public void characters(char[] ch,int start,int length) throws SAXException {
  if (elementOn && isItem || elementOn) {
    elementValue.append(new String(ch,start,length));
  }
}

public void characters ( char [ ] ch , int start , int length ) throws SAXException { if ( elementOn && isItem || elementOn ) { elementValue . append ( new String ( ch , start , length ) ) ; } }
this is called to get the tags value
