source: 3thparty/jmessenger/src/nu/fw/jeti/jabber/handlers/BaseHandler.java @ 3952

package nu.fw.jeti.jabber.handlers;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;

/**
 * <p>Title: im</p>
 * <p>Description: </p>
 * <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2001</p>
 * <p>Company: </p>
 * @author E.S. de Boer
 * @version 1.0
 */

abstract public class BaseHandler
{
        private StringBuffer currentChars = new StringBuffer();

    public void characters(String text)
        {// append text to buffer because parser likes to cut text
                currentChars.append(text);
        }

        public String getText()
        {//return text between elements
            return currentChars.toString().trim();
        }
        
        public StringBuffer getUntrimmedText()
        {//return text between elements
            return currentChars;
        }

        public void clearCurrentChars()
        {
            currentChars = new StringBuffer();
        }

        abstract public void startHandling(Attributes attr);

        //abstract public void build();

        public void endElement(String name){clearCurrentChars();}
}

/*
 * Overrides for emacs
 * Local variables:
 * tab-width: 4
 * End:
 */