public void characters(org.w3c.dom.Node node) throws org.xml.sax.SAXException {
  flushPending();
  String data=node.getNodeValue();
  if (data != null) {
    final int length=data.length();
    if (length > m_charsBuff.length) {
      m_charsBuff=new char[length * 2 + 1];
    }
    data.getChars(0,length,m_charsBuff,0);
    characters(m_charsBuff,0,length);
  }
}

public void characters ( org . w3c . dom . Node node ) throws org . xml . sax . SAXException { flushPending ( ) ; String data = node . getNodeValue ( ) ; if ( data != null ) { final int length = data . length ( ) ; if ( length > m_charsBuff . length ) { m_charsBuff = new char [ length * 2 + 1 ] ; } data . getChars ( 0 , length , m_charsBuff , 0 ) ; characters ( m_charsBuff , 0 , length ) ; } }
this method gets the nodes value as a string and uses that string as if it were an input character notification .
