arabica/SAX/XMLFilter.h
2002-06-21 11:16:28 +00:00

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#ifndef XMLFilterH
#define XMLFilterH
// XMLFilter.h
// $Id$
#include <string>
#include "XMLReader.h"
namespace SAX
{
/**
* Interface for an XML filter.
*
* <p>An XML filter is like an XML reader, except that it obtains its
* events from another XML reader rather than a primary source like
* an XML document or database. Filters can modify a stream of
* events as they pass on to the final application.</p>
*
* <p>The XMLFilterImpl helper class provides a convenient base
* for creating SAX2 filters, by passing on all {@link basic_EntityResolver
* EntityResolver}, {@link basic_DTDHandler DTDHandler},
* {@link basic_ContentHandler ContentHandler} and {@link ErrorHandler
* ErrorHandler} events automatically.</p>
*
* @since SAX 2.0
* @author Jez Higgins,
* <a href="mailto:jez@jezuk.co.uk">jez@jezuk.co.uk</a>
* @version 2.0
* @see basic_XMLFilterImpl
*/
template<class string_type>
class basic_XMLFilter : public basic_XMLReader<string_type>
{
public:
typedef string_type stringT;
typedef basic_XMLReader<stringT> XMLReaderT;
virtual ~basic_XMLFilter() { }
/**
* Set the parent reader.
*
* <p>This method allows the application to link the filter to
* a parent reader (which may be another filter).</p>
*
* @param parent The parent reader.
*/
virtual void setParent(XMLReaderT& parent) = 0;
/**
* Get the parent reader.
*
* <p>This method allows the application to query the parent
* reader (which may be another filter). It is generally a
* bad idea to perform any operations on the parent reader
* directly: they should all pass through this filter.</p>
*
* @return The parent filter, or 0 if none has been set.
*/
virtual XMLReaderT* getParent() const = 0;
}; // class basic_XMLFilter
typedef basic_XMLFilter<std::string> XMLFilter;
typedef basic_XMLFilter<std::wstring> wXMLFilter;
}; // namespace SAX
#endif
// end of file