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Ean R . Schuessler writes:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 04:20:40PM -0400, David Megginson wrote:
> > See the SAX2 org.xml.sax.XMLFilter interface.
>
> I am aware of this interface. Serializers do not tend to implement this
> interface because they do not forward events, they do their job and
> serialize the data to some native format. My point being that most chains
> start with a reader, connect to a series of filters and terminate with a
> serializer. With the current API serializers cannot access the object that
> is feeding them events because they have no way to obtain a reference to
> their parent. So, back to my original question, how does a serializer query
> its upstream filters and readers for capabilities (ie. string-interning)?
If the serializer is an integral part of the application, then the
application can provide it with a reference to the XMLReader; if the
serializer is part of a library, then it can extend the XMLFilter
interface, or the application can pass information on to it through
additional setters.
All the best,
David
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