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
    See Also:
    ContentHandler