net.sf.saxon.om

Interface SpaceStrippingRule

All Known Implementing Classes:

AllElementsSpaceStrippingRule, NoElementsSpaceStrippingRule, SelectedElementsSpaceStrippingRule, StylesheetSpaceStrippingRule

public interface SpaceStrippingRule

Interface for deciding whether a particular element is to have whitespace text nodes stripped

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte	isSpacePreserving(NodeName nodeName) Decide whether an element is in the set of white-space preserving element types

Method Detail

isSpacePreserving

byte isSpacePreserving(NodeName nodeName)
                       throws XPathException

Decide whether an element is in the set of white-space preserving element types

Parameters:

nodeName - Identifies the name of the element whose whitespace is to be preserved

Returns:

Stripper.ALWAYS_PRESERVE if the element is in the set of white-space preserving element types, Stripper.ALWAYS_STRIP if the element is to be stripped regardless of the xml:space setting, and Stripper.STRIP_DEFAULT otherwise

Throws:

XPathException - if the rules are ambiguous and ambiguities are to be reported as errors