## com.saxonica.validate
Class IgnorableWhitespaceStripper

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.event.SequenceReceiver
          net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver
              com.saxonica.validate.IgnorableWhitespaceStripper

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Result, Receiver

    public class IgnorableWhitespaceStripper

extends ProxyReceiver

The IgnorableWhitespaceStripper removes whitespace text nodes belonging to elements whose schema-defined type defines element-only content

Author:
  Michael H. Kay

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.Result
`PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING, PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING`

Constructor Summary
`IgnorableWhitespaceStripper()`

Method Summary
`void` `characters(CharSequence chars, int locationId, int properties)` Handle a text node
`void` `endElement()` Handle an end-of-element event
`void` `startElement(int nameCode, int typeCode, int locationId, int properties)` Notify the start of an element

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver
`append, attribute, close, comment, endDocument, getConfiguration, getDocumentLocator, getNamePool, getUnderlyingReceiver, namespace, open, processingInstruction, setPipelineConfiguration, setSystemId, setUnderlyingReceiver, setUnparsedEntity, startContent, startDocument`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.SequenceReceiver
`getPipelineConfiguration, getSystemId`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### IgnorableWhitespaceStripper

    public IgnorableWhitespaceStripper()

Method Detail

### startElement

    public void startElement(int nameCode,
                             int typeCode,
                             int locationId,
                             int properties)
                      throws XPathException

  Description copied from class: `ProxyReceiver`
  Notify the start of an element

  Specified by:
    `startElement` in interface `Receiver`
  Overrides:
    `startElement` in class `ProxyReceiver`
  Parameters:
    `nameCode` - integer code identifying the name of the element within the name pool.
    `typeCode` - integer code identifying the element's type within the name pool.
    `locationId` - an integer which can be interpreted using a `LocationProvider` to return information such as line number and system ID. If no location information is available, the value zero is supplied.
    `properties` - properties of the element node
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### endElement

    public void endElement()
                    throws XPathException

  Handle an end-of-element event

  Specified by:
    `endElement` in interface `Receiver`
  Overrides:
    `endElement` in class `ProxyReceiver`
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

### characters

    public void characters(CharSequence chars,
                           int locationId,
                           int properties)
                    throws XPathException

  Handle a text node

  Specified by:
    `characters` in interface `Receiver`
  Overrides:
    `characters` in class `ProxyReceiver`
  Parameters:
    `chars` - The characters
    `locationId` - an integer which can be interpreted using a `LocationProvider` to return information such as line number and system ID. If no location information is available, the value zero is supplied.
    `properties` - Bit significant value. The following bits are defined:
  DISABLE_ESCAPING
    Disable escaping for this text node
  USE_CDATA
    Output as a CDATA section
  NO_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS
    Value contains no special characters
  WHITESPACE
    Text is all whitespace
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

Copyright (C) Michael H. Kay. All rights reserved.