Interface ElementHandler

All Superinterfaces:
Handler
All Known Implementing Classes:
DelegatingHandler, ElementHandlerImpl

public interface ElementHandler extends Handler
Classes implementing this interface serve has handlers for elements in an instance document as it is parsed. The element handler interface is a subset of the ContentHandler interface.

The methods startElement, characters, and endElement are called in sequence as they are for normal sax content handlers.

An element handler corresponds to a specific element in a schema. A handler must return a child handler for each valid child element of its corresponding element.

Author:
Justin Deoliveira,Refractions Research Inc.,jdeolive@refractions.net
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