## org.apache.xerces.parsers
Class SAXParser

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser
            |
            +--org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser

public class SAXParser
extends XMLParser
implements XMLDocumentHandler, XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler, Parser, XMLReader

SAXParser provides a parser which implements the SAX1 and SAX2 parser APIs.

Version:
  $Id: SAXParser.java,v 1.22 2001/02/01 09:58:19 andyc Exp $

Inner classes inherited from class org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentHandler
`XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler`

Fields inherited from class org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser
`fEntityHandler, fErrorReporter, fGrammarResolver, fParseInProgress, fScanner, fStringPool, fValidator, SAX2_FEATURES_PREFIX, SAX2_PROPERTIES_PREFIX, XERCES_FEATURES_PREFIX, XERCES_PROPERTIES_PREFIX`

Constructor Summary
`` `SAXParser()` Default constructor.
`protected` `SAXParser(StringPool stringPool)`

Method Summary
`void` `attlistDecl(QName elementDecl, QName attributeDecl, int attType, boolean attList, java.lang.String enumString, int attDefaultType, int attDefaultValue)` Report an attribute type declaration.
`void` `characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)` Characters.
`void` `characters(int dataIndex)` Not called.
`void` `comment(int dataIndex)` Comment.
`void` `elementDecl(QName elementDecl, int contentSpecType, int contentSpecIndex, XMLContentSpec.Provider contentSpecProvider)` Report an element type declaration.
`void` `endCDATA()` End CDATA section.
`void` `endDocument()` End document.
`void` `endDTD()` This function will be called at the end of the DTD.
`void` `endElement(QName element)` End element.
`void` `endEntityReference(int entityName, int entityType, int entityContext)` End entity reference.
`void` `endNamespaceDeclScope(int prefix)` Report the end of the scope of a namespace declaration.
`void` `externalEntityDecl(int entityName, int publicId, int systemId)` Report a parsed external general entity declaration.
`void` `externalPEDecl(int entityName, int publicId, int systemId)` Report a parsed external parameter entity declaration.
`ContentHandler` `getContentHandler()` Return the current content handler.
`protected DeclHandler` `getDeclHandler()` Returns the DTD declaration event handler.
`DTDHandler` `getDTDHandler()` Return the current DTD handler.
`boolean` `getFeature(java.lang.String featureId)` Query the state of a feature.
`java.lang.String[]` `getFeaturesRecognized()` Returns a list of features that this parser recognizes.
`protected LexicalHandler` `getLexicalHandler()` Returns the lexical handler.
`protected boolean` `getNamespacePrefixes()` Returns the http://xml.org/features/namespace-prefixes value.
`java.lang.String[]` `getPropertiesRecognized()` Returns a list of properties that this parser recognizes.
`java.lang.Object` `getProperty(java.lang.String propertyId)` Query the value of a property.
`void` `ignorableWhitespace(char[] ch, int start, int length)` Ignorable whitespace.
`void` `ignorableWhitespace(int dataIndex)` Not called.
`void` `internalEntityDecl(int entityName, int entityValue)` Report an internal general entity declaration.
`void` `internalPEDecl(int entityName, int entityValue)` Report an internal parameter entity declaration.
`void` `internalSubset(int internalSubset)` New callback from DOM Level 2.
`void` `notationDecl(int notationName, int publicId, int systemId)` Receive notification of a notation declaration event.
`void` `processingInstruction(int piTarget, int piData)` Processing instruction.
`void` `setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler)` Allow an application to register a content event handler.
`protected void` `setDeclHandler(DeclHandler handler)` Set the DTD declaration event handler.
`void` `setDocumentHandler(DocumentHandler handler)` Sets the document handler.
`void` `setDTDHandler(DTDHandler handler)` Allow an application to register a DTD event handler.
`void` `setFeature(java.lang.String featureId, boolean state)` Set the state of any feature in a SAX2 parser.
`protected void` `setLexicalHandler(LexicalHandler handler)` Set the lexical event handler.
`protected void` `setNamespacePrefixes(boolean process)` Sets how the parser reports raw prefixed names, and whether xmlns attributes are reported.
`void` `setProperty(java.lang.String propertyId, java.lang.Object value)` Set the value of any property in a SAX2 parser.
`void` `startCDATA()` Start CDATA section.
`void` `startDocument()` Start document.
`void` `startDTD(QName rootElement, int publicId, int systemId)` This function will be called when a <!DOCTYPE...> declaration is encountered.
`void` `startElement(QName element, XMLAttrList attrList, int attrListIndex)` Start element
`void` `startEntityReference(int entityName, int entityType, int entityContext)` Start entity reference.
`void` `startNamespaceDeclScope(int prefix, int uri)` Report the start of the scope of a namespace declaration.
`void` `textDecl(int versionIndex, int encodingIndex)` Text declaration.
`void` `unparsedEntityDecl(int entityName, int publicId, int systemId, int notationName)` Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration event.
`void` `xmlDecl(int versionIndex, int encodingIndex, int standaloneIndex)` XML declaration.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser

