org.geotools.xml.handlers
Class SimpleElementHandler

java.lang.Object
  org.geotools.xml.XMLElementHandler
      org.geotools.xml.handlers.SimpleElementHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class SimpleElementHandler

extends XMLElementHandler

This class is intended to handle parsing an xml element from an instance document for elements who's type is both known and simple. This handler is used within the XMLSAXHandler to handle sax events generated by the SAX parser.

Author:

dzwiers www.refractions.net

See Also:

SimpleType, XMLElementHandler, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.geotools.xml.XMLElementHandler

logger

Constructor Summary

SimpleElementHandler(Element st)
Creates a new SimpleElementHandler object.

Method Summary

void	characters(java.lang.String text1) This method throws a SAXNotSupportedException if it is called and not overwritten.
void	endElement(java.net.URI namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.util.Map hints) handles SAX end Element events.
Element	getElement() This returns the Element specified.
XMLElementHandler	getHandler(java.net.URI namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.util.Map hints) This will find an appropriate XMLElementHandler for the specified child if appropriate.
java.lang.String	getName() This returns the name of the element being represented by this handler.
java.lang.Object	getValue() This method will get the value of the element depending on it's type.
void	startElement(java.net.URI namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, org.xml.sax.Attributes attr1) handles SAX start Element events.

Methods inherited from class org.geotools.xml.XMLElementHandler

setLogLevel

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleElementHandler

public SimpleElementHandler(Element st)

Creates a new SimpleElementHandler object.

Parameters:

st - Element the simple element which we will parse

Method Detail

getElement

public Element getElement()

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This returns the Element specified.

Specified by:

getElement in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

Element (may not be null)

See Also:

XMLElementHandler.getElement()

getHandler

public XMLElementHandler getHandler(java.net.URI namespaceURI,
                                    java.lang.String localName,
                                    java.util.Map hints)
                             throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This will find an appropriate XMLElementHandler for the specified child if appropriate. This method may return or throw an exception, depending on the severity, if an error occurs. This method should be used to complete a SAX parse of a document for which the Schema is known, and parsed.

Specified by:

getHandler in class XMLElementHandler

Parameters:

namespaceURI -

localName -

hints - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

XMLElementHandler, or null

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException

See Also:

org.geotools.xml.XMLElementHandler#getHandler(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This method will get the value of the element depending on it's type.

Specified by:

getValue in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

Object (may be null)

See Also:

XMLElementHandler.getValue()

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This returns the name of the element being represented by this handler. This name matches the name specified in the Schema.

Specified by:

getName in class XMLElementHandler

Returns:

The Name (may not be null)

See Also:

XMLElementHandler.getName()

characters

public void characters(java.lang.String text1)

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

This method throws a SAXNotSupportedException if it is called and not overwritten. When overridding this method, you should be careful to understand that it may be called more than once per element. Therefore it would be advisable to log the text and handle the text's interpretation at a later time (

Overrides:

characters in class XMLElementHandler

Parameters:

text1 -

See Also:

XMLElementHandler.characters(java.lang.String)

endElement

public void endElement(java.net.URI namespaceURI,
                       java.lang.String localName,
                       java.util.Map hints)
                throws javax.naming.OperationNotSupportedException,
                       org.xml.sax.SAXException

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

handles SAX end Element events. This matches the end of the element declaration in the document ... and responds to the event generated by the SAX parser. This is an opportunity to complete some post-processing.

Specified by:

endElement in class XMLElementHandler

Parameters:

namespaceURI -

localName -

hints - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException

javax.naming.OperationNotSupportedException

See Also:

org.geotools.xml.XMLElementHandler#endElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

startElement

public void startElement(java.net.URI namespaceURI,
                         java.lang.String localName,
                         org.xml.sax.Attributes attr1)

Description copied from class: XMLElementHandler

handles SAX start Element events. This matches the start of the element declaration in the document ... and responds to the event generated by the SAX parser. This is an opportunity to complete some pre-processing.

Specified by:

startElement in class XMLElementHandler

Parameters:

namespaceURI -

localName -

attr1 -

See Also:

org.geotools.xml.XMLElementHandler#startElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.xml.sax.Attributes)