ElementRecognizer (biojava-legacy 1.9.7 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:: ElementRecognizer.AllElementRecognizer, ElementRecognizer.ByLocalName, ElementRecognizer.ByNSName, ElementRecognizer.HasAttribute

public interface ElementRecognizer

Simple interface for filtering SAX/StAX startElement events.

A number of standard implementations are provided for your convenience. To implement your own filters, just implement the filterStartElement method.

Since:: 1.2
Author:: Thomas Down, Matthew Pocock

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type

Interface

Description

static class

ElementRecognizer.AllElementRecognizer

static class

ElementRecognizer.ByLocalName

Filter elements by local name (not recommended).

static class

ElementRecognizer.ByNSName

Filter elements by name and namespace.

static class

ElementRecognizer.HasAttribute

Filter elements on the existence of a specified attribute.
Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type

Field

Description

static final ElementRecognizer

ALL
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

boolean

filterStartElement(String nsURI, String localName, String qName, Attributes attrs)

Recognize an element based upon the start element parameters.

Field Details
- ALL
  
  static final ElementRecognizer ALL
Method Details
- filterStartElement
  
  boolean filterStartElement(String nsURI, String localName, String qName, Attributes attrs)
  
  Recognize an element based upon the start element parameters.
  
  Parameters:
  
  nsURI - the uri of the element to filter
  
  localName - the local name of the element to filter
  
  qName - the qName of the element to filter
  
  attrs - the attributes associated with the element to filter
  
  Returns:
  
  true if this element is accepted, false otherwise