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// SAX default handler base class.
// http://www.saxproject.org
// No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will.
// $Id: HandlerBase.java 226184 2005-04-08 10:53:24Z neeraj $

package org.xml.sax;


Default base class for handlers.


This module, both source code and documentation, is in the
Public Domain, and comes with NO WARRANTY.
See http://www.saxproject.org
for further information.



This class implements the default behaviour for four SAX1 interfaces: EntityResolver, DTDHandler, DocumentHandler, and ErrorHandler. It is now obsolete, but is included in SAX2 to support legacy SAX1 applications. SAX2 applications should use the DefaultHandler class instead.


Application writers can extend this class when they need to
implement only part of an interface; parser writers can
instantiate this class to provide default handlers when the
application has not supplied its own.


Note that the use of this class is optional.


Author:David Megginson
See Also:
Deprecated:This class works with the deprecated DocumentHandler interface. It has been replaced by the SAX2 DefaultHandler class.
Since:SAX 1.0
Version:2.0.1 (sax2r2)
/**
 * Default base class for handlers.
 *
 * <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 class implements the default behaviour for four SAX1
 * interfaces: EntityResolver, DTDHandler, DocumentHandler,
 * and ErrorHandler.  It is now obsolete, but is included in SAX2 to
 * support legacy SAX1 applications.  SAX2 applications should use
 * the {@link org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler DefaultHandler}
 * class instead.</p>
 *
 * <p>Application writers can extend this class when they need to
 * implement only part of an interface; parser writers can
 * instantiate this class to provide default handlers when the
 * application has not supplied its own.</p>
 *
 * <p>Note that the use of this class is optional.</p>
 *
 * @deprecated This class works with the deprecated
 *             {@link org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler DocumentHandler}
 *             interface.  It has been replaced by the SAX2
 *             {@link org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler DefaultHandler}
 *             class.
 * @since SAX 1.0
 * @author David Megginson
 * @version 2.0.1 (sax2r2)
 * @see org.xml.sax.EntityResolver
 * @see org.xml.sax.DTDHandler
 * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler
 * @see org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler
 */
public class HandlerBase
    implements EntityResolver, DTDHandler, DocumentHandler, ErrorHandler
{
    

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Default implementation of the EntityResolver interface.
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    
    
Resolve an external entity.

Always return null, so that the parser will use the system
identifier provided in the XML document.  This method implements
the SAX default behaviour: application writers can override it
in a subclass to do special translations such as catalog lookups
or URI redirection.


Params:
  • publicId – The public identifer, or null if none is
                available.
  • systemId – The system identifier provided in the XML 
                document.
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
Returns:The new input source, or null to require the
        default behaviour.
/**
     * Resolve an external entity.
     *
     * <p>Always return null, so that the parser will use the system
     * identifier provided in the XML document.  This method implements
     * the SAX default behaviour: application writers can override it
     * in a subclass to do special translations such as catalog lookups
     * or URI redirection.</p>
     *
     * @param publicId The public identifer, or null if none is
     *                 available.
     * @param systemId The system identifier provided in the XML 
     *                 document.
     * @return The new input source, or null to require the
     *         default behaviour.
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.EntityResolver#resolveEntity
     */
    public InputSource resolveEntity (String publicId, String systemId)
	throws SAXException
    {
	return null;
    }
    
    

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Default implementation of DTDHandler interface.
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    
    
    
Receive notification of a notation declaration.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method in a subclass if they wish to keep track of the notations
declared in a document.


Params:
  • name – The notation name.
  • publicId – The notation public identifier, or null if not
                available.
  • systemId – The notation system identifier.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of a notation declaration.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method in a subclass if they wish to keep track of the notations
     * declared in a document.</p>
     *
     * @param name The notation name.
     * @param publicId The notation public identifier, or null if not
     *                 available.
     * @param systemId The notation system identifier.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DTDHandler#notationDecl
     */
    public void notationDecl (String name, String publicId, String systemId)
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method in a subclass to keep track of the unparsed entities
declared in a document.


Params:
  • name – The entity name.
  • publicId – The entity public identifier, or null if not
                available.
  • systemId – The entity system identifier.
  • notationName – The name of the associated notation.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method in a subclass to keep track of the unparsed entities
     * declared in a document.</p>
     *
     * @param name The entity name.
     * @param publicId The entity public identifier, or null if not
     *                 available.
     * @param systemId The entity system identifier.
     * @param notationName The name of the associated notation.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DTDHandler#unparsedEntityDecl
     */
    public void unparsedEntityDecl (String name, String publicId,
				    String systemId, String notationName)
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Default implementation of DocumentHandler interface.
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    
    
    
Receive a Locator object for document events.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method in a subclass if they wish to store the locator for use
with other document events.


Params:
  • locator – A locator for all SAX document events.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive a Locator object for document events.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method in a subclass if they wish to store the locator for use
     * with other document events.</p>
     *
     * @param locator A locator for all SAX document events.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler#setDocumentLocator
     * @see org.xml.sax.Locator
     */
    public void setDocumentLocator (Locator locator)
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of the beginning of the document.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method in a subclass to take specific actions at the beginning
of a document (such as allocating the root node of a tree or
creating an output file).


Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of the beginning of the document.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method in a subclass to take specific actions at the beginning
     * of a document (such as allocating the root node of a tree or
     * creating an output file).</p>
     *
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler#startDocument
     */
    public void startDocument ()
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of the end of the document.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method in a subclass to take specific actions at the beginning
of a document (such as finalising a tree or closing an output
file).


Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of the end of the document.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method in a subclass to take specific actions at the beginning
     * of a document (such as finalising a tree or closing an output
     * file).</p>
     *
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler#endDocument
     */
    public void endDocument ()
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of the start of an element.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method in a subclass to take specific actions at the start of
each element (such as allocating a new tree node or writing
output to a file).


Params:
  • name – The element type name.
  • attributes – The specified or defaulted attributes.
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of the start of an element.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method in a subclass to take specific actions at the start of
     * each element (such as allocating a new tree node or writing
     * output to a file).</p>
     *
     * @param name The element type name.
     * @param attributes The specified or defaulted attributes.
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler#startElement
     */
    public void startElement (String name, AttributeList attributes)
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of the end of an element.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method in a subclass to take specific actions at the end of
each element (such as finalising a tree node or writing
output to a file).


Params:
  • name – the element name
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of the end of an element.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method in a subclass to take specific actions at the end of
     * each element (such as finalising a tree node or writing
     * output to a file).</p>
     *
     * @param name the element name
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler#endElement
     */
    public void endElement (String name)
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of character data inside an element.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method to take specific actions for each chunk of character data
(such as adding the data to a node or buffer, or printing it to
a file).


Params:
  • ch – The characters.
  • start – The start position in the character array.
  • length – The number of characters to use from the
              character array.
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of character data inside an element.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method to take specific actions for each chunk of character data
     * (such as adding the data to a node or buffer, or printing it to
     * a file).</p>
     *
     * @param ch The characters.
     * @param start The start position in the character array.
     * @param length The number of characters to use from the
     *               character array.
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler#characters
     */
    public void characters (char ch[], int start, int length)
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method to take specific actions for each chunk of ignorable
whitespace (such as adding data to a node or buffer, or printing
it to a file).


Params:
  • ch – The whitespace characters.
  • start – The start position in the character array.
  • length – The number of characters to use from the
              character array.
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method to take specific actions for each chunk of ignorable
     * whitespace (such as adding data to a node or buffer, or printing
     * it to a file).</p>
     *
     * @param ch The whitespace characters.
     * @param start The start position in the character array.
     * @param length The number of characters to use from the
     *               character array.
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler#ignorableWhitespace
     */
    public void ignorableWhitespace (char ch[], int start, int length)
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of a processing instruction.

By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
method in a subclass to take specific actions for each
processing instruction, such as setting status variables or
invoking other methods.


Params:
  • target – The processing instruction target.
  • data – The processing instruction data, or null if
            none is supplied.
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of a processing instruction.
     *
     * <p>By default, do nothing.  Application writers may override this
     * method in a subclass to take specific actions for each
     * processing instruction, such as setting status variables or
     * invoking other methods.</p>
     *
     * @param target The processing instruction target.
     * @param data The processing instruction data, or null if
     *             none is supplied.
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler#processingInstruction
     */
    public void processingInstruction (String target, String data)
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Default implementation of the ErrorHandler interface.
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    
    
    
Receive notification of a parser warning.

The default implementation does nothing.  Application writers
may override this method in a subclass to take specific actions
for each warning, such as inserting the message in a log file or
printing it to the console.


Params:
  • e – The warning information encoded as an exception.
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of a parser warning.
     *
     * <p>The default implementation does nothing.  Application writers
     * may override this method in a subclass to take specific actions
     * for each warning, such as inserting the message in a log file or
     * printing it to the console.</p>
     *
     * @param e The warning information encoded as an exception.
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler#warning
     * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException
     */
    public void warning (SAXParseException e)
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Receive notification of a recoverable parser error.

The default implementation does nothing.  Application writers
may override this method in a subclass to take specific actions
for each error, such as inserting the message in a log file or
printing it to the console.


Params:
  • e – The warning information encoded as an exception.
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Receive notification of a recoverable parser error.
     *
     * <p>The default implementation does nothing.  Application writers
     * may override this method in a subclass to take specific actions
     * for each error, such as inserting the message in a log file or
     * printing it to the console.</p>
     *
     * @param e The warning information encoded as an exception.
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler#warning
     * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException
     */
    public void error (SAXParseException e)
	throws SAXException
    {
	// no op
    }
    
    
    
Report a fatal XML parsing error.

The default implementation throws a SAXParseException.
Application writers may override this method in a subclass if
they need to take specific actions for each fatal error (such as
collecting all of the errors into a single report): in any case,
the application must stop all regular processing when this
method is invoked, since the document is no longer reliable, and
the parser may no longer report parsing events.


Params:
  • e – The error information encoded as an exception.
Throws:
  • SAXException – Any SAX exception, possibly
           wrapping another exception.
See Also:
/**
     * Report a fatal XML parsing error.
     *
     * <p>The default implementation throws a SAXParseException.
     * Application writers may override this method in a subclass if
     * they need to take specific actions for each fatal error (such as
     * collecting all of the errors into a single report): in any case,
     * the application must stop all regular processing when this
     * method is invoked, since the document is no longer reliable, and
     * the parser may no longer report parsing events.</p>
     *
     * @param e The error information encoded as an exception.
     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly
     *            wrapping another exception.
     * @see org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler#fatalError
     * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException
     */
    public void fatalError (SAXParseException e)
	throws SAXException
    {
	throw e;
    }
    
}

// end of HandlerBase.java