it does so, it must supply + * the locator to the application by invoking this method before + * invoking any of the other methods in the ContentHandler + * interface.</p> + * + * <p>The locator allows the application to determine the end + * position of any document-related event, even if the parser is + * not reporting an error. Typically, the application will + * use this information for reporting its own errors (such as + * character content that does not match an application's + * business rules). The information returned by the locator + * is probably not sufficient for use with a search engine.</p> + * + * <p>Note that the locator will return correct information only + * during the invocation SAX event callbacks after + * {@link #startDocument startDocument} returns and before + * {@link #endDocument endDocument} is called. The + * application should not attempt to use it at any other time.</p> + * + * @param locator an object that can return the location of + * any SAX document event + * @see org.xml.sax.Locator + */ + public void setDocumentLocator (Locator locator); + + + /** + * Receive notification of the beginning of a document. + * + * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, before any + * other event callbacks (except for {@link #setDocumentLocator + * setDocumentLocator}).</p> + * + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception + * @see #endDocument + */ + public void startDocument () + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Receive notification of the end of a document. + * + * <p><strong>There is an apparent contradiction between the + * documentation for this method and the documentation for {@link + * org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler#fatalError}. Until this ambiguity is + * resolved in a future major release, clients should make no + * assumptions about whether endDocument() will or will not be + * invoked when the parser has reported a fatalError() or thrown + * an exception.</strong></p> + * + * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, and it will + * be the last method invoked during the parse. The parser shall + * not invoke this method until it has either abandoned parsing + * (because of an unrecoverable error) or reached the end of + * input.</p> + * + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception + * @see #startDocument + */ + public void endDocument() + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Begin the scope of a prefix-URI Namespace mapping. + * + * <p>The information from this event is not necessary for + * normal Namespace processing: the SAX XML reader will + * automatically replace prefixes for element and attribute + * names when the <code>http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces</code> + * feature is <var>true</var> (the default).</p> + * + * <p>There are cases, however, when applications need to + * use prefixes in character data or in attribute values, + * where they cannot safely be expanded automatically; the + * start/endPrefixMapping event supplies the information + * to the application to expand prefixes in those contexts + * itself, if necessary.</p> + * + * <p>Note that start/endPrefixMapping events are not + * guaranteed to be properly nested relative to each other: + * all startPrefixMapping events will occur immediately before the + * corresponding {@link #startElement startElement} event, + * and all {@link #endPrefixMapping endPrefixMapping} + * events will occur immediately after the corresponding + * {@link #endElement endElement} event, + * but their order is not otherwise + * guaranteed.</p> + * + * <p>There should never be start/endPrefixMapping events for the + * "xml" prefix, since it is predeclared and immutable.</p> + * + * @param prefix the Namespace prefix being declared. + * An empty string is used for the default element namespace, + * which has no prefix. + * @param uri the Namespace URI the prefix is mapped to + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException the client may throw + * an exception during processing + * @see #endPrefixMapping + * @see #startElement + */ + public void startPrefixMapping (String prefix, String uri) + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * End the scope of a prefix-URI mapping. + * + * <p>See {@link #startPrefixMapping startPrefixMapping} for + * details. These events will always occur immediately after the + * corresponding {@link #endElement endElement} event, but the order of + * {@link #endPrefixMapping endPrefixMapping} events is not otherwise + * guaranteed.</p> + * + * @param prefix the prefix that was being mapped. + * This is the empty string when a default mapping scope ends. + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException the client may throw + * an exception during processing + * @see #startPrefixMapping + * @see #endElement + */ + public void endPrefixMapping (String prefix) + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Receive notification of the beginning of an element. + * + * <p>The Parser will invoke this method at the beginning of every + * element in the XML document; there will be a corresponding + * {@link #endElement endElement} event for every startElement event + * (even when the element is empty). All of the element's content will be + * reported, in order, before the corresponding endElement + * event.</p> + * + * <p>This event allows up to three name components for each + * element:</p> + * + * <ol> + * <li>the Namespace URI;</li> + * <li>the local name; and</li> + * <li>the qualified (prefixed) name.</li> + * </ol> + * + * <p>Any or all of these may be provided, depending on the + * values of the <var>http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces</var> + * and the <var>http://xml.org/sax/features/namespace-prefixes</var> + * properties:</p> + * + * <ul> + * <li>the Namespace URI and local name are required when + * the namespaces property is <var>true</var> (the default), and are + * optional when the namespaces property is <var>false</var> (if one is + * specified, both must be);</li> + * <li>the qualified name is required when the namespace-prefixes property + * is <var>true</var>, and is optional when the namespace-prefixes property + * is <var>false</var> (the default).</li> + * </ul> + * + * <p>Note that the attribute list provided will contain only + * attributes with explicit values (specified or defaulted): + * #IMPLIED attributes will be omitted. The attribute list + * will contain attributes used for Namespace declarations + * (xmlns* attributes) only if the + * <code>http://xml.org/sax/features/namespace-prefixes</code> + * property is true (it is false by default, and support for a + * true value is optional).