/* ===================================================
 * JCommon : a free general purpose Java class library
 * ===================================================
 *
 * Project Info:  http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html
 * Project Lead:  David Gilbert (david.gilbert@object-refinery.com);
 *
 * (C) Copyright 2000-2003, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
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 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 *
 * -------------------------------------
 * AbstractElementDefinitionHandler.java
 * -------------------------------------
 * (C)opyright 2003, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors.
 *
 * Original Author:  Thomas Morgner;
 * Contributor(s):   David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
 *
 * $Id: AbstractElementDefinitionHandler.java,v 1.2 2003/07/24 11:16:10 mungady Exp $
 *
 * Changes 
 * -------------------------
 * 23.06.2003 : Initial version
 *  
 */

package org.jfree.xml;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;

/**
 * An abstract element definition handler.
 * 
 * @author Thomas Morgner
 */
public abstract class AbstractElementDefinitionHandler implements ElementDefinitionHandler {

    /** A parser. */
    private Parser parser;

    /**
     * Creates a new handler.
     * 
     * @param parser  the parser.
     */
    public AbstractElementDefinitionHandler(Parser parser) {
        this.parser = parser;
    }

    /**
     * Callback to indicate that an XML element start tag has been read by the parser.
     *
     * @param tagName  the tag name.
     * @param attrs  the attributes.
     *
     * @throws SAXException if a parser error occurs or the validation failed.
     */
    public void startElement(String tagName, Attributes attrs) throws SAXException {
    }

    /**
     * Callback to indicate that some character data has been read.
     *
     * @param ch  the character array.
     * @param start  the start index for the characters.
     * @param length  the length of the character sequence.
     * @throws SAXException if a parser error occurs or the validation failed.
     */
    public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) throws SAXException {
    }

    /**
     * Callback to indicate that an XML element end tag has been read by the parser.
     *
     * @param tagName  the tag name.
     *
     * @throws SAXException if a parser error occurs or the validation failed.
     */
    public void endElement(String tagName) throws SAXException {
    }

    /**
     * Returns the parser.
     *
     * @return The parser.
     */
    public Parser getParser() {
        return parser;
    }
}