JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.2

Package org.xml.sax

Provides the classes and interfaces for the Simple API for XML (SAX) which is a component of the Java API for XML Processing.

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Interface Summary
AttributeList Deprecated. This interface has been replaced by the SAX2 Attributes interface, which includes Namespace support.
Attributes Interface for a list of XML attributes.
ContentHandler Receive notification of the logical content of a document.
DocumentHandler Deprecated. This interface has been replaced by the SAX2 ContentHandler interface, which includes Namespace support.
DTDHandler Receive notification of basic DTD-related events.
EntityResolver Basic interface for resolving entities.
ErrorHandler Basic interface for SAX error handlers.
Locator Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location.
Parser Deprecated. This interface has been replaced by the SAX2 XMLReader interface, which includes Namespace support.
XMLFilter Interface for an XML filter.
XMLReader Interface for reading an XML document using callbacks.
 

Class Summary
HandlerBase Deprecated. This class works with the deprecated DocumentHandler interface.
InputSource A single input source for an XML entity.
 

Exception Summary
SAXException Encapsulate a general SAX error or warning.
SAXNotRecognizedException Exception class for an unrecognized identifier.
SAXNotSupportedException Exception class for an unsupported operation.
SAXParseException Encapsulate an XML parse error or warning.
 

Package org.xml.sax Description

Provides the classes and interfaces for the Simple API for XML (SAX) which is a component of the Java API for XML Processing. SAX, the Simple API for XML, is a standard interface for event-based XML parsing, developed collaboratively by the members of the XML-DEV mailing list, currently hosted by OASIS. See the following link for more information on SAX.

Since:
JDK1.4

JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.2

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