`addRecognizer, getAllowJavaEncodings, getContinueAfterFatalError, getEntityResolver, getErrorHandler, getExternalGeneralEntities, getExternalParameterEntities, getfgDatatypeMessages, getfgImplementationMessages, getfgSchemaMessages, getfgXMLMessages, getfLocale, getLoadDTDGrammar, getLoadExternalDTD, getLocator, getNamespaces, getNormalizeContents, getValidation, getValidationDynamic, getValidationSchema, getValidationSchemaFullChecking, getValidationWarnOnDuplicateAttdef, getValidationWarnOnUndeclaredElemdef, getXMLString, initHandlers, isFeatureRecognized, isPropertyRecognized, parse, parse, parseSome, parseSomeSetup, reportError, reset, resetOrCopy, setAllowJavaEncodings, setContinueAfterFatalError, setEntityResolver, setErrorHandler, setExternalGeneralEntities, setExternalNoNamespaceSchemaLocation, setExternalParameterEntities, setExternalSchemaLocation, setLoadDTDGrammar, setLoadExternalDTD, setLocale, setNamespaces, setNormalizeAttributeValues, setNormalizeContents, setReaderFactory, setValidation, setValidationDynamic, setValidationSchema, setValidationSchemaFullChecking, setValidationWarnOnDuplicateAttdef, setValidationWarnOnUndeclaredElemdef`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### SAXParser

    public SAXParser()

  Default constructor.

### SAXParser

    protected SAXParser(StringPool stringPool)

Method Detail

### getFeaturesRecognized

    public java.lang.String[] getFeaturesRecognized()

  Returns a list of features that this parser recognizes. This method will never return null; if no features are recognized, this method will return a zero length array.
  Overrides:
    getFeaturesRecognized in class XMLParser
  See Also:
    `XMLParser.isFeatureRecognized(java.lang.String)`, `setFeature(java.lang.String, boolean)`, `getFeature(java.lang.String)`

### getPropertiesRecognized

    public java.lang.String[] getPropertiesRecognized()

  Returns a list of properties that this parser recognizes. This method will never return null; if no properties are recognized, this method will return a zero length array.
  Overrides:
    getPropertiesRecognized in class XMLParser
  See Also:
    `XMLParser.isPropertyRecognized(java.lang.String)`, `setProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)`, `getProperty(java.lang.String)`

### setDeclHandler

    protected void setDeclHandler(DeclHandler handler)
                           throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                  SAXNotSupportedException

  Set the DTD declaration event handler.

  This method is the equivalent to the property:

       http://xml.org/sax/properties/declaration-handler

  Parameters:
    `handler` - The new handler.
  See Also:
    `getDeclHandler()`, `setProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)`

### getDeclHandler

    protected DeclHandler getDeclHandler()
                                  throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                         SAXNotSupportedException

  Returns the DTD declaration event handler.
  See Also:
    `setDeclHandler(org.xml.sax.ext.DeclHandler)`

### setLexicalHandler

    protected void setLexicalHandler(LexicalHandler handler)
                              throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                     SAXNotSupportedException

  Set the lexical event handler.

  This method is the equivalent to the property:

       http://xml.org/sax/properties/lexical-handler

  Parameters:
    `handler` - lexical event handler
  See Also:
    `getLexicalHandler()`, `setProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)`

### getLexicalHandler

    protected LexicalHandler getLexicalHandler()
                                        throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                               SAXNotSupportedException

  Returns the lexical handler.
  See Also:
    `setLexicalHandler(org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler)`

### setDocumentHandler

    public void setDocumentHandler(DocumentHandler handler)

  Sets the document handler.
  Specified by:
    setDocumentHandler in interface Parser
  Tags copied from interface: Parser
  Parameters:
    `handler` - The document handler.
  See Also:
    `DocumentHandler`, `HandlerBase`

### setDTDHandler

    public void setDTDHandler(DTDHandler handler)

  Allow an application to register a DTD event handler.

