loufoque wrote:
Stefan Seefeld wrote:
What about an interface similar to SAX, where the user provides a set of handlers, one per type, and then the reader calls the appropriate one ?
This is a discussion about the interface for a Pull parser. You're talking about a Push one.
No I'm not; at least, I don't think I am. :-) The user still has control over how the reader advances from one token to the next, since it is the user who calls 'next()' (or however it will be spelled). A push parser would be one where you call a single 'run' method and then the parser dispatches tokens (embedded into events). I don't think the fact that my design involves a dispatch qualifies it as push. Compare this to a visitor to resolve the token's type. Regards, Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...