Package org.htmlparser.scanners

Interface Scanner

All Known Implementing Classes:
CompositeTagScanner, JspScanner, ScriptScanner, StyleScanner, TagScanner
public interface Scanner
Generic interface for scanning. Tags needing specialized operations can provide an object that implements this interface via getThisScanner(). By default non-composite tags simply perform the semantic action and return while composite tags will gather their children.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Tag
    scan(Tag tag, Lexer lexer, NodeList stack)
    Scan the tag.

  • Method Details

    • scan

      Tag scan(Tag tag, Lexer lexer, NodeList stack) throws ParserException
      Scan the tag. The Lexer is provided in order to do a lookahead operation.
      Parameters:
      tag - HTML tag to be scanned for identification.
      lexer - Provides html page access.
      stack - The parse stack. May contain pending tags that enclose this tag. Nodes on the stack should be considered incomplete.
      Returns:
      The resultant tag (may be unchanged).
      Throws:
      ParserException - if an unrecoverable problem occurs.