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<p> This package provides the core SAX APIs.
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Some SAX1 APIs are deprecated to encourage integration of
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namespace-awareness into designs of new applications
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and into maintenance of existing infrastructure. </p>
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<p>See <a href='http://www.saxproject.org'>http://www.saxproject.org</a>
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for more information about SAX.</p>
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<h2> SAX2 Standard Feature Flags </h2>
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<p> One of the essential characteristics of SAX2 is that it added
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feature flags which can be used to examine and perhaps modify
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parser modes, in particular modes such as validation.
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Since features are identified by (absolute) URIs, anyone
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can define such features.
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Currently defined standard feature URIs have the prefix
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<code>http://xml.org/sax/features/</code> before an identifier such as
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<code>validation</code>. Turn features on or off using
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<em>setFeature</em>. Those standard identifiers are: </p>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
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<th>Feature ID</th>
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<th>Access</th>
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<th>Default</th>
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<th>Description</th>
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<td>external-general-entities</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>unspecified</em></td>
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<td> Reports whether this parser processes external
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general entities; always true if validating.
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</td>
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<td>external-parameter-entities</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>unspecified</em></td>
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<td> Reports whether this parser processes external
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parameter entities; always true if validating.
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<td>is-standalone</td>
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<td>(parsing) <em>read-only</em>, (not parsing) <em>none</em></td>
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<td>not applicable</td>
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<td> May be examined only during a parse, after the
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<em>startDocument()</em> callback has been completed; read-only.
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The value is true if the document specified standalone="yes" in
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its XML declaration, and otherwise is false.
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<tr>
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<td>lexical-handler/parameter-entities</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>unspecified</em></td>
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<td> A value of "true" indicates that the LexicalHandler will report
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the beginning and end of parameter entities.
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<td>namespaces</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td>true</td>
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<td> A value of "true" indicates namespace URIs and unprefixed local names
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for element and attribute names will be available.
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<tr>
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<td>namespace-prefixes</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td>false</td>
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<td> A value of "true" indicates that XML qualified names (with prefixes) and
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attributes (including <em>xmlns*</em> attributes) will be available.
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<td>resolve-dtd-uris</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>true</em></td>
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<td> A value of "true" indicates that system IDs in declarations will
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be absolutized (relative to their base URIs) before reporting.
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(That is the default behavior for all SAX2 XML parsers.)
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A value of "false" indicates those IDs will not be absolutized;
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parsers will provide the base URI from
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<em>Locator.getSystemId()</em>.
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This applies to system IDs passed in <ul>
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<li><em>DTDHandler.notationDecl()</em>,
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<li><em>DTDHandler.unparsedEntityDecl()</em>, and
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<li><em>DeclHandler.externalEntityDecl()</em>.
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</ul>
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It does not apply to <em>EntityResolver.resolveEntity()</em>,
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which is not used to report declarations, or to
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<em>LexicalHandler.startDTD()</em>, which already provides
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the non-absolutized URI.
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<td>string-interning</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>unspecified</em></td>
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<td> Has a value of "true" if all XML names (for elements, prefixes,
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attributes, entities, notations, and local names),
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as well as Namespace URIs, will have been interned
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using <em>java.lang.String.intern</em>. This supports fast
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testing of equality/inequality against string constants,
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rather than forcing slower calls to <em>String.equals()</em>.
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<td>unicode-normalization-checking</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>false</em></td>
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<td> Controls whether the parser reports Unicode normalization
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errors as described in section 2.13 and Appendix B of the
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XML 1.1 Recommendation. If true, Unicode normalization
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errors are reported using the ErrorHandler.error() callback.
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Such errors are not fatal in themselves (though, obviously,
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other Unicode-related encoding errors may be).
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<td>use-attributes2</td>
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<td><em>read-only</em></td>
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<td>not applicable</td>
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<td> Returns "true" if the <em>Attributes</em> objects passed by
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this parser in <em>ContentHandler.startElement()</em>
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implement the <a href="ext/Attributes2.html"
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><em>org.xml.sax.ext.Attributes2</em></a> interface.
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That interface exposes additional DTD-related information,
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such as whether the attribute was specified in the
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source text rather than defaulted.
