SAXParser


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17  package org.apache.excalibur.xml.sax;
18  
19  import java.io.IOException  ;
20  
21  import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler  ;
22  import org.xml.sax.InputSource  ;
23  import org.xml.sax.SAXException  ;
24  import org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler  ;
25  
26  /**
27   * The parser can be used to parse any XML document given
28   * by a {@link InputSource} object.
29   * It can either send XML events or create a DOM from
30   * the parsed document.
31   *
32   * @author <a HREF="mailto:dev@avalon.apache.org">Avalon Development Team</a>
33   * @version CVS $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 11:47:20 $
34   */
35  public interface SAXParser
36  {
37      String   ROLE = SAXParser.class.getName();
38  
39      /**
40       * Parse the {@link InputSource} and send
41       * SAX events to the consumer.
42       * Attention: the consumer can  implement the
43       * {@link LexicalHandler} as well.
44       * The parse should take care of this.
45       */
46      void parse( InputSource   in, ContentHandler   consumer )
47          throws SAXException  , IOException  ;
48  
49      /**
50       * Parse the {@link InputSource} and send
51       * SAX events to the content handler and
52       * the lexical handler.
53       */
54      void parse( InputSource   in,
55                  ContentHandler   contentHandler,
56                  LexicalHandler   lexicalHandler )
57          throws SAXException  , IOException  ;
58  }
59
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