net.sf.saxon.event
Class CommentStripper

java.lang.Object
  extended bynet.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver
      extended bynet.sf.saxon.event.CommentStripper
All Implemented Interfaces:
Receiver, javax.xml.transform.Result

public class CommentStripper
extends ProxyReceiver

The CommentStripper class is a filter that removes all comments and processing instructions. It also concatenates text nodes that are split by comments and PIs

Author:
Michael H. Kay (michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com)

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver
baseReceiver, namePool, systemId
 
Fields inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.Result
PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING, PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING
 
Constructor Summary
CommentStripper()
          Default constructor for use in subclasses
 
Method Summary
 void characters(java.lang.CharSequence chars, int properties)
          Callback interface for SAX: not for application use
 void comment(java.lang.CharSequence chars, int properties)
          Remove comments
 void endElement()
          Callback interface for SAX: not for application use
 void processingInstruction(java.lang.String name, java.lang.CharSequence data, int properties)
          Remove processing instructions
 void startElement(int nameCode, int typeCode, int properties)
          Notify the start of an element
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver
attribute, endDocument, getNamePool, getSystemId, getUnderlyingReceiver, namespace, setDocumentLocator, setNamePool, setSystemId, setUnderlyingReceiver, setUnparsedEntity, startContent, startDocument
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CommentStripper

public CommentStripper()
Default constructor for use in subclasses

Method Detail

startElement

public void startElement(int nameCode,
                         int typeCode,
                         int properties)
                  throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
Description copied from class: ProxyReceiver
Notify the start of an element

Specified by:
startElement in interface Receiver
Overrides:
startElement in class ProxyReceiver
Parameters:
nameCode - integer code identifying the name of the element within the name pool.
typeCode - integer code identifying the element's type within the name pool.
Throws:
javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

endElement

public void endElement()
                throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
Callback interface for SAX: not for application use

Specified by:
endElement in interface Receiver
Overrides:
endElement in class ProxyReceiver
Throws:
javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

characters

public void characters(java.lang.CharSequence chars,
                       int properties)
                throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
Callback interface for SAX: not for application use

Specified by:
characters in interface Receiver
Overrides:
characters in class ProxyReceiver
Throws:
javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

comment

public void comment(java.lang.CharSequence chars,
                    int properties)
Remove comments

Specified by:
comment in interface Receiver
Overrides:
comment in class ProxyReceiver

processingInstruction

public void processingInstruction(java.lang.String name,
                                  java.lang.CharSequence data,
                                  int properties)
Remove processing instructions

Specified by:
processingInstruction in interface Receiver
Overrides:
processingInstruction in class ProxyReceiver