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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Description

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 This interface has been replaced by the SAX2 Attributes interface, which includes Namespace support.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 This interface has been replaced by the SAX2 ContentHandler interface, which includes Namespace support.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 This interface has been replaced by the SAX2 XMLReader interface, which includes Namespace support.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