  If the application does not register a DTD handler, all DTD events reported by the SAX parser will be silently ignored.

  Applications may register a new or different handler in the middle of a parse, and the SAX parser must begin using the new handler immediately.

  Specified by:
    setDTDHandler in interface Parser
  Parameters:
    `handler` - The DTD handler.
  Throws:
    java.lang.NullPointerException - If the handler argument is null.
  See Also:
    `getDTDHandler()`

### getDTDHandler

    public DTDHandler getDTDHandler()

  Return the current DTD handler.
  Specified by:
    getDTDHandler in interface XMLReader
  Returns:
    The current DTD handler, or null if none has been registered.
  See Also:
    `setDTDHandler(org.xml.sax.DTDHandler)`

### setNamespacePrefixes

    protected void setNamespacePrefixes(boolean process)
                                 throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                        SAXNotSupportedException

  Sets how the parser reports raw prefixed names, and whether xmlns attributes are reported.

  This method is the equivalent to the feature:

       http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces-prefixes

  Parameters:
    `process` - True to process namespaces; false to not process.
  See Also:
    `XMLParser.getNamespaces()`, `setFeature(java.lang.String, boolean)`

### getNamespacePrefixes

    protected boolean getNamespacePrefixes()
                                    throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                           SAXNotSupportedException

  Returns the http://xml.org/features/namespace-prefixes value.
  See Also:
    `setNamespacePrefixes(boolean)`

### setFeature

    public void setFeature(java.lang.String featureId,
                           boolean state)
                    throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                           SAXNotSupportedException

  Set the state of any feature in a SAX2 parser. The parser might not recognize the feature, and if it does recognize it, it might not be able to fulfill the request.
  Specified by:
    setFeature in interface XMLReader
  Overrides:
    setFeature in class XMLParser
  Parameters:
    `featureId` - The unique identifier (URI) of the feature.
    `state` - The requested state of the feature (true or false).
  Throws:
    SAXNotRecognizedException - If the requested feature is not known.
    SAXNotSupportedException - If the requested feature is known, but the requested state is not supported.

### getFeature

    public boolean getFeature(java.lang.String featureId)
                       throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                              SAXNotSupportedException

  Query the state of a feature. Query the current state of any feature in a SAX2 parser. The parser might not recognize the feature.
  Specified by:
    getFeature in interface XMLReader
  Overrides:
    getFeature in class XMLParser
  Parameters:
    `featureId` - The unique identifier (URI) of the feature being set.
  Returns:
    The current state of the feature.
  Throws:
    SAXNotRecognizedException - If the requested feature is not known.
    SAXNotSupportedException - If the requested feature is known but not supported.

### setProperty

    public void setProperty(java.lang.String propertyId,
                            java.lang.Object value)
                     throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                            SAXNotSupportedException

  Set the value of any property in a SAX2 parser. The parser might not recognize the property, and if it does recognize it, it might not support the requested value.
  Specified by:
    setProperty in interface XMLReader
  Overrides:
    setProperty in class XMLParser
  Parameters:
    `propertyId` - The unique identifier (URI) of the property being set.
    `Object` - The value to which the property is being set.
  Throws:
    SAXNotRecognizedException - If the requested property is not known.
    SAXNotSupportedException - If the requested property is known, but the requested value is not supported.

### getProperty

    public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String propertyId)
                                 throws SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                        SAXNotSupportedException

  Query the value of a property. Return the current value of a property in a SAX2 parser. The parser might not recognize the property.
  Specified by:
    getProperty in interface XMLReader
  Overrides:
    getProperty in class XMLParser
  Parameters:
    `propertyId` - The unique identifier (URI) of the property being set.
  Returns:
    The current value of the property.
  Throws:
    SAXNotRecognizedException - If the requested property is not known.
    SAXNotSupportedException - If the requested property is known but not supported.

### setContentHandler

    public void setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler)

  Allow an application to register a content event handler.

  If the application does not register a content handler, all content events reported by the SAX parser will be silently ignored.

  Applications may register a new or different handler in the middle of a parse, and the SAX parser must begin using the new handler immediately.

