source: XMLIO_V2/external/include/Poco/SAX/LexicalHandler.h @ 80

//
// LexicalHandler.h
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//
// Library: XML
// Package: SAX
// Module:  SAX
//
// SAX2-ext LexicalHandler Interface.
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#ifndef SAX_LexicalHandler_INCLUDED
#define SAX_LexicalHandler_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/XML/XML.h"
#include "Poco/XML/XMLString.h"


namespace Poco {
namespace XML {


class XML_API LexicalHandler
        /// This is an optional extension handler for SAX2 to provide lexical information 
        /// about an XML document, such as comments and CDATA section boundaries. 
        /// XML readers are not required to recognize this handler, and it is not part of 
        /// core-only SAX2 distributions.
        /// 
        /// The events in the lexical handler apply to the entire document, not just to the 
        /// document element, and all lexical handler events must appear between the content 
        /// handler's startDocument and endDocument events.
        /// 
        /// To set the LexicalHandler for an XML reader, use the setProperty method with the 
        /// property name http://xml.org/sax/properties/lexical-handler and an object implementing 
        /// this interface (or null) as the value. If the reader does not report lexical events, 
        /// it will throw a SAXNotRecognizedException when you attempt to register the handler.
{
public:
        virtual void startDTD(const XMLString& name, const XMLString& publicId, const XMLString& systemId) = 0;
                /// Report the start of DTD declarations, if any.
                /// 
                /// This method is intended to report the beginning of the DOCTYPE declaration; 
                /// if the document has no DOCTYPE declaration, this method will not be invoked.
                /// 
                /// All declarations reported through DTDHandler or DeclHandler events must appear 
                /// between the startDTD and endDTD events. Declarations are assumed to belong to 
                /// the internal DTD subset unless they appear between startEntity and endEntity 
                /// events. Comments and processing instructions from the DTD should also be reported 
                /// between the startDTD and endDTD events, in their original order of (logical) occurrence; 
                /// they are not required to appear in their correct locations relative to DTDHandler or 
                /// DeclHandler events, however.
                /// 
                /// Note that the start/endDTD events will appear within the start/endDocument events from 
                /// ContentHandler and before the first startElement event.

        virtual void endDTD() = 0;
                /// Report the end of DTD declarations.
                /// 
                /// This method is intended to report the end of the DOCTYPE declaration; if the document 
                /// has no DOCTYPE declaration, this method will not be invoked.

        virtual void startEntity(const XMLString& name) = 0;
                /// Report the beginning of some internal and external XML entities.
                /// 
                /// The reporting of parameter entities (including the external DTD subset) is optional, 
                /// and SAX2 drivers that report LexicalHandler events may not implement it; you can use the 
                /// http://xml.org/sax/features/lexical-handler/parameter-entities feature to query or control 
                /// the reporting of parameter entities.
                /// 
                /// General entities are reported with their regular names, parameter entities have '%' 
                /// prepended to their names, and the external DTD subset has the pseudo-entity name "[dtd]".
                /// 
                /// When a SAX2 driver is providing these events, all other events must be properly nested 
                /// within start/end entity events. There is no additional requirement that events from 
                /// DeclHandler or DTDHandler be properly ordered.
                /// 
                /// Note that skipped entities will be reported through the skippedEntity event, which is part of 
                /// the ContentHandler interface.
                /// 
                /// Because of the streaming event model that SAX uses, some entity boundaries cannot be reported under 
                /// any circumstances:
                /// 
                ///     * general entities within attribute values
                ///     * parameter entities within declarations
                ///
                /// These will be silently expanded, with no indication of where the original entity boundaries were.
                /// 
                /// Note also that the boundaries of character references (which are not really entities anyway) are not reported.
                /// 
                /// All start/endEntity events must be properly nested. 

        virtual void endEntity(const XMLString& name) = 0;
                /// Report the end of an entity.
                
        virtual void startCDATA() = 0;
                /// Report the start of a CDATA section.
                ///
                /// The contents of the CDATA section will be reported through the regular characters event; 
                /// this event is intended only to report the boundary.

        virtual void endCDATA() = 0;
                /// Report the end of a CDATA section.
                
        virtual void comment(const XMLChar ch[], int start, int length) = 0;
                /// Report an XML comment anywhere in the document.
                /// 
                /// This callback will be used for comments inside or outside the document element, 
                /// including comments in the external DTD subset (if read). Comments in the DTD must 
                /// be properly nested inside start/endDTD and start/endEntity events (if used).

protected:
        virtual ~LexicalHandler();
};


} } // namespace Poco::XML


#endif // SAX_LexicalHandler_INCLUDED