1 /*
2 * Copyright 2005 Werner Guttmann
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
5 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
6 *
7 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
8 *
9 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
10 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
11 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
12 * the License.
13 *
14 * $Id$
15 */
16
17 package org.exolab.castor.xml;
18
19 import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
20
21 /**
22 * A interface which abstracts anything which can produce SAX 2 events. This allows any
23 * EventProducer to be used with the Unmarshaller.
24 *
25 * @author <a href="mailto:werner DOT guttmann AT gmx DOT net">Werner Guttmann</a>
26 * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2006-02-22 09:05:40 -0700 (Wed, 22 Feb 2006) $
27 * @since 1.0M3
28 **/
29 public interface SAX2EventProducer {
30
31 /**
32 * Sets the SAX2 ContentHandler to send SAX 2 events to
33 */
34 public void setContentHandler(ContentHandler contentHandler);
35
36 /**
37 * Signals to start producing events.
38 */
39 public void start() throws org.xml.sax.SAXException;
40
41 }