  Specified by:
    setContentHandler in interface XMLReader
  Parameters:
    `handler` - The content handler.
  Throws:
    java.lang.NullPointerException - If the handler argument is null.
  See Also:
    `getContentHandler()`

### getContentHandler

    public ContentHandler getContentHandler()

  Return the current content handler.
  Specified by:
    getContentHandler in interface XMLReader
  Returns:
    The current content handler, or null if none has been registered.
  See Also:
    `setContentHandler(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler)`

### startDTD

    public void startDTD(QName rootElement,
                         int publicId,
                         int systemId)
                  throws java.lang.Exception

  This function will be called when a <!DOCTYPE...> declaration is encountered.
  Specified by:
    startDTD in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `rootElementType` - element handle for the root element of the document
    `publicId` - string pool index of the DTD's public ID
    `systemId` - string pool index of the DTD's system ID
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### endDTD

    public void endDTD()
                throws java.lang.Exception

  This function will be called at the end of the DTD.
  Specified by:
    endDTD in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler

### elementDecl

    public void elementDecl(QName elementDecl,
                            int contentSpecType,
                            int contentSpecIndex,
                            XMLContentSpec.Provider contentSpecProvider)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

  Report an element type declaration. The content model will consist of the string "EMPTY", the string "ANY", or a parenthesised group, optionally followed by an occurrence indicator. The model will be normalized so that all whitespace is removed.
  Specified by:
    elementDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `name` - The element type name.
    `model` - The content model as a normalized string.
  Throws:
    SAXException - The application may raise an exception.

### attlistDecl

    public void attlistDecl(QName elementDecl,
                            QName attributeDecl,
                            int attType,
                            boolean attList,
                            java.lang.String enumString,
                            int attDefaultType,
                            int attDefaultValue)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

  Report an attribute type declaration. Only the effective (first) declaration for an attribute will be reported. The type will be one of the strings "CDATA", "ID", "IDREF", "IDREFS", "NMTOKEN", "NMTOKENS", "ENTITY", "ENTITIES", or "NOTATION", or a parenthesized token group with the separator "|" and all whitespace removed.
  Specified by:
    attlistDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `eName` - The name of the associated element.
    `aName` - The name of the attribute.
    `type` - A string representing the attribute type.
    `valueDefault` - A string representing the attribute default ("#IMPLIED", "#REQUIRED", or "#FIXED") or null if none of these applies.
    `value` - A string representing the attribute's default value, or null if there is none.
  Throws:
    SAXException - The application may raise an exception.

### internalPEDecl

    public void internalPEDecl(int entityName,
                               int entityValue)
                        throws java.lang.Exception

  Report an internal parameter entity declaration.
  Specified by:
    internalPEDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `entityName` - string pool index of the entity name
    `entityValue` - string pool index of the entity replacement text
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### externalPEDecl

    public void externalPEDecl(int entityName,
                               int publicId,
                               int systemId)
                        throws java.lang.Exception

  Report a parsed external parameter entity declaration.
  Specified by:
    externalPEDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `entityName` - string pool index of the entity name
    `publicId` - string pool index of the entity's public id.
    `systemId` - string pool index of the entity's system id.
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### internalEntityDecl

    public void internalEntityDecl(int entityName,
                                   int entityValue)
                            throws java.lang.Exception

  Report an internal general entity declaration.
  Specified by:
    internalEntityDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `entityName` - string pool index of the entity name
    `entityValue` - string pool index of the entity replacement text
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### externalEntityDecl

    public void externalEntityDecl(int entityName,
                                   int publicId,
                                   int systemId)
                            throws java.lang.Exception

  Report a parsed external general entity declaration.
  Specified by:
    externalEntityDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `entityName` - string pool index of the entity name
    `publicId` - string pool index of the entity's public id.
    `systemId` - string pool index of the entity's system id.
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### unparsedEntityDecl

    public void unparsedEntityDecl(int entityName,
                                   int publicId,
                                   int systemId,
                                   int notationName)
                            throws java.lang.Exception

  Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration event.
  Specified by:
    unparsedEntityDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `entityName` - string pool index of the entity name
    `publicId` - string pool index of the entity's public id.
    `systemId` - string pool index of the entity's system id.
    `notationName` - string pool index of the notation name.
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### notationDecl

    public void notationDecl(int notationName,
                             int publicId,
                             int systemId)
                      throws java.lang.Exception

  Receive notification of a notation declaration event.
  Specified by:
    notationDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler
  Parameters:
    `notationName` - string pool index of the notation name
    `publicId` - string pool index of the notation's public id.
    `systemId` - string pool index of the notation's system id.
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### startDocument

    public void startDocument()
                       throws java.lang.Exception

  Start document.
  Specified by:
    startDocument in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### endDocument

    public void endDocument()
                     throws java.lang.Exception

  End document.
  Specified by:
    endDocument in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### xmlDecl

    public void xmlDecl(int versionIndex,
                        int encodingIndex,
                        int standaloneIndex)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

