NodeHandler (saxon JavaDoc)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementHandler, ElementHandlerBase, SAXONHandler, XSLTemplate
```
public interface NodeHandler
```
This abstract class defines the node handler interface used by SAXON. This is used to handle all kinds of nodes: elements, character data, and attributes

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`needsStackFrame()`	Optimization hint to allow a handler to declare that it needs no stack space for local variables and parameters
`void`	`start(NodeInfo node, Context context)`	Define action to be taken at the start of a node. This method must be implemented in a subclass.

- Method Detail
  - start
```
void start(NodeInfo node,
           Context context)
    throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
```
    Define action to be taken at the start of a node.
    This method must be implemented in a subclass.
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - The NodeInfo object for the current node.
    
    Throws:
    
    SAXException - Aborts the parse
    
    javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
    
    See Also:
    
    NodeInfo
  - needsStackFrame
```
boolean needsStackFrame()
```
    Optimization hint to allow a handler to declare that it needs no stack space for local variables and parameters