The org.xml.sax.ContentHandler interface specifies the core of the SAX-2 event-handling mechanism. The table below is excerpted from the respective JavaDoc interface description.

Method Summary
void	characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)           Receive notification of character data.
void	endDocument()           Receive notification of the end of a document.
void	endElement(java.lang.String namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String qName)           Receive notification of the end of an element.
void	endPrefixMapping(java.lang.String prefix)           End the scope of a prefix-URI mapping.
void	ignorableWhitespace(char[] ch, int start, int length)           Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
void	processingInstruction(java.lang.String target, java.lang.String data)           Receive notification of a processing instruction.
void	setDocumentLocator(Locator locator)           Receive an object for locating the origin of SAX document events.
void	skippedEntity(java.lang.String name)           Receive notification of a skipped entity.
void	startDocument()           Receive notification of the beginning of a document.
void	startElement(java.lang.String namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String qName, Attributes atts)           Receive notification of the beginning of an element.
void	startPrefixMapping(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String uri)           Begin the scope of a prefix-URI Namespace mapping.