com.icl.saxon
Interface NodeHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementHandler, XSLTemplate

public interface NodeHandler

This abstract class defines the node handler interface used by SAXON. This is used to handle all kinds of nodes: elements, character data, and attributes

Method Summary

boolean	needsStackFrame() Optimization hint to allow a handler to declare that it needs no stack space for local variables and parameters
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.

Method Detail

start

public void start(NodeInfo node,
                  Context context)
           throws TransformerException

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

TransformerException

See Also:

NodeInfo

needsStackFrame

public boolean needsStackFrame()

Optimization hint to allow a handler to declare that it needs no stack space for local variables and parameters