Package org.geotools.xml.handlers

Class ComplexElementHandler

Object

XMLElementHandler

ComplexElementHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ComplexElementHandler
extends XMLElementHandler

This class is intended to handle parsing an xml element from an instance document for elements who's type is both known and complex. This handler is used within the XMLSAXHandler to handle sax events generated by the SAX parser.

Author:

dzwiers www.refractions.net

See Also:

• ComplexType
• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class XMLElementHandler

logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ComplexElementHandler(ElementHandlerFactory ehf, Element elem)	Creates a new ComplexElementHandler object for Element elem using ElementHandlerFactory ehf.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	characters(String text1)	This method throws a SAXNotSupportedException if it is called and not overwritten.
void	endElement(URI namespaceURI, String localName, Map<String,Object> hints)	handles SAX end Element events.
Element	getElement()	This returns the Element specified.
XMLElementHandler	getHandler(URI namespaceURI, String localName, Map<String,Object> hints)	TODO summary sentence for getHandler ...
String	getName()	This returns the name of the element being represented by this handler.
ComplexType	getType()	returns the Type of the Elementhandler
Object	getValue()	TODO summary sentence for getValue ...
void	removeElement(XMLElementHandler handler)	Remove the given XMLElementHandler from the Child-List
void	startElement(URI namespaceURI, String localName, Attributes attr1)	TODO summary sentence for startElement ...

Methods inherited from class XMLElementHandler

setLogLevel

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ComplexElementHandler

public ComplexElementHandler(ElementHandlerFactory ehf,
 Element elem)
                      throws SAXException

Creates a new ComplexElementHandler object for Element elem using ElementHandlerFactory ehf.

Parameters:

ehf - ElementHandlerFactory

elem - Element

Throws:

SAXException

Method Details

getElement

public Element getElement()

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This returns the Element specified.

Specified by:

getElement in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

Element (may not be null)

See Also:

• XMLElementHandler.getElement()

characters

public void characters(String text1)
                throws SAXException

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This method throws a SAXNotSupportedException if it is called and not overwritten. When overridding this method, you should be careful to understand that it may be called more than once per element. Therefore it would be advisable to log the text and handle the text's interpretation at a later time (

Overrides:

characters in class XMLElementHandler

Throws:

SAXException

See Also:

• XMLElementHandler.characters(java.lang.String)

endElement

public void endElement(URI namespaceURI,
 String localName,
 Map<String,Object> hints)
                throws OperationNotSupportedException,
SAXException

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

handles SAX end Element events. This matches the end of the element declaration in the document ... and responds to the event generated by the SAX parser. This is an opportunity to complete some post-processing.

Specified by:

endElement in class XMLElementHandler

Throws:

OperationNotSupportedException

SAXException

See Also:

• SchemaContentHandler#endElement

startElement

public void startElement(URI namespaceURI,
 String localName,
 Attributes attr1)

TODO summary sentence for startElement ...

Specified by:

startElement in class XMLElementHandler

See Also:

• XMLElementHandler.startElement(java.net.URI, java.lang.String, org.xml.sax.Attributes)

getHandler

public XMLElementHandler getHandler(URI namespaceURI,
 String localName,
 Map<String,Object> hints)
                             throws SAXException

TODO summary sentence for getHandler ...

Specified by:

getHandler in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

XMLElementHandler

Throws:

SAXException

See Also:

• XMLElementHandler.getHandler(java.net.URI, java.lang.String, java.util.Map)

getValue

public Object getValue()

TODO summary sentence for getValue ...

Specified by:

getValue in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

Object

See Also:

• XMLElementHandler.getValue()

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This returns the name of the element being represented by this handler. This name matches the name specified in the Schema.

Specified by:

getName in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

The Name (may not be null)

See Also:

• XMLElementHandler.getName()

removeElement

public void removeElement(XMLElementHandler handler)

Remove the given XMLElementHandler from the Child-List

getType

public ComplexType getType()

returns the Type of the Elementhandler

Returns:

type