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The parser will then report all errors and warnings 49 * through this interface.</p> 50 * 51 * <p><strong>WARNING:</strong> If an application does <em>not</em> 52 * register an ErrorHandler, XML parsing errors will go unreported, 53 * except that <em>SAXParseException</em>s will be thrown for fatal errors. 54 * In order to detect validity errors, an ErrorHandler that does something 55 * with {@link #error error()} calls must be registered.</p> 56 * 57 * <p>For XML processing errors, a SAX driver must use this interface 58 * in preference to throwing an exception: it is up to the application 59 * to decide whether to throw an exception for different types of 60 * errors and warnings. Note, however, that there is no requirement that 61 * the parser continue to report additional errors after a call to 62 * {@link #fatalError fatalError}. In other words, a SAX driver class 63 * may throw an exception after reporting any fatalError. 64 * Also parsers may throw appropriate exceptions for non-XML errors. 65 * For example, {@link XMLReader#parse XMLReader.parse()} would throw 66 * an IOException for errors accessing entities or the document.</p> 67 * 68 * @since 1.4, SAX 1.0 69 * @author David Megginson 70 * @see org.xml.sax.XMLReader#setErrorHandler 71 * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException 72 */ 73 public interface ErrorHandler { 74 75 76 /** 77 * Receive notification of a warning. 78 * 79 * <p>SAX parsers will use this method to report conditions that 80 * are not errors or fatal errors as defined by the XML 81 * recommendation. The default behaviour is to take no 82 * action.</p> 83 * 84 * <p>The SAX parser must continue to provide normal parsing events 85 * after invoking this method: it should still be possible for the 86 * application to process the document through to the end.</p> 87 * 88 * <p>Filters may use this method to report other, non-XML warnings 89 * as well.</p> 90 * 91 * @param exception The warning information encapsulated in a 92 * SAX parse exception. 93 * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly 94 * wrapping another exception. 95 * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException 96 */ 97 public abstract void warning (SAXParseException exception) 98 throws SAXException; 99 100 101 /** 102 * Receive notification of a recoverable error. 103 * 104 * <p>This corresponds to the definition of "error" in section 1.2 105 * of the W3C XML 1.0 Recommendation. For example, a validating 106 * parser would use this callback to report the violation of a 107 * validity constraint. The default behaviour is to take no 108 * action.</p> 109 * 110 * <p>The SAX parser must continue to provide normal parsing 111 * events after invoking this method: it should still be possible 112 * for the application to process the document through to the end. 113 * If the application cannot do so, then the parser should report 114 * a fatal error even if the XML recommendation does not require 115 * it to do so.</p> 116 * 117 * <p>Filters may use this method to report other, non-XML errors 118 * as well.</p> 119 * 120 * @param exception The error information encapsulated in a 121 * SAX parse exception. 122 * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly 123 * wrapping another exception. 124 * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException 125 */ 126 public abstract void error (SAXParseException exception) 127 throws SAXException; 128 129 130 /** 131 * Receive notification of a non-recoverable error. 132 * 133 * <p><strong>There is an apparent contradiction between the 134 * documentation for this method and the documentation for {@link 135 * org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#endDocument}. Until this ambiguity 136 * is resolved in a future major release, clients should make no 137 * assumptions about whether endDocument() will or will not be 138 * invoked when the parser has reported a fatalError() or thrown 139 * an exception.</strong></p> 140 * 141 * <p>This corresponds to the definition of "fatal error" in 142 * section 1.2 of the W3C XML 1.0 Recommendation. For example, a 143 * parser would use this callback to report the violation of a 144 * well-formedness constraint.</p> 145 * 146 * <p>The application must assume that the document is unusable 147 * after the parser has invoked this method, and should continue 148 * (if at all) only for the sake of collecting additional error 149 * messages: in fact, SAX parsers are free to stop reporting any 150 * other events once this method has been invoked.</p> 151 * 152 * @param exception The error information encapsulated in a 153 * SAX parse exception. 154 * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly 155 * wrapping another exception. 156 * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException 157 */ 158 public abstract void fatalError (SAXParseException exception) 159 throws SAXException; 160 161 } 162 163 // end of ErrorHandler.java