org.biojava.bio.program.xff
Interface ElementRecognizer

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

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

static ElementRecognizer

ALL

Method Summary

boolean

filterStartElement(String nsURI, String localName, String qName, Attributes attrs) Recognize an element based upon the start element parameters.

Field Detail

ALL

public static final ElementRecognizer ALL

Method Detail

filterStartElement

public 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