/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2006-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* 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;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* 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.
*/
package org.geotools.xml;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Provides a mechanism to indicate that the XMLSAXHandler should stop
* parsing. It will periodically call shouldStop(), passing in its hints
* object. If shouldStop() returns true, if will abort parsing.
*
* @author Richard Gould
*
*
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface FlowHandler {
/**
* If this method returns true, the XMLSAXHandler will abort parsing.
*
* @param hints the hints that were passed into the XML parser
* @return true if the XML parser should abort parsing
*/
public boolean shouldStop(Map hints);
}