com.icl.saxon.handlers

Class ElementHandler

public abstract class ElementHandler extends Object implements NodeHandler

ElementHandler is a NodeHandler used to process elements. It is identical to it parent class, NodeHandler, and exists only for type-checking on interfaces.

Version: 7 April 1999: generalisation of old ElementHandler

Author: Michael H. Kay

Method Summary
booleanneedsStackFrame()
abstract voidstart(NodeInfo node, Context context)
Define action to be taken at the start of a node.
This method must be implemented in a subclass.

Method Detail

needsStackFrame

public boolean needsStackFrame()

start

public abstract void start(NodeInfo node, Context context)
Define action to be taken at the start of a node.
This method must be implemented in a subclass.

Parameters: node The NodeInfo object for the current node.

Throws: SAXException Aborts the parse

See Also: NodeInfo