net.sf.saxon.pull

Class 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 and Description
PullConsumer(PullProvider in) Create a PullConsumer that swallows the events read from a given pull provider

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and 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