jfreechart example source code file (ValueHandler.java)

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The jfreechart ValueHandler.java source code

/* ===========================================================
 * JFreeChart : a free chart library for the Java(tm) platform
 * ===========================================================
 *
 * (C) Copyright 2000-2008, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
 *
 * Project Info:  http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301,
 * USA.
 *
 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * in the United States and other countries.]
 *
 * -----------------
 * ValueHandler.java
 * -----------------
 * (C) Copyright 2003-2008, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
 *
 * Original Author:  David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
 * Contributor(s):   Luke Quinane;
 *
 * Changes
 * -------
 * 23-Jan-2003 : Version 1 (DG);
 * 25-Nov-2003 : Patch to handle 'NaN' values (DG);
 *
 */

package org.jfree.data.xml;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;

/**
 * A handler for reading a 'Value' element.
 */
public class ValueHandler extends DefaultHandler implements DatasetTags {

    /** The root handler. */
    private RootHandler rootHandler;

    /** The item handler. */
    private ItemHandler itemHandler;

    /** Storage for the current CDATA */
    private StringBuffer currentText;

    /**
     * Creates a new value handler.
     *
     * @param rootHandler  the root handler.
     * @param itemHandler  the item handler.
     */
    public ValueHandler(RootHandler rootHandler, ItemHandler itemHandler) {
        this.rootHandler = rootHandler;
        this.itemHandler = itemHandler;
        this.currentText = new StringBuffer();
    }

    /**
     * The start of an element.
     *
     * @param namespaceURI  the namespace.
     * @param localName  the element name.
     * @param qName  the element name.
     * @param atts  the attributes.
     *
     * @throws SAXException for errors.
     */
    public void startElement(String namespaceURI,
                             String localName,
                             String qName,
                             Attributes atts) throws SAXException {

        if (qName.equals(VALUE_TAG)) {
            // no attributes to read
            clearCurrentText();
        }
        else {
            throw new SAXException("Expecting <Value> but found " + qName);
        }

    }

    /**
     * The end of an element.
     *
     * @param namespaceURI  the namespace.
     * @param localName  the element name.
     * @param qName  the element name.
     *
     * @throws SAXException for errors.
     */
    public void endElement(String namespaceURI,
                           String localName,
                           String qName) throws SAXException {

        if (qName.equals(VALUE_TAG)) {
            Number value;
            try {
                value = Double.valueOf(this.currentText.toString());
                if (((Double) value).isNaN()) {
                    value = null;
                }
            }
            catch (NumberFormatException e1) {
                value = null;
            }
            this.itemHandler.setValue(value);
            this.rootHandler.popSubHandler();
        }
        else {
            throw new SAXException("Expecting </Value> but found " + qName);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Receives some (or all) of the text in the current element.
     *
     * @param ch  character buffer.
     * @param start  the start index.
     * @param length  the length of the valid character data.
     */
    public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) {
        if (this.currentText != null) {
            this.currentText.append(String.copyValueOf(ch, start, length));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current text of the textbuffer.
     *
     * @return The current text.
     */
    protected String getCurrentText() {
        return this.currentText.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Removes all text from the textbuffer at the end of a CDATA section.
     */
    protected void clearCurrentText() {
        this.currentText.delete(0, this.currentText.length());
    }

}