001/* 002 * BioJava development code 003 * 004 * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the 005 * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence. This should 006 * be distributed with the code. If you do not have a copy, 007 * see: 008 * 009 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html 010 * 011 * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual 012 * authors. These should be listed in @author doc comments. 013 * 014 * For more information on the BioJava project and its aims, 015 * or to join the biojava-l mailing list, visit the home page 016 * at: 017 * 018 * http://www.biojava.org/ 019 * 020 */ 021package org.biojava.bio.seq.io.agave; 022import org.xml.sax.Attributes; 023import org.xml.sax.Locator; 024import org.xml.sax.SAXException; 025 026/** 027 * Interface for StAX content handlers. This interface is 028 * very similar in spirit and design to the SAX content handler. 029 * Differences are: 030 * 031 * <ol> 032 * <li>start/endDocument methods are replaced by start/endTree. This 033 * recognises the fact that a StAX content handler may only see 034 * a sub-tree of an XML document, rather than the whole document.</li> 035 * <li>the startElement method takes a <code>DelegationManager</code>, 036 * allowing delegation of sub-trees to other content handlers.</li> 037 * </ol> 038 * 039 * @author copied from Thomas Down 040 */ 041public interface StAXContentHandler { 042 public void startTree() 043 throws SAXException; 044 045 public void endTree() 046 throws SAXException; 047 048 public void characters(char[] ch, 049 int start, 050 int length) 051 throws SAXException; 052 053 public void ignorableWhitespace(char[] ch, 054 int start, 055 int length) 056 throws SAXException; 057 058 public void startPrefixMapping(String prefix, String uri) 059 throws SAXException; 060 061 public void endPrefixMapping(String prefix) 062 throws SAXException; 063 064 public void processingInstruction(String target, String data) 065 throws SAXException; 066 067 public void setDocumentLocator(Locator locator); 068 069 public void skippedEntity(String name) 070 throws SAXException; 071 072 public void startElement(String nsURI, 073 String localName, 074 String qName, 075 Attributes attrs, 076 DelegationManager dm) 077 throws SAXException; 078 079 public void endElement(String nsURI, 080 String localName, 081 String qName, 082 StAXContentHandler delegate) 083 throws SAXException; 084}