</p> + * + * <p>Like {@link #characters characters()}, attribute values may have + * characters that need more than one <code>char</code> value. </p> + * + * @param uri the Namespace URI, or the empty string if the + * element has no Namespace URI or if Namespace + * processing is not being performed + * @param localName the local name (without prefix), or the + * empty string if Namespace processing is not being + * performed + * @param qName the qualified name (with prefix), or the + * empty string if qualified names are not available + * @param atts the attributes attached to the element. If + * there are no attributes, it shall be an empty + * Attributes object. The value of this object after + * startElement returns is undefined + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception + * @see #endElement + * @see org.xml.sax.Attributes + * @see org.xml.sax.helpers.AttributesImpl + */ + public void startElement (String uri, String localName, + String qName, Attributes atts) + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Receive notification of the end of an element. + * + * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method at the end of every + * element in the XML document; there will be a corresponding + * {@link #startElement startElement} event for every endElement + * event (even when the element is empty).</p> + * + * <p>For information on the names, see startElement.</p> + * + * @param uri the Namespace URI, or the empty string if the + * element has no Namespace URI or if Namespace + * processing is not being performed + * @param localName the local name (without prefix), or the + * empty string if Namespace processing is not being + * performed + * @param qName the qualified XML name (with prefix), or the + * empty string if qualified names are not available + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception + */ + public void endElement (String uri, String localName, + String qName) + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Receive notification of character data. + * + * <p>The Parser will call this method to report each chunk of + * character data. SAX parsers may return all contiguous character + * data in a single chunk, or they may split it into several + * chunks; however, all of the characters in any single event + * must come from the same external entity so that the Locator + * provides useful information.</p> + * + * <p>The application must not attempt to read from the array + * outside of the specified range.</p> + * + * <p>Individual characters may consist of more than one Java + * <code>char</code> value. There are two important cases where this + * happens, because characters can't be represented in just sixteen bits. + * In one case, characters are represented in a <em>Surrogate Pair</em>, + * using two special Unicode values. Such characters are in the so-called + * "Astral Planes", with a code point above U+FFFF. A second case involves + * composite characters, such as a base character combining with one or + * more accent characters. </p> + * + * <p> Your code should not assume that algorithms using + * <code>char</code>-at-a-time idioms will be working in character + * units; in some cases they will split characters. This is relevant + * wherever XML permits arbitrary characters, such as attribute values, + * processing instruction data, and comments as well as in data reported + * from this method. It's also generally relevant whenever Java code + * manipulates internationalized text; the issue isn't unique to XML.</p> + * + * <p>Note that some parsers will report whitespace in element + * content using the {@link #ignorableWhitespace ignorableWhitespace} + * method rather than this one (validating parsers <em>must</em> + * do so).</p> + * + * @param ch the characters from the XML document + * @param start the start position in the array + * @param length the number of characters to read from the array + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception + * @see #ignorableWhitespace + * @see org.xml.sax.Locator + */ + public void characters (char ch[], int start, int length) + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content. + * + * <p>Validating Parsers must use this method to report each chunk + * of whitespace in element content (see the W3C XML 1.0 + * recommendation, section 2.10): non-validating parsers may also + * use this method if they are capable of parsing and using + * content models.</p> + * + * <p>SAX parsers may return all contiguous whitespace in a single + * chunk, or they may split it into several chunks; however, all of + * the characters in any single event must come from the same + * external entity, so that the Locator provides useful + * information.</p> + * + * <p>The application must not attempt to read from the array + * outside of the specified range.</p> + * + * @param ch the characters from the XML document + * @param start the start position in the array + * @param length the number of characters to read from the array + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception + * @see #characters + */ + public void ignorableWhitespace (char ch[], int start, int length) + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Receive notification of a processing instruction. + * + * <p>The Parser will invoke this method once for each processing + * instruction found: note that processing instructions may occur + * before or after the main document element.</p> + * + * <p>A SAX parser must never report an XML declaration (XML 1.0, + * section 2.8) or a text declaration (XML 1.0, section 4.3.1) + * using this method.</p> + * + * <p>Like {@link #characters characters()}, processing instruction + * data may have characters that need more than one <code>char</code> + * value. </p> + * + * @param target the processing instruction target + * @param data the processing instruction data, or null if + * none was supplied. The data does not include any + * whitespace separating it from the target + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception + */ + public void processingInstruction (String target, String data) + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Receive notification of a skipped entity. + * This is not called for entity references within markup constructs + * such as element start tags or markup declarations. (The XML + * recommendation requires reporting skipped external entities. + * SAX also reports internal entity expansion/non-expansion, except + * within markup constructs.) + * + * <p>The Parser will invoke this method each time the entity is + * skipped. Non-validating processors may skip entities if they + * have not seen the declarations (because, for example, the + * entity was declared in an external DTD subset). All processors + * may skip external entities, depending on the values of the + * <code>http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities</code> + * and the + * <code>http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities</code> + * properties.</p> + * + * @param name the name of the skipped entity. If it is a + * parameter entity, the name will begin with '%', and if + * it is the external DTD subset, it will be the string + * "[dtd]" + * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception + */ + public void skippedEntity (String name) + throws SAXException; +} + +// end of ContentHandler.java |