ElementHandler

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package org.dom4j;

/**
 * <p>
 * <code>ElementHandler</code> interface defines a handler of
 * <code>Element</code> objects. It is used primarily in event based processing
 * models such as for processing large XML documents as they are being parsed
 * rather than waiting until the whole document is parsed.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">James Strachan </a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.8 $
 */
public interface ElementHandler {
 /**
  * Called by an event based processor when an elements openning tag is
  * encountered.
  *
  * @param elementPath
  *            is the current <code>ElementPath</code> to process
  */
 void onStart(ElementPath elementPath);

 /**
  * Called by an event based processor when an elements closing tag is
  * encountered.
  *
  * @param elementPath
  *            is the current <code>ElementPath</code> to process
  */
 void onEnd(ElementPath elementPath);
}

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