org.apache.sling.rewriter

Interface Transformer

All Superinterfaces:

ContentHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultTransformer

public interface Transformer
extends ContentHandler

The Transformer interface defines the middle of a rewriter pipeline.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	dispose() Dispose the transformer.
void	init(ProcessingContext context, ProcessingComponentConfiguration config) Initialize this component.
void	setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler) Set the content handler the transformer should stream to.

Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

characters, endDocument, endElement, endPrefixMapping, ignorableWhitespace, processingInstruction, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startElement, startPrefixMapping

Method Detail

init

void init(ProcessingContext context,
          ProcessingComponentConfiguration config)
   throws IOException

Initialize this component.

Parameters:

context - The invocation context.

config - The configuration for this component.

Throws:

IOException

setContentHandler

void setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler)

Set the content handler the transformer should stream to.

Parameters:

handler - Another transformer or a serializer.

dispose

void dispose()

Dispose the transformer. This method is always invoked by the rewriter in order to allow the transformer to release any resources etc. After this method has been called the instance is considered unusable.