## org.biojava.bio.dist
Class XMLDistributionReader

    java.lang.Object
      org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
          org.biojava.bio.dist.XMLDistributionReader

All Implemented Interfaces:
  ContentHandler, DTDHandler, EntityResolver, ErrorHandler

    public class XMLDistributionReader

extends DefaultHandler

A SAX parser that reads an XML representation of a Distribution from a file and recreates it as a Distribution Object. Handles OrderNDistributions and Simple Distributions but ensure the OrderNDistributions being read in was made using conditioning and conditioned Alphabets.

Since:
  1.3
Author:
  Russell Smithies, Mark Schreiber, Matthew Pocock

Constructor Summary
`XMLDistributionReader()`

Method Summary
`Distribution` `parseXML(InputStream is)` Reads an XML representation of a Distribution from a file.
`void` `startElement(String nameSpaceURI, String localName, String rawName, Attributes attributes)` Required by SAXParser to be public.

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
`characters, endDocument, endElement, endPrefixMapping, error, fatalError, ignorableWhitespace, notationDecl, processingInstruction, resolveEntity, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startPrefixMapping, unparsedEntityDecl, warning`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### XMLDistributionReader

    public XMLDistributionReader()

Method Detail

### parseXML

    public Distribution parseXML(InputStream is)
                          throws IOException,
                                 SAXException

  Reads an XML representation of a Distribution from a file.

  Parameters:
    `is` - input in XML format
  Returns:
    dist the Distribution created.
  Throws:
    `IOException` - if an error occurs during reading.
    `SAXException` - if the XML is not as expected.

### startElement

    public void startElement(String nameSpaceURI,
                             String localName,
                             String rawName,
                             Attributes attributes)
                      throws SAXException

  Required by SAXParser to be public.

  It is not reccomended that you use this method directly. Use ParseXML instead.

  Specified by:
    `startElement` in interface `ContentHandler`
  Overrides:
    `startElement` in class `DefaultHandler`
  Throws:
    `SAXException`