Capturing mixed content in XML using a SAX Parser

Question

Is a SAX Parser capable of capturing mixed content within an XML document (see example below)?

<element>here is some <b>mixed content</b></element>

Answer 1

Of course. You get the following events:

1. startElement (element)
2. characters ("here is some ")
3. startElement (b)
4. characters ("mixed content")
5. endElement (b)
6. endElement (element)

Answer 2

Yes, although I'm not sure what you mean by capturing. If you run the short example below, you'll see the startElement handler called for both element and b:

String xml = "<element>here is some <b>mixed content</b></element>";
SAXParser parser = SAXParserFactory.newInstance().newSAXParser();
parser.parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes()), new DefaultHandler(){
    @Override
    public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String name,
            Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {
        System.out.println("Started: "+name);
    }
});