PullConsumer

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.saxon.pull.PullConsumer

```
public class PullConsumer
extends java.lang.Object
```
A PullConsumer consumes all the events supplied by a PullProvider, doing nothing with them. The class exists so that PullFilters on the pipeline can produce side-effects. For example, this class can be used to validate a document, where the side effects are error messages.

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  PullConsumer(PullProvider in)
  Create a PullConsumer that swallows the events read from a given pull provider
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void consume()
  Consume the input
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PullConsumer
```
public PullConsumer(PullProvider in)
```
    Create a PullConsumer that swallows the events read from a given pull provider
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - the PullProvider from which events are to be read and swallowed up
- Method Detail
  - consume
```
public void consume()
             throws XPathException
```
    Consume the input
    
    Throws:
    
    XPathException - if (for example) the parser input is not well-formed