JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

javax.xml.transform.sax
Interface TransformerHandler

All Superinterfaces:
ContentHandler, DTDHandler, LexicalHandler

public interface TransformerHandler
extends ContentHandler, LexicalHandler, DTDHandler

A TransformerHandler listens for SAX ContentHandler parse events and transforms them to a Result.


Method Summary
 String getSystemId()
          Get the base ID (URI or system ID) from where relative URLs will be resolved.
 Transformer getTransformer()
          Get the Transformer associated with this handler, which is needed in order to set parameters and output properties.
 void setResult(Result result)
          Set the Result associated with this TransformerHandler to be used for the transformation.
 void setSystemId(String systemID)
          Set the base ID (URI or system ID) from where relative URLs will be resolved.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler
characters, endDocument, endElement, endPrefixMapping, ignorableWhitespace, processingInstruction, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startElement, startPrefixMapping
 
Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler
comment, endCDATA, endDTD, endEntity, startCDATA, startDTD, startEntity
 
Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.DTDHandler
notationDecl, unparsedEntityDecl
 

Method Detail

setResult

void setResult(Result result)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Set the Result associated with this TransformerHandler to be used for the transformation.

Parameters:
result - A Result instance, should not be null.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if result is invalid for some reason.

setSystemId

void setSystemId(String systemID)
Set the base ID (URI or system ID) from where relative URLs will be resolved.

Parameters:
systemID - Base URI for the source tree.

getSystemId

String getSystemId()
Get the base ID (URI or system ID) from where relative URLs will be resolved.

Returns:
The systemID that was set with setSystemId(java.lang.String).

getTransformer

Transformer getTransformer()

Get the Transformer associated with this handler, which is needed in order to set parameters and output properties.

Returns:
Transformer associated with this TransformerHandler.

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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