SAXParser Interface

Table 5-6 summarizes the methods available through the SAXParser interface.

Table 5-6 Summary of SAXParser Methods; Parser Package

Function	Summary
getContext()	Returns parser's XML context (allocation and encodings).
getParserId()	Returns parser Id.
parse()	Parse the document.
parseDTD()	Parse the DTD.
setSAXHandler()	Set SAX handler.

getContext()

Each parser object is allocated and executed in a particular Oracle XML context. This member function returns a pointer to this context.

Syntax

virtual Context* getContext() const = 0;

Returns

(Context*) pointer to parser's context

Returns the parser id.

Syntax

virtual SAXParserIdType getParserId() const = 0;

Returns

(SAXParserIdType) Parser Id

Parses a document.

Syntax

virtual void parse( 
   InputSource* src_ptr,
   boolean DTDvalidate = FALSE,
   SAXHandlerRoot* hdlr_ptr = NULL)
throw (ParserException) = 0;

Parses a DTD.

Syntax

virtual void parseDTD( 
   InputSource* src_ptr,
   SAXHandlerRoot* hdlr_ptr = NULL)
throw (ParserException) = 0;

Parameter	Description
src_ptr	input source
hdlr_ptr	SAX handler pointer

Sets SAX handler for all parser invocations except when another SAX handler is specified in the parser call.

Syntax

virtual void setSAXHandler(
   SAXHandlerRoot* hdlr_ptr) = 0;

Parameter	Description
hdlr_ptr	SAX handler pointer