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<td>use-locator2</td>
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<td><em>read-only</em></td>
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<td>not applicable</td>
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<td> Returns "true" if the <em>Locator</em> objects passed by
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this parser in <em>ContentHandler.setDocumentLocator()</em>
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implement the <a href="ext/Locator2.html"
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><em>org.xml.sax.ext.Locator2</em></a> interface.
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That interface exposes additional entity information,
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such as the character encoding and XML version used.
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<td>use-entity-resolver2</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>true</em></td>
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<td> Returns "true" if, when <em>setEntityResolver</em> is given
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an object implementing the <a href="ext/EntityResolver2.html"
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><em>org.xml.sax.ext.EntityResolver2</em></a> interface,
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those new methods will be used.
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Returns "false" to indicate that those methods will not be used.
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</td>
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<td>validation</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>unspecified</em></td>
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<td> Controls whether the parser is reporting all validity
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errors; if true, all external entities will be read.
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<td>xmlns-uris</td>
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<td><em>read/write</em></td>
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<td><em>false</em></td>
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<td> Controls whether, when the <em>namespace-prefixes</em> feature
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is set, the parser treats namespace declaration attributes as
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being in the <em>http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/</em> namespace.
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By default, SAX2 conforms to the original "Namespaces in XML"
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Recommendation, which explicitly states that such attributes are
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not in any namespace.
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Setting this optional flag to "true" makes the SAX2 events conform to
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a later backwards-incompatible revision of that recommendation,
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placing those attributes in a namespace.
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<td>xml-1.1</td>
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<td><em>read-only</em></td>
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<td>not applicable</td>
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<td> Returns "true" if the parser supports both XML 1.1 and XML 1.0.
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Returns "false" if the parser supports only XML 1.0.
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<p> Support for the default values of the
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<em>namespaces</em> and <em>namespace-prefixes</em>
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properties is required.
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Support for any other feature flags is entirely optional.
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</p>
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<p> For default values not specified by SAX2,
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each XMLReader implementation specifies its default,
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or may choose not to expose the feature flag.
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Unless otherwise specified here,
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implementations may support changing current values
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of these standard feature flags, but not while parsing.
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</p>
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<h2> SAX2 Standard Handler and Property IDs </h2>
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<p> For parser interface characteristics that are described
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as objects, a separate namespace is defined. The
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objects in this namespace are again identified by URI, and
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the standard property URIs have the prefix
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<code>http://xml.org/sax/properties/</code> before an identifier such as
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<code>lexical-handler</code> or
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<code>dom-node</code>. Manage those properties using
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<em>setProperty()</em>. Those identifiers are: </p>
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<tr align="center" bgcolor="#ccccff">
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<th>Property ID</th>
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<th>Description</th>
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<td>declaration-handler</td>
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<td> Used to see most DTD declarations except those treated
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as lexical ("document element name is ...") or which are
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mandatory for all SAX parsers (<em>DTDHandler</em>).
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The Object must implement <a href="ext/DeclHandler.html"
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><em>org.xml.sax.ext.DeclHandler</em></a>.
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<td>document-xml-version</td>
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<td> May be examined only during a parse, after the startDocument()
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callback has been completed; read-only. This property is a
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literal string describing the actual XML version of the document,
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such as "1.0" or "1.1".
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<td>dom-node</td>
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<td> For "DOM Walker" style parsers, which ignore their
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<em>parser.parse()</em> parameters, this is used to
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specify the DOM (sub)tree being walked by the parser.
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The Object must implement the
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<em>org.w3c.dom.Node</em> interface.
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<td>lexical-handler</td>
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<td> Used to see some syntax events that are essential in some
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applications: comments, CDATA delimiters, selected general
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entity inclusions, and the start and end of the DTD
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(and declaration of document element name).
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The Object must implement <a href="ext/LexicalHandler.html"
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><em>org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler</em></a>.
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<td>xml-string</td>
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<td> Readable only during a parser callback, this exposes a <b>TBS</b>
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chunk of characters responsible for the current event. </td>
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<p> All of these standard properties are optional;
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XMLReader implementations need not support them.
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