+ * This module, both source code and documentation, is in the + * Public Domain, and comes with NO WARRANTY. + * See http://www.saxproject.org + * for further information. + *+ * + *
If a SAX application needs information about notations and + * unparsed entities, then the application implements this + * interface and registers an instance with the SAX parser using + * the parser's setDTDHandler method. The parser uses the + * instance to report notation and unparsed entity declarations to + * the application.
+ * + *Note that this interface includes only those DTD events that + * the XML recommendation requires processors to report: + * notation and unparsed entity declarations.
+ * + *The SAX parser may report these events in any order, regardless + * of the order in which the notations and unparsed entities were + * declared; however, all DTD events must be reported after the + * document handler's startDocument event, and before the first + * startElement event. + * (If the {@link org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler LexicalHandler} is + * used, these events must also be reported before the endDTD event.) + *
+ * + *It is up to the application to store the information for + * future use (perhaps in a hash table or object tree). + * If the application encounters attributes of type "NOTATION", + * "ENTITY", or "ENTITIES", it can use the information that it + * obtained through this interface to find the entity and/or + * notation corresponding with the attribute value.
+ * + * @since SAX 1.0 + * @author David Megginson + * @see org.xml.sax.XMLReader#setDTDHandler + */ +public interface DTDHandler { + + + /** + * Receive notification of a notation declaration event. + * + *It is up to the application to record the notation for later + * reference, if necessary; + * notations may appear as attribute values and in unparsed entity + * declarations, and are sometime used with processing instruction + * target names.
+ * + *At least one of publicId and systemId must be non-null. + * If a system identifier is present, and it is a URL, the SAX + * parser must resolve it fully before passing it to the + * application through this event.
+ * + *There is no guarantee that the notation declaration will be + * reported before any unparsed entities that use it.
+ * + * @param name The notation name. + * @param publicId The notation's public identifier, or null if + * none was given. + * @param systemId The notation's system identifier, or null if + * none was given. + * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception. + * @see #unparsedEntityDecl + * @see org.xml.sax.Attributes + */ + public abstract void notationDecl (String name, + String publicId, + String systemId) + throws SAXException; + + + /** + * Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration event. + * + *Note that the notation name corresponds to a notation + * reported by the {@link #notationDecl notationDecl} event. + * It is up to the application to record the entity for later + * reference, if necessary; + * unparsed entities may appear as attribute values. + *
+ * + *If the system identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it + * fully before passing it to the application.
+ * + * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly + * wrapping another exception. + * @param name The unparsed entity's name. + * @param publicId The entity's public identifier, or null if none + * was given. + * @param systemId The entity's system identifier. + * @param notationName The name of the associated notation. + * @see #notationDecl + * @see org.xml.sax.Attributes + */ + public abstract void unparsedEntityDecl (String name, + String publicId, + String systemId, + String notationName) + throws SAXException; + +} + +// end of DTDHandler.java