SaxPushParser

SaxPushParser

libxmljs provides a SAX2 push parser interface that accepts chunks of data. SaxPush parser inherits from EventEmitter to emit parse events.

Constructor

new libxmljs.SaxPushParser()

Instantiate a new SaxParser

Methods

parser.push(string)

Push a chunk of data into the parserreturn: boolean. true if no errors, false otherwise

args string - a string representing the document to parse

Parse Events

startDocument

Emitted at the start of a document

endDocument

Emitted at the end of the document parse

startElementNS(elem, attrs, prefix, uri, namespace)

Emitted on an open element tag

args elem - a string representing the element name attrs - an array of arrays: [[key, prefix, uri, value]] prefix - a string representing the namespace prefix of the element uri - the namespace URI of the element namespaces - an array of arrays: [[prefix, uri]]

endElementNS(elem, prefix, uri)

Emitted at the close of an element

args elem - a string representing the element name prefix - a string representing the namespace prefix of the element uri - the namespace URI of the element

characters(chars)

Emitted when a set of content characters is encountered

args chars - a string of characters

cdata(cdata)

Emitted when a CDATA is encountered

args cdata - a string representing the CDATA

comment(msg)

Emitted when a comment is encountered

args msg - a string representing the comment

warning(msg)

Emitted when a warning is encountered

args msg - a string representing the warning message

error(msg)

Emitted when an error is encountered

args msg - a string representing the error message