net.sf.saxon.event

Class Event

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.event.Event

Direct Known Subclasses:

Event.Append, Event.Attribute, Event.Comment, Event.EndDocument, Event.EndElement, Event.Namespace, Event.ProcessingInstruction, Event.StartContent, Event.StartDocument, Event.StartElement, Event.Text

public abstract class Event
extends java.lang.Object

An event is an object representing one of the events that can be passed to a receiver: for example, a startElement, endElement, characters, or comment event. Sufficient information is retained in order to enable a stored event to be "replayed" later.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Event.Append Event representing an arbitrary item being sent to the event stream in composed form.
static class	Event.Attribute Event representing an attribute node
static class	Event.Comment Event representing a comment node
static class	Event.EndDocument Event representing end of document
static class	Event.EndElement Event representing the end of an element
static class	Event.Namespace Event representing a set of namespace bindings
static class	Event.ProcessingInstruction Event representing a processing instruction node
static class	Event.StartContent Event representing the end of a start tag, that is, indicating that no more attributes or namespaces are expected for the current element
static class	Event.StartDocument Event representing start of document
static class	Event.StartElement Event representing the start of an element (not including attributes or namespaces)
static class	Event.Text Event representing a text node

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Event()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	replay(Receiver out) Send the event to a receiver

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Event

public Event()

Method Detail

replay

public abstract void replay(Receiver out)
                     throws XPathException

Send the event to a receiver

Parameters:

out - the receiver to which the event is to be sent

Throws:

XPathException - the the receiver reports an error