A.3.1. The DeclHandler class

This is the primary way SAX2 exposes typing constraints from an XML Document Type Declaration. It also reports entity declarations.

For more information, refer to Section 4.3.1, "The DeclHandler Interface " in Chapter 4, "Consuming SAX2 Events".

public interface DeclHandler 
{
    // data typing
    public void attributeDecl(String element, String string 
	attribute,
	    String type, String mode, String defaultValue )
	throws SAXException;
    public void elementDecl(String name, String model) throws 
	SAXException;
    // entity info
    public void externalEntityDecl(String name,
	    String publicId, String systemId)
	throws SAXException;
    public void internalEntityDecl(String name, String value)
	throws SAXException;
}
	    

A.3.2. The LexicalHandler Interface

Many parsers expose certain data even though it is, for most purposes, not part of the information that an XML document intends to convey to applications. This interface exposes some such data.

For more information, refer to Section 4.2, "The LexicalHandler Interface " in Chapter 4, "Consuming SAX2 Events".

public interface LexicalHandler 
{
    public void startDTD(String root, String publicId, 
	String systemId)
	throws SAXException;
    public void endDTD() throws SAXException;
    public void startEntity(String name) throws SAXException;
    public void endEntity(String name) throws SAXException;
    public void startCDATA() throws SAXException;
    public void endCDATA() throws SAXException;
    public void comment(char buf[], int offset, int length) 
	throws SAXException;
}