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// SAX error handler.

// http://www.saxproject.org

// No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will.

// $Id: ErrorHandler.java,v 1.2 2004/11/03 22:44:52 jsuttor Exp $

package org.xml.sax;

/**

 * Basic interface for SAX error handlers.

 *

 * <blockquote>

 * <em>This module, both source code and documentation, is in the

 * Public Domain, and comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong>.</em>

 * See <a href='http://www.saxproject.org'>http://www.saxproject.org</a>

 * for further information.

 * </blockquote>

 *

 * <p>If a SAX application needs to implement customized error

 * handling, it must implement this interface and then register an

 * instance with the XML reader using the

 * {@link org.xml.sax.XMLReader#setErrorHandler setErrorHandler}

 * method.  The parser will then report all errors and warnings

 * through this interface.</p>

 *

 * <p><strong>WARNING:</strong> If an application does <em>not</em>

 * register an ErrorHandler, XML parsing errors will go unreported,

 * except that <em>SAXParseException</em>s will be thrown for fatal errors.

 * In order to detect validity errors, an ErrorHandler that does something

 * with {@link #error error()} calls must be registered.</p>

 *

 * <p>For XML processing errors, a SAX driver must use this interface

 * in preference to throwing an exception: it is up to the application

 * to decide whether to throw an exception for different types of

 * errors and warnings.  Note, however, that there is no requirement that

 * the parser continue to report additional errors after a call to

 * {@link #fatalError fatalError}.  In other words, a SAX driver class

 * may throw an exception after reporting any fatalError.

 * Also parsers may throw appropriate exceptions for non-XML errors.

 * For example, {@link XMLReader#parse XMLReader.parse()} would throw

 * an IOException for errors accessing entities or the document.</p>

 *

 * @since 1.4, SAX 1.0

 * @author David Megginson

 * @see org.xml.sax.XMLReader#setErrorHandler

 * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException

 */

public interface ErrorHandler {

    /**

     * Receive notification of a warning.

     *

     * <p>SAX parsers will use this method to report conditions that

     * are not errors or fatal errors as defined by the XML

     * recommendation.  The default behaviour is to take no

     * action.</p>

     *

     * <p>The SAX parser must continue to provide normal parsing events

     * after invoking this method: it should still be possible for the

     * application to process the document through to the end.</p>

     *

     * <p>Filters may use this method to report other, non-XML warnings

     * as well.</p>

     *

     * @param exception The warning information encapsulated in a

     *                  SAX parse exception.

     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly

     *            wrapping another exception.

     * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException

     */

    public abstract void warning (SAXParseException exception)

        throws SAXException;

    /**

     * Receive notification of a recoverable error.

     *

     * <p>This corresponds to the definition of "error" in section 1.2

     * of the W3C XML 1.0 Recommendation.  For example, a validating

     * parser would use this callback to report the violation of a

     * validity constraint.  The default behaviour is to take no

     * action.</p>

     *

     * <p>The SAX parser must continue to provide normal parsing

     * events after invoking this method: it should still be possible

     * for the application to process the document through to the end.

     * If the application cannot do so, then the parser should report

     * a fatal error even if the XML recommendation does not require

     * it to do so.</p>

     *

     * <p>Filters may use this method to report other, non-XML errors

     * as well.</p>

     *

     * @param exception The error information encapsulated in a

     *                  SAX parse exception.

     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly

     *            wrapping another exception.

     * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException

     */

    public abstract void error (SAXParseException exception)

        throws SAXException;

    /**

     * Receive notification of a non-recoverable error.

     *

     * <p><strong>There is an apparent contradiction between the

     * documentation for this method and the documentation for {@link

     * org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#endDocument}.  Until this ambiguity

     * is resolved in a future major release, clients should make no

     * assumptions about whether endDocument() will or will not be

     * invoked when the parser has reported a fatalError() or thrown

     * an exception.</strong></p>

     *

     * <p>This corresponds to the definition of "fatal error" in

     * section 1.2 of the W3C XML 1.0 Recommendation.  For example, a

     * parser would use this callback to report the violation of a

     * well-formedness constraint.</p>

     *

     * <p>The application must assume that the document is unusable

     * after the parser has invoked this method, and should continue

     * (if at all) only for the sake of collecting additional error

     * messages: in fact, SAX parsers are free to stop reporting any

     * other events once this method has been invoked.</p>

     *

     * @param exception The error information encapsulated in a

     *                  SAX parse exception.

     * @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException Any SAX exception, possibly

     *            wrapping another exception.

     * @see org.xml.sax.SAXParseException

     */

    public abstract void fatalError (SAXParseException exception)

        throws SAXException;

}

// end of ErrorHandler.java