  XML declaration.
  Specified by:
    xmlDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `version` - the handle in the string pool for the version number
    `encoding` - the handle in the string pool for the encoding
    `standalong` - the handle in the string pool for the standalone value
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### textDecl

    public void textDecl(int versionIndex,
                         int encodingIndex)
                  throws java.lang.Exception

  Text declaration.
  Specified by:
    textDecl in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### startNamespaceDeclScope

    public void startNamespaceDeclScope(int prefix,
                                        int uri)
                                 throws java.lang.Exception

  Report the start of the scope of a namespace declaration.
  Specified by:
    startNamespaceDeclScope in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `prefix` - string pool index of the namespace prefix being declared
    `uri` - string pool index of the namespace uri begin bound
    `java.lang.Exception` -

### endNamespaceDeclScope

    public void endNamespaceDeclScope(int prefix)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

  Report the end of the scope of a namespace declaration.
  Specified by:
    endNamespaceDeclScope in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `prefix` - string pool index of the namespace prefix being declared
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### internalSubset

    public void internalSubset(int internalSubset)

  New callback from DOM Level 2. There is no corresponding SAX callout for this yet.
  Specified by:
    internalSubset in interface XMLDocumentHandler.DTDHandler

### startElement

    public void startElement(QName element,
                             XMLAttrList attrList,
                             int attrListIndex)
                      throws java.lang.Exception

  Start element
  Specified by:
    startElement in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `elementType` - element handle for the element being scanned
    `attrList` - attrList containing the attributes of the element
    `attrListHandle` - handle into attrList. Allows attributes to be retreived.
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### endElement

    public void endElement(QName element)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

  End element.
  Specified by:
    endElement in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `elementType` - element handle for the element being scanned
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### startEntityReference

    public void startEntityReference(int entityName,
                                     int entityType,
                                     int entityContext)
                              throws java.lang.Exception

  Start entity reference.
  Specified by:
    startEntityReference in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `entityName` - string pool index of the entity name
    `entityType` - the XMLEntityHandler.ENTITYTYPE_* type
    `entityContext` - the XMLEntityHandler.ENTITYREF_* type for where the entity reference appears
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -
  See Also:
    `XMLEntityHandler`, `XMLEntityHandler`

### endEntityReference

    public void endEntityReference(int entityName,
                                   int entityType,
                                   int entityContext)
                            throws java.lang.Exception

  End entity reference.
  Specified by:
    endEntityReference in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `entityName` - string pool index of the entity anem
    `entityType` - the XMLEntityHandler.ENTITYTYPE_* type
    `entityContext` - the XMLEntityHandler.ENTITYREF_* type for where the entity reference appears
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -
  See Also:
    `XMLEntityHandler`, `XMLEntityHandler`

### startCDATA

    public void startCDATA()
                    throws java.lang.Exception

  Start CDATA section.
  Specified by:
    startCDATA in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### endCDATA

    public void endCDATA()
                  throws java.lang.Exception

  End CDATA section.
  Specified by:
    endCDATA in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### characters

    public void characters(int dataIndex)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

  Not called.
  Specified by:
    characters in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `data` - string pool index of the characters that were scanned
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### ignorableWhitespace

    public void ignorableWhitespace(int dataIndex)
                             throws java.lang.Exception

  Not called.
  Specified by:
    ignorableWhitespace in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `data` - string pool index of ignorable whitespace
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### processingInstruction

    public void processingInstruction(int piTarget,
                                      int piData)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

  Processing instruction.
  Specified by:
    processingInstruction in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `target` - string pool index of the PI target
    `data` - string pool index of the PI data
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### comment

    public void comment(int dataIndex)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

  Comment.
  Specified by:
    comment in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `comment` - string pool index of the comment text
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### characters

    public void characters(char[] ch,
                           int start,
                           int length)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

  Characters.
  Specified by:
    characters in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `ch` - character array containing the characters that were scanned
    `start` - offset in ch where scanned characters begin
    `length` - length of scanned characters in ch
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

### ignorableWhitespace

    public void ignorableWhitespace(char[] ch,
                                    int start,
                                    int length)
                             throws java.lang.Exception

  Ignorable whitespace.
  Specified by:
    ignorableWhitespace in interface XMLDocumentHandler
  Tags copied from interface: XMLDocumentHandler
  Parameters:
    `ch` - character array containing the whitespace that was scanned
    `start` - offset in ch where scanned whitespace begins
    `length` - length of scanned whitespace in ch
  Throws:
    java.lang.Exception -

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