Scala 2

API Specification
This document is the API specification for Scala 2.


Class Summary
abstract class ConstructingHandler
implementation of MarkupHandler that constructs nodes
class ConstructingParser
an xml parser. parses XML and invokes callback methods of a MarkupHandler. Don't forget to call next.ch on a freshly instantiated parser in order to initialize it. If you get the parser from the object method, initialization is already done for you.
object parseFromURL {
  def main(args:Array[String]): Unit = {
    val url = args(0);
    val src = scala.io.Source.fromURL(url);
    val cpa = scala.xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(src, false); // fromSource initializes automatically
    val doc = cpa.document();

    // let's see what it is
    val ppr = new scala.xml.PrettyPrinter(80,5);
    val ele = doc.docElem;
    Console.println("finished parsing");
    val out = ppr.format(ele);
    Console.println(out);
  }
}

abstract class DefaultMarkupHandler
default implemenation of markup handler always returns NodeSeq.Empty
mixin abstract class ExternalSources

abstract class FactoryAdapter
SAX adapter class, for use with Java SAX parser. Keeps track of namespace bindings, without relying on namespace handling of the underlying SAX parser.
case class FatalError

abstract class MarkupHandler
class that handles markup - provides callback methods to MarkupParser. the default is nonvalidating behaviour
mixin abstract class MarkupParser
An XML parser. Parses XML 1.0, invokes callback methods of a MarkupHandler and returns whatever the markup handler returns. Use ConstructingParser if you just want to parse XML to construct instances of scala.xml.Node. While XML elements are returned, DTD declarations - if handled - are collected using side-effects.
class NoBindingFactoryAdapter
nobinding adaptor providing callbacks to parser to create elements. implements hash-consing
mixin abstract class TokenTests
Helper functions for parsing XML fragments
abstract class ValidatingMarkupHandler


Object Summary
object ConstructingParser