Package net.sf.saxon.event

## Class CommentStripper

- java.lang.Object
- - net.sf.saxon.event.SequenceReceiver
  - - net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver
    - - net.sf.saxon.event.CommentStripper

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    `javax.xml.transform.Result`, `Receiver`

      public class CommentStripper
      extends ProxyReceiver

  The CommentStripper class is a filter that removes all comments and processing instructions. It also concatenates text nodes that are split by comments and PIs. This follows the rules for processing stylesheets; it is also used for removing comments and PIs from the tree seen by XPath expressions used to process XSD 1.1 assertions

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver

      `nextReceiver`

    - ### Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.SequenceReceiver

      `pipelineConfiguration, previousAtomic, systemId`

    - ### Fields inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.Result

      `PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING, PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `CommentStripper​(Receiver next)` | Default constructor for use in subclasses

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `void` | `characters​(java.lang.CharSequence chars, Location locationId, int properties)` | Handle a text node.
    `void` | `comment​(java.lang.CharSequence chars, Location locationId, int properties)` | Remove comments
    `void` | `endElement()` | Callback interface for SAX: not for application use
    `void` | `processingInstruction​(java.lang.String name, java.lang.CharSequence data, Location locationId, int properties)` | Remove processing instructions
    `void` | `startElement​(NodeName elemName, SchemaType type, AttributeMap attributes, NamespaceMap namespaces, Location location, int properties)` | Notify the start of an element

    - ### Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.ProxyReceiver

      `append, close, endDocument, getNamePool, getNextReceiver, open, setPipelineConfiguration, setSystemId, setUnderlyingReceiver, setUnparsedEntity, startDocument, usesTypeAnnotations`

    - ### Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.event.SequenceReceiver

      `append, decompose, flatten, getConfiguration, getErrorCodeForDecomposingFunctionItems, getPipelineConfiguration, getSystemId, handlesAppend`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### CommentStripper

          public CommentStripper​(Receiver next)

      Default constructor for use in subclasses
      Parameters:
        `next` - the next receiver in the pipeline

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### startElement

          public void startElement​(NodeName elemName,
                                   SchemaType type,
                                   AttributeMap attributes,
                                   NamespaceMap namespaces,
                                   Location location,
                                   int properties)
                            throws XPathException

      Description copied from class: `ProxyReceiver`
      Notify the start of an element
      Specified by:
        `startElement` in interface `Receiver`
      Overrides:
        `startElement` in class `ProxyReceiver`
      Parameters:
        `elemName` - the name of the element.
        `type` - the type annotation of the element.
        `attributes` - the attributes of this element
        `namespaces` - the in-scope namespaces of this element: generally this is all the in-scope namespaces, without relying on inheriting namespaces from parent elements
        `location` - an object providing information about the module, line, and column where the node originated
        `properties` - bit-significant properties of the element node. If there are no relevant properties, zero is supplied. The definitions of the bits are in class `ReceiverOption`
      Throws:
        `XPathException` - if an error occurs

    - #### endElement

          public void endElement()
                          throws XPathException

      Callback interface for SAX: not for application use
      Specified by:
        `endElement` in interface `Receiver`
      Overrides:
        `endElement` in class `ProxyReceiver`
      Throws:
        `XPathException` - if an error occurs

    - #### characters

          public void characters​(java.lang.CharSequence chars,
                                 Location locationId,
                                 int properties)
                          throws XPathException

      Handle a text node. Because we're often handling stylesheets on this path, whitespace text nodes will often be stripped but we can't strip them immediately because of the case [element] [!-- comment --]text[/element], where the space before the comment is considered significant. But it's worth going to some effort to avoid uncompressing the whitespace in the more common case, so that it can easily be detected and stripped downstream.
      Specified by:
        `characters` in interface `Receiver`
      Overrides:
        `characters` in class `ProxyReceiver`
      Parameters:
        `chars` - The characters
        `locationId` - provides information such as line number and system ID.
        `properties` - Bit significant value. The following bits are defined:
        DISABLE_ESCAPING
          Disable escaping for this text node
        USE_CDATA
          Output as a CDATA section
      Throws:
        `XPathException` - if an error occurs

    - #### comment

          public void comment​(java.lang.CharSequence chars,
                              Location locationId,
                              int properties)

      Remove comments
      Specified by:
        `comment` in interface `Receiver`
      Overrides:
        `comment` in class `ProxyReceiver`
      Parameters:
        `chars` - The content of the comment
        `locationId` - provides information such as line number and system ID.
        `properties` - Additional information about the comment.

    - #### processingInstruction

          public void processingInstruction​(java.lang.String name,
                                            java.lang.CharSequence data,
                                            Location locationId,
                                            int properties)

      Remove processing instructions
      Specified by:
        `processingInstruction` in interface `Receiver`
      Overrides:
        `processingInstruction` in class `ProxyReceiver`
      Parameters:
        `name` - The PI name. This must be a legal name (it will not be checked).
        `data` - The data portion of the processing instruction
        `locationId` - provides information such as line number and system ID.
        `properties` - Additional information about the PI.