Package org.biojava.bio.program.xff

Interface ElementRecognizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementRecognizer.AllElementRecognizer, ElementRecognizer.ByLocalName, ElementRecognizer.ByNSName, ElementRecognizer.HasAttribute

public interface ElementRecognizer

Simple interface for filtering SAX/StAX startElement events.

A number of standard implementations are provided for your convenience. To implement your own filters, just implement the filterStartElement method.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Thomas Down, Matthew Pocock

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	ElementRecognizer.AllElementRecognizer
static class	ElementRecognizer.ByLocalName	Filter elements by local name (not recommended).
static class	ElementRecognizer.ByNSName	Filter elements by name and namespace.
static class	ElementRecognizer.HasAttribute	Filter elements on the existence of a specified attribute.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static ElementRecognizer	ALL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	filterStartElement(String nsURI, String localName, String qName, Attributes attrs)	Recognize an element based upon the start element parameters.

Field Detail

ALL

static final ElementRecognizer ALL

Method Detail

filterStartElement

boolean filterStartElement(String nsURI,
                           String localName,
                           String qName,
                           Attributes attrs)

Recognize an element based upon the start element parameters.

Parameters:

nsURI - the uri of the element to filter

localName - the local name of the element to filter

qName - the qName of the element to filter

attrs - the attributes associated with the element to filter

Returns:

true if this element is accepted, false otherwise