Source code: jbreport/core/XMLParsingElement.java
1 /*
2 * $Id: XMLParsingElement.java,v 1.1 2000/08/31 13:53:17 grantfin Exp $
3 *
4 * jbReport - A reporting library for Java
5 * Copyright (C) 2000 Grant Finnemore <grantfin@users.sourceforge.net>
6 *
7 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
9 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
10 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 *
12 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
18 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
19 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
20 */
21 package jbreport.core;
22
23 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
24
25 import jbreport.ReportException;
26
27 /**
28 * This interface defines the methods that should be implemented so that
29 * an XML parse tree can be appropriately constructed.
30 *
31 * @author Grant Finnemore
32 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
33 */
34 public
35 interface XMLParsingElement {
36
37 /**
38 * Can this element parse xml in this context? This might be false if the
39 * class handles more than one type of element in a hierarchy.
40 *
41 * @return true if the element can parse xml in this context, false
42 * otherwise.
43 */
44 public boolean xmlCanParse();
45
46 /**
47 * This is called to parse some sub-element of this particular element.
48 */
49 public void xmlParse(XMLHandler handler, String localName,
50 Attributes attributes);
51
52 /**
53 * This is called to return the embedded character data from the xml element
54 */
55 public void xmlCData(XMLHandler handler, String cdata);
56
57 }