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diff --git a/libjava/org/xml/sax/DocumentHandler.java b/libjava/org/xml/sax/DocumentHandler.java deleted file mode 100644 index 10c07b2f627..00000000000 --- a/libjava/org/xml/sax/DocumentHandler.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,232 +0,0 @@ -// SAX document handler. -// http://www.saxproject.org -// No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will. -// $Id: DocumentHandler.java,v 1.3.2.3 2002/01/29 21:34:14 dbrownell Exp $ - -package org.xml.sax; - -/** - * Receive notification of general document events. - * - * <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This was the main event-handling interface for SAX1; in - * SAX2, it has been replaced by {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler - * ContentHandler}, which provides Namespace support and reporting - * of skipped entities. This interface is included in SAX2 only - * to support legacy SAX1 applications.</p> - * - * <p>The order of events in this interface is very important, and - * mirrors the order of information in the document itself. For - * example, all of an element's content (character data, processing - * instructions, and/or subelements) will appear, in order, between - * the startElement event and the corresponding endElement event.</p> - * - * <p>Application writers who do not want to implement the entire - * interface can derive a class from HandlerBase, which implements - * the default functionality; parser writers can instantiate - * HandlerBase to obtain a default handler. The application can find - * the location of any document event using the Locator interface - * supplied by the Parser through the setDocumentLocator method.</p> - * - * @deprecated This interface has been replaced by the SAX2 - * {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler ContentHandler} - * interface, which includes Namespace support. - * @since SAX 1.0 - * @author David Megginson - * @version 2.0.1 (sax2r2) - * @see org.xml.sax.Parser#setDocumentHandler - * @see org.xml.sax.Locator - * @see org.xml.sax.HandlerBase - */ -public interface DocumentHandler { - - - /** - * Receive an object for locating the origin of SAX document events. - * - * <p>SAX parsers are strongly encouraged (though not absolutely - * required) to supply a locator: if it does so, it must supply - * the locator to the application by invoking this method before - * invoking any of the other methods in the DocumentHandler - * interface.</p> - * - * <p>The locator allows the application to determine the end - * position of any document-related event, even if the parser is - * not reporting an error. Typically, the application will - * use this information for reporting its own errors (such as - * character content that does not match an application's - * business rules). The information returned by the locator - * is probably not sufficient for use with a search engine.</p> - * - * <p>Note that the locator will return correct information only - * during the invocation of the events in this interface. The - * application should not attempt to use it at any other time.</p> - * - * @param locator An object that can return the location of - * any SAX document event. - * @see org.xml.sax.Locator - */ - public abstract void setDocumentLocator (Locator locator); - - - /** - * Receive notification of the beginning of a document. - * - * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, before any - * other methods in this interface or in DTDHandler (except for - * setDocumentLocator).</p> - * - * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly - * wrapping another exception. - */ - public abstract void startDocument () - throws SAXException; - - - /** - * Receive notification of the end of a document. - * - * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, and it will - * be the last method invoked during the parse. The parser shall - * not invoke this method until it has either abandoned parsing - * (because of an unrecoverable error) or reached the end of - * input.</p> - * - * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly - * wrapping another exception. - */ - public abstract void endDocument () - throws SAXException; - - - /** - * Receive notification of the beginning of an element. - * - * <p>The Parser will invoke this method at the beginning of every - * element in the XML document; there will be a corresponding - * endElement() event for every startElement() event (even when the - * element is empty). All of the element's content will be - * reported, in order, before the corresponding endElement() - * event.</p> - * - * <p>If the element name has a namespace prefix, the prefix will - * still be attached. Note that the attribute list provided will - * contain only attributes with explicit values (specified or - * defaulted): #IMPLIED attributes will be omitted.</p> - * - * @param name The element type name. - * @param atts The attributes attached to the element, if any. - * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly - * wrapping another exception. - * @see #endElement - * @see org.xml.sax.AttributeList - */ - public abstract void startElement (String name, AttributeList atts) - throws SAXException; - - - /** - * Receive notification of the end of an element. - * - * <p>The SAX parser will invoke this method at the end of every - * element in the XML document; there will be a corresponding - * startElement() event for every endElement() event (even when the - * element is empty).</p> - * - * <p>If the element name has a namespace prefix, the prefix will - * still be attached to the name.</p> - * - * @param name The element type name - * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly - * wrapping another exception. - */ - public abstract void endElement (String name) - throws SAXException; - - - /** - * Receive notification of character data. - * - * <p>The Parser will call this method to report each chunk of - * character data. SAX parsers may return all contiguous character - * data in a single chunk, or they may split it into several - * chunks; however, all of the characters in any single event - * must come from the same external entity, so that the Locator - * provides useful information.</p> - * - * <p>The application must not attempt to read from the array - * outside of the specified range.</p> - * - * <p>Note that some parsers will report whitespace using the - * ignorableWhitespace() method rather than this one (validating - * parsers must do so).</p> - * - * @param ch The characters from the XML document. - * @param start The start position in the array. - * @param length The number of characters to read from the array. - * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly - * wrapping another exception. - * @see #ignorableWhitespace - * @see org.xml.sax.Locator - */ - public abstract void characters (char ch[], int start, int length) - throws SAXException; - - - /** - * Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content. - * - * <p>Validating Parsers must use this method to report each chunk - * of ignorable whitespace (see the W3C XML 1.0 recommendation, - * section 2.10): non-validating parsers may also use this method - * if they are capable of parsing and using content models.</p> - * - * <p>SAX parsers may return all contiguous whitespace in a single - * chunk, or they may split it into several chunks; however, all of - * the characters in any single event must come from the same - * external entity, so that the Locator provides useful - * information.</p> - * - * <p>The application must not attempt to read from the array - * outside of the specified range.</p> - * - * @param ch The characters from the XML document. - * @param start The start position in the array. - * @param length The number of characters to read from the array. - * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly - * wrapping another exception. - * @see #characters - */ - public abstract void ignorableWhitespace (char ch[], int start, int length) - throws SAXException; - - - /** - * Receive notification of a processing instruction. - * - * <p>The Parser will invoke this method once for each processing - * instruction found: note that processing instructions may occur - * before or after the main document element.</p> - * - * <p>A SAX parser should never report an XML declaration (XML 1.0, - * section 2.8) or a text declaration (XML 1.0, section 4.3.1) - * using this method.</p> - * - * @param target The processing instruction target. - * @param data The processing instruction data, or null if - * none was supplied. - * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly - * wrapping another exception. - */ - public abstract void processingInstruction (String target, String data) - throws SAXException; - -} - -// end of DocumentHandler.java |