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<h1 class="epydoc">Class BaseSAXHandler</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler">source code</a></span></p>
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xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler --+
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object --+
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<strong class="uidshort">BaseSAXHandler</strong>
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<dl><dt>Known Subclasses:</dt>
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<ul class="subclass-list">
<li class="private"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxdom._DOMSAXHandler-class.html" onclick="show_private();">saxdom._DOMSAXHandler</a></li><li>, <a href="pyxb.binding.saxer.PyXBSAXHandler-class.html">binding.saxer.PyXBSAXHandler</a></li> </ul>
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<p>A SAX handler class that maintains a stack of enclosing elements and
manages namespace declarations.</p>
<p>This is the base for <a
href="pyxb.utils.saxdom._DOMSAXHandler-class.html" class="link"
onclick="show_private();">pyxb.utils.saxdom._DOMSAXHandler</a> and <a
href="pyxb.binding.saxer.PyXBSAXHandler-class.html"
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils.BaseSAXHandler-class.html#namespaceContext" class="summary-sig-name">namespaceContext</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
Return the namespace context used for QName resolution within the
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Return the binding object corresponding to the top-most element in
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Reset the state of the handler in preparation for processing a new
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Create a new <code>xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler</code> instance to
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils.BaseSAXHandler-class.html#setDocumentLocator" class="summary-sig-name">setDocumentLocator</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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Save the locator object.</td>
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Process the start of a document.</td>
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Implement base class method.</td>
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Process the start of an element.</td>
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Process the completion of an element.</td>
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Save the text as content</td>
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Save whitespace as content too.</td>
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Receive notification of a processing instruction.</td>
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<p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler</code></b>:
<code>endDocument</code>,
<code>endElement</code>,
<code>endPrefixMapping</code>,
<code>skippedEntity</code>,
<code>startElement</code>
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<p>Return the namespace context used for QName resolution within the
current element.</p>
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<dt>Returns:</dt>
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<p>Return the binding object corresponding to the top-most element in the
document</p>
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<dt>Returns:</dt>
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href="pyxb.binding.basis._TypeBinding_mixin-class.html"
class="link"
onclick="show_private();">basis._TypeBinding_mixin</a> (most
usually a <a
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<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">reset</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
</h3>
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><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.reset">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Reset the state of the handler in preparation for processing a new
document.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd><code>self</code></dd>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="__init__"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">**kw</span>)</span>
<br /><em class="fname">(Constructor)</em>
</h3>
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><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.__init__">source code</a></span>
</td>
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<p>Create a new <code>xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler</code> instance to
maintain state relevant to elements.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><strong class="pname"><code>fallback_namespace</code></strong> - Optional namespace to use for unqualified names with no default
namespace in scope. Has no effect unless it is an absent
namespace.</li>
<li><strong class="pname"><code>element_state_constructor</code></strong> - Optional callable object that creates instances of <a
href="pyxb.utils.saxutils.SAXElementState-class.html"
class="link">SAXElementState</a> that hold element-specific
information. Defaults to <a
href="pyxb.utils.saxutils.SAXElementState-class.html"
class="link">SAXElementState</a>.</li>
<li><strong class="pname"><code>target_namespace</code></strong> - Optional namespace to set as the target namespace. If not
provided, there is no target namespace (not even an absent one).
This is the appropriate situation when processing plain XML
documents.</li>
<li><strong class="pname"><code>location_base</code></strong> - An object to be recorded as the base of all <a
href="pyxb.utils.utility.Location-class.html"
class="link">pyxb.utils.utility.Location</a> instances associated
with events and objects handled by the parser.</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>Overrides:
object.__init__
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="setDocumentLocator"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">setDocumentLocator</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">locator</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.setDocumentLocator">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Save the locator object.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.setDocumentLocator
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="startDocument"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">startDocument</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
</h3>
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><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.startDocument">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Process the start of a document.</p>
<p>This resets this handler for a new document.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.startDocument
</dt>
</dl>
<div class="fields"> <p><strong>Note:</strong>
setDocumentLocator is invoked before startDocument
</p>
</div></td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="startPrefixMapping"></a>
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cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">startPrefixMapping</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">prefix</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">uri</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.startPrefixMapping">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Implement base class method.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.startPrefixMapping
</dt>
</dl>
<div class="fields"> <p><strong>Note:</strong>
For this to be invoked, the <code>feature_namespaces</code> feature
must be enabled in the SAX parser.
</p>
</div></td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="startElementNS"></a>
<div>
<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
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<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">startElementNS</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">name</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">qname</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">attrs</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.startElementNS">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Process the start of an element.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.startElementNS
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="endElementNS"></a>
<div>
<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
<tr><td>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">endElementNS</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">name</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">qname</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.endElementNS">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Process the completion of an element.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.endElementNS
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="characters"></a>
<div>
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cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">characters</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">content</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.characters">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Save the text as content</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.characters
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="ignorableWhitespace"></a>
<div>
<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
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<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">ignorableWhitespace</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">whitespace</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.ignorableWhitespace">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Save whitespace as content too.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.ignorableWhitespace
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="processingInstruction"></a>
<div>
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cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
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<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">processingInstruction</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">target</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">data</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="pyxb.utils.saxutils-pysrc.html#BaseSAXHandler.processingInstruction">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Receive notification of a processing instruction.</p>
<p>The Parser will invoke this method once for each processing
instruction found: note that processing instructions may occur before or
after the main document element.</p>
<p>A SAX parser should never report an XML declaration (XML 1.0, section
2.8) or a text declaration (XML 1.0, section 4.3.1) using this
method.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.processingInstruction
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
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