NexusBlockListener (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

CharactersBlockListener, DataBlockListener, DistancesBlockListener, NexusBlockBuilder, TaxaBlockListener, TreesBlockListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

CharactersBlockBuilder, DataBlockBuilder, DistancesBlockBuilder, NexusBlockBuilder.Abstract, TaxaBlockBuilder, TreesBlockBuilder
```
public interface NexusBlockListener
```
Listens to events from NexusBlockParser objects to create objects. This empty interface needs to be implemented/extended for each block type supported.

Since:

1.6

Author:

Richard Holland, Tobias Thierer, Jim Balhoff

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`beginComment()`	Opening a comment tag.
`void`	`commentText(java.lang.String comment)`	Receiving free text inside a comment tag.
`void`	`endBlock()`	Notifies the parser that a block is ending.
`void`	`endComment()`	Closing a comment tag.
`void`	`endTokenGroup()`	Closing a line (semi-colon encountered).
`void`	`startBlock(java.lang.String blockName)`	Notifies the parser that a new block is starting.

- Method Detail
  - startBlock
```
void startBlock(java.lang.String blockName)
```
    Notifies the parser that a new block is starting.
    
    Parameters:
    
    blockName - the name of the newly started block.
  - endBlock
```
void endBlock()
```
    Notifies the parser that a block is ending.
  - beginComment
```
void beginComment()
```
    Opening a comment tag.
  - endComment
```
void endComment()
```
    Closing a comment tag.
  - endTokenGroup
```
void endTokenGroup()
```
    Closing a line (semi-colon encountered). This indicates that anything received after it is on the next logical line of the block.
  - commentText
```
void commentText(java.lang.String comment)
          throws ParseException
```
    Receiving free text inside a comment tag.
    
    Parameters:
    
    comment - the text of the comment.
    
    Throws:
    
    ParseException