com.icl.saxon.handlers
Class ElementHandlerBase

java.lang.Object
  com.icl.saxon.handlers.ElementHandler
      com.icl.saxon.handlers.ElementHandlerBase

All Implemented Interfaces:

NodeHandler

public class ElementHandlerBase

extends ElementHandler

This class is the default element handler from which user-defined element handlers can inherit. It is provided for convenience: use is optional. The individual methods of the default element handler do nothing with the content; in a subclass it is therefore only necessary to implement those methods that need to do something specific.

The startElement() method calls applyTemplates(), so child elements will always be processed.

Constructor Summary

ElementHandlerBase()

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) implement start() method
void	startElement(NodeInfo e, Context context) Define action to be taken before an element of this element type. Default implementation does nothing, other than causing subordinate elements to be processed in the same mode as the caller

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ElementHandlerBase

public ElementHandlerBase()

Method Detail

start

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

implement start() method

Specified by:

start in interface NodeHandler

Specified by:

start in class ElementHandler

Parameters:

node - The NodeInfo object for the current node.

Throws:

TransformerException

See Also:

NodeInfo

startElement

public void startElement(NodeInfo e,
                         Context context)
                  throws TransformerException

Define action to be taken before an element of this element type.
Default implementation does nothing, other than causing subordinate elements to be processed in the same mode as the caller

Parameters:

e - The NodeInfo object for the current element.

Throws:

TransformerException

needsStackFrame

public boolean needsStackFrame()

Description copied from interface: NodeHandler

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

Specified by:

needsStackFrame in interface NodeHandler

Overrides:

needsStackFrame in class ElementHandler