Class PullConsumer


  • public class PullConsumer
    extends Object
    A PullConsumer consumes all the events supplied by a PullProvider, doing nothing with them. The class exists so that PullFilters on the pipeline can produce side-effects. For example, this class can be used to validate a document, where the side effects are error messages.
    • Constructor Detail

      • PullConsumer

        public PullConsumer​(PullProvider in)
        Create a PullConsumer that swallows the events read from a given pull provider
        Parameters:
        in - the PullProvider from which events are to be read and swallowed up
    • Method Detail

      • consume

        public void consume()
                     throws XPathException
        Consume the input
        Throws:
        XPathException - if (for example) the parser input is not well-formed