package net.sf.saxon.trace;
import net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext;
import net.sf.saxon.om.Item;
import java.util.EventListener;
/**
* This interface defines methods that are called by Saxon during the execution of
* a stylesheet, if tracing is switched on. Tracing can be switched on by nominating
* an implementation of this class using the TRACE_LISTENER feature of the TransformerFactory,
* or using the addTraceListener() method of the Controller, which is Saxon's implementation
* of tyhe JAXP javax.xml.transform.Transformer interface.
*/
public interface TraceListener extends EventListener {
/**
* Method called at the start of execution, that is, when the run-time transformation starts
*/
public void open();
/**
* Method called at the end of execution, that is, when the run-time execution ends
*/
public void close();
/**
* Method that is called when an instruction in the stylesheet gets processed.
* @param instruction gives information about the instruction being
* executed, and about the context in which it is executed. This object is mutable,
* so if information from the InstructionInfo is to be retained, it must be copied.
*/
public void enter(InstructionInfo instruction, XPathContext context);
/**
* Method that is called after processing an instruction of the stylesheet,
* that is, after any child instructions have been processed.
* @param instruction gives the same information that was supplied to the
* enter method, though it is not necessarily the same object. Note that the
* line number of the instruction is that of the start tag in the source stylesheet,
* not the line number of the end tag.
*/
public void leave(InstructionInfo instruction);
/**
* Method that is called by an instruction that changes the current item
* in the source document: that is, xsl:for-each, xsl:apply-templates, xsl:for-each-group.
* The method is called after the enter method for the relevant instruction, and is called
* once for each item processed.
* @param currentItem the new current item. Item objects are not mutable; it is safe to retain
* a reference to the Item for later use.
*/
public void startCurrentItem(Item currentItem);
/**
* Method that is called when an instruction has finished processing a new current item
* and is ready to select a new current item or revert to the previous current item.
* The method will be called before the leave() method for the instruction that made this
* item current.
* @param currentItem the item that was current, whose processing is now complete. This will represent
* the same underlying item as the corresponding startCurrentItem() call, though it will
* not necessarily be the same actual object.
*/
public void endCurrentItem(Item currentItem);
}
// Contributor(s):
// This module is originally from Edwin Glaser (edwin@pannenleiter.de)
// It has since been heavily modified by Michael Kay
//
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