net.sf.saxon.event
Class CommentStripper

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.event.SequenceReceiver
      net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver
          net.sf.saxon.event.CommentStripper

All Implemented Interfaces:

Receiver, javax.xml.transform.Result

public class CommentStripper

extends ProxyReceiver

The CommentStripper class is a filter that removes all comments and processing instructions. It also concatenates text nodes that are split by comments and PIs. This follows the rules for processing stylesheets.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver

nextReceiver, systemId

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.SequenceReceiver

pipelineConfiguration, previousAtomic

Fields inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.Result

PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING, PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING

Constructor Summary

CommentStripper()
Default constructor for use in subclasses

Method Summary

void	characters(java.lang.CharSequence chars, int locationId, int properties) Callback interface for SAX: not for application use
void	comment(java.lang.CharSequence chars, int locationId, int properties) Remove comments
void	endElement() Callback interface for SAX: not for application use
void	processingInstruction(java.lang.String name, java.lang.CharSequence data, int locationId, int properties) Remove processing instructions
void	startElement(int nameCode, int typeCode, int locationId, int properties) Notify the start of an element

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver

attribute, close, endDocument, getConfiguration, getDocumentLocator, getNamePool, getSystemId, getUnderlyingReceiver, namespace, open, setPipelineConfiguration, setSystemId, setUnderlyingReceiver, setUnparsedEntity, startContent, startDocument

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.SequenceReceiver

append, getPipelineConfiguration

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CommentStripper

public CommentStripper()

Default constructor for use in subclasses

Method Detail

startElement

public void startElement(int nameCode,
                         int typeCode,
                         int locationId,
                         int properties)
                  throws XPathException

Description copied from class: ProxyReceiver

Notify the start of an element

Specified by:

startElement in interface Receiver

Overrides:

startElement in class ProxyReceiver

Parameters:

nameCode - integer code identifying the name of the element within the name pool.

typeCode - integer code identifying the element's type within the name pool.

properties - properties of the element node

Throws:

XPathException

endElement

public void endElement()
                throws XPathException

Callback interface for SAX: not for application use

Specified by:

endElement in interface Receiver

Overrides:

endElement in class ProxyReceiver

Throws:

XPathException

characters

public void characters(java.lang.CharSequence chars,
                       int locationId,
                       int properties)
                throws XPathException

Callback interface for SAX: not for application use

Specified by:

characters in interface Receiver

Overrides:

characters in class ProxyReceiver

Throws:

XPathException

comment

public void comment(java.lang.CharSequence chars,
                    int locationId,
                    int properties)

Remove comments

Specified by:

comment in interface Receiver

Overrides:

comment in class ProxyReceiver

processingInstruction

public void processingInstruction(java.lang.String name,
                                  java.lang.CharSequence data,
                                  int locationId,
                                  int properties)

Remove processing instructions

Specified by:

processingInstruction in interface Receiver

Overrides:

processingInstruction in class ProxyReceiver