ElementDigester

All Known Subinterfaces:

ElementCreatorDigester

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractElementCreatorDigester, ChainedDigester, DefaultDigester, XmlPropertyElementDigester
```
public interface ElementDigester
```
An element digester digest a particular element inside an xml file in common-digest framework

Version:

$Id: ElementDigester.java,v 1.3 2005/06/22 22:58:58 thlee Exp $ $Name: $

Author:

TiongHiang Lee (thlee@thinklient.org)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`characters(SaxDigesterHandler handler, char[] chars, int offset, int length)`	Handle the characters
`void`	`endDigest(SaxDigesterHandler handler)`	End the element
`java.lang.String`	`getElementName()`	Get the element name
`void`	`startDigest(SaxDigesterHandler handler, org.xml.sax.Attributes attr)`	Start an element with the given attributes

- Method Detail
  - getElementName
```
java.lang.String getElementName()
```
    Get the element name
    
    Returns:
    
    the element name
  - startDigest
```
void startDigest(SaxDigesterHandler handler,
                 org.xml.sax.Attributes attr)
          throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
```
    Start an element with the given attributes
    
    Parameters:
    
    handler - the handler
    
    attr - the attributes
    
    Throws:
    
    org.xml.sax.SAXException - if there's handling exception
  - endDigest
```
void endDigest(SaxDigesterHandler handler)
        throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
```
    End the element
    
    Parameters:
    
    handler - the handler
    
    Throws:
    
    org.xml.sax.SAXException - if there's handling exception
  - characters
```
void characters(SaxDigesterHandler handler,
                char[] chars,
                int offset,
                int length)
         throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
```
    Handle the characters
    
    Parameters:
    
    handler - the handler
    
    chars - the characters
    
    offset - the offset
    
    length - the length
    
    Throws:
    
    org.xml.sax.SAXException - if there's parse problem