source: trunk/EventBenchConsole/src/de/ugoe/cs/eventbench/windows/MessageHandler.java @ 237

package de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.windows;

/**
 * <p>
 * Base class to define custom message handlers, for messages that shall be
 * handled differently during the parsing of usage logs. It provides dummy
 * implementations for all required methods, such that implementations can only
 * overwrite the parts they actually require and ignore the rest.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class MessageHandler {

        /**
         * <p>
         * Constructor. Protected to prohibit initialization of the base class
         * itself.
         * </p>
         */
        protected MessageHandler() {
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Called in the startElement() method of the {@link LogParser} when a
         * msg-node begins.
         * </p>
         */
        public void onStartElement() {
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Called by the {@link LogParser} to handle param-nodes.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param name
         *            name (type) of the parameter
         * @param value
         *            value of the parameter
         */
        public void onParameter(String name, String value) {
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Called in the endElement() method of {@link LogParser} when a msg-node
         * ends.
         * </p>
         */
        public void onEndElement() {
        }
}