com.univocity.api.entity.html

Interface HtmlElementMatcher

public interface HtmlElementMatcher

A custom matcher to be triggered each time the parser visits a HtmlElement. Used to determine if a visited HtmlElement matches a user-provided criteria.

Author:

uniVocity Software Pty Ltd - dev@univocity.com

See Also:

HtmlElement

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	match(HtmlElement lastMatchedElement, HtmlElement currentElement) Used to determine if the currentElement should be matched by the parser.

Method Detail

match

boolean match(HtmlElement lastMatchedElement,
              HtmlElement currentElement)

Used to determine if the currentElement should be matched by the parser. The lastMatchedElement can be used to provide information to determine if the currentElement should be matched.

Note:lastMatchedElement may be null.

Parameters:

lastMatchedElement - the element that was matched last by the parser (may be null)

currentElement - the element that the parser is current visiting

Returns:

true if the currentElement should be matched by the parser, false otherwise