Package org.geotools.xml.handlers

Class IgnoreHandler

Object

XMLElementHandler

IgnoreHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class IgnoreHandler
extends XMLElementHandler

This is a default Handler which is used in case a handler cannot be created for an arbitry element. Note: this handler does not perform and parsing on the current element or it's children.

Author:

dzwiers, Refractions Research, Inc. http://www.refractions.net, $Author:$ (last modification)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	NAME

Fields inherited from class XMLElementHandler

logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
IgnoreHandler()
IgnoreHandler(Element igElem)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	characters(String text)	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)	This will find an appropriate XMLElementHandler for the specified child if appropriate.
String	getName()	This returns the name of the element being represented by this handler.
Object	getValue()	This method will get the value of the element depending on it's type.
void	startElement(URI namespaceURI, String localName, Attributes attr)	handles SAX start Element events.

Methods inherited from class XMLElementHandler

setLogLevel

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

NAME

public static final String NAME

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

IgnoreHandler

public IgnoreHandler()

IgnoreHandler

public IgnoreHandler(Element igElem)

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 text)

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

See Also:

• XMLElementHandler.characters(java.lang.String)

getHandler

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

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This will find an appropriate XMLElementHandler for the specified child if appropriate. This method may return or throw an exception, depending on the severity, if an error occurs. This method should be used to complete a SAX parse of a document for which the Schema is known, and parsed.

Specified by:

getHandler in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

XMLElementHandler, or null

See Also:

• schema.XSIElementHandler#getHandler(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

getValue

public Object getValue()

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This method will get the value of the element depending on it's type.

Specified by:

getValue in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

Object (may be null)

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()

endElement

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

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

See Also:

• org.geotools.xml.XMLElementHandler#endElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

startElement

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

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

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

Specified by:

startElement in class XMLElementHandler

See Also:

• org.geotools.xml.XMLElementHandler#startElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.xml.sax.Attributes)