SpaceStrippingRule

All Known Implementing Classes:: AllElementsSpaceStrippingRule, IgnorableSpaceStrippingRule, NoElementsSpaceStrippingRule, SelectedElementsSpaceStrippingRule, StylesheetSpaceStrippingRule

public interface SpaceStrippingRule

Interface for deciding whether a particular element is to have whitespace text nodes stripped

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

void

export(ExpressionPresenter presenter)

Export this rule as part of an exported stylesheet

int

isSpacePreserving(NodeName nodeName, SchemaType schemaType)

Decide whether an element is in the set of white-space preserving element types

ProxyReceiver

makeStripper(Receiver next)

Make a filter to implement these space-stripping rules, or null if no filtering is necessary

Method Details
- isSpacePreserving
  
  int isSpacePreserving(NodeName nodeName, SchemaType schemaType) throws XPathException
  
  Decide whether an element is in the set of white-space preserving element types
  
  Parameters:
  
  nodeName - Identifies the name of the element whose whitespace is (or is not) to be preserved
  
  schemaType - The type annotation of the element whose whitespace is (or is not) to be preserved
  
  Returns:
  
  Stripper.ALWAYS_PRESERVE if the element is in the set of white-space preserving element types, Stripper.ALWAYS_STRIP if the element is to be stripped regardless of the xml:space setting, and Stripper.STRIP_DEFAULT otherwise
  
  Throws:
  
  XPathException - if the rules are ambiguous and ambiguities are to be reported as errors
- makeStripper
  
  ProxyReceiver makeStripper(Receiver next)
  
  Make a filter to implement these space-stripping rules, or null if no filtering is necessary
  
  Parameters:
  
  next - the Receiver that is to receive the filtered event stream
  
  Returns:
  
  a filter in the form of a ProxyReceiver, or null
- export
  
  void export(ExpressionPresenter presenter) throws XPathException
  
  Export this rule as part of an exported stylesheet
  
  Parameters:
  
  presenter - the output handler
  
  Throws:
  
  XPathException - if an error is detected